{"id":40368,"date":"2019-01-10T00:53:22","date_gmt":"2019-01-10T06:53:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.coaster101.com\/?p=40368"},"modified":"2019-01-10T11:24:39","modified_gmt":"2019-01-10T17:24:39","slug":"is-google-getting-into-the-theme-park-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.coaster101.com\/2019\/01\/10\/is-google-getting-into-the-theme-park-business\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Google Getting into the Theme Park Business?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Is Google getting into the theme park business? No, not really (at least not yet), but the company DID build a dark ride for the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas (CES) this year.<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Google Assistant Ride at CES 2019\" width=\"740\" height=\"416\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7QU3kk24-8k?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The ride is a real life actual dark ride, like with a track and animatronics and everything. It&#8217;s part of a big promotional booth for the Google Assistant, which is the thing that talks back to you when you talk to your phone or Google home.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_40371\" style=\"width: 946px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40371\" class=\"size-full wp-image-40371 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.coaster101.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Cnet-Line.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"936\" height=\"527\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.coaster101.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Cnet-Line.jpg 936w, https:\/\/www.coaster101.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Cnet-Line-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.coaster101.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Cnet-Line-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.coaster101.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Cnet-Line-600x338.jpg 600w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 936px) 100vw, 936px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 936px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 936\/527;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40371\" class=\"size-full wp-image-40371\" src=\"https:\/\/www.coaster101.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Cnet-Line.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"936\" height=\"527\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.coaster101.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Cnet-Line.jpg 936w, https:\/\/www.coaster101.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Cnet-Line-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.coaster101.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Cnet-Line-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.coaster101.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Cnet-Line-600x338.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 936px) 100vw, 936px\" \/><\/noscript><p id=\"caption-attachment-40371\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Google Assistant Ride at CES. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/news\/what-its-like-on-googles-assistant-themed-ride-at-ces-2019\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Photo:James Martin\/CNET<\/a>)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The ride takes you through a series of scenes taking place during a Dads day, showing how the Google Assistant helps him with everything from re-routing his navigation to translating French. The train looks like to be driven by drive tires located along the track. There are lots of characters, lighting effects, fog and smoke, plenty of sound effects, and even a catchy song. Heck, there&#8217;s a whole preshow area that sets up the story of the ride!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_40370\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40370\" class=\"size-full wp-image-40370 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.coaster101.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/0109_n13_google_assistant_ride_ces.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.coaster101.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/0109_n13_google_assistant_ride_ces.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.coaster101.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/0109_n13_google_assistant_ride_ces-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.coaster101.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/0109_n13_google_assistant_ride_ces-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.coaster101.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/0109_n13_google_assistant_ride_ces-600x338.jpg 600w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1000px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1000\/563;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40370\" class=\"size-full wp-image-40370\" src=\"https:\/\/www.coaster101.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/0109_n13_google_assistant_ride_ces.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.coaster101.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/0109_n13_google_assistant_ride_ces.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.coaster101.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/0109_n13_google_assistant_ride_ces-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.coaster101.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/0109_n13_google_assistant_ride_ces-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.coaster101.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/0109_n13_google_assistant_ride_ces-600x338.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/noscript><p id=\"caption-attachment-40370\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Google Assistant ride at CES (courtesy Google)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Yeah, it&#8217;s not quite at the level of a Disney dark ride, but it&#8217;s not far off (I could see this fitting in at Epcot). Considering Google put it together a heck of a lot faster than most theme park rides, it&#8217;s pretty impressive. Check out the video below for the full on-ride PoV from Google (but caution, if you have an Android phone the audio is going to take it up a lot).<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Google Assistant Ride 360\u00b0 Tour at CES 2019\" width=\"740\" height=\"416\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OvB-0DQB2YY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<div class=\"mceTemp\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is Google getting into the theme park business? No, not really (at least not yet), but the company DID build a dark ride for the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas (CES) this year. The ride is a real life&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":161,"featured_media":40374,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[3372,2260,1033,3373],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coaster101.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40368"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coaster101.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coaster101.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coaster101.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/161"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coaster101.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40368"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.coaster101.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40368\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coaster101.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40374"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coaster101.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coaster101.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coaster101.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}