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.
Claims20
An amusement ride, comprising:
- a ride area;
- a first ride vehicle configured to travel from a first location to a second location laterally offset from the first location within the ride area;
- a second ride vehicle configured to travel from a third location to a fourth location laterally offset from the third location within the ride area;
- a first activator connected with the first ride vehicle, the first activator configured to be interacted with by a rider of the first ride vehicle;
- a first reactor operatively coupled with the first activator, wherein the first reactor is disposed on the second ride vehicle and is configured to produce a first effect in the second ride vehicle based upon triggering of the first activator;
- a second activator connected with the second ride vehicle, the second activator configured to be interacted with by a rider of the second ride vehicle;
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- a second reactor operatively coupled with the second activator, wherein the second reactor is configured to produce a second effect in the first ride vehicle based upon triggering of the second activator.
An amusement ride, comprising:
- a ride area;
- a first ride vehicle configured to travel from a first location to a second location laterally offset from the first location within in the ride area;
- a second ride vehicle configured to travel from a third location to a fourth location laterally offset from the third location within the ride area;
- a first activator connected with the first ride vehicle and configured to be interacted with by a rider of the first ride vehicle;
- a first reactor operatively coupled with the first activator, wherein the first reactor is disposed on the second ride vehicle and is configured to produce a first effect in the second ride vehicle based upon triggering of the first activator;
- a second activator connected with the second ride vehicle and configured to be interacted with by a rider of the second ride vehicle;
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- a second reactor operatively coupled with the second activator, wherein the second reactor is configured to produce a second effect based upon triggering of the second activator component.
An amusement ride, comprising:
- a ride area;
- a first ride vehicle configured to travel from a first location to a second location laterally offset from the first location in the ride area;
- a second ride vehicle configured to travel from a third location to a fourth location laterally offset from the third location within the ride area;
- a first activator component located adjacent the ride area, the first activator component configured to be interacted with by a rider of the first ride vehicle;
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- a first reactor operatively coupled with the first activator component, wherein the first reactor is disposed on the second ride vehicle and is configured to produce a first effect based upon triggering of the first activator component;
- wherein the first reactor produces the first effect in the second ride vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.