Poll: Movie- and TV-based Theme Park Attractions
Which of these movie- and TV-based theme park attractions would you like to experience? You may discuss the poll here
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The Walking Dead (2010)
The Walking Dead Breakout (Live-experience) An authentic and intensive live horror experience with real actors. Park: Movie Park, Germany -
Matthew Lillard and Neil Fanning in Scooby-Doo (2002)
Scooby-Doo Spooky Coaster (Dark Roller Coaster) A Wild Mouse roller coaster (small cars that seat four people). The ride is enclosed in a show building, making it a spooky dark ride. Park: Warner Bros. Movie World, Australia Length: 530 m (1,740 ft) Height: 17 m (56 ft) Speed: 28 mph (45 km/h) -
Tron: Legacy (2010)
Tron Lightcycle Power Run (Semi-enclosed Launched Motorbike Roller Coaster) The coaster's track takes riders, on their own light cycle's, inside and outside the attraction's building, reaching speeds of over 60 miles per hour (97 km/h)—the fastest for any Disney roller coaster. Park: Shanghai Disneyland Park, China Length: 3,169 ft (966 m) Height: 78 ft (24 m) Speed: 60 mph (97 km/h) -
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
Terminator X: A Laser Battle for Salvation (Indoor Laser Game) Groups of 30 guests enter a briefing room. Two teams of 15 not only battle against each other but also against the intelligent arena and against 12 characters from the Terminator series. Park: Six Flags México -
Anne Francis and John Conwell in The Twilight Zone (1959)
The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror (Accelerated Drop Tower Dark Ride) The attraction place riders in a seemingly ordinary hotel elevator in the fictional Hollywood Tower Hotel, and present the riders with a fictional backstory in which people have mysteriously disappeared from the elevator under the influence of some supernatural element many years prior. Park: Disney's Hollywood Studios, Florida Height: 199 ft (61 m) Drop: 130 ft (40 m) -
"Jaws"
Jaws: The Ride (Tour Boat) The attraction places guests aboard tour boats for what should be a leisurely tour of Amity Harbor, but instead becomes a harrowing chase between the craft and a very determined great white shark. Park: Universal Studios Japan Lengte: 1,140 ft (350 m) -
Brandon Routh in Superman Returns (2006)
Superman Escape (Accelerator Roller Coaster) Accelerator coaster with a launch and an acceleration from 0 to 100 kilometres per hour (62 mph) in 2 seconds. Park: Warner Bros. Movie World, Australia Length: 2,490 ft (760 m) Height: 130 ft (40 m) Speed: 62 mph (100 km/h) -
Tobin Bell in Saw (2004)
Saw – The Ride (Half-dark Roller Coaster) Thorpe park claimed it would be "the scariest ride in the world". It features an enclosed dark section and 'beyond-vertical' drop of 100º, the steepest roller coaster drop in the world at its opening. Park: Thorpe Park, United Kingdom Length: 2,362 ft (720 m) Height: 100 ft (30 m) Speed: 55 mph (89 km/h) -
Geoffrey Rush in Green Lantern (2011)
Green Lantern Coaster (Roller Coaster) A roller coaster characterised by a tight circuit featuring a beyond-vertical drop and an outward banked turn. It's the second steepest drop of any roller coaster in the world. Park: Warner Bros. Movie World, Australia Length: 1,601 ft (488 m) Height: 108 ft (33 m) Speed: 41 mph (66 km/h) -
Van Helsing (2004)
Van Helsing's Factory (Dark Roller Coaster) Van Helsing's Factory is a dark enclosed roller coaster with horror-effects, characterised by single cars and sharp turns similar to that of a Wild Mouse (small cars that seat four people). Park: Movie Park, Germany Length: 1,300 ft (400 m) Height: 26 ft (8 m) Speed: 22 mph (36 km/h) -
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)
Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey (Motion-based Dark Robocoaster) The attraction uses robocoaster technology, which allows the seats to pivot while being held above the track by a robotic arm. The experience includes a flight around Hogwarts castle, an encounter with Whomping Willow, a horde of dementors, giant spiders, the Hungarian Horntail Dragon and a Quidditch match. Park: Islands of Adventure, Florida -
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017)
Guardians of the Galaxy – Mission: BREAKOUT! (Drop Tower Dark Ride) An accelerated drop tower dark ride attraction, featuring several cast members from the film series reprising their characters. There are six different versions of the ride, each with its own song, visuals, and drop sequence. Park: Disney California Adventure Park Drop: 130 ft (40 m) Height: 183 ft (56 m) Speed: 39 mph (63 km/h) -
Christian Bale in The Dark Knight (2008)
Batwing Spaceshot (Space Shot) The ride is an space shot, a pneumatic powered ride which shoots riders up and then back down. The riders experience a force of up to 4 Gs. Park: Warner Bros. Movie World, Australia Height: 200 ft (61 m) Speed: 40 mph (64 km/h) -
Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)
Star Trek: Operation Enterprise (Launch Roller Coaster) Guests access the coaster from the Federation Plaza, an entirely Star Trek-themed building of more than 1000 m2. With 3 inversions (upside down), this triple launch coaster will beam you into new spheres at warp speed. Park: Movie Park, Germany Length: 2,362 ft (720 m) Height: 131 ft (40 m) Speed: 56 mph (90 km/h) -
Justice League (2017)
Justice League: Alien Invasion 3D (Interactive Shooting Ride) An interactive dark ride that requires riders to shoot their laser blasters at targets in order to defeat an alien threat. The world's first ride of its type to feature 3D projections. Park: Warner Bros. Movie World, Australia Length: 646 ft (197 m) -
Avatar (2009)
Avatar Flight of Passage (3D reality flying simulator) The attraction invites guests into the Alpha Centauri Expeditions lab where guests are linked to an "avatar" and fly aboard a banshee across the Valley of Mo'ara. Park: Disney's Animal Kingdom, Florida -
Harrison Ford in Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Indiana Jones Adventure: Temple of the Forbidden Eye (Enhanced Motion Vehicle Dark Ride) Guests accompany intrepid archaeologist Dr. Indiana Jones on a turbulent quest, aboard military troop transport vehicles, through a dangerous lost temple guarded by a supernatural power. Park: Disneyland, California Length: 2,500 ft (760 m) -
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017)
Pirates of the Caribbean: Battle for the Sunken Treasure (Dark Water Ride) The ride will take guests down to the ocean depths, through the bellies of pirate ships, and straight into the heart of a ferocious naval battle, all the while braving the nautical twists, spins and turns of a pirate adventure. Park: Shanghai Disneyland Park, China -
Ariana Richards and Joseph Mazzello in Jurassic Park (1993)
Jurassic Park Rapids Adventure (River Rapids Ride) Featuring a white water raft system with state-of-the-art animatronics and a thrilling white water drop, thrill-seekers on circular rafts will be tossed on waterways within the Jurassic Park compound, where prehistoric creatures roam free. Park: Universal Studios Singapore -
Iron Man (2008)
Iron Man Experience (3-D Motion Simulator) Set at the fictional Stark Expo, the attraction features Tony Stark recruiting guests to fend off extraterrestrial beings that are attacking Hong Kong. Park: Hong Kong Disneyland, China -
Angelina Jolie in Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001)
Revenge of the Mummy: The Ride (Dark Roller Coaster) If you dare, face heart-pounding special effects and unexpected twists at every turn as you escape the Mummy’s revenge in life-like horror. The ride features warrior mummies, treasures and tombs, a sudden launch, a scarab beetle attack, forwards and backwards motion and surround sound speakers inside the vehicles Park: Universal Studios Hollywood, California Length: 1,906 ft (581 m) Height: 44 ft (13 m) Speed: 40 mph (64 km/h) -
Will Smith and Josh Brolin in Men in Black³ (2012)
Men in Black: Alien Attack (Interactive Dark Ride) Riders enter a MIB training facility disguised as a pavilion at the 1964 New York World's Fair. Once dispatched on a spinning dark ride system, riders are tasked to kill aliens using the supplied laser guns, and subsequently accumulate points. Park: Universal Studios, Florida Length: 1,090 ft (330 m) -
Chris Wedge in Ice Age: The Meltdown (2006)
Ice Age: No Time For Nuts 4-D (4-D Cinema) Park: Movie Park, Germany -
Volcano (1997)
Volcano, The Blast Coaster (Launched Inverted Roller Coaster) Volcano's layout simulates the path of a volcanic eruption. The coaster once held the record of the highest inversion in the world at 155 feet (47 m). Park: Kings Dominion, Virginia Length: 2,757 ft (840 m) Height: 155 ft (47 m) Speed: 70 mph (110 km/h) Drop: 80 ft (24 m) -
Peter Cullen in Transformers (2007)
Transformers: The Ride (3D Dark Ride) The dark ride consists of motion platform-mounted vehicles. Throughout the ride, screens up to 60 feet (18 m) high project 3D images of various Transformers characters as the Autobots attempt to protect the AllSpark from the Decepticons. Park: Universal Studios Singapore Length: 2,000 ft (610 m) -
Mark Hamill and Kenny Baker in Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
Star Tours – The Adventures Continue (3D Motion Simulator) Set in the fictional Star Wars universe Star Tours – The Adventures Continue takes guests on a turbulent excursion trip across the galaxy, as droids C-3PO and R2-D2 attempt to safely return a rebel spy to the Rebel Alliance. Park: Disney's Hollywood Studios, Florida