[REL] The Twilight Zone: Terror Tracks

A small (but HUGE to me) update, the Kickstarter is now 40% funded! There was a big spike in donations yesterday, and I'm beginning to really think this is going to happen!

CoasterCrazy has been the fourth largest contributor to donations, and I can't thank you guys enough for it!

I can almost hear it now, "You are the passengers on a most uncommon railway, about to take the strangest journey of your lives..."

With the campaign being already 40% funded, I've added a new reward tier to the Kickstarter! For $15, your portrait will be featured somewhere within the ride. Using a portrait of yourself, you'll be transformed into a 30's character and inserted straight into the attraction in the form of an ad, a photo, or numerous other possibilities. Interested in that, or any other selection of the reward tiers? Check it out using the link below!

As always, any and all support is more than appreciated! With all of your support so far, I'm sure that together we can make this happen!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/josephpojunis/terror-tracks-an-homage-to-tower-of-terror

You guys are long overdue for an update on Terror Tracks that ISN'T a Kickstarter ad, so here's a VERY early shot of the exterior.

The ride building and the first part of the queue will be a normal, functioning, elegant train station, but then the queue will veer off into the abandoned subway that hasn't been used since the crash. As you can see, I've taken design cues from California's Tower of Terror, as well as Cincinnati's Union Terminal.



What do you think?

TheBeatles wrote:

You guys are long overdue for an update on Terror Tracks that ISN'T a Kickstarter ad, so here's a VERY early shot of the exterior.

The ride building and the first part of the queue will be a normal, functioning, elegant train station, but then the queue will veer off into the abandoned subway that hasn't been used since the crash. As you can see, I've taken design cues from California's Tower of Terror, as well as Cincinnati's Union Terminal.



What do you think?

nice!

Earth-shaking among us, just like the ire of Zeus (Thunder)! I mean, the visible impact!

WE DID IT YOU GUYS! Thanks to everyone in this whole community, we raised the money to get MARK SILVERMAN, the SAME voice actor that Disney themselves used for Tower of Terror, to voice TERROR TRACKS!!

I'll write a longer post later, but I need to take a minute and try not to have a heart attack. I didn't think there was any chance of this happening.

[Oscar]

yay!!!!!!!!

@TheBeatles: YOU DID ACHIEVE THE GOAL! WOW YOU ARE THE GREATEST MAN!

TheBeatles wrote:

WE DID IT YOU GUYS! Thanks to everyone in this whole community, we raised the money to get MARK SILVERMAN, the SAME voice actor that Disney themselves used for Tower of Terror, to voice TERROR TRACKS!!

I'll write a longer post later, but I need to take a minute and try not to have a heart attack. I didn't think there was any chance of this happening.

congratulations!

[Dirk_Ermen]

Wow, that is quite awesome! I can't wait to hear how the result is going to sound. <3

Totally amazing!

I've started working on the "lobby". This will be the first room of the queue, the main train station. The stairs at the top right will take you down to the subway platform. Obviously there's a TON of detail that still needs to be added, but I wanted to give you guys an update.

^ looks absolutely amazing!

[Xenon]

The theming looks absolutely incredible. Keep up with the good work, man!

^^^ Absolutely stunning!

Work on the exterior has begun, drawing lots of inspiration from Florida's Tower of Terror:



What do you guys think so far?

[Turbo]

it looks REALLY good. I've always been a huge supporter of lighting because it can really add a "feel" to an environment. That is exactly what this does

^^ If I put it briefly, film-tastic!

@Turbo, more lighting has been added below

Update

It's that time of the day again, update time! This update will be fairly short in terms of words, because I'm about to head out to have dinner with my family.

You can see below that the exterior is just about finished, taking lots of inspiration from both Disney's California Adventure (duh), Disney's Hollywood Studios. I've taken elements prominent in Buena Vista Street and taken them into consideration here. For instance, here's a bridge similar to the one that the monorail uses to travel over DCA's Buena Vista Street.



A gift shop type building, filled to the brim with souvenirs.



Here's the view down from the ride's entrance plaza (where you enter the building, that is).



And lastly, the current "money shot".



You'll notice that the area is pretty tight, but there's only so far I can take this project. Given that I would like to finish up pretty soon, I wanted to find ways to close off the area while still maintaining the illusion of a park atmosphere. Nothing you see here is final, but I'm definitely getting close to wrapping up the scenery. After that, all that's left is the on-board audio track, and the final video!

The final video is already being filmed, as the exterior is 100% done. All the work that I'm currently doing is primarily for the POV.

Wow I just need to say thanks for the first-person views! I DO feel like on a tour!

Yahoo! Looks so great! So excited for this! It's gonna be awesome to hear his voice in a whole new ride even if its just a sim!

*sees thread for first time*
Wow those are nice trains!
wow, that's really good scenery!
WOW! That preshow is unreal! :0
HE JUST GOT THE VOICE ACTOR!?!?!
Dead.

^ Poetic Descriptions that'll impress him!

Words cannot describe just how ready I am to show this project to everybody. It feels like it's taken me years to complete, but I've actually completed this project in a shorter time period than both Destroid and X:Reborn. It's been a long road, but finally, there appears to be a light at the end of the tunnel.

I have a much longer message for you guys, but I'll save that for the release.

In the meantime, it brings me lots of happiness to say that I'll see you all in exactly one week (December 21st, 2016) for the video release of The Twilight Zone: Terror Tracks!

^ very exited!