| 摘要 |
An exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes an entertainment apparatus including an enclosure; and a ride placed within the enclosure where the ride is a programmably controlled ride that can position a passenger to observe a show experience. The programmably controlled ride can vary a show experience. The programmably controlled ride can be programmed to vary the show experience by, e.g., intensifying, moderating, lengthening, shortening, providing variable ratings to, or providing variable age categorization to the ride. The ride can include a looping swing ride including two vertical supports, each including top portions, two parallel swing arm outriggers including first and second ends, the parallel swing arm outriggers journaled in rotatable fashion about a first axis proximate the top portions of the two vertical supports, and a passenger gondola suspended by pendulum arms from the first ends of the parallel swing arm outriggers to rotate about a swing axis; where the programmably controlled ride is programmable to start rotation and stop rotation at a plurality of rotational position locations of the parallel swing arm outriggers of the looping swing ride relative to the two vertical supports of the looping swing ride about the first axis, and to start and stop rotation at a plurality of rotational positions of the passenger gondola relative to the parallel swing arm outriggers about the swing axis, in synchronization with one or more theatrical elements.
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