Shown above is a great video by the kids over at Coaster Force of the new for 2014 Wonder Mountain’s Guardian dark ride at Canada’s Wonderland. It was billed early on as an “interactive family dark ride”… and as you might see from the video, it is indeed interactive. But why does this matter at all in an article about what’s next for Knott’s Berry Farm? Well… Matt Ouimet pitched it in a conference call as a compelling dark ride concept that they felt could have legs in more than just one of their parks…
But… can I be the one to ask why?
See, the way I see it is a little like this. Wonder Mountain’s Guardian is, for lack of better terms… not good. It’s basically a ride through a first person shooter video game with a drop track at the end as the gimmick ending. And not to sound like an old curmudgeon but… does everything need to be guns and shooting in a day and age where we collectively lament the violence that is so pervasive in our culture? Not to mention the issue of “does everything need to be interactive”? The pitch with the ride in Canada was that it was an interactive experience with a long screen that they can change from shooting bugs to shooting zombies at Halloween time. Okay. And?
Read the rest at WestCoaster
Knott's News: I'm a little late on this one. Totally agree with Jim!
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