Interactive raft ride
AssigneeWhitewater West Industries Ltd.
InventorsKelly Sall, Rick Briggs, Mark Weston
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Abstract
A water ride includes ride vehicles and spectator areas for allowing interaction between ride vehicles and/or between a ride vehicle and spectators to the ride. The water ride may include engagement components (e.g., water guns) located on the ride vehicle and/or at spectator areas. Users of the engagement components may therefore interact with other users operating other engagement components. Activators and corresponding reactors may be triggered by users and/or automatically providing additional entertainment and interaction for the water ride. Various charging capabilities may be used for powering one or more components, activators, and/or reactors of the ride, ride vehicle, and/or spectator areas.
Claims14
An amusement ride, comprising:
- a ride area;
- a first ride vehicle configured to travel in the ride area;
- a first engagement component connected with the first ride vehicle, the first engagement component configured to be interacted with by a rider of the first ride vehicle;
- a first activator component configured to be triggered via the first engagement component;
- a first reactor operatively coupled with the first activator and configured to produce a first effect based upon triggering of the first activator component;
- wherein the first reactor produces the first effect in a second ride vehicle in the ride area;
- and wherein the first reactor comprises a water projectile device, and the water projectile device is configured to change a strength of spray based on receipt of an input feature;
- a spectator location located adjacent to and outside of the ride area, the spectator location comprising a second engagement component, a second activator component configured to be triggered via the second engagement component, and a second reactor operatively coupled with the second activator component and configured to produce a second effect based upon triggering the second activator component;
- wherein the second reactor produces the second effect in the spectator location.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.