Jora Vision designs Tata World River Adventure Dark Ride
Leading creative company and dark ride specialist Jora Vision designs the first dark ride for VinWonders Nha Thrang, Vietnam.
Not an ordinary first dark ride
As the park’s first dark ride VinWonders is aiming for a very high level. Within the existing park borders a 315 m long boat ride with two drops that covers 4543 m2 and holds 11 unique scenes is coming to life. “It’s very brave for a park to enter the world of dark rides with such a large and richly themed ride. As a visitor you will experience fully immersive decors with integrated projection screens, uniquely designed animatronics, special and visual effects and a custom music score.” explains Victor Schade, Creative Lead at Jora Vision. Tata World River Adventure marks the largest dark ride of Jora Vision that is turned into reality.
The Story
On the planet's most beautiful coastal bays, there is a miraculous land called Van Hoa. It is filled with fragrant flowers, fantastical plants, cute animals and talented songbirds - the home of Princess Tata, famous for her radiant beauty. Guardian of the peace in Van Hoa is the Pearl of Happiness, but one day the Pearl was stolen by the Dark Princess. Together with Princess Tata and her close friends Monta Monkey and Tuka Parrot you embark on a journey to retrieve the Pearl of Happiness. The story was based on the story of an already existing show in VinWonders Nha Thrang.
The Visitor Experience
You start your journey in the Library of Fairytales. In this huge fantastical library all fairytales of the world are cherished, kept safe and collected. You meander through sections of Europe, South-America and Asia until you’ll find your way to the Pre Show: the Tata Treasury. In the Pre Show an animatronic called the Fairytale Librarian will tell you the story of Princess Tata and the Pearl of Happiness. As a climax of the show you will travel through a magical world map of Van Hoa to find out yourself how the story continues.
After the Pre Show you board one of the 7 boats in the Palace of Princess Tata and you sail into the Land of Flowers. You’ll find your way to the Pearl of Happiness where you witness the robbery of the Pearl of Happiness by the Dark Princess. Then you’ll travel through the Land of Jungle and the Land of Ocean, and while being amazed by the fantastical creatures you encounter, you come to seek help and gather a fellowship. Two sister princesses of Princess Tata will join and together with them you engage in an epic battle sequence in the Land of Darkness. Finally at the top of the second lift hill, as apotheosis of the adventure, you will find out if the Pearl of Happiness is retrieved.
A wide range of special effects
The ride uses a wide range of uniquely designed special effects. In one of the scenes a combination is made between a pepper’s ghost and a mechanical effect to let the Pearl of Happiness disappear in plain sight. And in multiple other scenes the illusion had to be made that you are in a larger world than the actual building provided. Effects like depth projection and forced perspective are used to extend scenes beyond their borders. And finally, to keep the mystery alive, you will also encounter one of the largest animatronics you will ever see!
Jora Vision, the dark ride specialist
Jora Vision is an industry recognised dark ride design and build company, having won three prestige Thea Awards in a row by the Themed Entertainment Association (TEA) for their dark ride projects Bazyliszek (Legendia), Popcorn Revenge (Walibi Belgium) and Snorri Touren (Europa Park). Jora Vision has a comprehensive team with all competences for a dark ride with this scale: storytellers, visual artists, architects, technical designers, graphic designers, AV designers and project managers. “Creating dark rides is one of our biggest passions and expertise. Dark rides are the ultimate way to create an immersive story driven experience. Thanks to the trust of our client WinWonders we can bring our extensive knowledge of dark rides to Vietnam.” explains Da Wang, Design Director at Jora Vision.
A successful creative collaboration
The collaboration between VinWonders and Jora Vision turns out to be a perfect match seeing several projects planned for the future. Including a masterplan for a complete new resort and VinWonders first Flying Theatre attraction.
June Ren, Managing Director Asia at Jora Vision concludes: “We are very happy with the successful creative collaboration with the team of VinWonders. We are certain that this partnership will result in many exciting new one-of-a-kind experiences.”
The realization of Tata World River Adventure is currently in process and would not have been possible without our trusted partner Interlink, United Art, Red Raion, IMAscore and Lifeformation.
Tata World River Adventure will open its doors by the end of 2022. For more information visit www.vinwonders.com or www.joravision.com.