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Disney have filed a patent for an "interactive" hotel room.

For instance, right now if one plays a car racing game on a computer, they not only drive the cars, they also hear them, hear other cars, hear the crowd, see fiery crashes, hear the explosions, and the game play is back-grounded by emotional music and the like. If they play with a slot car, they only get to drive a car. There are few sounds, certainly no background music to amp up the emotions. When they play on a screen, the world is completely surrounding and immersive, they only have to move by brain through the frame of the screen bezel and they are into another world. If they play in their room, none of this is true. The goal of the projector with its camera and audio attachments of the display systems described herein is to allow a room, where ever the room is located, to become as immersive as any screen environment or even more so.

Disney in patent documents said the technology could be used in the amusement park setting or in a hotel lobby, but many of the descriptions are for inside the hotel room or in private homes.

Source: http://www.bizjournals.com/orlando/news/2016/09/19/disney-patent-turns-hotel-rooms-into-interactive.html

Bioreconstruct on twitter has marked out that additional land Universal bought last year.





Source: https://twitter.com/bioreconstruct/status/790367071787970560

updated photo of salalah waterpark

Hole in the Funnel of Ferrari Experience Abu Dhabi is ready to put through a new coaster.

Blackpool Pleasure Beach, UK has announced a new rollercoaster for 2018.

This is big news in the UK as the most recent rollercoaster built here was was The Smiler at Alton Towers which has been plagued with terrible incidents.

Currently named ‘Construction 2018’ the ride is said to feature the highest number of ‘interactions’ in the world with 15 and will cross five other park rides and pass through two tunnels.

She (Amanda Thompson, Director of BPB) said: “Construction 2018 follows in the long tradition we have at Blackpool Pleasure Beach of investing in fantastic rides and bringing first of their kind rollercoasters to the UK. “Blackpool Pleasure Beach, the world’s most ride intensive amusement park, is home to the UK’s first looping coaster, Revolution, and, at the time it was built, the world’s tallest and fastest rollercoaster, The Big One, plus many more thrilling rides. “I’m delighted to be able to continue this tradition and bring such a thrilling ride to the UK.”

Source: http://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/our-region/blackpool/video-take-a-virtual-ride-on-blackpool-pleasure-beach-s-new-16-25m-rollercoaster-1-8153236

Mack have released an on ride video for it too...

Apparently a new area will open on September 20th at Shanghai Disneyland.

CONFIRMED: Opening Sept. 20, #ShanghaiDisneyland will debut TRON Realm Chevrolet Digital Challenge in Tomorrowland. Guests can enter the world of TRON to imagine, create, & drive their own TRON-inspired cars and tracks!

Source: https://www.instagram.com/p/BJ_GVhTjXni/?taken-by=thedisneydetails

Seaworld have broken ground in San Diego on their park expansion.

Construction on Ocean Explorer will begin in summer 2016 on a 3-acre site where the Animal Connections exhibit and the Circle of Flags are currently located on the southeast side of the park. This multi-million dollar attraction is scheduled to open in late spring of 2017.

Source: http://www.behindthethrills.com/2016/09/seaworld-san-diego-breaks-ground-on-ocean-explorer-park-expansion/

Now that Shanghai Dinseyland is "complete," I thought I'd share some future Shanghai Disneyland updates here:

Satellite imagery on Google Maps showing the newly opened Shanghai Disneyland!

Let's take a look at some potential future developments around the resort's property:

Looks like some work is being done behind the current Tomorrowland where the Tomorrowland expansion will open


The land adjacent to Shanghai Disneyland Resort looks like it's ready for another resort to be built


Perfect location for a resort right between transit station and entrance


Location of future Toy Story Land


Source: https://goo.gl/maps/tjG2yrFoECr

Fastest roller coaster in the world

SeaWorld San Diego is breaking ground today on a new "realm" called 'Ocean Explorer' which includes multiple new rides in which the main new ride takes guests around in moving pods to see multiple marine animal exhibits. This "realm" was designed by PGAV.

Source: http://patch.com/california/lajolla/seaworld-break-ground-new-attraction