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to navigate, and can cross another's path. The vehicle's on-board controller communicates wirelessly with a central ride-system controller. Movement commands are issued by the ride-system controller, and executed by the vehicle's controller. A specially-designed system allows the vehicle battery to
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Antarctica featuring a newborn penguin named Puck. After the pre-show guests follow a path to a junction. Non-riders watch another pre-show before entering the penguin exhibit. Riders choose a "mild" or "wild" ride. They are then divided into groups of eight to board a ride vehicle at one
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Central Florida theme parks this week is also the coldest." Bevil interviewed several park guests; comments included "I thought it was really cool" and "it's beautiful", and some described it as better than the attractions it replaced. Barbara Nefer of
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Florida. When the park reopened in June of that year, the exhibit reopened, but the ride remained closed. Guests still watched the pre-show, but were taken into the non-rider pre-show room that gives access to the penguin exhibit instead of taking the path to the loading area.
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