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Rick said:
If you can stand 8 minutes of Richard Hammond, this video shows the process and amazing engineering that swaps the Tottenham pitch with the NFL one.

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Yeah I saw that, surprised that videos/articles about it rarely mention thay it was manufactured in Sheffield though. :p
 
I just found this really funny video of real-life RCT, enacted at Magic Kingdom:

I don’t know about you, but this definitely made me chuckle!
 
Has anyone been ten-pin bowling and wondered how the pins are reset and balls returned? This incredible 3D animation shows how! :)

 
Great and interesting video just uploaded. How to design a themepark (To take tons of your money)

It briefly touches on Alton Towers and Galactica. How the push for worlds firsts can have a negative impact on rides and parks. Then how some of the most high quality theme park attractions are a nightmare from a marketing perspective.

Fantastic channel too. I highly recommend it.

 
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DistortAMG said:
Great and interesting video just uploaded. How to design a themepark (To take tons of your money)

It briefly touches on Alton Towers and Galactica. How the push for worlds firsts can have a negative impact on rides and parks. Then how some of the most high quality theme park attractions are a nightmare from a marketing perspective.

Fantastic channel too. I highly recommend it.

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It’s a professional video with a good production value. I thought the comparison between Rise of the Resistance and Galactica was a bit of an odd comparison though. The point that Disney’s rides aren’t usually based around records, and that they’re built to last, is a good one. Although I have seen Cosmic Rewind being referred to as the world’s longest enclosed coaster, so that’s kind of being promoted as a record. I’ve also heard of Rock ‘N Roller Coaster being described as Disney’s fastest roller coaster, or Test Track being referred to as Disney’s fastest ride. But generally, Disney rides aren’t based around records or statistics. They also tend to be built to last, which is part of what makes them so expensive to build.

Disney rides do use a lot of technology, but you could argue that they normally support the story, rather than being the main focus of the ride. Mission Space stands out as an attraction where the story and theming are limited, and the technology’s at the forefront. It’s probably been one of Disney’s less successful attractions.

Not going for records is hardly a new thing though. You could look at a lot of older Disney rides like Big Thunder Mountain or Splash Mountain and say that they didn’t go for record. I do agree that Wizarding World of Harry Potter changed things, but I don’t think the major change was moving away from records. Whilst the big chain regional parks are short term in their thinking, Galactica is a particularly extreme example of that, and most attractions do last for more than three years. Whilst Wizarding World of Harry Potter and Galaxy’s Edge are a different kind of development to what they did in the past, they were only able to afford such big developments because their previous investments had been successful.

Wizarding World did lead to a big boost at Islands of Adventure, but their graph is a bit misleading because the X axis starts at 4 million. The increase also looks bigger partly because attendance had dipped before Wizarding World opened, possibly because of the 2008 financial crash, because the construction work was putting people off visiting, or because people were delaying their visits until the new area opened.
 
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