Rumors regarding Expedition:Everest track style.

[Testtrack321]

Disney has very rarely done it's own ride system building. Haunted Mansion was done by Arrow along with Space Mountain. Test Track was *almost* all in house, but GM helped build the car bodies. The difference between an off the shelf and other rides is that Disney comes up with the layout (usually) and gets the company to make custom parts for it. With PW, it was like they opened a catalogue, just like the last poster said, and picked out 'Spinner Coaster #2'.

 

[HauntedMansionFan]

Originally posted by bretsyboo

And yes, primeval whirl was literally picked out of a catelog, anyone can get one of these, I can't remember the company, I'm sure someone can look it up, but it is literally something like #2 Spinning Wild Mouse.

Reverchon is the company that does most of the mouse coasters for every theme park.

 

[crusader]

Since "X" is a pipedream let's talk reality.

One can only dream that E:E will incorporate Vekoma's tilt coaster. I'm still trying to get a visual on the track/wheel mechanism to decipher the topic at hand.

This is what we want!

http://www.coasterforce.com/parkguides/discoveryworld/gravity.shtml

 

[JimB.]

This is what we want!

Actually, it is probably more appropriate to say this is the coaster YOU want.

Me? ugh.

 

[HB2K]

Scoop is correct in his description of "outsourcing".

Disney never built (at least to my knowledge) their rides from scratch all by themselves. But in the past what would happen is Disney would tell the vendor (be it Vekoma, be it Arrow, whomever) what they needed and had the builder supply parts to the Imagineering blue print.

Now adays Disney contacts the ride manufacturer first, then has Imagineering build around the ride provided. This is what I term "outsourcing".

And one last note:

I'm really getting sick of the constant nitpiking of terms used here. I know Scoop is gone, but I for one would rather clarify a term once in a while than have to worry constantly whether it's P.C. to use around here....