Astro Canyon Coaster Location: Sony MovieGlide Theatre Ridgefield Park, New Jersey
(ATTRACTION NOW CLOSED)Venue: Cabin (with Sony Hi-Def video projection) Motion Base and Programming Software: Thomson Venturer 3-DOF Film Production: nWAVE Pretty much what the title implies.
The fourth and final ride I programmed at the Sony MovieGlide, and another film that shows up all over the place to this day.
Watch for: the film to spend a lot of time doing loop-the-loops - something the MovieGlide simulator couldn't do.
So how did I program the MovieGlide for this film? Sorry, that's a trade secret.
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Trivia: This film has several loop-the-loops because it was originally produced for a Taito base like this one - a two-seater arcade ride that spins 360° on all three axes. (Which still counts as only 3 DOF's, in case you were wondering.)