Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Journey to the Center of the Earth: The Ride

"Travel through mysterious caverns to the earth's core as a scientist aboard fantastic vehicles designed by Captain Nemo."






Far from Liddenbrock's modest & impulsive sortie, Nemo's expedition to the centre of the earth is an elaborate and characteristically thorough scientific endeavor. From the very first part of the queue, there are laboratories packed with crystals, rock samples and organic life culled from the dark depths, and overflowing with notes, journals & sketchbooks.







Adorning the walls of the queue's cavern are many paintings reflecting the key moments of Nemo's storied explorations.





At the end of this first queue is Nemo's "Terravator"; an elevator that takes visitors thousands of feet into the earth. Once there, you disembark and line up along catwalks that circle drilling machines and bottomless pits before loading into your exploration vehicles, and then the REAL ride begins.






Journey to the Center of the Earth is a 3 minute thrill-ride on the Mysterious Island "port-of-call" at Tokyo DisneySea (東京ディズニーシー). The attraction uses similar technology to Epcot's Test Track, and reaches speeds of up to 75 km/hr.

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