France: Le PAL to Open an Interactive Smash & Reload Dark Ride in 2023

As has now been officially announced, the French animal and amusement park Le PAL (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region) will expand and diversify its visitor offering next year by the addition of a new Smash & Reload dark ride. Starting in 2023, park guests will be able to embark on an interactive themed ride with crazy mushrooms to conquer. Developed in collaboration by BoldMove Nation and Triotech, the turnkey attraction will be the park’s first interactive media-based dark ride and substitute the park’s 4D cinema.

Park President Arnaud Bennet on the decision: “It was time to replace our aging 4D-cinema with an attraction to position us for the future and offer something totally different to our guests. We started scouting the market and it became rapidly clear that the solution offered by BoldMove and Triotech is the most suitable for an all-family immersive experience. It blends advanced technologies and a gameplay into an enjoyable attraction for young and old, making it very inclusive. The story is built around fun mushrooms and mixes a lot of humour and a subtle sustainability message that perfectly adheres to our vision. Our relationship with the teams behind Smash & Reload is solid so we are very confident we will create an amazing attraction together!”

During the four-minute ride, a total of five rotating vehicles will pass through five different scenes, resulting in an hourly capacity of over 400 persons. Guests can repeatedly reload their pointing devices for each scene by hitting a button on one side of their vehicle. The media content for the attraction is being developed and produced by BoldMove Nation in cooperation with the French graphic studio Polymorph. (eap)