An enchanted village: a character-driven ride film transports audiences to a Celtic wonderland. (Ride Film).(Corkscrew Hill)

Ride films, given their reliance on unrestricted camera motion, freedom of character movement, spectacular imagery, and stereoscopic creativity, have benefited greatly from recent advances in computer graphics. Yet, the combining of digital animation with a motion base theater has evolved into a somewhat formulaic experience, often set aboard a vehicle that can be easily simulated by the motion platform, such as a submarine or an airplane. The new large-format, stereoscopic 3D ride film Corkscrew Hill at Busch Gardens theme park in Williamsburg, Virginia, is breaking that mold with a bold narrative concept that uses its cast of unusual characters, rather than a vehicle, to ...