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Disney World's Space Mountain: The Physics Of Roller Coasters

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Ride designers make the ride twist and turn to create an illusion. This makes the rider feel scared and puts things into their heads that aren’t true. Then there is the psychology of fear which makes the rider scared of things that can’t possibly happen. Riders come off the ride shaking and scared out of their wits yet they still want to go again. Designers make roller coasters seem and feel more dangerous than they actually are. They use illusions to turn fear into fun. The psychological games start even before the rider gets into the train. The rider usually anticipates the start while their palms sweat and hearts pound. … The rider is subject to new effects …show more content…

Traditional coasters have a very slow lift building up to the first big plunge. Lots of coasters also creak and rumble giving the rider queasy feelings that the ride is about to fall down. The buildup is designed to create fear and put lots of stress on the rider. Movie World’s Superman Escape ride is different as it launches riders from 0 to 100mph in under two seconds. If the person hasn’t ridden the ride before, it is very scary because they don’t know where they are going to come out. Disney World’s Space Mountain keeps the passengers in the dark for the whole ride to create suspense. Ride designers are trying to remove structure to make less coach around you, without the ride being unsafe, to make the passenger feel like they are going to fall out. Feet may be left hanging or the rider may even be …show more content…

Adding onto that, customers will want to relive the thrill and do the ride again and again. Therefore the quality of the ride needs to be set out so that customers want the experience again. Designers must take into account two factors when determining the length of the ride. Firstly that the rider gets their waits worth for the ride. If they have queued up for an hour they don’t want it over in twenty-seconds. Secondly, a person can only handle so much fright time. One reason that people sometimes even get on the ride is that they know there is an end to the ride and they realize it can’t go on forever. If they know it is over quite quickly, they might take the

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