Underground - Revision history

Allen: /* External Links */

2024-04-22T15:24:24Z

External Links

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	== External Links ==		== External Links ==
	* [https://web.archive.org/web/20011020081914/http://www.geocities.com/capecanaveral/9002/cci.htm Theme Park Review Interview with CCI] - Wayback Machine archive of an interview with CCI, creator of The Outlaw and The Underground.		* [https://web.archive.org/web/20011020081914/http://www.geocities.com/capecanaveral/9002/cci.htm Theme Park Review Interview with CCI] - Wayback Machine archive of an interview with CCI, creator of The Outlaw and The Underground.
	* [https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/entertainment/2023/08/16/adventureland-park-will-reopen-its-roller-coaster-the-underground-in-2024/70599188007/]		* [https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/entertainment/2023/08/16/adventureland-park-will-reopen-its-roller-coaster-the-underground-in-2024/70599188007/ Closure article]
	* [https://www.axios.com/local/des-moines/2024/04/19/the-underground-adventureland-gets-revamped]		* [https://www.axios.com/local/des-moines/2024/04/19/the-underground-adventureland-gets-revamped Re-opening article]

Allen at 15:23, 22 April 2024

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	Apparently, the coaster car used in the ride is the only remaining car of that model in use in the United States.		Apparently, the coaster car used in the ride is the only remaining car of that model in use in the United States.

			Over the years, many effects in the ride stopped working. Around mid-2010s, some updates were done to lighting, sound, and some additional scene decorations (mostly spider webs, red rope light, and a strobe light skeleton).

			The Underground was closed in 2023, with announcements that it would be upgraded and re-opened the following year.

			In 2024, the ride is receiving a major update for the park’s 50th anniversary. Updates are being done by the folks behind The Slaughterhouse haunted attraction.

	== Show Scenes ==		== Show Scenes ==
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	== External Links ==		== External Links ==
	* [https://web.archive.org/web/20011020081914/http://www.geocities.com/capecanaveral/9002/cci.htm Theme Park Review Interview with CCI] - Wayback Machine archive of an interview with CCI, creator of The Outlaw and The Underground.		* [https://web.archive.org/web/20011020081914/http://www.geocities.com/capecanaveral/9002/cci.htm Theme Park Review Interview with CCI] - Wayback Machine archive of an interview with CCI, creator of The Outlaw and The Underground.
			* [https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/entertainment/2023/08/16/adventureland-park-will-reopen-its-roller-coaster-the-underground-in-2024/70599188007/]
			* [https://www.axios.com/local/des-moines/2024/04/19/the-underground-adventureland-gets-revamped]

Allen at 15:19, 22 April 2024

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	{{PAGENAME}} is a dark ride that uses a roller coaster ~~car~~. It opened in [[1996]]. It was built on top of the former [[Aquatheatre]].		{{PAGENAME}} is a family dark ride that uses a slow-moving wooden roller coaster track. It opened in [[1996]]. It was built on top of the former [[Aquatheatre]].

	After waiting through a mostly covered outside line, guests go up a ramp where they wait at a door. A worker will open the door and let a group in to the pre-show room. The long room has double doors along the left and railings separating each one. This is lining them up for the roller coaster car on the other side.		After waiting through a mostly covered outside line, guests go up a ramp where they wait at a door. A worker will open the door and let a group in to the pre-show room. The long room has double doors along the left and railings separating each one. This is lining them up for the roller coaster car on the other side.

Allen: /* Show Scenes */

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Show Scenes

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	== Show Scenes ==		== Show Scenes ==
			Many effects broke over the years, and some changes were made in the early 2010s (spider webs, etc.). This is based on a 1999 video recording.
	# Preshow		# Preshow
	# ~~Loading~~ area ~~speech~~		# Load area spiel
	# Tunnel with lights		# (Newer) Hallway of spider webs and red rope lights
	# ~~...~~		# Tunnel with flickering lanterns, wind and mist
			# Two miners with pick axes (on left)
			# Man with mule lowered down to dynamite plunger, man with fingers in ears (on right)
			# (Newer) Strobe light skeleton
			# Moving mine walls with explosion
			# Man holding on to wall next to crate of gold (on left)
			# Lift hill with train headlight and sounds
			# (Newer) Hallway of spider webs and red rope lights
			# Man leaning out of hole in wall holding lantern (on right)
			# Moving skeleton projection (Good the Bad and the Ugly music)
			# Waterfall with gold (on left)
			# Second lift hill (walls moving)
			# Gunslinger pepper’s ghost illusion (on right)
			# Laughing skeleton with dynamite on pile of gold (on left)
			# Moving walls
			# Unload
			# Exit spiel

	== Script==		== Script==

Allen: Adding ride script.

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Adding ride script.

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 # Tunnel with lights
 # ...
 == Trivia ==

Allen: Aquatheatre typo

2020-05-22T00:12:47Z

Aquatheatre typo

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	{{PAGENAME}} is a dark ride that uses a roller coaster car. It opened in [[1996]]. It was built on top of the former [[~~Aquateatre~~]].		{{PAGENAME}} is a dark ride that uses a roller coaster car. It opened in [[1996]]. It was built on top of the former [[Aquatheatre]].

	After waiting through a mostly covered outside line, guests go up a ramp where they wait at a door. A worker will open the door and let a group in to the pre-show room. The long room has double doors along the left and railings separating each one. This is lining them up for the roller coaster car on the other side.		After waiting through a mostly covered outside line, guests go up a ramp where they wait at a door. A worker will open the door and let a group in to the pre-show room. The long room has double doors along the left and railings separating each one. This is lining them up for the roller coaster car on the other side.

Allen at 17:18, 22 August 2016

2016-08-22T17:18:21Z

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	{{PAGENAME}} is a dark ride that uses a roller coaster car. The slow moving ride goes through scenes representing an old mine. There are a number of show scenes featuring limited animatronics of miners.		{{PAGENAME}} is a dark ride that uses a roller coaster car. It opened in [[1996]]. It was built on top of the former [[Aquateatre]].

			After waiting through a mostly covered outside line, guests go up a ramp where they wait at a door. A worker will open the door and let a group in to the pre-show room. The long room has double doors along the left and railings separating each one. This is lining them up for the roller coaster car on the other side.

			At the end of the room is a short wall with a miner character standing in a mine shaft behind it. The lights will go out and a spotlight will illuminate the miner and he will start telling the story of the ride.

			After the pre-show, the doors open and guests go in to the loading area. The miner will be heard again over speakers before the ride begins.

			The slow moving ride goes through scenes representing an old mine. There are a number of show scenes featuring limited animatronics of miners, as well as some moving props. There is also water/mist effects, lights and fog.

	Apparently, the coaster car used in the ride is the only remaining car of that model in use in the United States.		Apparently, the coaster car used in the ride is the only remaining car of that model in use in the United States.

Allen at 14:12, 16 August 2016

2016-08-16T14:12:38Z

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	{{PAGENAME}} is a dark ride that uses a roller coaster car. The slow moving ride goes through scenes representing an old mine. There are a number of show scenes featuring limited animatronics of miners.		{{PAGENAME}} is a dark ride that uses a roller coaster car. The slow moving ride goes through scenes representing an old mine. There are a number of show scenes featuring limited animatronics of miners.

			Apparently, the coaster car used in the ride is the only remaining car of that model in use in the United States.

	== Show Scenes ==		== Show Scenes ==
	# Preshow		# Preshow
			# Loading area speech
			# Tunnel with lights
			# ...

	== Trivia ==		== Trivia ==
	=== ~~Preshow~~ ===		=== But before you ride... ===
	This is the only attraction at Adventureland with a preshow. It is also the only ~~attraction~~ to feature simple animatronics, though the park previously had the animatronic [[Daniel and the Dixie Diggers]] on [[Main Street]].		This is the only attraction at Adventureland with a preshow. It is also the only ride to feature simple animatronics, though the park previously had the animatronic [[Daniel and the Dixie Diggers]] on [[Main Street]], and still has [[P.T. Barnaby]] at the [[Palace Theater]].
	=== ~~Signage~~ ===		=== Go away. Until later... ===
	During the first few years of operation, a sign at the entrance read "From this point it is a 60 minute wait to ride this ride. We suggest you return later when the line is shorter."		During the first few years of operation, a sign at the entrance read "From this point it is a 60 minute wait to ride this ride. We suggest you return later when the line is shorter."
	=== ~~Voice of the Miner~~ ===		=== A miner in speech... ===
	The voice of the animated miner is ~~XXX~~. He was featured in TV commercials for The Underground, and is also drawn as a cartoon character at the entrance of the [[Outlaw]].		The voice of the animated miner is XXXX. He was featured in TV commercials for The Underground, and is also drawn as a cartoon character at the entrance of the [[Outlaw]].

	== Photos ==		== Photos ==

Allen at 17:57, 4 August 2016

2016-08-04T17:57:35Z

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	~~The Underground~~ is a dark ride that uses a roller coaster car. The slow moving ride goes through scenes representing an old mine. There are a number of show scenes featuring limited animatronics of miners.		{{PAGENAME}} is a dark ride that uses a roller coaster car. The slow moving ride goes through scenes representing an old mine. There are a number of show scenes featuring limited animatronics of miners.

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	=== Preshow ===		=== Preshow ===
	This is the only attraction at Adventureland with a preshow. It is also the only attraction to feature simple animatronics, though the park previously had the animatronic [[Daniel and the Dixie Diggers]] on [[Main Street]].		This is the only attraction at Adventureland with a preshow. It is also the only attraction to feature simple animatronics, though the park previously had the animatronic [[Daniel and the Dixie Diggers]] on [[Main Street]].

	=== Signage ===		=== Signage ===
	During the first few years of operation, a sign at the entrance read "From this point it is a 60 minute wait to ride this ride. We suggest you return later when the line is shorter."		During the first few years of operation, a sign at the entrance read "From this point it is a 60 minute wait to ride this ride. We suggest you return later when the line is shorter."

Allen at 17:13, 3 August 2016

2016-08-03T17:13:48Z

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	The Underground is a dark ride that uses a roller coaster car. The slow moving ride goes through scenes representing an old mine. There are a number of show scenes featuring limited animatronics of miners.		The Underground is a dark ride that uses a roller coaster car. The slow moving ride goes through scenes representing an old mine. There are a number of show scenes featuring limited animatronics of miners.