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THE ODYSSEY

The Exterior

1184 BB. Troy has become a fiery destruction created by Greek forces at the end of the ten-year Trojan War. The city, burned after Greek soldiers hidden inside a giant wooden horse emerged at night to open the gates to their army. The grand temple entrance resembles the smoldering gates of Troy immediately after the Greeks' victory. It is gritty, smoking, and atmospheric. The facade represents, while constrasting with the natural and peaceful elements of the rest of the land, a paradigm shift from the tranquility of the land- as the land's most deadly folklore story lives inside.

The Queue

The queue is divided into three distinct zones, moving guests deeper into the wreckage of Troy.

The Siege Lines

The transition from the park pathways into the world of the film.

The Landscaping

Gone are the lush, manicured palms of the former Lost Continent. They have been replaced with a harsh, authentic Grecian landscape designed to look battle-scarred. Gnarled Olive Trees that look centuries old, with their trunks twisted and blackened as if scorched by fire, line the pathways. Tall, dark Italian Cypress trees frame the path as well, but several are snapped in half, leaning precariously against ruined walls. Low-lying Rosemary and Thyme bushes fill the gaps, releasing a dry, herbal scent when the Florida heat hits them, mixing with the smell of pumped-in ozone and woodsmoke.

The Ground

The pavement cracks and gives way to a stamped-earth texture (concrete sculpted to look like mud and gravel). Deep chariot ruts are cut into the path, filled with stagnant water.

As guests wind through the outer trenches, they pass the abandoned machinery of the Greek siege. A massive, discarded wooden leg chopped apart for firewood, with massive iron bolts exposed. The path winds underneath the skeletal frame of a burnt-out siege tower. Looking up, guests see arrows still stuck in the wood and tattered ropes swaying in the breeze.

Guests then move closer to the city walls and the ruins of the Temple. The path winds through what was once a serene palace garden, now a staging ground for stolen goods.

Massive, human-sized terracotta storage jars (historically accurate for storing oil/grain) are smashed open, their contents spilling onto the walkway. Instead of gold coins, we see piles of dented Bronze cuirasses (chest armor). Some armor is stained with dark rust. Guests then walk past stacks of sacrificial bronze tripods.

The PreShow

Guests enter a war tent. A hyper-realistic Musion Eyeliner hologram of Odysseus addresses the "crew"… He doesn't promise adventure; he promises survival.

Ride Vehicle

Hybrid Water Ride

Manufacturer: Mack Rides

The vehicle is designed to look less like a fantasy boat and more like a weapon of war that has survived ten years at sea. It is a fusion of ancient materials and anachronistic, heavy industrial mechanics - A fragmented hull of dark, sea-soaked wood reinforced with heavy, rusted iron banding.

16 Passengers total.

4 Rows in a 2 across configuration.

Stadium seating: Rows 2, 3, and 4 are slightly elevated above the row in front to ensure clear sightlines of the practical sets and screens.

The Departure and The Siege

The journey begins at the Load Station a fortified dock hidden within the smoking ruins of the beachhead. Guests board the ride vehicles, sixteen-passenger vessels that look like weaponized fragments of ancient triremes.

As the boat drifts away from the dock, it enters Scene 1. The boat floats silently past a massive, crumbling statue of Poseidon, which topples into the water with a heavy hydraulic crash, signaling the god's wrath.

Suddenly, the stillness is broken by a high-powered magnetic launch. In under three seconds, the boat accelerates from a standstill to 40 mph, shooting out of the show building and into the outdoor air.

For a brief, adrenaline-fueled moment, riders race through the "Burning Troy" exterior set, a trench contained by high ruined walls that hide the track from onlookers—banking hard to the left before diving back into the darkness of the main structure.

The Ascent and The Monster

Carrying the momentum from the launch, the boat re-enters the show building and immediately engages in a lift hill. This is not a slow chain lift; it is a high-speed cable lift similar to El Toro, rapidly hoisting the vehicle from ground level to the building’s absolute apex. At the top, the boat slows to a crawl as it enters Scene 2 - The Cyclops Cave. The environment is claustrophobic, winding through a high-level flume trough obscured by jagged rockwork and shadows. The silence is broken by the roar of Polyphemus, a massive animatronic that lunges from the darkness above. To escape his club, the boat plunges down a sharp 25-foot dive that sends riders splashing into a mid-level trough, momentarily safe but deeper in the maze.

The Descent Into Hades

Recovering from the first drop, the boat drifts into Scene 3: The Underworld. The speed washes away, replaced by a thick, supernatural fog. The trough appears to dead-end into a solid rock face, trapping the vehicle. In a disorienting mechanical feat, the boat locks onto a tilt-track section that pitches upward to a steep 50-degree angle, leaving riders staring at the ceiling. Suddenly, the track releases, sending the boat into a plummet backward 35 feet, spiraling down into the subterranean level and splashing into the Underworld. Drifting backward through the darkness, the boat enters Scene 4 - The Sirens. Here, psychological horror takes over with screens and projections surrounding the trough. As the tension peaks, the boat hits a high-speed turntable that rotates the moving vehicle 180 degrees, spinning riders around to face forward just in time for the finale.

The Vortex and The Return

The climax begins as the boat drifts into the base of a massive physical funnel in Scene 5 -The Charybdis Climb. A curved vertical lift mechanism rapidly raises the boat from the basement back to the roofline, spiraling upward inside a 360-degree projection of a raging whirlpool. At the very peak of the vortex, Scylla appears, a terrifying multi-headed animatronic attacking from the left. The boat dips down a massive 55-foot plunge at a 60-degree angle. Riders fall from the roofline all the way back down to the sub-level splashdown pool, visible to queue guests through reinforced windows. The massive splash slows the vehicle as it coasts into Ithica. A final lift ramp brings the boat gently back up to ground level, similar to Pirates of the Caribbean in Disneyland, drifting through a golden-hour projection of the shores of Ithaca, before returning the weary but triumphant crew to the unload station.

victory calls for a break

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