text: Night by Elie Wiesel Presented by: Sasha Lidman 1 Contents • Elie Wiesel- a biography……………3 • Chapter 1 summary…………………11 • Chapter 2 summary…………………12 • Chapter 3 summary…………………13 • Chapter 4 summary…………………14 • Chapter 5 summary…………………16 • Chapter 6 summary…………………18 • Chapter 7 summary…………………20 • My reflection of the book…….22 • Bibliography……………………………24 2 Elie Wiesel- a biography Elie Wiesel was born in the small town of Sighet in Transylvania, where people of different languages and religions have lived side by side for centuries, sometimes peacefully, sometimes in bitter conflict. The region has long been claimed by both Hungary and Romania and, in the 20th century, has changed hands repeatedly, a hostage to the fortunes of war. 3 • Elie Wiesel grew up in the close-knit Jewish community of Sighet. While the family spoke Yiddish at home, they read newspapers and conducted their grocery business in German, Hungarian or Romanian as the occasion demanded. Ukrainian, Russian and other languages were also widely spoken in the town. Elie began religious studies in classical Hebrew almost as soon as he could speak. The young boy's life centered entirely on his religious studies. He loved the mystical tradition and folk tales of the Hassidic sect of Judaism, to which his mother's family belonged. His father, though religious, encouraged the boy to study the modern Hebrew language and concentrate on his secular studies. The first years of World War II left Sighet relatively untouched. Although the village changed hands from Romania to Hungary, the Wiesel family believed they were safe from the persecutions suffered by Jews in Germany and Poland . 4 • The secure world of Wiesel's childhood ended abruptly with the arrival of the Nazis in Sighet in 1944. The Jewish inhabitants of the village were deported en masse to concentration camps in Poland. The 15 year-old boy was separated from his mother and sister immediately on arrival in Auschwitz. He never saw them again. He managed to remain with his father for the next year as they were worked almost to death, starved, beaten, and shuttled from camp to camp on foot, or in open cattle cars, in driving snow, without food, proper shoes, or clothing. In the last months of the war, Wiesel's father succumbed to dysentery, starvation, exhaustion and exposure. 5 • After the war, the teenaged Wiesel found asylum in France, where he learned for the first time that his two older sisters had survived the war. Wiesel mastered the French language and studied philosophy at the Sorbonne, while supporting himself as a choir master and teacher of Hebrew. He became a professional journalist, writing for newspapers in both France and Israel. 6 For ten years, he observed a self-imposed • vow of silence and wrote nothing about his wartime experience. In 1955, at the urging of the Catholic writer Francois Mauriac, he set down his memories in Yiddish, in a 900-page work entitled Un die welt hot geshvign (And the world kept silent). The book was first published in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Wiesel compressed the work into a 127-page French adaptation, La Nuit (Night), but several years passed before he was able to find a publisher for the French or English versions of the work. Even after Wiesel found publishers for the French and English translations, the book sold few copies. 7 • In 1956, while he was in New York covering the United Nations, Elie Wiesel was struck by a taxi cab. His injuries confined him to a wheelchair for almost a year. Unable to renew the French document which had allowed him to travel as a "stateless" person, Wiesel applied successfully for American citizenship. Once he recovered, he remained in New York and became a feature writer for the Yiddishlanguage newspaper, the Jewish Daily Forward (Der forverts ). 8 Wiesel continued to write books in French, including the semi-autobiographical novels L'Aube (Dawn), and Le Jour (translated as The Accident ). In his novel La Ville de la Chance (translated as The Town Beyond the Wall ), Wiesel imagined a return to his home town, a journey he did not undertake in life until after the book was published . As these and other books began to win him an international reputation, Wiesel took an increasing interest in the plight of persecuted Jews in the Soviet Union. He first traveled to the USSR in 1965 and reported on his travels in The Jews of Silence. His 1968 account of the Six Day War between Israel and its Arab neighbors appeared in English as A Beggar In Jerusalem . In time, Wiesel was able to use his fame to plead for justice for oppressed peoples in the Soviet Union, South Africa, Vietnam, Biafra and Bangladesh 9 He has written plays including Zalmen, or the • Madness of God and The Trial of God (Le Proces de Shamgorod ). His other novels include The Gates of the Forest, The Oath, The Testament, and The Fifth Son. His essays and short stories are collected in the volumes Legends of Our Time, One Generation After, and A Jew Today. Although Wiesel still writes his books in French, his wife Marion now .collaborates with him on their English translation In 1978, President Jimmy Carter appointed Elie • Wiesel Chairman of the United States Holocaust Memorial Council. In 1985 he was awarded the Congressional Medal of Freedom and, in 1986, the Nobel Prize for Peace. The English translation of his memoirs appeared in 1995 as All Rivers Run to the Sea. Since 1976, he has been Andrew Mellon Professor of Humanities at Boston University. He makes his home in New York City with his wife and .their son, Elisha • 10 Chapter 1(pages 1-20) This part of the book begins with the description of a man called Moche the Beadle. This man was a mentor to Elie, teaching him the Cabbala against his fathers will. One day, Moche was deported , along with the other Sighet Jews. They were all soon forgotten, until Moche returned and told the townspeople what happened to the others- how they were forced to dig their own graves and then mercilessly killed. Even though Moche only came back to warn the Jews, they did not believe him , thinking he was trying to get money or sympathy. The Jews remained optimistic even when the German soldiers entered their territory and the first decrees against the Jews were formed. When the Germans set up the Ghettos in Sighet, the Jews became optimistic,hoping they would remain in the Ghetto until the end of the war. Soon, however , they received news of a deportation soon to come. Elie's family had a week to prepare for the departure, and they prepared for a long journey not knowing where they would be taken. When it was finally time to leave, the Jews were literally stuffed into small cattle wagons. 11 Chapter 2 (pages 21-26) • In this part the Jews are taken somewhere in a cattle wagon. The conditions are awful, there is no food and the heat is unbearable.Here began the slow transformation of the Jews from human beings into animal-like creatures- Elie complains that the youngsters had sex openly in the train, inconsiderate of the others. Also, when an old woman named Madame Schachter went out of her mind and started screaming of a fire and a furnace she sees, the men beat her up repeatedly to shut her up. Later they even tied her up and gagged her, even though she was obviously unwell after the loss of most of her family. In the end of the chapter the Jews actually saw the flames she saw earlier. The Jews had arrived in Birkenau- the reception center for Auschwitz. 12 Chapter 3 (pages 26-44) • • • • This section of the book was quite disturbing. The first shock was when Elie was separated from his mother and sisters. Then, the most horrible of all- he saw the burning pit of babies and young children. Thinking he was to be burned Elie thought of suicide on the electric wire to save himself the agony of burning.It's then when the first question in god rose in him. Interesting though, that while questioning God's mercy and refusing to bless him, he had never questioned his existence. Here, the Nazis begin the work of robbing the Jews of their individuality and humiliating them- all have their hair cut and are given ill-fitting prisoners' clothes. The guards threated them as animals. The men that were singled out for being "stronger" were made into the "SonderKommandos." ,made to burn their fellow prisoners, their own brothers! To me this is the most horrible torture imaginable. At the camp the next day, the sign on it said, "Work is liberty." "Liberty"? In Auschwitz? Yet, it was, in a way, logical., as long as you could work, you were free from death. The head of Elie's block met the prisoners with kind, human words and they regained hope. It was at this camp that the man Stein approached Elie and his father. He was a distant relative that Elie's father did not remember, but Elie had recognized him. Stein wanted to know if they had heard anything about his family, so Elie lied and told him that he had heard that they were alive and well. Elie was wise enough to realize that this white lie would bring Keep Stein alive. Later Stein received some real news of his family. Elie had never seen him again. In the end of the chapter the remaining Jews marched to buna, 13 Chapter 4 (pages 45-62) In this chapter Elie and the other Jews adapted in Buna. They were threated by the Kapos as cattle or merchandise. Elie got in a pretty good unit, with friendly comrades, a sympathetic foreman who even placed him with his father and an easy warehouse job. Sometimes the Kapo would have a rage outburst and beat whoever got in his way. Once, Elie did, and Idek beat him severely.Then,a young girl that worked there as French, helped him and even comforted him in German- even though she was risking herself by that . Another time, the victim was Elie's father- and Elie wasn't mad at the Kapo but at his father- for not knowing how to escape the outburst! This is what camp life has made of him. Later on, the foreman had noticed Elies gold tooth. The sympathetic, intelligent youth was no more- the greed had turned him heartless and he tormented Elie's father. Eventually, Elie had to give in. 14 One Sunday, the camp was bombed by American planes. This gave the Jews a new hope, even though each bomb could kill hundreds of them! But they didn't fear death anymore. During the alert, one of the prisoners stole some soup. A week later, he was executed for the crime. He died with a curse upon Germany on his lips and all the prisoners were made to look at him. This wasn't the last execution Elie had to witness. He tells of one that had shaken him more than the others: the execution of a young child who was loved by all in the camp.The child worked under an oberkapo found guilty in sabotage. He was put to torture beforehand but would not speak. When the child was hung Elie felt as if god had died. 15 Chapter 5 (pages 63-80) The summer was coming to an end, and the Jews celebrated Rosh Hashanah. Elie's mind revolted against the prairsHe had been through so much until now that his faith was gone. He stirred against praising the god that let all this hell happen to those who pray before him and accused god for leaving them. In Yom Kippur Elie did not fast, as if protesting against God. After Yom Kippur came two selections. Elie , among with his father and everyone else, panicked. His father even left him an inheritage- a knife and a spoon, preparing to die. Luckily, the father managed to escape the selection. But Akiba Drummer didn't. In all the previous chapters he was the one never losing hope… But lately he had lost his faith in God. Elie explained his death by this. 16 • When the winter came, the conditions in the camp went even worse, and in January Elie got a frostbite on his right foot. He had it examined and the doctor insisted on an operation. In the hospital Elie saw near-human conditions again- he had forgotten them by then! His neighbor advised him to get out of the hospital as soon as possible, but Elie didn't know whether even to trust him or not… • Two days after Elie had an operation a rumor of the Red Army approaching was spread. Soon' the Jews were told to prepare for evacuation. Elie decided to go with the rest of the Jews,even though his foot was bleeding and he couldn't walk.. Ironically, the red army did come, and the invalids left in camp were released 2 days after the evacuation. 17 Chapter 6 (pages 81-92) The Jews marched, followed by the SS who soon made them run and shot anyone who couldn't keep up. Elie was completely exausted, hardly dragging himself. The race was so hard the idea of a quick death started to fascinate him, and the only thing that stopped him from giving up was his father's presence- Elie had to continue suporting him. When the Jews were given the order to rest, Elie's father didn't let him sleep- those who did, froze to death. They went into a shed and slept in there, taking turns to watch one another. One of the most unsettling parts of the book to me is the story of rabbi Eliahou and his son, who left him behind. The most horrible part of the nazi abuse was the psychological effect. The Jews turned into mere animals. In the race for survival bonds suck as the one a father and a son share, were erased. Elie prayed to god for the strength never to do such a deed. 18 Finally, the Jews reached Gleiwitz. There, Elie met an old friend – Juliek, the violinist. He had brought his violin with him.Falling asleep among the corpses Elie heard him play. Juliek played as he would never play again' putting his soul into the strings. When Elie woke up Juliek was already dead, his violin trampled.Elie was kept in the camp for 3 days without food or drink. Then there was a selection. Elie's father was chosen to die but Elie ran after him and' causing a confusion, brought him back. Later, the Jews were given bread. For water, each ate a mouthful of snow from his neighbor's back. The SS offecers laughed at this. Then, the train arrived. The wagons had no roofs and it was still snowing. The Jews were loaded in and the conoy set out. 19 Chapter 7 (pages 93-108) When he was on the train, Elie recalls a stop where a workman threw some pieces of bread on to the train. The prisoners began to tear each other apart for a piecehe saw a man assault his own father for some bread. However, that man was killed right after by another man anyway... The Jews were no longer humans, they ceased to be men long ago. Unable to prove their humanity they acted as mere animals. Elie tells of an event that happened years later where a woman was throwing some money to some poor native children in Aden that reminded him of his situation. The children were fighting mercilessly over the coins, and when Elie asked her to stop, she replied, "I like to give charity....". Obviously, it was only done for the entertainment, and so it is in the story. The workmen too didn't think of the Jews as of human beings. In Buchenwald, Elie's father had fallen ill , and the doctors didn't help.His neighbors abused him and took away his food. He kept begging for water and eventually passed away. Elie had no tears to weep for him, and to his dismay, he even felt a bit liberated from the heavy burden… 20 on April fifth, the SS said that they were going to start evacuating Buchenwald one day at a time, and stop the rations of bread and soup.The evacuation began. Finally, on April tenth, there was an alarm, and a revolt the next day. The prisoners were rescued by the Americans that Evening. Their first act as free men was to eat. That was the only desire still alive in them .None thought of their families or of revenge. The author ends the book with the Following lines: "From the depth of the mirror a corpse gazed back at me." The look in his eyes as they stared into mine, has never left me." 21 My Reflection of the book My experience of reading this book has two aspects. On one hand, it was an amazing book. The author has a very special writing style that helped me imagine all the events vividly. On the other hand that's what made it unbelievably painful to read. The more I read, the more I realized- If I would be there I would never reach the end of the war. The Holocaust is pretty much my family's history, al my parents survived the war. My mind cannot comprehend all this. It is very stirring that all that happened to the Jews only because of their religion! I cant help agreeing with Elie Wiesel – Where was the Justice?! I cant say I've learned anything new about the Holocaust from the book, since I've been reading about it a lot earlier. Still, the book was so vivid it made me almost experience the Holocaust, and of course, understand it better. 22 I'm very gald I got to share opinions with a foreign student, since it was very interesting for me to see how an outsider's point of view on those events. As I see, they stirred my partner just the same. I believe my English has improved from reading the book- I enriched my vocabulary a lot and learned new expressions. In the end I feel that I learned something from this project and I'm glad we went through with it. 23 Bibliography http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/ • wie0bio-1 The book "Night" • 24


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For a long time, we walked. Just walked and survived, trying to find a safe place to stay. Every now and then we had to stop as I emptied the contents of my stomach. My body soon became numb though and my mind refused to process what had just happened. There were no more tears left in my system and there was nothing left to throw up. My body had become an empty vessel, and for that I was thankful. I could not deal with the grief straight away, not just yet.
I followed the stranger through the dark streets; he seemed to know where he was going. There was something strangely familiar about him, something I couldn't quite put my finger on but I did not care enough to work it out. My limbs moved mechanically, I put one foot in front of the other and pushed myself off the concrete with each step, forcing myself to keep up with this stranger's quick pace. When I rested, maybe then I'd allow myself to feel. This numbness seemed to suit me just fine for now.
I can honestly say in those few minutes as we darted from street to street I had absolutely no care in the world if we got caught. I welcome Death with open arms, I dared it to come after me, to take me to the place where my beautiful, loving parents were waiting for me. They were expecting me and I didn't want to be late.
'There's a place on the edge of town,' the stranger told me. I just carried on following him.
If we got too close to one of those...things, he's pop off another shot at them but would instantly pick up speed, choosing a small detour. I guess he didn't really want a repeat of the hotel, where they were all drawn to the sound of the gun. It's too bad he didn't have a silencer, that would have come in handy.
'Hold up,' I muttered, clutching at the wall. He watched me as I doubled over and retched again. My stomach was completely empty though; the muscles contracted and nothing came up. Tears stung at my eyes and I wiped them away furiously.
'Let's go,' I told him. He carried on wordlessly.
We walked for what must have been an hour or so. By the time we arrived, he had killed a handful of creatures and my legs were threatening to give way. I was so tired and I just wanted to rest. I knew that if I did though, the memories would come flooding to the surface and I'd have to deal with them. I was not looking forward to that. The emotions were going to hit me like a fucking train and I was going to be left crippled.
'We're here.' The guy led me to a small, nondescript house with bleak brickwork and dark windows. He produced a key from his pocket and stuck it in the door. It opened on the first try. It didn't even register to me then that he must have been here before. For all I knew it could have been his house.
The inside was just as dark as the outside and it was cold. I shivered, wondering if I may have been slightly warmer if I had packed my jacket. All my stuff was back at the hotel; my phone, my money, my clothes. I had no interest in going back for it though.
The stranger locked the door behind us and began to barricade it, dragging the table from the kitchen and propping it against the door.
'We don't use any light, you understand?'
I nodded.
He pulled the blinds at the window and moved the large chest of drawers over against the glass, piling a couple of chairs on top.
'What if he we need to leave in a hurry?' I croaked. My voice was as dry as sandpaper.
'We keep one exit available. This one is sealed off to us. There's a fire exit from the upstairs bedroom anyway. It leads out onto the alleyway behind this house.' He walked through the kitchen and into the living room and began boarding up the windows there with bits of furniture. I watched him, wondering when I could rest.
When he was satisfied everywhere was secure and after he'd scouted every room in the house and rendered it safe enough, he sat down. I followed his action. He began pulling things out of the bag he'd been carrying. I saw a few bags at the bottom with unknown substances inside and a load of guns. He handed me a small bottle of water and I took it automatically. The water was cool and soothed my burning throat. When he offered me something to eat I shook my head. I'd just throw it up again.
A few moments of silence passed before he spoke. 'I'm sorry about your parents kid.'
'Don't,' I shook my head. 'Please.'
He complied and I tried to tilt my lips upwards in what I hoped looked like a grateful smile. For the first time that night I looked at him properly and tried to figure out why he looked so familiar.
'The casino.' It suddenly clicked into place. The guy who had taught us to play Poker.
He looked up, surprised.
'You were at the casino.'
'Oh. Yeah.'
'Tell me something.'
'Did you cheat?' I had to know, it suddenly seemed so much more important to me now.
'Yes. Did you cheat?'
He shrugged. 'Gotta make a living somehow.'
I stared at him. He had cheated my parents out of thousands of dollars. They'd never, ever know.
I tried to be angry, I really did, but the exhaustion was too much. I'd yell at him when I woke up. I'd yell at him till my voice ran raw and till he regretted what he had done. For now though, I just wanted to shut my eyes.
Of course, as soon as they were closed, images flashed in front of me. My dad collapsing to the floor. The scared look on my mum's face when she realized he was dead. Her crying out.
Oh God.
I watched the events of that night unfold before me in my mind as I was carried off into a fitful sleep.

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What freaks me out is when I am invited to a tuxedo type of do. I don't dress up at all and, for that very reason, when I am dressed up I always feel self-conscious. I'm sure a lot of women have that feeling all the time. I'm probably less self-conscious going around in my swimming trunks than in a fancy suit.
I wouldn't say that looks and style are unimportant - I'm not even that happy with the way I look, but I'm not going to go and change anything about it, because I think if you do one tiny thing, then you're on a really slippery slope to having a picture in your attic.
England is really classist, so people do look at the way you dress to a degree, and they make judgements - but who wants to hang out with those kind of people?
I sell myself on what I do. I have no interest in being a personality. I don't even like the word celebrity; it affects what other people see as me, but it doesn't really enter my life. I won't appear on any shows, apart from Never Mind the Buzzcocks, because I'm just not interested. My interests are writing novels and acting, and doing stand-up and getting ideas across. I'm quite a serious man.
I'm aware that before I did television people weren't going, "Wow, I'd love to shag him," but it's the power of that box. I know I'm not ugly, but I'm nothing special and television tends to make people look a bit special.
There's a bit in my novel where the character talks about buying a white suit, and that was based on my own life. I was 15 and I had this brainstorm. I thought I'd look like the bee's knees in white, when in fact I just looked like the little guy from Fantasy Island, and I never wore it ever, apart from in the shop. I might as well have said, "There's however much it cost, mate, just chuck it in the bin."
Some years ago, I bought a Paul Smith suit for about pounds 500, which I thought was astronomical. I didn't wear it very often and I didn't like it when I did. It felt uncomfortable. I was aware of it, aware of the expense. I was brought up a working-class Catholic in Ireland, and I still have that whole working-class attitude. I find there are much more important things to spend your money on than clothes.
I was working with Jo Brand once, and she turned to me and said, "Sean, you're a lovely bloke, but would you ever cut your nostril hairs?" She was right. She did me a favour and I was really grateful. I think sometimes you should tell people stuff like that.
I'm happy when I'm wearing what I'm comfortable in. I'm a great slipper wearer. I've never been a sex god, but slippers are fantastic, I heartily recommend them to anyone. I like sandals as well and I wear them quite a lot, even though my friends laugh at me because I wear socks with them. I love socks. I wear them in bed. Frank Sinatra used to wear a pair of socks one day and then just chuck them away the next. Now, I wouldn't do that, but I have slept with a horse.
In my hallway I've got a "hall of mirrors" mirror. So when you're going out, thinking you're looking pretty, the last thing you see as you leave the house is a squashed-up little oblong face. I went out of my way to get that mirror. It's fantastic. Everyone should have one. They should have them in Soho. People shouldn't be so obsessed by style and image.
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Dinner was eaten quietly, after which Harriet and Princess Allmarah brought down bowls of soup for Katherine and Tralee. Sparrow went down a little while later. When she returned with the empty bowls she beckoned over Sarah and Kevin.
"What do you think is wrong with them?" she asked Kevin.
He shook his head. "The baby has an ear ache, and right now it doesn't look critical, but the Lady Tralee," he shook his head, "I do not know what her illness is. It seems to be a cold that has taken hold in her chest."
"Pneumonia?" Sarah asked, but only received puzzled stares from the two of them. "Can you treat it?"
"That's just it." Kevin sighed. "It's not responding to anything I have given her."
"So the baby we can bundle, but the Lady Tralee..." Sparrow prompted.
"Unless Mistress Laura can do more for her than I..." Kevin shrugged.
Holding up a hand to indicate silence, Sparrow tapped her lips in thought. "Sarah, contact Phoenix and let him know that Lady Tralee is too sick to be moved. We will have to move on without her."
"Wh..." Kevin and Sarah's startled exclamation was cut off by a glare from Sparrow.
Sergeant Phoenix, Sarah made her request formal. He responded quickly and she told him what Sparrow had stated. There was silence as if he too thought this was harsh judgment.
How does Princess Allmarah feel about this? Jason asked.
"Have you told Princess Allmarah?"
"She will understand," Sparrow stated as she walked towards the shelter they had built.
Sarah looked to Kevin. He shrugged and then followed after Sparrow. Deciding she didn't want to be with the others, Sarah went into the Temple looking up at the Godwood and asking for portation once more. When she arrived in the Gods' Cavern Lady Miriam was weeping, while Harriet was urging her towards the stairs.
"She won't go," Harriet sighed.
"She's been forced to do enough things," Katherine's voice was weary as she rocked her infant.
Princess Allmarah looked up from where she sat by Tralee. "We will stay down here," she told them, "and keep Tralee company. Goodwoman Sarah, you will stay with us, will you not?"
"May I as well?" Sarah turned around to see Prince Hermanus had joined them. "Then you will have two swords," he looked to Sarah, "just in case."
Sarah smiled. "I've no problem with you being here, if you don't mind being one guy among the gals, but," she looked towards the Princess and Harriet, "it's up to those who know etiquette better than I."
Princess Allmarah nodded and Prince Hermanus went to sit beside her. Their silence was punctuated by coughing fits from Tralee, and the two worked as a team to tend her. Harriet turned to Sarah and nodded at the dwindling woodpile. Sarah returned her nod and went back up to find firewood. As she was exiting the cavern for her second trip her paths crossed with Sparrow and Sarah stopped the Sergeant.
"You will let them stay down there won't you?" she continued before the Sergeant could interrupt. "Prince Hermanus and I will lend our swords for protecting them, if need be, but Lady Miriam is afraid to be in the company of the men and Princess Allmarah wishes to stay with Tralee." Sarah looked into Sparrow's eyes. "You should at least give her that chance for goodbye."
Sparrow grunted and moved on. Sarah hoped her words had some affect on the Areni woman. There were obviously a few differences in how Sparrow viewed the world from how Sarah did. Thankfully, when Sarah returned they were all still down there, but it was Princess Allmarah who was crying. Coughing from Tralee, removed the possibility that the young lady had died.
Sparrow must have told her we're leaving Tralee behind, she thought, looking sympathetically at the Princess.
Stacking her load of firewood, Sarah built the fire up, before joining the others. No sooner had she sat down, than James appeared. He looked to Sarah who nodded towards the Princess. Hermanus whispered to Allmarah. Raising her eyes slowly to look at James, Princess Allmarah nodded. So, James took his place in the circle around Tralee.


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Fulfilling the County of Hawai'i's pledge to expand healthy recreational opportunities for the families of Lower Puna, construction on the $22.3 million P?hoa District Park has resumed. Park construction was paused in 2014 due to a rapidly advancing lava flow threatening P?hoa. After the lava flow threat level was downgraded, and after consultation with the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory and Hawai'i County Civil Defense, the park project was given the green light to resume.
"Our commitment to the families of Puna remains strong," said Mayor Billy Kenoi. "One of our priorities has always been to create more safe places for our kids to stay active and healthy. In collaboration with our Hawai'i County Council, we are pleased to move forward with this project that will provide access to positive recreation for Hawai'i Island's fastest-growing communities."
When complete, this 29-acre first phase of the P?hoa District Park will include a covered play court building, two baseball fields, two multipurpose fields, a playground, concession building, comfort station, accessible walkways, and ample parking. These features will complement P?hoa's existing recreational facilities that include the P?hoa Community Aquatic Center, P?hoa Neighborhood Facility, and P?hoa Skate Park.
The park is also adjacent to the P?hoa Senior Center, which reverted to its previous use as a fire station during the lava flow threat. That facility is currently being converted back into a senior center, housing senior activities for k?puna in Lower Puna.
The Puna Community Development Plan, adopted by the Hawai'i County Council in 2008, identified the need for a district park in Lower Puna. A comprehensive planning process involving the community, the County, and project designers began in 2012 to ensure these new facilities reflect the recreational needs of Puna's residents.
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|Jan 10, 2012
|Filing date
|Mar 31, 2011
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|Mar 31, 2011
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|Mark W. Sumner
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|Disney Enterprises, Inc.
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|Patent Citations (27), Referenced by (4), Classifications (7), Legal Events (2)
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet
1. Field of the Description
The present invention relates, in general, to water or boat-based amusement park rides, and, more particularly, to boat ride systems that are configured to permit each boat to be selectively operated at variable speed. The ride systems may provide underwater control to manage or set boat-to-boat spacing and boat position along a ride's path (e.g., along a length of a waterway or channel) to enhance display of a synchronized show to the ride's passengers. The ride systems may also be adapted to allow selective control and changing of the orientation of the boat relative to the direction of travel such as to turn a boat such that it faces to the left or right (and move the boat sideways along the ride path) or even to cause the boat to face backwards (and move the boat backwards along the ride path).
2. Relevant Background
Amusement parks continue to be popular worldwide with hundreds of millions of people visiting the parks each year. Park operators often seek new designs for rides, and it is often desirable that each ride incorporates a slower portion or segment to their rides to allow them to provide a "show" in which animation, movies, three-dimensional (3D) effects and displays, audio, and other effects are presented as vehicles proceed through such show portions. The show portions of rides are often run or started upon sensing the presence of a vehicle and are typically designed to be most effective when the vehicle travels through the show portion at a particular speed (e.g., the exact position of the vehicle is known along the ride's path).
Boat or water rides with floating vehicles are popular with park visitors especially during hotter seasons, and boat rides typically are designed to simulate movement of a floating boat such as a drifting raft or motorized craft. A common boat ride may include boats that each have guide wheels provided on sides of the boat, e.g., out of sight below the level of the water, to contact sides of a water channel or trough. Additional, wheels may be provided on the bottoms of the boats to roll the boat on ramped bottom surfaces of the trough. Each boat is moved forward along the length of the trough by propelling a volume of water down the trough in the desired direction of travel. The trough may be sloped to provide a gravity flow of the water and/or pumps may be provided to move water in flat or less sloped portions of the trough.
Use of flowing water is a proven and simple type of propulsion, but a number of limitations with boat rides have limited creation of new designs and integration of complex, synchronized show elements within boat rides. First, the boats are typically limited in their travel such that they only face forward or randomly twirl around in some river raft rides. This characteristic of boat rides creates limitations on controlling passenger sight lines, which can make it difficult to effectively present show elements to the passengers in comparison to dry ride systems where a vehicle can be controlled to face in any direction along a track.
Second, the boats may each travel at differing speeds such as varying within the range of 2 to 4 feet per second. This wide variance in speed may be caused by the boats being loaded differently such as with differing numbers and sizes of passengers. The varying loads results in heavier boats traveling faster than the more lightly loaded boats as the water flow rate varies within a channel (e.g., is faster at particular depth that may not be reached (or to a lesser amount) by lighter boats). This creates unequal spacing of the boats (e.g., varying boat-to-boat spacing) as the faster boats catch up with the slower boats or leave the slower boats far behind. In high capacity rides, boats are dispatched relatively close together, and the natural variation in boat speeds causes the boats to clump together or spread apart, both results typically being undesired by the ride operators. Testing has shown that equally loaded boats may experience speed variances of up to 3 percent while unequally loaded boats may experience speed variances of up to 9 percent. Boat rides with unpredictable and varying boat speeds (and, hence, unknown positions) has blocked such attractions from having timed or triggered individual show scenes.
Boat rides can be designed to account for varying speed, but these rides have limited appeal to many amusement park operators. For example, varying boat speeds may be accounted for by providing an elaborate, and complex method of sorting boats based on their loading (and, hence, expected travel speeds in the flowing water in the trough) upstream of a show scene portion of a ride. Positive methods for sorting boats are typically mechanical, but these mechanical sorting arrangements tend to undesirably interrupt the "free floating" feel and pace of the boat ride. In some boat rides, a moving cable is provided within the trough, and each boat is tethered to the cable so that it is propelled by being pulled along with the cable instead of by moving water. Such towing cable rides are useful in some applications, but these rides are generally limited to a single boat speed, to flat or non sloped configurations to avoid boat collisions, and to a forward-facing boat orientation a single passenger sight line).
Hence, there remains a need for improved boat rides for use in amusement parks. Preferably, a boat ride system could be provided that provides better control over the speed, position, and orientation of each boat along the ride's travel path so as to allow show scenes to be better synchronized to boat movements through the ride and to provide a new and different ride experience, for passengers compared to existing rides using flowing water to propel boats.
The present description describes a boat ride system that addresses the above and other problems with prior boat ride designs. The boat ride system does not use water to propel boats but, instead, provides a completely new way to propel boats through water. To this end, the boat ride system includes a number of boats adapted with seating for one or more passengers. The ride system includes a water trough or basin and an underwater guideway assembly that is adapted, in one embodiment, to guide, for each boat, two bogies (e.g., wheeled, roller coaster-type bogies or the like) within or on a guide track. For each boat, one bogie (i.e., a "front bogie") is attached via a tether assembly to the hull or boat bottom near the front of the boat and a second bogie (i.e., a "rear bogie") is attached via a tether assembly to the hull or boat bottom near the rear of the boat.
To propel the boats, one or both of the bogies includes a reaction plate such as a metallic plate or permanent magnet, and the guide track is fitted with linear motors that may take the form of a continuous line of linear synchronous motors (LSMs) or linear induction motors (LIMs). The ride system may include a controller or control system and power supply to selectively power the linear motors, e.g., the control system may be adapted for propulsion, position sensing, communications, and control of the ride system including the linear motors and, if present, show elements synchronized to boat positions and/or orientations along the guide track. The reaction plates may take the form of permanent magnets when the linear motors are LSMs, and the reaction plates on the bogies interact with the linear motors to provide propulsion of the bogies along the guide track and to the boat, which is tethered via the tether assemblies to the bogies. In other words, magnetic forces are applied in or along the direction of travel ("DOT") by the linear motors or magnetic thrusters (e.g., LSMs, LIMs, or the like arranged in a continuous or substantially continuous manner along the guide track) to rolling bogies to propel a tethered/linked boat. Magnetic forces may also be applied opposite the DOT to resist further travel of a boat by reducing its momentum or to slowly or quickly stop a boat a particular location on the guide track (e.g., the loading/unloading platform of the ride system).
In some embodiments, each bogie used to propel a boat may be controlled independently. For example, each bogie may be on a separate track within the guide track (or track assembly) while other embodiments may use track switches on various points/locations on the guide track to split a single track into two tracks with the front bogie following one track and the rear bogie following the other. In this manner, a boat may have a forward orientation with the front bogie and rear bogie following a single path for a portion of the ride (or a length or portion of the guide track) and may have differing orientations in other portions of the ride, e.g., the front and rear bogies of a single boat may follow differing paths that cause the boat to rotate and move sideways or even backwards along the guide track (e.g., a longitudinal axis of the boat or hull may initially be parallel to the longitudinal axis of the guide track and then rotate to be transverse to the guide track axis or parallel but with the front end of the boat facing the opposite direction). The bogies may also be driven at differing speeds such as to rotate one end of the boat relative to the direction of travel.
The ride system allows the boats to each have independently selected and controlled speeds (e.g., 0 to 4 feet per second, 0 to 12 feet per second, or ranges with an even higher maximum or upper speed), to have variable speeds along the guide track, to be fully stopped and then restarted along the ride, and to have a boat-to-boat spacing that is managed by a ride control system. These ride characteristics provide a ride system that may include triggered and timed show scenes as well as the ability to orient the boats to provide the passengers with desired viewing angles and sight lines. The control system may operate the linear motors along the guide track to move boats along the ride path defined by the guide track with the boats facing forward, sideways (in either direction), or backwards (and all positions between as the boats may be rotated 360 degrees about an axis extending between the two hull attachment points for front and rear bogies). The boats may be moved through larger bodies of water rather than only through narrow channels in a seemingly unguided manner, and the ride system provides a potentially more energy efficient ride when compared with use of pumped water for boat propulsion as energy only needs to be provided to move boats, not to move both boats and a body or volume of water through a channel.
More particularly, a boat ride is provided with precise control over speed and orientation of floating passenger boats along the length of the ride's waterway or channel. The ride includes a channel or basin for containing a volume of liquid such as water. The boat ride also includes a track assembly positioned within the basin such as on a concrete, fiberglass, or metal floor. The boat ride includes front and rear bogies each with two or more rollers engaging the track assembly (such as side wheels rolling on horizontal surfaces of rails and centering/aligning wheels continuously or periodically rolling on vertical sidewalls of the rails to keep the bogies centered within a guide channel or a track or such as use of sliding elements for guidance as well as or in place of rolling elements). The boat ride further includes a passenger boat and front and rear tethering assemblies coupling the front and rear bogies, respectively, to front and rear portions of the passenger boat. Further, the ride includes a propulsion assembly positioned along a length of the track assembly. Significantly, the propulsion assembly is operable to independently propel the front and rear bogies to roll along the track assembly at the same or differing first and second velocities.
In some cases, the propulsion assembly includes a plurality of linear motors supported within the track assembly. The front and rear bogies may each include a reaction plate for magnetically interacting with the linear motors so that the motors can propel the front and rear bogies at first and second velocities along a travel path defined by the track assembly. The bogie (and boat) velocities may be controlled to be within a range such as 0 to 4 feet per second, and the velocities of the two bogies may differ such as by at least 10 percent or more (note, though, that to practice the ideas described herein there is no lower limit to the differential speeds, e.g., very large radius curves may be utilized with a boat moving sideways with very little differential speeds). In some cases, the linear motors comprise linear synchronous motors or linear induction motors (with the reaction plates/members being one or more permanent magnet or metal (e.g. aluminum) plate).
In the boat ride, the track assembly may include a joined section (or single track section or section in which two tracks are abutting/proximate) and a divided section. The divided section may include a primary track on which the front bogie travels and a secondary track, spaced apart a distance from the primary track, on which the rear bogie travels. During operation of the ride, the boat rotates to a sideways orientation in the divided section, with a longitudinal axis of the boat being transverse to a travel path defined by the track assembly. In some embodiments, the track assembly includes track switches, without moving parts, which function to direct the front bogie into the primary track from the joined section and direct the rear bogie into the secondary track from the joined section.
Also, during ride operation, the propulsion assembly is operated to rotate the boat in the divided section to orient the boat such that the boat travels backwards through the joined section. In some cases, the front tethering assembly includes a rigid link pivotally coupled at a first end to the front and at a second end to the front portion of the boat via a boat mounting element, and the boat mounting element may be pivotally coupled to a stop assembly configured to allow the boat mounting element to rotate through a stroke distance (e.g., 1 to 3 inches or more of play to minimize risks of binding as the boat moves through curved sections of the divided track segments).
Briefly, embodiments of boat rides or ride systems described herein make use of linear motors with integrated position and communication capabilities to propel boats at known and, typically, variable speeds and with changes in the boat orientations (e.g., turning the boat sideways to view a set or show feature provided along the ride path).
For example, a relatively simple boat ride may be provided by a system with a single track that is attached to a waterway or trough floor. Two bogie assemblies (e.g., wheeled bogies) are provided for each boat, and the bogie assemblies are each fitted to and roll on the track. Flexible tethers or tether assemblies that pivot upon each end but include a rigid link separately connect one bogie to the front of a boat and one bogie to the rear of the boat. In some embodiments, one of the bogies has a reaction plate (such as a permanent magnet or a metal plate such as an aluminum plate or block) attached to it that is facing or proximate to (e.g., spaced apart a short distance such as less than about 3 inches or the like) a set of linear motors positioned within the track below the rails or portions of the track supporting the bogies. The linear motors are selectively operated to apply a magnetic-based thrust upon the reaction plate and the bogie on which it is mounted to move the bogie along the track, which causes the boat to be pulled or pushed via the tether assemblies through the waterway or trough (which is filled with a volume of water to cause the boat to float over the track or to provide vertical support of the boat).
Some embodiments of the ride systems will be configured, though, to provide enhanced abilities to orient boats in different positions, such as turning the front end to one side or even to face backwards (e.g., provide 360 degree rotation of the boat or some smaller amount in either direction). In one such embodiment, the track assembly or guide track includes a dual track arrangement with separate tracks for the front bogie and for the rear bogie to allow the bogies to be controlled and/or positioned independently. The two tracks may only be separated in areas of the ride where alternate boat orientations are desired, and, at other locations, the two tracks may be arranged parallel to each other or track switches may be used to convert back into a single track configuration (e.g., in regions where the boat is facing fully forward or fully backwards a single track may be utilized).
With further reference to
Significantly, the front and rear bogies 130, 136 are separately controlled or guided along two different paths by the use of the two tracks 112, 116. The primary and secondary tracks 112, 116 are shown in
The boat ride system 100 further includes a passenger boat 150 with a hull 152, and it is shown to be able to travel 151 in either direction at a particular rate or velocity, VBoat. In some water rides 100, this may be a range from 0 to 4 feet per second, with 2 to 4 feet per second being common values for the boat velocity, VBoat. The hull 152 has a bottom or lower surface 154 with a front 156 and a rear 158. The front 156 of the boat hull 152 is connected to the front bogie 130 with a first tether assembly 132, and the rear 158 of the boat hull 152 is connected to the rear bogie 136 with a second tether assembly 138.
The tether assemblies 132, 138 may include flexible members such as cables or chains and/or may include rigid link such as metal rods, bars, or the like, but, in many assemblies 132, 138, the connection at the hull 152 and at the bogie 130, 136 is at least pivotal (such as with a ball joint at the bogie chassis and a pivotal joint at the hull 152) to provide some amount of lateral movement and/or longitudinal movement along the DOT, as well as the ability for pitch motions and vertical heave motions, which may be useful to enhance the free-floating sensation and to account for tolerances in fabrication and relative positioning of the tracks 112, 116, as well as water surface variations such as waves. The pivotal connections are also useful (such as at the bogies 130, 136) so as to allow the boat 150 to be reoriented such as to be rotated to 0 to nearly 180 degrees (or a sideway or rotated orientation) and pulled along the waterway 104 sideways.
To provide propulsion of the boat 150 in straight sections of track assembly 110 as shown in
The linear motors 122 create a magnetic field that is moved along the length of the track 110 to apply a repulsive or attractive force on the front bogie 130 (or its reaction plate). This causes the front bogie 130 to move 151 along the track assembly 110 at a rate, VBoat, that can be carefully controlled and adjusted (on a bogie-by-bogie basis (in sections of the track assembly 110 with linear motors that drive the rear bogie 136) and vehicle-by-vehicle basis in a ride system 100). The linear motors 122 may include integral position communication and controls, and the propulsion assembly 120 is shown to include a ride control system 124 that selectively operates the linear motors 122 such as by providing power via power supply 126 to the motors 122 (e.g., to move the magnetic field down the length of each motor 122 at a particular rate).
The control system 124 may include one or more computer processors that run software (such as ride programs) or respond to offboard communications corresponding to a ride program to selectively move the boat 150 along the track assembly 110. The control system 124 may also be used to activate show elements/scenes and to position/orient the boat 150 to have a line of sight and travel rate, VBoat, useful for better experiencing the show elements. As the front bogie 130 is caused by the linear motors 122 to move 151 in a DOT along the primary track 112, the boat 150 is towed along behind via the tether assembly 132 attached to the front 156 of the hull 152. The rear bogie 136, in this straight section of track 110, is pushed along by the rear 158 of the hull 152 via rigid tether assembly 136 so as to travel along the DOT defined by the secondary track 116 (and to maintain the rear 158 on this DOT, which substantially corresponds with the DOT of the primary track 112).
The control system 124 is configured for controlling a speed of vehicles or boats 150 of the ride system 100. For example, the control system 124 may utilize magnetic pacers or linear motors 122 to maintain the boat 150 at a velocity, VBoat, that is within an acceptable speed or velocity range or band, e.g., at velocities in a relatively tight band about a design or goal velocity for a particular show effect. The linear motors 122 are controlled and powered to generate magnetic forces either opposite the DOT to decelerate the boat 150 or in the DOT to propel the front bogie 130 and towed boat 150. The linear motors 122 are mounted, in the illustrated embodiment, to the track 112 such that they are provided in a plane that is substantially parallel to a plane containing the reaction plate on the bogie 130 rolling on rails 113.
In general, each of the linear motors 122 is formed using an electromagnet or series of electromagnets that are selectively powered to develop the magnetic force that controls the speed of the boat 150 in the ride 100. The control features allow the forces to be rapidly changed from one direction to another (such as by switching polarity) to decelerate a boat or to accelerate a boat whereas mechanical devices such as tow cables are run in one direction. The control features also typically allow the linear motors 122 to only be operated when needed such as when a vehicle is adjacent one of the linear motors 122, and a speed determination indicates that the velocity, VBoat, needs to be modified (e.g., a boat velocity is out of a design speed band or is greater or less than trigger values for operating the thrusters 122). In some embodiments, the amount of force is also variable such that a linear motor 122 can be used to apply a force of a magnitude that is selected based on the determined speed of the vehicle such as a greater force when the vehicle significantly differs from a velocity target or a lesser force when the vehicle only slightly differs from the desired velocity range. The reaction plates on the bogies 130, 136 may both vary significantly to practice the invention, and it is believed that those skilled in the art will readily understand how to implement these components of the invention.
In some cases, the linear motors are linear induction motors (LIMs) or linear synchronous motors (LSMs) because both of these magnetic thrusting technologies are well developed and understood and both are well-suited for providing the level of control over magnetic thrust forces applied to an amusement park ride vehicle as described herein. A linear motor such as an LIM or LSM is generally an electric motor with a linear or unrolled stator so that instead of producing a torque it produces a linear force along its length that is proportional to the current and the magnetic field. LIMs are thought of as high-acceleration motors and have an active three-phase winding on one side of the air gap and a passive conductor plate on the bogies 130, 136. LSMs are, in contrast, considered low-acceleration, high speed and power motors that have an active winding on one side of the air gap and an array of alternate-pole magnets (e.g., the reaction plate on the bogies 130, 136, which may be permanent magnets or energized magnets) on the other side of the air gap.
Embodiments of the propulsion assembly 120 may include components presently distributed or on the market. For example, the linear motors 122 may be LSMs such as LSMs available from companies such as MagneMotion, Inc. of Devens, Mass., USA (e.g., an LSM from the QuickStick™ line of LSMs or LSM systems). Similarly, the power and control components (such as position sensing devices) 126, 124 may be provided by companies in the magnetic drive industry such as MagneMotion, Inc., but, of course, these components would be configured to operate according to the control processes of the present invention and for use in the particular arrangements taught herein for adjusting speed of boats, such as boat 150, in boat or water rides 100. Some available LSM products provided in a package can be used as or as part of the linear motors of the invention and may include a stator package (e.g., about � meter or more in length) that includes the equipment necessary to generate a magnetic field and to measure the speed and position of a vehicle. These stator packages can be installed on or near a track in an end-to-end manner. In some cases, each stator package may be provided with an external power source connected via a serial communications line to an upstream and/or downstream position of the stator package. The linear motors 122 will be configured and designed for submerged service to allow their placement and continued use in a basin 104 filled with water or other liquid 108.
For example, a series of linear motors 122 (e.g., LSMs, LIMs, or the like) may be powered by a power supply 126 via a power cable attached to the motors 122, and the power may be provided in a controlled manner (e.g., timing of on/off based on determined velocities of adjacent vehicle, direction of magnetic field selected based on velocity, and, in some cases, amount of power controlled based on variance from a target or trigger velocity value). A communications line typically will also be provided to provide control signals from a controller 124 (e.g., a combination of software and hardware such as a CPU, memory, and the like) and to provide sensor signals from sensors (e.g., position sensors) provided in or near the linear motors 112 to the controller 124. The controller 124 may use the position signals to synchronize operation of the linear motor 122, and the controller 124 uses the position signals to determine the velocity, VBoat, of the boat 150. This determined velocity is then compared to a target velocity and/or against minimum and maximum trigger values hounding this target velocity to determine whether a magnetic force should be applied to one or both of the bogies 130, 136 (i.e., whether the linear motor(s) 122 should be operated to adjust the boat velocity) and, if so, which direction and, in some cases, at which magnitude to apply the force (i.e., as a propulsion force or as a resistive or braking force).
As mentioned above, the use of separate rails and tracks 112, 116 for guiding the front and rear bogies 130, 136 allows the ride system 400 to be configured so as to selectively change the orientation of the boats in the ride system 400. For example, a show scene 410 may be provided in the ride system 400, and it may be desirable to rotate each boat of the ride system 400 as the boats pass along (in a circular path as shown or other route) the show scene 410 at a known velocity (to synchronize operation of the show scene 410 with the known position of each boat or sets of boats). In prior boat rides, the sight line of passengers in a boat was nearly always fixed to be forward along the direction of travel, but ride system 400 allows boats to be rotated sideways (e.g., rotated from about 0 degrees to nearly 180 degrees in one direction and then rotated back the other direction to or toward the original orientation).
For example, the ride system 400 includes a track separation point 411 in the track assembly 110 following the straightaway. Separated portions 412, 416 of the primary and secondary tracks 112, 116 are shown to separate at point 411 and be spaced apart (some distance less than a maximum separation distance allowed by the mounting locations of the tethering assemblies 132, 138 and the lengths of the connecting links or tethers in such assemblies 132, 138) such as less than about the length of the boat hull 152 or distance between the connection points of the tether assemblies 132, 138 to the front and rear 156, 158 of the bottom 154 of the hull 152.
As shown in
While not shown in
In other words, the front and rear bogies 130, 136 are separately controlled to set their velocities, which may differ or be the same, to achieve a desired boat movement and orientation throughout the ride system 400. For example, near the separation point 411, it may be useful to have the rear end 458 moved faster to rotate the boat 450 to face toward the show scene (i.e., to have the rear 458 of the boat 450 catch up to the front 456 such they travel parallel to each other in segments 412, 416). Then, the rear bogie's speed may be set to match or be only somewhat greater than the front bogie's speed via control of the two sets of linear motors to cause sideways movement 451 of the boat 450 (e.g., the rear bogie may have to move somewhat faster to cover the longer outside track segment 458 to maintain the front 456 facing inward to show scene 410).
The ride system 400 also includes a union or joining point or location 419 in which the segments 412, 416 again come into proximity (as shown in
By providing two separate tracks for the front and rear bogies (at least in a portion of the track) and separately propelling the bogies, the ride system 400 is operable to precisely control the speed of each boat and to also control their orientation relative to a DOT defined by the primary and secondary tracks. Further, the use of linear motors allows precise knowledge and control over the positions of each boat in the ride system 400.
The mounts/bases 512 provide vertical support for a right rail 514 and a left rail 517, which are each provided with first and second sidewalls 515, 516, 518, 519 (e.g., horizontal sidewalls or shelves and vertical sidewall that may be orthogonal to each other as shown and be open inward to receive a bogie). The rails 514, 517 extend the length of the segment 510 in a parallel manner to define a ride path (e.g., a path that may correspond to or be parallel to the longitudinal axes of rails 514, 517). Hangers 513 are provided that extend within the space between the spaced apart rails 514, 517, and this central, elongated space exposes a plurality of linear motors 522 of a propulsion assembly 520 that are supported upon the hangers 513. In this manner, the motors 522 have an upper surface that is exposed within the track assembler 510 between the two rails 514, 517.
A front bogie 530 and a rear bogie 540 are shown as they may be positioned when linked to a boat (not shown). Specifically, the front bogie 530 is shown to include a chassis or body 532 (e.g., a rectangular box or the like), and wheels 534 are pivotally attached to the chassis 532 to provide vertical support for the bogie 530 on horizontal walls 515, 518 of rails 514, 517. To center the bogie chassis 532 between the two vertical walls 516, 519 of rails 514, 517, the front bogie 530 includes arms 536 extending laterally outward from the chassis 532 upon which a number of rollers or wheels 537 are pivotally supported and roll upon the vertical sidewalls 516, 519 of rails 514, 517. The centering wheels 537 may also be used in switching operations, and the centering wheels 537 of the front bogie 539 may be positioned on an upper surface of the arms 536 (or opposite surface used to support the centering wheels 547 of the rear bogie). Use of the centering wheels 537 for switching is explained below.
The front bogie 530 further includes a reaction plate 539 (such as a permanent magnet or metal plate) on a lower surface such that the reaction plate 539 is proximate to but spaced apart a small distance from the upper surface of the linear motors 522 of propulsion assembly 520. During operation of a ride with track assembly 510, the front bogie 530 is caused to roll on wheels 534 rollably engaging sidewalls 515, 518 by magnetic forces applied to the reaction plate. The front bogie 530 further includes pivotal connector 538 on an upper surface of chassis 532, which facilitates coupling to an end of a first or front tethering assembly (not shown in
Similarly, the rear (or second) bogie 540 includes a chassis 542 upon which a reaction plate 549 is mounted (on a lower surface) to interact with linear motors 522. The chassis 542 pivotally supports vertical support wheels 544 that roll upon horizontal sidewalls 516, 518 of rails 514, 517. Arms 546 extend laterally outward from both sides of chassis 542 to support centering wheels/rollers 547, which roll upon vertical sidewalls 516, 519 so as to align the chassis 542 between the rails 514, 517 and the reaction plate 549 over the upper surface of the linear motors 522. Operation of the linear motors 522, hence, is used during operation of a ride with assembly 510 to propel the rear bogie 540 along the track assembly 510 (e.g., along a path parallel to the longitudinal axes of the rails 514, 517). The centering wheels 547 are pivotally mounted on arms 546 on a lower surface of the arms 546 (or opposite to that of wheels 537 of front or first bogie 530) to facilitate switching operations or independently controlling the rear bogie relative to the front bogie 530 (e.g., directing the rear bogie 540 along a different path defined by a track assembly 510).
A track assembly may also be configured to split or branch into two tracks such as a front bogie or primary track and a rear bogie or secondary track. In such segments or sections of the track assembly, it is useful to separately direct or control the front and rear bogies to cause these bogies to travel into these two divided tracks. To this end, the aligning/centering wheels 537 are mounted on a first surface (upper surface in this example) of the arms 536 to face a first direction (upward with their rotation axis orthogonal to the DOT).
The track assembly then may include a front bogie switching assembly or mechanism 680 affixed to one of the sidewalls of the rails (here shown on the right side rail 514 but may be on the left side rail 517). As shown, the front bogie switching assembly 680 includes an extension element or plate 682 connected to the sidewall 516 and extending (inward) toward the opposite rail 517 above the centering wheel 537. The assembly 680 further includes a guide or directing sidewall or vane 684 extending downward from the cantilevered end of the extension element 682. This L-shaped assembly 680 defines a channel through which the wheel 637 is restricted to travel, and it can be used to cause the front bogie 530 to branch into a primary or first bogie rail on the right of the track assembly 510 shown in
The track assembly then may include a rear bogie switching assembly or mechanism 780 affixed to one or the sidewalls of the rails (here shown on the left side rail 517 but may be on the right side rail 514). As shown, the rear bogie switching assembly 780 takes the form of a length of angle iron or the like with a wall affixed to lateral sidewall 518 and a vertical wall extending upward from the sidewall 518 to define a channel through which the wheel 547 is restricted to travel. The rear bogie switching assembly 780 can be used to cause the rear bogie 540 to branch into a secondary or second bogie rail on the left of the track assembly 510 shown in
To this end, the front bogie 530 is linked to the front 856 of the boat 850 via a first tethering assembly 860. The tethering assembly 860 and its connection to the front 856 of the hull 852 are shown in
The tethering assembly 860 also includes an elongated, rigid link 864 that is rigidly coupled at a first end 865 to the top of the bogie mounting element 862. The coupled two elements 862, 865 may pivot together as a unit as shown with arrow 863 in
The stop assembly 870 includes forward and rear hard stops 971 that are spaced apart a distance (such as 1 to 6 inches or more, with about 2 to 3 inches of stroke provided in one prototype) to defined an amount of forward/rearward or longitudinal travel along the DOT for the link 864 as shown with arrows 869 for arms of boat mounting element 868 and the coupled end 866 of link 864. This extra stroke provides an amount of play to account for lateral compliance between the bogies 530, 540 in split track segments (e.g., as the boat is being turned sideways or is traveling along a segment of split track in such a sideways orientation) to reduce risks of binding of the rolling bogies 530, 540. In contrast, the pivoting 863 of the link 864 provides a free-floating feel to the boat 850 while the boat 850 is actually accurately guided and restrained via the tethering assembly 860 to the bogie 830 that is guided along a primary track.
The rear bogie 540 is coupled to the rear 858 of the boat with rear tethering assembly 880. The rear tethering assembly 880 is configured similarly to the front tethering assembly 860, in this example. A bogie mounting element 882 is connected to the bogie chassis for pivoting 883, and the mounting element 882 is rigidly coupled with elongated link 884 at a first end 885 of the link 884, and the second end 886 is pivotally coupled (as shown with arrows 887) at a second end 886 to a hull mounting assembly 888. For example, a cross bar 886 may have its two ends pivotally supported by hull mounting assembly 888. In contrast to front tethering assembly 860, no stroke or longitudinal movement is provided for the end 886 of the link 884.
In the single or joined track segment 1112, the boat 1150 may travel forward as shown in
The orientation of the boat 1150 in the tracks 1116, 1118 may be controlled by operating the linear motors independently to drive the bogies 1130, 1136 at the same or differing speeds to rotate the boat 1150. For example, the track 1116 is longer than the track 1118 such that it may be useful to drive the front bogie 1130 at a quicker pace than the rear bogie 1136 to maintain a particular angular boat orientation and rotate the boat 1150. Then, as shown in
In contrast,
Although the invention has been described and illustrated with a certain degree of particularity, it is understood that the present disclosure has been made only by way of example, and that numerous changes in the combination and arrangement of parts can be resorted to by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention, as hereinafter claimed.
The above description teaches a boat ride in which boats can be caused to act in ways that are new and very different than prior water rides. The boat rides may include a control system that controls (such as via a show program or software that selectively operates linear motors in a guide track) boat speeds, boat spacing, triggering show scenes, and orienting boats to face toward the triggered show scenes to provide enhanced storytelling that is unlike any other boat ride attraction.
As can be appreciated, the boat ride provides a number of advantages including, but not limited to: precise speed control, ability to keep boats separated with no bunching unless desired for a ride effect/show experience, ability to have boats moving at variable speeds (or a speed selected from a range of ride speeds such as 0 to 4 feet per second or the like), ability to start and stop a boat at any location (e.g., can include a show scene not available with flowing water-type rides), minimization of boat bumping to enhance passenger comfort, ability to create new ride experiences through boat movements (e.g., move sideways down a waterway, move backwards, and orient boats with a front end facing a show scene as is done with dry rides), elimination of water pumps unless water flow is desired as an aesthetic or ride effect, elimination of flume walls, ability to move a boat through a "lake" or open basin rather than only in tight or narrow troughs, and increased and/or predictable rider throughput due to precisely controlled boat speeds and spacing.
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|International Classification
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#2 Mar 26, 2013
It is sad
#3 Mar 26, 2013
Yes, without a doubt. Obama is using the tactic of the original community organizer, Sal Alinsky to blame the "evil rich" when in reality they pay the majority of taxes and create the majority of the jobs. Fidel Castro and Huge Chavez did the same things in their countries into order to assume more and more power. Sal Alinsky's tactic was to go to the ghetto areas and agitate people into states of anger and rage and to do so you always need someone to blame other than the individual himself or herself.
Likewise Wise American and Progressive Ohioan on this forum also employ many of Sal Alinsky's methods and mentality to always attack and demonize the rich - then complain about the lack of jobs - which is what only the rich can afford.
This is one of the reasons that socialism always fails, once you confiscate all wealth from the producers you are left with only government with power and wealth and everyone else poor.
#4 Mar 26, 2013
Not sad but evil, pure evil. Sal Alinsky (Obama's spiritual father) was and is a monster, mad for power but using the "helping the poor" as an excuse for the government to assume all power, all authority and all wealth. That is why Dictators and liberals love Sal Alinsky.
Alinksy goal is revolution with the goal of absolute dictatorship. However Obama, with a huge assist from the media, has been able to sell Sal Alinsky to the ghetto, illegal aliens, government employees and college students, despite the fact that there are no jobs, and Blacks in particular are being hit hardest by the Obama plan in terms of unemployment, joblessness and social chaos.
#5 Mar 30, 2013
Yes. Obama wrote, "White man's greed drives a world in need" and he is out to punish greedy Whites he believes have been unfair to the non-Whites of the entire world. The irony is that in the process Obama has become very rich himself, just like the greedy Whites he rails against with his racial African tribal communist socialist redistribution gibberish.
Since: Mar 13
#7 Mar 31, 2013
I think they are only being punished by the liberal politicians. They are also forever demonized by the liberal media. Very nasty comments especially on MSNBC about the rich. I call it jealousy.
#8 Apr 2, 2013
I agree Lola. Liberals are demonizing the rich but don't understand that it is the rich that make sacrifices to create jobs, risking their wealth to make job opportunities for the poor.
You see it best in the wealth that moved to the suburbs due to White Flight (1977). Overnight small towns like Hilliard, Pickerington because wealthy areas with new schools and jobs while Columbus has gone ghetto.
#9 Apr 3, 2013
What we need to do is to bring back slavery, those africans slaves were way better off when they were slaves and even they were slaves they still had a better life than they were in africa. I'm with you on that I just wish more idiots will not be coward and stand up for what's best for the country. Non-whites are just scared compare to whites who look like a bunch of puss can't even mow their own lawns.
#10 Apr 4, 2013
The illegals are doing the jobs the slaves used to do, picking cucumbers, tomatoes, potatoes while the former slave sit idle in the ghettos. America is broke because of all this social engineering that backfires time and time again.
Meanwhile cancer clinics are turning away patients.
#11 Apr 4, 2013
I feel sorry for those rich people. Is there some place where I can send them a check?
Since: Dec 11
#13 Apr 4, 2013
Mega rich are doing just fine. Obama is very much like the fascists. He keeps the "system" going by oiling the rails for the banksters and wall st. Middle class is hammered. Ya know, folks that actually work for a living.
#14 Apr 5, 2013
Yes, their wealth is confiscated to pay for social engineering projects that are bankrupting the economy, not only in America but in all Western European Nations.
#15 Apr 5, 2013
Illegals are getting paid not exactly slavery. We need to abolish minimum wages and make people work for nothing.
As far as cancer clinics, if the patients don't have insurance or can't afford to pay, they should be turned down. No more free ride.
#16 Apr 5, 2013
There is no longer a middle class, only rich and poor. I do not want my tax to support the middle class like EIC and pell grant and mortgage interest deduction and all the free money just so they can live life without earning it.
#17 Apr 7, 2013
So you are saying that the rich the corporations should get all of the tax breaks?Well I don't think they should,they were supposed to create all of these job's with all of the tax breaks they were getting but they downsized and out sourced our job's! So they should not get a tax break for their private jet or they may call it a corporate jet!
#18 Apr 7, 2013
This is why the tea party needs to go!!!
#19 Apr 10, 2013
Obama told Joe the Plumber that he wanted to "spread the wealth" around and he needs to demonize someone. Liberals never create wealth, they cannot make the poor rich, but they can and do make everyone poor.
Under liberal communists everyone loses but the elites themselves.
#20 Apr 12, 2013
Corporations should not have to pay tax period. They are still job creators even if they downsized and lay people off because they are creating jobs elsewhere.
#21 Apr 12, 2013
Turn on your television, your computer, your cell phone, and every light in the house, leave the heating or cooling system on, and go for a drive to the store.
Buy whatever it is that you want, but don't really need.
Then relax. And repeat.
#22 Apr 12, 2013
Where in another country? You really can't believe that! You are why the tea party has to go!!
#24 Apr 12, 2013
do you see what you write?
tax break....a deduction of taxes owed.
you call that welfare.
do you call the color red.....green?
how about night...day?
50% of the population pays ZERO FEDERAL INCOME TAX, and to those that do, you want to cut off the unfair loophole tax break welfare.
are you in a coma?
welfare is the 50% who pay ZERO in INCOME TAX, and receive a refund for not paying any tax.
you belong to the group I call stupid people. You have been brainwashed into stupidity.
PS: spending cuts are not the same as limiting the % of annual growth either.
may I suggest you spend some time reading and processing thought through that stone you call a head.
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Singers line up to be part of Avicii's next album
Apparently, Swedish EDM DJ and producer Avicii hasn't woken up yet from the genre-crossing music that made his current album, True, a multi-format smash. In fact, it looks like his next one is going to rock more than anything we've previously heard from him.
Avicii has revealed who he's collaborating with on it and the list includes Coldplay's Chris Martin, Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong, Jon Bon Jovi, System of a Down's Serj Tankian, Wyclef Jean and Matisyahu.
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