A braking system for slideway guided amusement vehicles providing both manual and automatic braking for the slideway guided amusement vehicles is provided. The braking system includes at least one brake handle, a first shaft fixed to the at least one brake handle, a first gear concentrically positioned on and free to spin independently of the first shaft, an actuator fixed to the first shaft for providing a linear motion to a stop pin, an inlet opening on the first gear for receiving the stop pin, a second gear coupled to the first gear, concentrically fixed on a second shaft for mounting spinnably and extending horizontally to a chassis of a vehicle, at least one friction member attached to the second shaft, a tensioning means, and a control unit adapted to remove the stop pin from the inlet opening via the actuator.

A ride system for an amusement park includes a platform of the ride system that rotates about a guide axis along a direction of travel of the platform. A motion system is included and drives movement of the platform. One or more seats are coupled to the platform, wherein the one or more seats move with the platform and relative to the platform. At least one sensor detects a position of at least one seat of the one or more seats and provides data indicative of the position. A controller receives the data indicative of the position and controls the motion system to rotate the platform about the guide axis based on the data indicative of the position.

An attraction system of an amusement park includes a sensor configured to monitor electrostatic buildup associated with the attraction system and a control system communicatively coupled to the sensor. The control system is configured to receive data from the sensor, the data being indicative of an amount of the electrostatic buildup associated with the attraction system, and operate the attraction system based on the data indicative of the amount of the electrostatic buildup associated with the attraction system.

Systems and methods presented herein include ride vehicles configured to locally store player state caches. For example, ride vehicles may include an on-board ride and game control sub-system configured to control local features of a ride and game control system associated with an amusement park ride system (e.g., that occur locally on the ride vehicles), to locally cache player state data for riders of the ride vehicles during ride cycles of the ride vehicles, and to synchronize the locally-cached player state data with global player state data maintained by an off-board ride and game control sub-system after the ride cycles of the ride vehicles.

Systems and methods presented herein include ride vehicles configured to locally store player state caches. For example, ride vehicles may include an on-board ride and game control sub-system configured to control local features of a ride and game control system associated with an amusement park ride system (e.g., that occur locally on the ride vehicles), to locally cache player state data for riders of the ride vehicles during ride cycles of the ride vehicles, and to synchronize the locally-cached player state data with global player state data maintained by an off-board ride and game control sub-system after the ride cycles of the ride vehicles.

An interactive platform for controlling interactive features in an amusement park, wherein the interactive platform includes a control center that receives an account request from a user computer system, populates forward facing data fields based on user inputs from the user computer system, coordinates authentication of the account request with a separate system configured to utilize a login application programming interface to share authentication data, receives the authentication data from the separate system, provides access to a user account based on the authentication data, and populates hidden data fields of the control center based on user data provided by the separate system.

A system may include a virtual reality system configured to present one or more virtual objects via an electronic display. The system may also include one or more inflatable objects that correspond to the one or more virtual objects, such that the one or more inflatable objects matches one or more shapes of the one or more virtual objects. The system may also include a processor configured to cause at least one of the one or more inflatable objects to inflate based on feedback from the virtual reality system.

A system may include a virtual reality system configured to present one or more virtual objects via an electronic display. The system may also include one or more inflatable objects that correspond to the one or more virtual objects, such that the one or more inflatable objects matches one or more shapes of the one or more virtual objects. The system may also include a processor configured to cause at least one of the one or more inflatable objects to inflate based on feedback from the virtual reality system.

An interactive platform for controlling interactive features in an amusement park, wherein the interactive platform includes a control center that receives an account request from a user computer system, populates forward facing data fields based on user inputs from the user computer system, coordinates authentication of the account request with a separate system configured to utilize a login application programming interface to share authentication data, receives the authentication data from the separate system, provides access to a user account based on the authentication data, and populates hidden data fields of the control center based on user data provided by the separate system.

A power supply apparatus for furnishing short-term peak loads for an electrical drive system, encompassing an AC voltage source and a DC voltage source; a rectifier and a DC voltage conductor section being arranged between the AC voltage source and a connector configuration for electrical connection of the electrical drive system; the rectifier being connected on the input side to the AC voltage source and on the output side to the DC voltage conductor section; the DC voltage source being connected to the DC voltage conductor section in order to transfer electrical energy wherein the DC voltage source is a battery reservoir.