This is a summary of the transcript:
- The transcript is about Tomb Raider: The Ride, a dark ride based on the 2001 film that opened at Paramount's Kings Island in 2002.
- The transcript describes the ride's story, theming, effects, and mechanics, as well as its history and changes over the years.
- The transcript features interviews with park officials, guests, and reporters, as well as clips from the film and the ride itself.
- The transcript reveals that the ride was a modified version of a giant topspin attraction, a type of rotating gondola ride that could flip and spin guests in various directions.
- The transcript also shows that the ride was heavily themed after the film, with a detailed queue, a pre-show, a giant statue of a Hindu goddess, water and smoke effects, and the film's soundtrack.
- The transcript explains that the ride was renamed and rethemed to The Crypt in 2008 after Cedar Fair bought the park and had to remove the Paramount branding. The ride lost most of its theming and effects, and its programming was reduced to fewer flips and rotations.
- The transcript concludes that the ride was closed in 2012 and dismantled, leaving only the show building and queue structures. It praises the ride as one of the best non-Disney non-Universal attractions ever built, and wonders if such an adventure will ever be created again.
Here are some possible facts extracted from the text:
1. Paramount Communications Inc. bought KECO's parks in 1992 for 400 million dollars and created Paramount Parks.
2. Paramount Parks opened their first franchise based attraction, Top Gun, in 1993 at Kings Island.
3. Tomb Raider: The Ride was a dark ride based on the 2001 film that opened at Kings Island in 2002 and cost 20 million dollars to build.
4. Tomb Raider: The Ride featured a giant topspin ride, a type of amusement park attraction that rotates and flips guests in two rows.
5. Tomb Raider: The Ride was renamed to The Crypt in 2008 after Cedar Fair bought Paramount Parks and had to remove the film branding.
6. The Crypt was closed in 2012 and the ride was dismantled, leaving only the show building and queue structures.
7. A similar version of Tomb Raider: The Ride, called Tomb Raider: Firefall, opened at Kings Dominion in 2005 and is still operating as The Crypt.