Simworx, the dynamic media attractions specialist, has recently installed two new dark rides at a park in Vietnam. The firm has worked on a pair of simulators for Ba Na Hills, which recently opened the installations as Mắt Bay (meaning ‘Flying Eyes’). The custom-designed flying airship rides combine a number of ride elements and are mounted on dynamic motion bases.
The setup allows riders to mirror content projected on 180-degree screens, immersing guests in the attraction’s story.
The ride design is an example of Simworx’s Cobra Dark Ride system, with a track-mounted 3-DOF motion base. This allows visitors to board the ride in a separate loading bay before traversing along a brief track section into the main show area. The ride’s design comprises tiered seating rows to ensure optimum views from every angle.
The attraction reaches an approximate throughput of 400 visitors per hour, with the rides having a joint capacity of 40 guests at any time.
“Highly anticipated”
Following an extravagant pre-boarding sequence, visitors are taken away into the clouds by their airships for a journey around the globe, seeing landmarks from new perspectives such as the Eiffel Tower and soaring over expansive landscapes.
Simworx says: “Guests will be in awe at the incredible scenery, while special in-theatre effects bring the sights to life with wind and aroma.
“The highly anticipated attraction opened to the public on 30 April, as one of the attractions in part of the new ‘Kingdom of the Moon’ addition to the park.”
Other projects
The firm has worked with the park before, with the inauguration of its Stargazer Motion Theatre at Ba Na Hills precisely a decade ago.
The 2012 attraction, 4D Future Race, provides guests with the exhilaration of an F1 air race, enhanced by in-theatre effects such as smoke, steam and wind.
Simworx’s work on Reodor Felgen’s Hyperakselerator for Norway’s Hunderfossen Adventure Park was last year celebrated at the blooloop Innovation Awards and explored in more detail at the TEA Summit in Anaheim, California.
