Texts: Matthew 28, Mark 16, Luke 24, John 20-21, Acts of the Apostle 1
The Feast of the Ascension occurs 40 days after Easter. For Catholics in the U.S., there are actually two different dates for the feast (based on where in the country one lives). Most areas celebrate it on a Sunday (so actually 6 weeks after Easter...May 16th in 2021), although there are a few regions that celebrate it on a Thursday (like most of the rest of the world...May 13th in 2021). Although the name of this Gospel Land ride is based-off of Jesus’ ascension (and loosely based-off of the current ride’s title of Peter Pan’s Flight), much of the ride focuses on Jesus’ resurrection appearances starting with Easter Sunday. A suspended dark ride is a good ride system for these stories, because it helps the guests to feel as if they are being lifted-up with Jesus in the final scene. Unfortunately the ride is too short to show all of Jesus’ post-resurrection appearances, so the following key appearances will be shown:
Instead of riding ships (as in the current ride), guests ride on clouds. For the queue, guests enter into the empty tomb (with a stone rolled away to one side). The folded-up burial clothes are seen in the queue. As you can see, this is an important ride for the telling of the Gospels (the Resurrection appearances conclude each of the four Gospels). Like Peter Pan’s Flight, it will be loved by guests. There is one other ride in Gospel Land that comes after the Ascension, and that ride will be the next one to be described.
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