Wild, soaring $25M thrill ride planned for famed…
White-knuckling the falls is coming soon.
A $25 million, flying theater ride is set to take Niagara Falls guests on a wild, sky-high thrill like no other.
Opening Aug. 29, the adrenaline-pumping attraction, Niagara Takes Flight, will catapult company over more than 34 miles of breathtaking Niagara surroundings — full with wind, mist, movement, and a view that’ll take your breath away.
Niagara Takes Flight will open Friday, Aug. 29, taking company on a ride over the falls and through its historical past. Niagara Parks
On the top ground of Table Rock Centre, perched proper on the sting of the long-lasting Horseshoe Falls, the ride is a component flight simulator, half historical past lesson and half full-body sensory overload.
Designed by Disney Imagineer Rick Rothschild — the person who created Disneyland’s “Soarin’ Over California” — and engineered by ride-industry juggernauts Brogent Technologies, Niagara Takes Flight presents an immersive expertise.
Guests are buckled into gondola-style seats that raise and droop them in midair, as a 23-foot domed screen wraps around their view.
Drone-shot footage across all 4 seasons fills the screen with swooping river views, lush forests, wine nation, and iconic landmarks and moments, including a re-enactment of the battle of Old Fort Erie in Ontario, Canada.
Guests are buckled into gondola-style seats that raise and droop them in midair. Niagara Parks
With wind blowing in your hair, mist sprinkling in your face, and custom-crafted scents tickling your nostril, riders get a multisensory onslaught.
Before the flight, the show begins on the ground with a four-room pre-show that packs in 13,000 years of Niagara historical past, from the area’s formation during the last Ice Age to the Indigenous tales of Turtle Island.
Visitors are surrounded by dynamic storytelling, projection-mapped artwork, and authentic Indigenous animations by Turtle Clan artist Sara General. Then, Niagara Falls’ most well-known hometown child, “Avatar” and “Titanic” filmmaker James Cameron, takes over with narration in the “Waterfall Room,” bringing the fashionable historical past of the area to life.
On the top ground of Table Rock Centre, perched proper on the sting of the long-lasting Horseshoe Falls, the ride is a component flight simulator, half historical past lesson and half full-body sensory overload. Niagara Parks
“It was a pleasure and honor to lend my voice to a project that celebrates the Falls and the city I grew up in,” Cameron said. “My first job at the age of 16 was working for the Niagara Parks Commission, so this closed that loop, 55 years later.”
Whether you’re coming to Niagara for the first time or the fifteenth, the ride is sure to offer a new view.
“You’re going to see it in a way that you’ve never seen it before,” Chris Giles, director of communications and advertising at Niagara Parks, told The Globe and Mail. “You can go stand next to the falls or go to Journey Behind the Falls and look up at it, but in this experience, you’re going to fly directly towards it and soar along the crest of Horseshoe Falls. That’s something you can only do on this ride.”
With wind blowing in your hair, mist sprinkling in your face, and custom-crafted scents tickling your nostril, riders get a full multisensory expertise. Niagara Parks
The ride packs in 12 distinctive scenes, filmed over many months and stitched together to ship a cinematic journey that feels as if one is flying over the falls.
Tickets price $29 for adults and $19 for kids.
The project, funded solely by Niagara Parks’ working income, is a huge increase to the local tourism financial system — and the sort of world-class attraction that can remodel a vacationer stop into a must-see vacation spot.
Whether you’re coming to Niagara for the first time or the fiftieth, this ride is sure to offer a new view. Nicholas J. Klein – stock.adobe.com
“If it’s the first thing that [tourists] do on their visit, everything that they do after they’ll appreciate on a deeper level,” said Giles.
“It’s also a great way to see everything else that Niagara Parks has to offer while you’re here.”
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