Mouse au chocolat
| Mouse au chocolat | |
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The sign above the entrance |
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| Construction year | 2011 |
| Manufacturer | ETF Ride Systems Alterface |
| model | Interactive 3D Dark Ride |
| Journey time | approx. 7 min. |
| Number of people per train | 12 (3 carriages for 4 people each) |
Maus au Chocolat is an interactive dark ride in the Phantasialand amusement park in Brühl . The attraction was opened on June 9, 2011 in the Berlin themed area . The story of the ride is about the fictional Berlin cake factory Gustav E. Lehmann , into which mice have penetrated and are supposed to be removed with the help of the passengers. Visitors shoot lumps of cake at the rodents that act in interactive 3D film scenes . The aim is to achieve the highest possible number of points.
journey
An actor disguised as exterminator Oskar Koslowski greets the guests at several stations in the waiting area in films shown on large monitors. In this way, visitors are introduced to the history and handling of the interactive part of the ride. The journey takes place in trains with three carriages for four people each, the visitors sit back to back to each other and are aligned with the rotating chaise in the course of the journey to seven by six screens with rear projection . The stations shown in the films represent several areas of cake production. The first station is the administration of the factory, followed by the warehouse, kitchen, baking room, cake conveyor belt, cooling chamber and finally the sales room.
The passengers have to wear polarizing 3D glasses in order to perceive the stereoscopic spatial effect of the sequences shown. Every visitor then has the opportunity to "shoot" the mice that appear on the screens with the piping bags attached to the car . An infrared signal is sent to optical sensors behind the screen so that the system control can determine the position of the hit. These shots are also represented in the form of cake icing flying onto the scenery. If a mouse was hit, the value of the mouse is added to the visitor's score. The more hidden the mice are in the picture, the more points are scored with one hit. Since the passengers sit back to back and the cars can rotate, there is no clear direction of travel for the visitor. The areas between the virtual sequences are also designed to match the cake factory theme. Some scenes are also moved, but no animatronics are used.
At the end of the journey, the visitors are driven in front of screens on which the number of points achieved and a photo of the passenger taken during the journey are displayed. The number of points achieved can also be read on the LED segment displays in the car while driving .
Manufacturer and Development
The actual ride system including vehicles comes from ETF Rides . The manufacturer of the 3D technology of the ride is Alterface . In addition, the company fake-filmconstruction GmbH was responsible for the theming. Studio Artwork took care of the special design of the floors . Mouse au Chocolat is based on the same technology as the Toy Story Midway Mania attraction , which is available in three different Disney parks.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Mouse au chocolat . Article from Freizeitpark-Welt.de, accessed on December 16, 2012
- ↑ a b Unique Interactive Dark Ride at Phantasialand Germany ( Memento of the original from February 8, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English). ETF Rides official website, accessed December 16, 2012
- ↑ New 2011 Maus-au-Chocolat ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Article from phantastische-fans.com, accessed December 16, 2012
- ↑ References ( Memento of the original from December 21, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Fake-filmconstruction website, accessed December 16, 2012
- ↑ Reference Phantasialand ( Memento of the original from February 20, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Studio Artwork website, accessed December 16, 2012
Coordinates: 50 ° 47 '59.1 " N , 6 ° 52' 48.9" E