29yrswithaGApass Posted March 20, 2008 Report Share Posted March 20, 2008 Alcatraz: The Ride's official web page is still up and running even though the ride never operated in 2007. I only rode this ride once and my Co-pilot had us "flying" upside down the entire time. It's pretty hard to shoot at targets when everything is upside down! Click the image below to visit the site! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetsDevs4Lyf Posted March 20, 2008 Report Share Posted March 20, 2008 That's interesting to say the least. In all honesty I can't say that I ever even saw the attraction. I had heard of it and I even think one of the coupon books I had mentioned Alcatraz the ride for maybe a buy one admission get one free or something. For some reason I just could never locate it between the two rides. If it were standing today I could most likely not point it out to you if asked haha. How was the ride anyway. It seemed like an interesting concept but rarely have I found anyone who rode to get an opinion from. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Master Posted March 20, 2008 Report Share Posted March 20, 2008 I never got to ride it either but I almost never ride extra cost rides. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29yrswithaGApass Posted March 20, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2008 You didn't miss much by not riding it! It was a rather dull ride with lackluster graphics. The motion simulation could have saved it but that was relatively tame too. For me the best part of it was being able to venture inside the park's old admin building which housed the ride. The setup was pretty elaborate for a temporary attraction with a gift shop leading to a preshow area and then ultimately onto the simulator staging area which was located on the far (Superman) side of the building. I guess the ride was fun for true arcade game fans but once seemed to be enough for me. Come to think of it, once must have been enough for a lot of people or it would still be open! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetsDevs4Lyf Posted March 20, 2008 Report Share Posted March 20, 2008 In terms of a temporary attraction this reminds to me a much lesser extent of one of the ride's in the Disney Quest complex in Downtown Disney. YOu could build your own rollercoaster in a planning area, and then once you were done and satisfied with what you had built, and the intenisty rating it received, you submitted it to the computer and waited on a short line to ride it yourself in a true 360 degree simulator. I really enjoyed it as it was something different, and the Alcatraz concept seems like a much more primitive version of simulator. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29yrswithaGApass Posted March 21, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2008 When we tried Cyber Space Mountain at Disney Quest we designed a Level 5 coaster with a huge number of inversions. After the ride was over we realized why the attendant asked us about four times if we really wanted to ride what we designed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetsDevs4Lyf Posted March 21, 2008 Report Share Posted March 21, 2008 I will admit I was a bit nervous when we were continually asked if we really wanted to ride it. But I thought the ovewrall experience was awesome as a whole. An upcharge attraction like this would really be nice lol. But I know it is probably a bit too expensive and advanced for the current park's budgetting. I do think it would catch on though, especially considering the ride would never have to be the same twice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29yrswithaGApass Posted May 16, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 16, 2009 The web page for Alcatraz- The Ride is STILL live! Click HERE! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiller Posted June 2, 2009 Report Share Posted June 2, 2009 I never rode it, but I do remember seeing the sign for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrceagle Posted June 3, 2009 Report Share Posted June 3, 2009 Looks like it was a fun attraction. Thanks for sharing the link. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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