Wilderness Resort Opens 60-Seat Dome Screen FlyRide® Attraction

Wilderness Resort Opens 60-Seat Dome Screen FlyRide® Attraction

WILDERNESS RESORT AT WISCONSIN DELLS

OPENS FIRST-OF-ITS-KIND

60-SEAT DOME SCREEN FLYRIDE® ATTRACTION

 SimEx-Iwerks Reinvents FlyRide® Attractions

 

SimEx-Iwerks Entertainment, the industry leader in designing, building and producing motion-based attraction experiences, is delighted to congratulate Wilderness Resort on the opening of “Take Flight – Wilderness Aerial Adventure Ride”, the first attraction of its kind in the world.

 With an enormous dome screen that envelops all 60 guests on three levels, all powered by a patented FlyRide® motion system, Take Flight is an exciting soaring ride experience. With unique effects that include a surging platform which passes through a surprise reveal into the huge dome, SimEx-Iwerks has rewritten the book on Flying Theaters.

 “Flying Wild”, the attraction’s signature film, was created and produced by SimEx-Iwerks and MacGillivray Freeman Films in close collaboration with Wilderness Resort Management.

The result is a memorable, personal and thrilling flight across America.

ABOUT SIMEX-IWERKS ENTERTAINMENT

SimEx-Iwerks builds FlyRide®, 4D Experience® and motion simulation theaters that feature blockbuster films from the world’s best content producers including Warner Bros., Twentieth Century Studios, BBC Earth and MacGillivray Freeman Films. SimEx-Iwerks has built more than 350 attractions worldwide that integrate the latest technologies and create memorable experiences for over 40 million guests each year.

ABOUT WILDERNESS RESORT

The Wilderness Resort consists of over 600 wooded acres in Wisconsin Dells and is home to Wilderness Hotel & Golf Resort, which features 444 guest rooms, 40 Vacation Villas, 76 Frontier Condominiums and 35 cabins. It is also home to Wilderness on the Lake which features 108 luxurious two and three bedroom condominium units overlooking Lake Delton; and Glacier Canyon Lodge, which features 460 upscale condominium units. combined, these three properties offer four indoor and four outdoor waterparks that total nearly 500,000 square feet – that’s over 12 football fields of extreme water fun! The resort is also home to Glacier Canyon Conference Center; Sundara Spa; Wild Rock Golf Club; The Woods 9-Hole Golf Course; three massive prize arcades; Timberland Play Park; three Clip ‘N Climb Challenge Walls; TheWild Abyss indoor 3-D black light mini golf; bumper boats; indoor and outdoor go-karts and kiddy-karts; zip line tour; Northern Lights Sky Ropes Course; three Room Escapes by DOA; and outdoor Jurassic mini golf. Dining options include Field’s at the Wilderness; Sarento’s; Survivors; Thirsty Buffalo and several other quick service options.

 ABOUT MACGILLIVRAY FREEMAN FILMS

MacGillivray Freeman Films is the world’s foremost independent producer and distributor of giant-screen 70mm films with 40 films for IMAX theatres to its credit. Throughout the company’s 50-year history, its films have won numerous international awards including two Academy Award^® nominations and three films inducted into the IMAX Hall of Fame. MacGillivray Freeman’s films are known for their artistry and celebration of science and the natural world. It is the first documentary film company to reach the one billion dollar benchmark for worldwide box office.