Gulliver's Travels
A darkride based on the classic tale of the same name.
Initially made for an mall display in 1984 by Heimotion, later repurposed in to a ride.
Pre-Restoration
Pre-restoration nothing animatronic wise on this attraction worked, all of the little characters are automaton / loopbots in which all of the motors were burnt out and all of the mechanics were wallowed out or broken making them static props, Gulliver himself has motorized moving feet and is a pneumatic head which was never set up to work.
This attraction has not had much maintenance since its initial creation in 1999.
Mechanical Restoration
Our mechanical restoration focus was on the motorized characters, these haven't been touched in 40 years.
We had to dismantle every character and rebuild or replace the old burnt out motors. Along with this we had to repair and fabricate many new mechanical parts as a lot of the originals were wallowed out or snapped.
Lighting Upgrades
The ride originally had basic room lighting.
This made it very dull to ride though and so we knew we had to add dynamic lighting to the ride!
We used LED lighting for a majorly improved colorful experience
Thunder Effect
Too add to the story telling of the Gulliver's Travel ride and to match the audio and story more, we added a thunder effect to the ride.
We created fake clouds with lights and a lighting effect in the walls which strike down for an effective lightning effect.
Behind the Scenes
Here you can see the frame of the clouds which hide the bulbs and speakers inside.
The thunder effect was achieved with lights in the wall which illuminate a delicately cut lightning bolt strike hidden in the rocks, which is not invisible until the strike happens, an example can be seen in the video above.
Final Product
To Be Continued.
We will come back to this ride at a later time.
Our further plans are to restore the pneumatic system (Gulliver's head) and adjust the control system.