I don’t think the 4 figures in the paddock will move. But there should be screen-based raptors in the first scene that run out when we go to launch. And there were rumors for something in the final brake run, but best I’m hoping for is a static figure on a sled that slides out to scare us. Technically movement though!Are we gonna see any movement on the raptors we see during the ride? I suppose we’ll be moving past them so fast it won’t really be necessary but we know Universal can do it after seeing the outdoor animatronics on hagrid’s
^Length of train + Height + Curvature is what determines maximum angle of descent. I remember Alan Shilke talking about exactly this in a Steel Vengeance interview and how they just so happened to stumble on the fact that 205 ft is the threshold for delivering a 90° drop safely with a 6 car train. It was something CP requested and they got lucky with the physics.
When’s is a pretty well guess that you think the ride should open?
I don’t think the 4 figures in the paddock will move. But there should be screen-based raptors in the first scene that run out when we go to launch. And there were rumors for something in the final brake run, but best I’m hoping for is a static figure on a sled that slides out to scare us. Technically movement though!
There are rumors for animatronic Raptor heads in muzzles too, probably visible from the queue somewhere. Those would have movement and facial expressions... As we’d actually have time to sit and admire them.
Raptor statues over entrance installed.
Close, on the path beside the Discovery Center:
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Little bit of placemaking to make the courtyard area a sort of VelociCoaster mini-land yea.I'm guessing these additional raptors are to help guide guests to the semi-remote location of the coaster entrance?
Little bit of placemaking to make the courtyard area a sort of VelociCoaster mini-land yea.