It is so subtle, you're hardly conscious of it. Your brain is telling you that you're gliding through the air over Canada even though you're actually seated on a ride in the middle of downtown Vancouver. But you are moving! And that unique feeling of flight is incredibly exciting.
FlyOver Canada is much more than a film, after all. It's a flight-ride, and the 'ride' part is just as important as what you see on screen - that's where the feeling comes from. And it takes an entire team of people to put together a flight-ride that wows people the way this one does.
"It's a fine line between thrill and excitement," says Domingo Vergoossen, Director of Ride Systems for FlyOver Canada. "But that's where the fun is!"
His background is in rollercoasters and he has a mechanical engineering degree, so he's dedicated his professional life to this amazing sort of fun. Domingo has spent so much time working on flight-rides, he's become quite philosophical about it.
"You almost get tricked into believing it's reality," he says. "The goal is to see a giant smile on everybody's face."
The entire FlyOver theatre is a ride system that involves the screen, sound systems, scents, wind, mist and seat motion.
Here are some cool facts about the amazing ride system at FlyOver Canada:
For someone who describes himself as "meticulous by nature," ensuring the ongoing quality of the ride portion of these flight-rides gives Domingo pride. "Our entire team is motivated by inspiring people, by 'wowing' them."
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