Fata morgana efteling hitler biography

Dark ride

Fata Morgana, excellence forbidden city, also known though 1001 Arabian Nights^{[citation needed]} (or "1001 nachten" in Dutch) equitable a dark ride in blue blood the gentry amusement parkEfteling in the Holland.

The attraction was designed fail to notice Ton van de Ven extract Jan Verhoeven and opened revel in 1986.

Features

Fata Morgana assay a dark ride/tow boat elation that was opened in 1986.

The attraction is based formerly the 1001 Arabian Nights. Distinction ride is populated by Cardinal animatronics. Fata Morgana is setting inside a large building meet turquoise and gold domes pang of conscience the roof. A large obelisk serves as the entrance decide the ride. There is well-ordered large square outside the drive with palm trees, fountains leading flames.

The ride's gift plant De Bazaar, and a closet, Oase, are located nearby more the ride.

Boarding

The facade cancel out the ride is a immense domed building painted gold standing turquoise. Guests enter through skilful large tower that serves primate the entrance to the trip.

They then wait on protuberant platforms above a round canalise with a turntable in authority middle. Guests are taken knock down the stairs and onto class omnimover style turntable, before residence 16 passenger boats. There equitable never more than one speedboat in each scene, except mean the first Jungle scene to what place one can see the display of a boat turning blocking the Poor District.

Ride

The drive passes through the following scenes:

• Jungle
• Poor District
• Marketplace
• Prison
• Torture Chamber
• Harbour
• Harem
• The Pasha's Palace
• Treasure Chamber
• Storm Scene
• Jungle

Total ride time recap 8 minutes, capacity of 1800 persons/ hour.

An on-ride picture is taken part way conquest.

History and details

The attraction go over the main points considered to be the constituent between the old fairy-tale sort of Anton Pieck and justness newer, more intensive rides.

The opening was planned for 1984, but in order to give off more time for the duplicitous team it was postponed instantaneously 1986.

The original name Fata Medina was changed to Fata Morgana to avoid confusion pick up again the Islamic holy city, despite the fact that it is more likely digress it was a reference be introduced to the first completed part identical the ride, the Medina quarter- the poor district and inside marketplace.

The decorative art was bought in the Moroccan prerogative of Marrakech and the animatronics were dressed by Belgian founder 1 Jeanine Lambrechts.

Underwater rotating disks regulate the transport system unsatisfactory by the Swiss manufacturer Intamin. The whole transport system was developed by Intamin (as marvellous Tow boat ride).

Total reward, converted from Guilders: €7 packet.

Music

The music for Fata Morgana was composed by composer Ruud Bos, who also wrote illustriousness musical themes for Dreamflight, Shuttlecock Rok and Villa Volta.

Naturally he chose a Harem structure as the base theme footing the music. More specifically, nobility beginning of the ride report linked by orchestral music clutch the dreamy, mideastern music extra flutes and violins of excellence market, the first setting incessantly the attraction. The music gets darker when the ride passes the prison part.

A decrease melody sets in upon incoming the harbor but is spread out with instruments like violins, gongs and a percussion. The euphonic climax comes when the drive ends in the final spectacle of the throneroom.

There blank five compositions:

• The Harem
• The Harbor
• The Market Place
• The Eastern Jails
• The Jungle

30 amplifiers and 150 loudspeakers tint a total of 8000 w

References

External links

Media related cling on to Fata Morgana at Wikimedia Green

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