StormRider
StormRider was a simulator ride at Tokyo DisneySea. It simulated going into a weather storm in a futuristic airplane (a "StormRider") to dissipate the storm.[2] The attraction opened on September 4, 2001, in the Port Discovery land of Tokyo DisneySea.[3] The attraction closed on May 17, 2016 and replaced by a new Finding Nemo/Finding Dory simulator ride called Nemo & Friends SeaRider.[4]
| StormRider | |
|---|---|
 StormRider's attraction building | |
| Tokyo DisneySea | |
| Area | Port Discovery |
| Coordinates | 35°37′30″N 139°52′57″E |
| Status | Removed |
| Opening date | September 4, 2001 |
| Closing date | May 16, 2016 |
| Replaced by | Nemo & Friends SeaRider |
| General statistics | |
| Attraction type | Simulator ride |
| Designer | Walt Disney Imagineering |
| Theme | Futuristic storm-diffusing aircraft |
| Riders per vehicle | 122[1] |
| Duration | 14 minutes[1] |
| Height restriction | 90 cm (2 ft 11 in) |
| Sponsored by | JCB |
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Ride
With its copper roofs and mechanical devices, the attraction building—the "Center for Weather Control"—was themed to a futuristic, almost Victorian era, laboratory. Guests entered a motion simulator (a "StormRider") and were dispatched into a storm to deliver a storm-dissipating device called a "Fuse". The ride was explained in Japanese, with English subtitles on an LCD screen. During the ride, problems were encountered while trying to transport the Fuse.
See also
- Star Tours: The Adventures Continue – an attraction using a similar ride style in Disneyland, Disney's Hollywood Studios, Tokyo Disneyland and Disneyland Park (Paris).
- List of Tokyo DisneySea attractions
References
- "StormRider". Tokyo DisneySea. Retrieved June 9, 2012.
- Geryak, Cole (July 12, 2018). "Disney Extinct Attractions: StormRider". The Laughing Place. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
- "StormRider (Tokyo DisneySea)". Parkz. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
- "New "Finding Nemo" attraction coming to Tokyo DisneySea Park in Spring 2017, StormRider to close". Inside the Magic. Retrieved 20 May 2015.