Paperman's Flight
Climb aboard Paperman's Flight, a fast paced thrill ride that lets guests swoop and soar through 1940s New York City along to an enchanting score. Weave your way through the city skyline, flying atop a paper airplane in pursuit of an elusive chance at love!
This family friendly coaster transports guests to a time of simple beauty and optimistic romance. It has a unique feeling of flight with swinging cars on an excitingly curved track that takes guests all through New York.
Like the Disney short film the ride is inspired by, Paperman's Flight is entirely in grayscale with a few small pops of bright red. The ride will employ lighting effects to give this grayscale colouring to guests, slowly increasing throughout the queue until becoming fully greyscale as guests board their ride vehicles.
This project was created with Adobe Photoshop, SketchUp, and AutoCAD. The concept art, sign, ride vehicle, and costumes were all digitally painted in Photoshop from reference images. I then modeled out the ride vehicle in 3D in SketchUp and exported a 2D image to paint over to finish off the concept art. I created the ride groundplan in AutoCAD and then brought it into SketchUp to create a 3D block model of the ride.
Paperman's Flight Concept Art
Ride Logo and Marquee Sign
Swinging Paper Airplane Ride Vehicle
- Swinging Ride Vehicle
- In-Seat Speakers
- Wind Effects
- Four Guests per vehicle
- Trains of Two
- Pull Down Safety Bars
Cast Member Costumes
- Inspired by 1940s fashion
- Custom paper airplane print
- Cast member role: train passengers
Paperman's Flight Ride Groundplan
- Journey through the streets of 1940s New York City
- Based on Seven Dwarves Mine Train layout
- Modified for increased length and speed
Paperman's Flight Ride Model
- Journey through the streets of 1940s New York City
- Weaves through city landmarks and story elements
Paperman's Flight
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