There are people who review theme park rides. Did you know this? I didn’t, until a recent trip to Universal Studios.
Here are some general things I learned on this trip:
— Rides are getting more narrative than I remember from childhood; though possibly I just don’t remember very well. I suppose I recall the Pinocchio and Peter Pan rides at Disneyland as trying to tell or at least illustrate a story, with ride events corresponding to the major parts of the movies, but others were simply about immersing the rider in a certain kind of environment. All the Universal Studios rides tried to present a cohesive story, even if it was a very short one.
— Spitting water at the audience in judicious quantities is the cutting edge of awesome. Bonus points if it’s because someone in the story just sneezed.
— Blowing air on the back of the neck is also big.
Three particular cases of story-ride:
Emily Short's Interactive Storytelling 