The story is based around a miniature San Francisco Cable Car that is a full working coffee/espresso bar. It is fully contained with electric power, state-of-the-art coffee brewing equipment, potable and waste water tanks and refrigeration. The Cable Car is a well known icon of the City of San Francisco.
The San Francisco experience was selected as a theme because a miniature San Francisco Cable Car is already owned by the developers of this project as well as other San Francisco pictures and memorabilia. Therefore, the choice was made to build and develop the City of San Francisco around this Cable Car. The blue-sky concept for this attraction being developed and refined in which most of today’s technologies can be incorporated into this concept.
A. STORYLINE:
The story goes like this: A traveler (guest) enters by walking over a scaled down Golden Gate Bridge with tiny sailboats and fog into San Francisco to get the best cup of coffee in the whole world. The traveler will see and pass several San Francisco cityscape scenes to reach the Cable Car. The Cable Car, which is stationary, will be placed over a cobblestone street with facade tracks. The street will also have streetlights, signs and other street props. The guest would have a choice to either leave the city with their purchase or sit down in a lounge area and enjoy the world’s best cup of coffee and a pastry. The goal is to make the guest feel like they traveled to a faraway place even though they may only be there for a quick purchase.
The main area setting would be at dusk or early evening to allow the streetlights, buildings and the bridge to have their lights turned on as well as other special lighting to enhance the attraction. The interior ceili...
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...d plants. They will also select the railroad type aprons and hats that make up the uniform of the servers. This person will also work closely with the SCENIC DESIGNER to choose the proper and realistic colors for the cityscape. In addition, they will help with the selections of artwork and pictures.
C. SCENIC DESIGNER:
The SCENIC DESIGNER has the important role of choosing the murals, designing the cityscape, street design and the lounge areas making them the proper form and functional. They will also select and design the lighting that also includes the streetlights, store signs and neon. The Proper lighting of the facades is also key to making them look realistic.
D. MEDIA DESIGNER:
The MEDIA DESIGNER will be responsible for acquiring and synchronizing the video, audio tracks of sounds and music along with software used in the attraction.
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