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I agree that this is the first time an attraction will connect 2 parks, but that does not mean that this attraction deserves to be called the 5th most innovative attraction of the year.
Ah...I understand your argument, even if I don't necessarily agree with it. The list is actually in no particular order, and it's highlighting technologies that are being used within attractions rather than the entire attraction. You'll see glasses-free 3-D on the Gringotts ride as well, so it could become part of a trend.
So you call a simulator on wheels innovative.
Yes, I consider the Hogwarts Express to be innovative. If you can show me another full-size train that doubles as a simulator and links two separate theme parks, then I'll eat my words.
How to you call fancy 3D screens innovative when it barely effects your experience on the attraction. Obviously Falcon's fury and 7dorfs mine train are the most innovative because they actually effect your experience.
Acrophobia at Six Flags Over Georgia is the same thing as Falcon's Fury only shorter and it opened in 2000. I think the face first free fall has been around awhile.
Ah...you're right, of course. It's still being billed as a "world's first" by Busch Gardens Tampa, though...so I'll guess we'll have to wait and see how the experience differs from Acrophobia.
Of course it affects the experience. On the Hogwarts Express, the screens virtually ARE the experience.