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brownie
10-17-2008, 07:26 AM
This show premiered last night on the Discovery Channel. There were only four rides they looked at, but the last was Toy Story Mania. They talked a little about how they decided on the string pull and talked about all the processing power in the ride.

The other rides were Fahrenheit at Hershey Park (I thought this segment looked more at the engineering than the others), Niagara's Fury (a 4-D "circlevision" attraction), and X2.

It was interesting show; I'd recommend checking it out if it airs again.
Steve Brown
10-17-2008, 11:42 AM
Does anyone know if this is going to air again?
Goofy4TheWorld
10-17-2008, 02:05 PM
This show is currently re-scheduled for:

October 25, 2008 at 8:00pm eastern.
brownie
10-20-2008, 07:19 AM
This show is currently re-scheduled for:

October 25, 2008 at 8:00pm eastern.

Also on October 26 from 12am-1am.
GrumpyFan
10-22-2008, 12:16 PM
Also on October 26 from 12am-1am.

Thanks, I'll have to set this up to record so I can watch it.
chrisb26
10-23-2008, 04:03 PM
I recorded this to my DVR when it aired originally but just had the chance to watch it the other day and some of those attractions looked really awesome. Besides Toy Story Mania which was cool to learn they could add a new game like that. Niagara's Fury looked like an awesome attraction I must say if I went to Niagara Falls I would have to go on that.
brownie
10-24-2008, 09:22 AM
Niagara's Fury looked like an awesome attraction I must say if I went to Niagara Falls I would have to go on that.

It did look cool but you have to wonder about putting a virtual attraction like that right next to the real thing.