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Disney’s Underutilization of the Trackless Dark Ride Technology

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With the premier of Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance, Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway and soon enough, Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure, it appears Disney is really embracing trackless dark ride technology. I will however be upfront in saying that I believe the technology is actually being quite underutilized and we’re going to be taking a look at other attractions both within and outside the Walt Disney Company, to see how they can better innovate.

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31 comments

@AS1140. October 2, 2024 - 2:48 pm
Rise of the resistance revamp with blasters, animatronic stormtrooper targets, new chambers and corridors, and a dynamic pathfinding system.
@melaniemanning2462 October 2, 2024 - 2:48 pm
TD Hunny hunt was such an amazing experience. I felt like I was on some kind of drugs or something. I have since been wondering why they don't take advantage of the technology. Who would've thought a dark ride could be disorienting and exciting?
@PandeeChannel October 2, 2024 - 2:48 pm
I know this video is old, but I feel, at least from on ride POV's, belle's at tokyo kinda lingers on a scene like the love song, feels like dragging it out just to drag it, i much prefer the fast paced ones such as rotr
@branballistick October 2, 2024 - 2:48 pm
It just seems very odd, and actially quite embarassing, that the tech the domestic parks pull from overseas parks continues to be underwhelming versions of the originals.
@michaelsiebielec5554 October 2, 2024 - 2:48 pm
Disney management in the USA are cheap and unimaginative compared to their overseas counterparts. This is what happens when you replace all the creatives with investment managers.
@UnoriginalDnA October 2, 2024 - 2:48 pm
I'm curious why they don't work out licensing with Amazon to utilize similar technology as the AMR robots. Then you could have the rides know where each one is and more organically have them move about, leading to a truly random experience.
@I_can_Shoot_77 October 2, 2024 - 2:48 pm
Have you thought about covering the rise and fall of any of the 3 parks I'm going to type in Boardwalk and Baseball on I-4/ Cypress Gardens/ Silver Springs water park??
@kitsunekun2345 October 2, 2024 - 2:48 pm
I got to ride Pooh's Hunny Hunt multiple times when I lived in Tokyo and it's a great experience. Always felt fresh and fun, and like it was worth waiting in the sometimes 2+ hour line for.
@feist__ October 2, 2024 - 2:48 pm
You sound so different here than you do today!
@Dre2Dee2 October 2, 2024 - 2:48 pm
The problem with these rides is I shouldnt be able to see the "seams" of it. Yes I understand that Im not actually driving around cartoon world in a magical vehicle, BUT AT LEAST ATTEMPT TO FOOL ME

Most of these rides look exactly like what wal-mart or costco would look like if you turn the lights off and put an LED on. WHY AM I SEEING CONCRETE FLOORS. WHY ARE THERE HUGE EMPTY WAREHOUSE LIKE SPACES?

So freaking CHEAP
@BradleyFish-ln4vl October 2, 2024 - 2:48 pm
IT JUST NEEDS TO BE WORKED OUT MORE
@nightisright1873 October 2, 2024 - 2:48 pm
So do you guys think the slow-moving onimover is dead
@wannabe12g68 October 2, 2024 - 2:48 pm
I was actually very impressed with Rise of the Resistance. I just know how much better it could and would be if it used non-sequel trilogy Star Wars content.
@Dennis-we3ru October 2, 2024 - 2:48 pm
I think the best trackless dark ride is in Efteling called Symbolica
@mykelcohen October 2, 2024 - 2:48 pm
The part of trackless rides that always makes me laugh is despite being trackless you can clearly see the “tracks” from multiple passes of vehicles over time making the “trackless” part a waste in the end.
@camillegrinnaux879 October 2, 2024 - 2:48 pm
I was a tour guide at GMR and I got real sick real quick of something that I kept seeing in advertising--that these new rides were the 'first of their kind with trackless technology.'

TECHNICALLY true, but a bit disingenuous.

Also they killed GMR for Runaway Railway. I tried real hard to like it, but it's loud, empty, soulless and extremely overstimulating in my opinion.
@nahm0002 October 2, 2024 - 2:48 pm
How can you not mention Efteling’s symbolica ride ?
@karenackerman8988 October 2, 2024 - 2:48 pm
Be honest; be open. These rides lack imagination. They are a cheap response to a simpering leadership.
@karenackerman8988 October 2, 2024 - 2:48 pm
What about Tokyo Disney Winnie the Pooh? Talk about that!
@NikoFool October 2, 2024 - 2:48 pm
I feel like you're being incredibly harsh when it comes to criticizing Rise of the resistance and Runaway Railway. I understand your desire for a more versatile Trackless ride however when taking into consideration the theming, story, and other tech used to enhance the rider's experience, you really are giving the rides way less credit than they truly deserve. I'm not a die-hard Disney fan myself and I find great value in criticism as it pushes companies to innovate rather than getting away with cheap old tricks, however, when criticism is thrown all over without providing the appropriate praise for the things done right, it tends to come across as pointless complaining which leads many to disregard all points brought up as a whole. as someone who has been on these rides myself and has experienced a vast majority of the Disney attractions offered in North America, I have to say that these attractions themselves are some of the best Disney has to offer and really left me in aw after experiencing them. there are many other attractions at Disney, especially new ones which really do deserve criticism to this degree and I think that when looking at attractions we should be a lot fairer in how we view them to allow a more constructive environment where real improvements can be made to come to fruition. No hate just my thoughts :)
@marketyourindustry October 2, 2024 - 2:48 pm
100% agree with all your points! Great video!
@jacobmckenzie9182 October 2, 2024 - 2:48 pm
Did you know that the ride systems for Poohs Hunny Hunt and The Enchanted Tale of Beauty and the Beast are totally different from the other track less dark rides Including: Mystic Manor, Remy's Ratatouille Adventure, Rise of the Resistance, and Mickey and Minnie's Runaway Railway? The first 2 as well as older ones run on a magnetic strip or something else similar, whereas the other 4 rides go off of quick charge batteries that are guided by computer mapping. My Grandpa was an Imagineer as his company was the company that got to patent to make this ride system only for Disney. The company is located up here in Petoskey Michigan and is responsible for the creation of the ride system and the batteries needed to run the ride. They are crazy high voltage batteries that quick charge in 30 seconds and can hold a 2 minute charge, so they have multiple charging points throughout the rides when ever stopping. So next time you ride one of these rides, look for the charging spots.
@wkmr October 2, 2024 - 2:48 pm
Okay, correct me if I'm wrong, but I have a feeling trackless rides will be the new normal (including in completely linear ride concepts) for the SOLE reason that, if a vehicle breaks down, the other vehicles can go around it and keep moving. Is that alone not an omnimover-killer?
@JordiLA October 2, 2024 - 2:48 pm
We don't need to be so nickpicky and enjoy the rides (usually are intended for a big % of people who don't watch the rides in youtube 100 times before rode it and just enjoy the experience) for me, more crossed ways and more advanced movements will be more "Out of Service" times.. I think it is OK just what did it.. but never at the universal studios level with HP Forbbiden Journey.. the most unpredictable ever!!
@Galaxy-ds4lw October 2, 2024 - 2:48 pm
Daisy dance studio was great even if out of place. I loved it.
@praralexander7561 October 2, 2024 - 2:48 pm
One of my biggest problems with trackless dark rides is that they seem to be incapable of navigating anything other than completely flat services; I do recognize that they might not be able to do that for safety reasons, as going too wild could tip the vehicle, but it would be interesting to see a version that could lock onto rails for sections as they do with the elevators now.
@EverScrolls October 2, 2024 - 2:48 pm
I don't understand why Disney just didn't re-imagine The Great Movie Ride with new properties if they thought it was getting old, especially when Disneyland is getting their own version of the Mickey and Minnie ride anyway.
@trevorrandom October 2, 2024 - 2:48 pm
Tokyo Disney is fantastic 👍
@Ipoop7colors October 2, 2024 - 2:48 pm
I think there is something small that I dislike about trackless dark rides. It's the fact that I'm somehow distracted by the people in other cars because you're kind of exposed. When the ride is dark that is no problem but with Symbolica I find myself to be somewhat exposed sitting there compared to the older dark ride systems from mack, where you're sitting in a more cozy personal car. Also I feel too overwhelmed with the 360 degree view. You don't know where to look. I rather have them pointing the car and showing you where to look. When you enter a new scene in Symbolica, you're looking right at the people in the next car. I want to have my own little space like in the Haunted Mansion.
@mushieslushie October 2, 2024 - 2:48 pm
My biggest complaint about Rise is that the 2 times they split up you see effectively the same scenes. I feel like they could have done better in that sense.
@JustaGuy_Gaming October 2, 2024 - 2:48 pm
I have to be honest I don't much see a real point to having a moving trackless technical if all your doing is viewing screens. Turning around to view a new scene or animitronic sure... but if if the screen is just going to change it could of done it without you moving.

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