SeaWorld Orlando has confirmed that it’s working with Mack Rides on its flying theater trip that can debut within the theme park subsequent spring.
The attraction, introduced in September, is changing the previous Wild Arctic simulator. The trip will probably be Mack’s Airific mannequin, officers mentioned Tuesday on the German firm’s sales space on the IAAPA Expo, now underway on the Orange County Conference Heart.
“We needed to convey a really exceptional expertise that blends pleasure, that blends an engineering marvel and that also delivers on that dedication to conservation training and the animals that we all know and love,” mentioned Conner Carr, company director of rides and engineering for United Parks & Resort, SeaWorld’s dad or mum firm.
It will likely be the primary Airific theater within the western hemisphere, Carr mentioned.
“This unbelievable, dynamic trip system goes to convey visitors face-to-face with animals of all types that they’ll then get to expertise in actual life all through our park,” he mentioned.
“The Airific system was actually the one choice — the distinctive particular results, the distinctive immersion, a dynamic movement,” Carr mentioned.
When the trip was first introduced, SeaWorld mentioned the visuals would come with icy landscapes, the Aurora Borealis, beluga whales, orcas, walruses and different sea life.
The Mack theater is a “full immersive flying expertise,” in line with the corporate web site. Passengers are positioned in entrance of spherical display on three ranges. The positioning additionally emphasizes that Airific has the smallest footprint for an attraction of this kind.
SeaWorld and Mack have a protracted work relationship. Mack was the producer of Journey to Atlantis, the theme park’s first thrill trip.
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