Английская Википедия:FlyOver (ride)
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Flyover is a flying theater attraction. The first Flyover attraction opened in 2013 at Canada Place in downtown Vancouver, British Columbia. The ride takes guests on a virtual flight across Canada, utilizing ride equipment for up to 61 people at a time into a 19m (62 foot) diameter spherical screen and employs wind, mist, and scents to enhance the experience.[1][2][3] It has since opened at the Mall of America in the US, and downtown Reykjavik, Iceland, and in Las Vegas with plans to open a ride in Toronto.
History
Flyover in Vancouver
Flyover was created by entrepreneurs Stephen Geddes and Andrew Strang, who wanted to bring a new tourist attraction to downtown Vancouver. They were inspired by the Soarin' Over California ride located at Disneyland and Epcot. They wanted to create a ride that would attract a wide demographic and showcase the diversity of Canada.[4]
In 2013, they, along with financier Aquilini Developments, formed a partnership called Soaring Attractions. The ride is located in a former Imax theatre at Canada Place.[5][6][7][4] Soaring Attractions invested $16 million to develop the ride[6]
On June 29, 2013, the ride opened as FlyOver Canada.[8] The ride takes guests on a virtual flight across Canada, utilizing ride equipment that launches up to 61 people at a time into a 19m (62 foot) diameter spherical screen and employs wind, mist, and scents to enhance the experience.[6][9] It became the largest new tourist attraction to open in the region at the time.[6]
FlyOver America
Soaring Attractions then went on to open a similar ride in Bloomington, Minnesota’s Mall of America with the title FlyOver America in 2016. The estimated cost for the second ride was $20 million US.[10][4] The ride opened on April 19, and includes footage of Minneapolis, Lake Calhoun, Red Wing, Alaska, Hawaii, and Maine.[11][12] Beginning in June 8, 2017, the FlyOver Canada film was featured as an alternating attraction at FlyOver America.[13] Currently, as of February 10, 2020, a FlyOver Hawaii film has occupied the alternating attraction slot.[14]
FlyOver Iceland
FlyOver Iceland was opened on September 1, 2019 in Reykjavik’s Grandi Harbour District. FlyOver Iceland was Pursuit’s first FlyOver attraction located outside of North America. FlyOver Iceland provides a similar experience to Flyover in Vancouver and Las Vegas with multi-sensory special effects and a 20-metre spherical screen. FlyOver Iceland showcases the film Legends of Iceland, along with a series of films available at the other locations.[15]
Flyover in Las Vegas
Шаблон:Main On September 1, 2021, Flyover in Las Vegas opened. The ride’s film, The Real Wild West, uses a moving platform with six degrees of motion as well as wind, mist, and location-specific scents to enhance the experience as the seats are suspended above landmarks across the United States.[16]
Acquisition by Pursuit and Expansion
In December 2016, Soaring Attractions sold Flyover to the Phoenix based travel and events company, Pursuit, a subsidiary of Viad Corp.[2][4][3]
In 2017, Pursuit announced it would be developing a Flyover ride in downtown Reykjavik, Iceland in cooperation with Esja Attractions.[17] FlyOver Iceland opened in September 2019.[18][19][20]
In February 2019, Viad announced plans to develop a Flyover ride in Las Vegas,[21] which opened on September 1, 2021 with a Flyover The Real Wild West ride film with the Iceland film being an alternating attraction.[22] In July 2019, Viad announced plans to develop a FlyOver ride in Toronto.[23]
Awards
Strang and Geddes were previous winners of the Business in Vancouver Forty under 40 award.[2]
References
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