As guests come towards two dragon statues, they notice the bamboo starts to line the area a little more sparsely, before the canopy opens to reveal an awe-inspiring sight: a massive ancient temple, draped in vines, flanked by two massive jade dragon statues coiled up stone pillars. Think very much like Indiana Jones Adventure and how the trees open to reveal the Temple of the Forbidden Eye. Crumbling stone along the edges, accented with some green-blue tilework, suggests an age-old structure both intriguing but also feared. A slow, meditative drumbeat can be heard faintly coming from within, blending with the ambient sound of water trickling through dragon-mouth fountains and wind chimes gently clinking in the breeze. It feels quiet, but the atmosphere is ominous and guests can’t let their guard down. The massive wooden gates are open, revealing the entrance to the queue: a solemn stone corridor lined with lanterns flickering green-blue light, casting dim shadows of dragon all along the walls. 

Guests board shimmering jade-green ride vehicles, their forms inspired by the scales and curves of an elegant Eastern dragon, even complete with glowing eyes and carved golden accents/ claws (wheels). The station is nestled within a stone temple hall, lit by hanging lanterns and enclosed by intricately carved and painted walls. Each wall has a different interpretation of the Jade Dragon, showcasing just how different artists, who have never seen the dragon, picture what it would look like to them based on the legends. Soft mist seeps from beneath the walls, and the ambient sounds of flowing water and distant drums have followed guests from outside, all the way to the loading platform to set the mood.

After guests are loaded in, and safety checks complete, the coaster slowly pulls away, passing through a narrow corridor of carved murals. These scenes that visually animate via subtle projection mapping and shifting shadows. They depict the ancient history of the Jade Dragon: a guardian spirit once revered for maintaining balance between mankind and nature. The harmony once protected by the dragon has begun to wane, and strange disruptions ripple through the land. As guests get further down the hallway, the murals get messier and messier, mixed in with slight rumble effects, the murals become too jarring to focus on, the balance and harmony is gone. 

The wall ahead fractures with light, and with a flash of jade-green energy, the vehicle is launched forward into a burst of mist and wind. Guests accelerate through a covered archway and emerge into the open bamboo forest of the land, gliding low past towering stalks swaying in the breeze, a small pond, complete with lily pads, and stone shrines slowly deteriorating and partly reclaimed by nature. Birds chirp, mist seeps into the lower part of the bamboo, lanterns hang from bamboo, lit regardless of the time of day, blinking on as the vehicle rushes past. The forest feels alive.