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Based on the hit film, Twister...Ride it Out places guests
a mere 20 feet away from the awesome live spectacle of a five-story
tornado. Discovering just how treacherous a twister can be, 2,400 guests
per hour encounter intesifying winds and pounding rain as they brave
Mother Nature's fury in this state-of-the-art attraction. The ominous
funnel, the largest indoor tornado ever created, circulated enough air
to fill four blimps in one minute, resulting in the deafening "freight
train" sound often associated with actual tornadoes.
Type - special effects show
Duration - 15 minutes.
Restrictions
PG-13
Guests may remain in standard wheelchair throughout.
Assistive listening available.
Tips
If you're feeling brave and want to stand in the front row, keep to
the right as you enter the final room.
You will get wet!
Facts/History
Twister uses dozens of powerful, specially-designed fans to create its
unique vortex, or funnel. Among them are 18 fans with seven-foot-long
blades positioned on ground level, mid-level and high-level through
the attraction.
Guests experience a twister more than five-stories tall and 12-feet
wide that "dances" as much as 30-feet in any direction from its origin
point.
150,000 gallons of recycled water are utilized daily at the Twister
attraction.
Twister uses hundreds of piercing zenon strobe lights that flash as
brightly as "real" lightening to help create its storm effects.
A computerized weather tracking system monitors outside wind velocity,
humidity and barometric pressure so that the size and shape of the twister
can automatically be adjusted to be realistic and consistent. |
