Amazing Star Wars ride patent filed by WDI!!!

[Figment632]

Wow could this be the TL super E omg I hope so! Now this is innovative Disney!

http://forums.wdwmagic.com/showthread.php?t=747300

 

[mike the canuck]

So sweet! I hope they build this!

 

[Figment632]

So sweet! I hope they build this!

Yes but im hoping for TL not DHS!

 

[mike the canuck]

Yes but im hoping for TL not DHS!

I hope so too. I couldn't see them putting 2 major Star Wars attraction in one park

 

[Figment632]

I hope so too. I couldn't see them putting 2 major Star Wars attraction in one park

Agreed put it in the expansion plot behind SM

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[nytimez]

Hmmm... a new poster (on the other board) with no link to the actual patent or even the patent number.

And is it just me, or do you patent specific elements and not the whole ride? For example, you might patent the track system... and/or the system used to shoot the guns/provide feedback... but not the ride itself.

Someone else can correct me since I'm not an expert in this area. But it just doesn't look like a real patent to me.

 

[skier_pete]

OK, since this is claimed to be a patent and the original posts question the veracity of the poster...i thought, "hey, why not look it up"

For those curious:

United States Patent 7,802,522
September 28, 2010
Inventors: Gordon; Jonathan I. (Alexandria, VA)
Appl. No.: 11/351,837
Filed: February 10, 2006
A multi-track multi-vehicle coaster simulates a popular theme of a competition, struggle or conflict taken from history or fiction. The vehicles interact with each other and with the ride scenery in many different ways and vehicle velocity is altered at different points in the ride using multiple motors and brakes. An interactive queue is provided and allows people in the queue to interact with people on the ride. Energy recycling and computer ride control are also disclosed.

So, it's clearly a real patent....however, the patent is to a Jonathan Gordon in Alexandria VA, originally filed in 2006...i tried to do a search on the person as a Disney employee and couldn't find it.

My opinion, patents are filed all the time, millions of them (I have 4 and counting myself) this doesn't mean a darn thing about a ride being built.

SkierPete

 

[ASteelersMidget]

I'm not even sure what it is. If someone would like to explain it to me that would be wonderful.

 

[nytimez]

OK, since this is claimed to be a patent and the original posts question the veracity of the poster...i thought, "hey, why not look it up"

For those curious:


So, it's clearly a real patent....however, the patent is to a Jonathan Gordon in Alexandria VA, originally filed in 2006...i tried to do a search on the person as a Disney employee and couldn't find it.

My opinion, patents are filed all the time, millions of them (I have 4 and counting myself) this doesn't mean a darn thing about a ride being built.

SkierPete

Thanks for looking it up. Agreed -- patents are filed all the time and most of them never lead to anything.

 

[Figment632]

I'm not even sure what it is. If someone would like to explain it to me that would be wonderful.

lol I have no clue looils like a mix between SM, Spiderman, and MIB.

 

[ASteelersMidget]

lol I have no clue looils like a mix between SM, Spiderman, and MIB.

As I've never been to universal and know nothing about any of their rides, I'm afraid that doesn't tell me much.

 

[DizCaptain]

Despite the whole disregard to patents and what not. You say it was filed to some nobody in Virginia, yet if I recall didn't Walt himself buy the WDW land under dummy corporations and what not? I'll take this to bite and see it as a huge possibility. Not even if its for a star wars concept, it could work with so many things like Tron (remember that rumor spike on a tron coaster a while back?). These things can piece together, the immersion of this ride and possible technology, with the proposed or even another theming, I'd be so much more pleased with Disney (not that I'm not right now) since they are facing large competition at the other surrounding parks.

 

[skier_pete]

I'm not even sure what it is. If someone would like to explain it to me that would be wonderful.

It looks like a "coaster" of sorts that would have 6 ride vehicles on at the same time on separate tracks, which would be "battling" to a degree. If you read through the patent, it's more than just Star Wars and more of a concept...but the "main" patent seems to have 3 x-wings and 3 tie-fighters, and basically it looks like it would simulate a dog fight between the 6 vehicles.

Admittedly very cool, but again not very likely.

 

[ASteelersMidget]

It looks like a "coaster" of sorts that would have 6 ride vehicles on at the same time on separate tracks, which would be "battling" to a degree. If you read through the patent, it's more than just Star Wars and more of a concept...but the "main" patent seems to have 3 x-wings and 3 tie-fighters, and basically it looks like it would simulate a dog fight between the 6 vehicles.

Admittedly very cool, but again not very likely.

Thanks Pete.

That sounds cool, but i doubt it.

Anyway, we won't know for certain probably until the Expo in August.

 

[lockedoutlogic]

they put in a crappy dodge simulator ride in 21 years ago...and bothered to recut the film exactly 12 after the first new material of the franchise was released in 16 years...
...no question the most anticipated movie of all time
...and then two more movies are released

they all suck - generally speaking - but the oppurtunity was there for new rides...


and NOW...they are gonna build a new ride?

hmmm...must be using University of Chicago math on this calculation...

 

[rodkenrich]

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[skier_pete]

Despite the whole disregard to patents and what not. You say it was filed to some nobody in Virginia, yet if I recall didn't Walt himself buy the WDW land under dummy corporations and what not? I'll take this to bite and see it as a huge possibility. Not even if its for a star wars concept, it could work with so many things like Tron (remember that rumor spike on a tron coaster a while back?). These things can piece together, the immersion of this ride and possible technology, with the proposed or even another theming, I'd be so much more pleased with Disney (not that I'm not right now) since they are facing large competition at the other surrounding parks.

Actually, another reason to think this isn't a Disney patent...while most of the patent discusses a "Star Wars" theme, at the end they mention the possibility for other themes, with a paragraph of detail describing how it could be used for a "Harry Potter" ride. Methinks Disney wouldn't put Harry Potter in a patent, even in 2006 when the patent was applied for. (unlikely they would have mentioned Tron either back then.)

Again, even if it's not a Disney patent, that doesn't mean they couldn't be contracting it out to another company, and THEY own the patent.

 

[lockedoutlogic]

I agree. But, wishful thinking is always a good start.

perhaps...but it also clouds the judgement of the paying customer and creates too much goodwill towards the seller.

We all pay increasing costs to go to WDW...and since by and large most that care have this nostalgic thought process that tells them "something big is coming"...we can't be responsible consumers.

And a responsible consumer questions the value of what they are getting for the cost. It is essential to the marketplace. And WDW fans...don't tend to cut it.

I too...as i know that they have strategically shifted their goals from expanding the resort property to exploring all possible avenues to cut costs while maximizing revenue streams...a philosophy that sacrifices a calculated amount of quality and performance that has been deemed expendable - Yet i just booked...again.

So we should not be too wishful thinking (from my chair at least) because a little push back is coming down the road...the sooner the better.


I miss Michael Eisner...and that is utterly shocking.
He was an egomaniacal, greedy bloodsucker in the end...but at least he had some modicum of creativity that occasionally took hold.
He greenlighted splash mountain...and the tower of terror...great hotel designs and some strong additions in other areas...

But I know what you're thinking:
"Once California Adventure is done...then they'll do big things at WDW"

...uh huh - ya see?
There it is again

 

[skier_pete]

Yet i just booked...again.

You amuse me Lockedout...! I hope you do realize that the only way to get Disney to change their ways is with your (and others) wallets. If those that complain most ardently about the changes continue to pay for the services they dislike, it seems that any hope for change is futile...wouldn't you think?

 

[Faldred]

Methinks Disney wouldn't put Harry Potter in a patent, even in 2006 when the patent was applied for. (unlikely they would have mentioned Tron either back then.)

Why not? Isn't the US distributor of Harry Potter (films, at least) Warner Brothers? They have relationships with ABC, so it wouldn't have been totally out there for Disney to have contemplated HP, especially for DHS.

Back to the specific topic, I see some posts hoping for this to be a MK/TL ride. While I can see that, I actually prefer DHS because that lends itself open to the idea of an entire "Star Wars Land". Think of it -- relocate and refurb the Muppets 3D (would it fit in the Sounds Dangerous space?) , and that side of the park has lots of room for the two Star Wars rides plus some other themeing, shops, etc., and space to expand, then as you roll around clockwise, you ditch the backlot tour and the stunt car show for a full Pixar Place (TSM, Carsland, MI coaster, Ratatouille dark ride, etc.)

That has "awesome" written all over it, and makes DHS a lot more than a half-day park.