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Located in the Comic Tales section of HotGo DreamWorld, the 'Glacier Racer' WhiteWater Spinning Rapids Ride was born out of the client's desire to have a 'bear-themed rapids ride' similar to Grizzly River Run at Disney California Adventure. Designed by Legacy Entertainment, this heavily-themed boat ride would have taken riders past numerous comical 'sight gag' vignettes designed by Phil Mendez- best known in the theme park world for his beloved work on Monster Mansion (formerly Monster Plantation) at Six Flags Over Georgia.

One ride type commonly found in Legacy Entertainment's theme park designs is the Steeplechase coaster. Nearly extinct with only Blackpool's Steeplechase currently in operation, the concept has recently been revived by S&S-Sansei. At Hotgo DreamWorld, this attraction took the form of a Unicorn race, and was to be set in the park's Fairy Tales theme zone. Options with 2 and 3 tracks were both developed.

Woven throughout HotGo DreamWorld's Comic Tales zone is "Wacky Tracks"- a custom Maurer Xtended SC 3000 Spinning Coaster with an large Dark Ride segment on the front end. Like Phantasialand's Winjas, the roller coaster is designed to include an Elevator / Vertical Lift, as well as numerous 'trick track' moments. As is typical in Legacy Entertainment's theme park designs, the attraction is highly-integrated into the park's environment

Legacy Entertainment's theme park design of HotGo DreamWorld's ADVENTURE TALES Zone contains a unique update on the popular Splash Battle attraction. Like a Preston & Barbieri 'Splash Battle' or Mack 'Interactive Boat Ride', 'Treasure Island War Ships' would pit dueling ships against each other, as well as those on shore. Unique to this attraction, however, is that guests would stand on the deck of a pirate ship, able to freely roam and change positions as defensive attacks warranted.

Anchoring HotGo DreamWorld's futuristic zone, Fantastic Tales, is ALIEN TAXI- a multi-launch coaster designed by Legacy Entertainment. Intended to be a modern take on Disney's Space Mountain, Alien Taxi was to begin with a slow-speed Dark Ride segment, followed by a launch into the main show box. A second launch would propel vehicles out of the box and into the Fantastic Tales land for the ride's finale.

With HotGo DreamWorld indefinitely stalled, Legacy Entertainment's roller coaster design was adapted on a much smaller budget and scale for Trans Studio Cibubur, where a modest-but-popular "Alien Taxi" coaster opened in July 2019. This version uses a Maurer SC2000 ride system.

One of the strangest elements of HotGo DreamWorld's design from Legacy Entertainment is its inclusion of a land bearing an unmistakeable resemblance to Disney California Adventure's Paradise Pier. This was done at insistence of the client, who had fallen in love with DCA's Boardwalk zone during their visit to the park. Legacy's designers aimed to deviate to the greatest degree possible, drawing on inspirations from benchmarks such as The Festival of Britain and Tivoli Gardens.

Part 2: HotGo DreamWorld Garden Boardwalk zone Master Plan & Design by Legacy Entertainment

FANTASTIC TALES is HotGo DreamWorld's futuristic land, and was designed as a fully-enclosed space to allow for year-round operation (climate-controlled walkways connect it to the Castle Hotel at the park's entrance). Legacy Entertainment's theme park design aimed for a fresh take on the Tomorrowland concept, and one idea that was explored was a land in which everything from the ride vehicles to the employee uniforms would illuminate. The land was anchored by the ALIEN TAXI multi-launch coaster. While TBD to see if this attraction will be realized in Fushun, a scaled-back version was built last year in another Legacy Entertainment project, Trans Studio Cibubur.

Part 2: FANTASTIC TALES at HotGo DreamWorld Indoor Theme Park Design by Legacy Entertainment