Key Terms
A design method that involves crafting a story around a predetermined ride system
System Driven Design
A ride system that consists of an closed ring of vehicles, all connected, and completely encircling the entire ride track.
Omnimover
The Haunted mansion has a ride system made up of an endless string of "Doom Buggies" that never stop as they loop around the ride track.
Omnimover
The theoretical number guests a ride should be able take per hour.
Theoretical Hourly Ride Capacity
A system that consists of a vehicle following an electric rail which serves two purposes:
Busbar
Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey consists of ride vehicles attached to robot arms that allow the vehicle to be spun, tilted, and moved as it moves through the ride.
Robo Coaster
The method used to move guests through an attraction
Ride System
Also known as Automated Guided Vehicles, are free moving vehicles that are independent of tracks and are instead guided by computer chips or wires planted in the floor or they use local positioning systems.
Trackless Ride System
The Indiana Jones Ride in Disneyland consists of a platform that is on top of hydraulic or pneumatic actuators that allows the ride vehicle to be tilted and jolted around as you go through the ride. It is similar to a car on top of a motion simulator base.
EMV
A design method that involves matching a ride system to a pre-decided story
Story Driven Design
Kind of like a robot arm from a factory. The vehicle is attached to the arm and moved through the ride.
Robo-Coaster
Most older dark rides use the most basic of all ride systems that is basically a vehicle that is attached to a rail that powers an electric motor.
Busbar
A Measurement calculated by:
Vehicle Capacity X Vehicles Per Hour
Theoretical Hourly Ride Capacity
This system includes a ride vehicle mounted on top of a motion platform. This allows the vehicle to simulate moving over rough terrain, respond to action in a scene, etc.
EMV
Star Wars Rise of the Resistance, and Remy's Ratatouille Adventure consist of this type of ride system that is free of a guide and instead uses sensors in to floor to guide it. This is also called an Automated Guided Vehicle
Trackless Ride System