spicy said:
So how does the Tokyo trackless ride system make the ride experience so much better?
Also out of interest if anyone knows, how does that work?
Instead of a tracked system where every car follows the exact same path, the Tokyo system have 3 honey pots riding with each other and they are racing, "dancing", spinning in a fluid and chaotic way (all rides seems to be similar but are in fact unique, due to the fact that the cars are steered in real time), which makes this system so much more than "just" another dark ride.
Each car have it's own drive system which can drive it along in any direction, inside the building there is a LPS system (like a GPS but Local) which the cars use to tell the main computer where they are and the main computer then tells each car what to do next.
Aquatopia uses a similar system, but a bit different since they uses a pre-planed route, and the navigation is done in a bit different way (much like an automated forklift).
It's really nice to see that they are planning to build new versions of this ride system, since it's awesome!!