The next story from the Bible that I would like to highlight in a ride is Noah and the Flood (see Genesis 6-9). Like my first Bible World ride concept (The Ten Plagues of Egypt), this story would work well as a dark ride. I have selected Pirates of the Caribbean as the ride that could be transformed into Noah and the Ark (I call it “Noah of the Flood” to make it sound like it’s predecessor “Pirates of the Caribbean”). One reason is that Pirates already uses boats (or mini “arks”). The story doesn’t have as much “thrill” to it, so I’m saving Splash Mountain for another story (Jonah). The space in Pirates allows for a detailed telling of what happened before, during, and after the flood. I should mention that the story of Noah is memorialized in the to-scale Ark Encounter in Kentucky. That attraction could be best described as a walk-through exhibit with some animatronics. The owners, “Answers in Genesis,” use a literalistic interpretation of Genesis, which is maybe best described in another post. The ride layout that I used for my Noah design was the Disneyland version of Pirates, although it can be easily adapted to the Walt Disney version (or the versions in Paris or Tokyo but not Shanghai). The Disneyland version starts by going by the diners at the Blue Bayou (that restaurant would need to be re-themed) with one scene before the boats go out of view. The first scene of Noah of the Flood would be Noah and his family together before he gets word of the forthcoming flood. The next scene would show the moral depravity of their contemporaries (in PG rated material, maybe with some similarity to the old debauchery scenes at the end of Pirates). The remaining scenes are rather straightforward: warning of the flood, Noah builds the ark, the animals are gathered, the rain starts, more rain (with interior scenes of the ark), the birds being sent to check for land, the debarking of the ark, and the covenant with Noah. Most people already have an image as to what it looked like loading the ark with all of the animals, so a lot of work would need to be spent on making that scene be unique while at the same time faithful to what we can best surmise from the story. I think the human depravity scene (which is the impetus for God ushering in the flood) as well as the scene of God making his covenant with Noah (in the form of the rainbow) could be very impactful for the guests, as those parts of the story are not especially well-known. The exterior of the ride building could be changed to reflect an ancient port town (like Nineveh in the story of Jonah). I hope that after reading this, you can better envision what it would be like to ride through the story of Noah and the flood! FThe Repentance of Nineveh, Anglesay Abbey
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