Pinky and the Cursed Castillo of Gory Gabriel Written by Jared Wells
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Pinky and the Cursed Castillo of Gory Gabriel Written by Jared Wells Table of Contents Introduction 1 High Concept 2 Conceptual Overview 2 Guest Experience Outline 3 Guest Experience Narrative 20 Show Script 48 !1 Introduction “Pinky and the Cursed Castillo of Gory Gabriel” is an E-Ticket attraction intended to anchor the Captain Sabertooth theme park planned across 4.6 acres of the Dominican Republic. The ride’s story seeks to blend Terje Formoe’s beloved universe of great characters and lore with the Caribbean’s own rich history of piracy. The attraction will feature favorite characters including Longfinger, Veronica, Pelle & Pysa, Pinky and of course Captain Sabertooth. Guests will get the chance to explore the legend behind one of the Spanish Main’s most feared buccaneers, Gory Gabriel. This high-speed, immersive attraction will bring the world of Sabertooth and friends to life in a way that, hitherto, fans have only dreamed of. Guests will join Pinky on his quest to become a fully fledged member of the famed Captain’s pirate crew. They will journey deep into the bowels of the Gory Gabriel’s abandoned hilltop fortress in search of the infamous cursed treasure of El Dorado. But beware! The treasure is said to be guarded by none other than the ghost captain himself. Conceptually, this attraction could be described as a pastiche of elements from Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean, Disney’s Haunted Mansion and Universal’s Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey. The ride operates using a RoboCoaster G2 system to simulate diverse motion experiences including chairlifts, free flying and floating on water. !2 Rotating parabolic projection screens create heightened illusion of scene changes and movement while presumably minimizing necessary real estate. Intricate sets, forced perspective dioramas and special video, audio, lighting and projection effects take guests to our story’s exciting locales. A cast of six audio animatronic figures bring favorite characters to life in a way our audience has never experienced. This attraction will not only do justice to characters and stories that many fans already love, but introduce Captain Sabertooth, Pinky and the rest of Formoe’s treasured creations to new audiences in a thrillingly unforgettable way. Now prepare to make sail as we explore this new, swashbuckling adventure! High Concept A haunted flight with Pinky through a cursed pirate castle in pursuit of treasure and the flamboyant Captain Sabertooth Conceptual Overview Aspiring pirates join Pinky to sneak their way high into the infamous corsair Gory Gabriel’s cursed castle aboard a 17th century ropeway to join Captain Sabertooth and his crew in search of the lost treasure of El Dorado. Arriving at the castle, they find the ghost of Gory Gabriel still haunts his old home, and has unleashed his curse on !3 the pirate crew. A RoboCoaster G2 system allows Gabriel’s dark magic to possess the ropeway, sending Pinky and guests on a wild ride to save the crew, find the treasure and lift the curse. Special effects, video effects, ethereal lighting, swashbuckling songs and score and audio animatronics will bring the world of Pinky, Captain Sabertooth, Gabriel and the rest of the pirates to life in this thrilling, high-flying adventure. Guest Experience Outline: Backstory • Over a century ago, the famed Captain Gory Gabriel based his piratical operations out of a small, idyllically located port town in Hispaniola. • After the captain’s death, stories about a curse surrounding his demise scared pirates away, making the town prime real estate for honest men and organized colonial settlement. • The colony has thrived in the complete absence of piracy for 100 years… until today. !4 Scene 1 - Exterior Queue - Luna Inn • An ominous Caribbean Castillo looms high over the Harbor. A rickety looking ropeway system droops down from a high turret down to the ground behind a quaint tavern called the Luna Inn. • The saloon doors are knocked off their hinges. From inside can be heard the cheers of a rowdy gang of revelers. Scene 2 - Interior Queue - Luna Inn Barroom • Inside the inn, tables and chairs are overturned, bottles and casks leak their contents onto the floor and cutlasses, daggers and axes litter the room. • At the far end of the inn stands a barren bar. Through a transom, RED RUDY and AUNT BESSIE, the proprietors of this hapless watering hole, can be heard bickering about their misfortune. • VERONICA (audio-animatronic) stands near an overturned table, mopping up the mess and humming the tune of “The Falling Stars.” Occasionally she stares down into her mop bucket and sees PINKY’s face appear. !5 • Near the bar, a doorway to a back storage room stands open. It is flanked by a portrait of pirate captain Gory Gabriel. A dagger has been driven through his face. Scene 3 - Interior Queue - Luna Inn Backroom • Rows of casks line the way to a makeshift opening that has been blown in the back corner of the room. • A smoking cannon near the opening is the culprit. Scene 4 - Interior Queue - Beggar’s Cavern • An archaic pathway through a forgotten cavern leads to a mysterious looking cave. • Sporadic rays of sun (stage lights) beam through openings in the rocky overhang. • Torches flanking the path light the way over streams and sparse aquatic plants. • The sounds of the the rushing waters mingle with the distant, indistinct echoes from the marauders. !6 Scene 5 - Pre-Show - Corsair’s Cave • A piratically costumed crew member ushers guests all the way inside. Once all are accounted for, he/she feigns to roll a large, flat boulder in front of the entrance. • The only light comes from sunbeams (stage lights) penetrating the cracks in the top of the cave. • A gaping tunnel in the cave is barricaded by boulders and stalagmites. • A distant light appears in the tunnel (video screen) and approaches the guests. It belongs to a torch held by CAPTAIN SABERTOOTH, who leads LONGFINGER, PELLE, PYSA and a posse of his pirate crew. • The Captain mumbles over a treasure map, and points his crew in the direction of the entrance to Gory Gabriel’s hilltop Castillo. • Pinky(audio-animatronic)appears from out behind one of the boulders downstage right and addresses Captain Sabertooth, insisting he and the crew will need his help. !7 • The Captain dismisses him as a mere cabin boy and not a true pirate. He charges him to stay in the cave and leads his crew off stage left. • Longfinger stays back to offer some consolation to Pinky, but admonishes him to follow orders. • Pinky asks him how the curse came to be. Longfinger explains when Gabriel stole the treasure of El Dorado, he took along with it the Emperor’s cursed Golden Sword. It granted Gabriel control of El Dorado’s treasure in life, but damned him to guard it for eternity in death. • Images of Gabriel, the treasure and the sword flash across in a magical montage onscreen. The rest of room is brought to life using animated projection mapping. • Sabertooth calls back impatiently, and Longfinger rushes off to join him. • Pinky gets the idea to sneak into the castle and find the treasure for Captain Sabertooth to prove himself a true pirate. !8 • He invites guests along, assuring them that Captain Sabertooth will make them part of the crew as well. He races off stage left. • The crew member now pretends to roll aside another flat boulder on the side of the cave opposite the entrance. Scene 6 - Boarding Area - Ropeway Embarkation Terminal • Guests proceed from the cave to another wing of the cavern that sits up against the shore. A large opening in the cavern (video screen) shows a setting sun over the ocean. The sounds of waves and seagulls echo through the room. • An old wooden boardwalk guides guests to the boarding area. • In the foreground, four-seat ropeway cars loop continuously on an old lift. • Near the rear of the loading area, a large, elevated horizontal wheel guides the chairs in their elliptical circuit. !9 • Next to the boarding platform, a steady stream of water flows through a trough to turn a waterwheel that is attached to a pulley that appears to move the ropeways. The remnants of an old dam used to stop up the trough can be seen scattered along the sides. • Crude signs with hastily painted warnings about using the lift hang from the side rails and walls. • At the loading area, a crew member directs parties to their ropeway cars. The vehicles appear to be made out of palm tree wood and canvas and held together by nautical ropes. • The cars move slow enough for guests to store belongings in the latched under seat compartments, sit down and pull down the shoulder restraints. • A Dominican- accented voice reminds passengers to follow safety precautions. Scene 7 - Ride Scene 1 - The Climb • The chair moves slowly into the rocky passage. !10 • Pinky appears in a tunnel (video screen) just off to the right. He wishes the passengers luck and moves offscreen, appearing to climb on top of the ropeway car. It sways as he lays down on top of it. His hands (hydraulic figures) reach out and grab the edge of the canvas overhang. • The chair tilts back slowly as the ropeway begins to ascend to the castle. • To their left, guests enjoy a beautiful vista of the sunset over the ocean (screen projection). To the right, they can see the lantern- lit, harbor town (forced perspective diorama)shrink as they climb closer and closer to the castle’s highest turret. • An orchestral version of “A Pirates Night” swells and mingles with the sounds of the ocean.