Abduction.wmv

Well, the haunted theme for the mining shack fell through- but I got a better idea while browsing the Gerstlauer rides website

The vertical lift of their Eurofighter coaster model seemed perfect to me to simulate being lifted by some sort of overhead craft and accidentally breaking free of its winch or whatever it uses

Obviously, one of the more exciting concepts in this area is aliens and UFOs- so I sketched up a short clip to put the model and the idea into a show scene.

The ride cars will be designed to look like farming tractors. Riders board the tractor in the machinery shed and drive out some barn style doors.
As they clear the safety of the shed and into open field, something appears overhead and shoots down a bright pillar of light over the vehicle.
Pulled by an unseen force, the vehicle reclines heavily and starts to ascend through the pillar of light towards the hovering craft above.

Just as it looks like the tractor is doomed to life in outer space, the back wheels snag onto the beams of a turbine tower and pivot the entire vehicle out of alignment.

Struggling the cope with the extra load presented by this immovable structure, the UFO beam flickers and shuts down, releasing the tractor into freefall from the top of the tower into the safety of stacked hay bales below.


I figured this ride would need some sort of entirely custom environment to succeed. Hanging a UFO above on a blatant crane structure just wouldn't cut it.
I imagine that guests first enter a large warehouse where the mine shack ride station is merely a smaller structure within. The queue and surrounding area leading to the shack is a corn field (probably with crop circles!) and the walls and ceiling projected with an appropriately moody sky and horizon.

Everything needed above the ride for the abduction effects could then be hidden in the dark out of sight until needed for the show

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[decyx2]

That has to be one of the most clever concepts for a coaster ride I've seen.

[Imagineer5986]

AMAZING

[Urtaget]

This is just great!

[TombraiderTy]

I love the idea- it'd be a great back-story to a fun coaster. As you pointed out in your description, however, it probably wouldn't look too great to have a giant UFO hanging by a crane. However, if it was all inside, that'd hide the main drop- a great weenie and icon. None-the-less, superb idea and great animation.

[Taylorlovesdisney]

WOW! what do you use to make your animations?

[mooreentstudios]

You, sir. Are a genius.

[TheMikesavage]

freakin sweet

[A113Productions]

That was pure genius my friend. I wish you could show the rest of the layout, you themed it quite well, I can tell you that.