IAAPA 2018 Announcement : Sesame Street Interactive Dark Ride Coming at Spain Port Aventura in 2019

IAAPA 2018 started in Orlando and as rumored Sally Corp announced that a new Sesame Street dark ride will come in 2019 at Port Aventura, the great theme park in Spain, at one hour or so from Barcelona.

From Screamscape HERE : The new dark ride will give a six-minute long experience inside a 14,000 sqft building along with a 10 minute preshow experience. “Detective Grover will be your guide through this interactive adventure, urging guests to collect clues that will help solve a mystery happening on Sesame Street. With numerous animatronic characters, immersive scenery, and interactive gameplay, this mixed media attraction will appeal to guests of all ages.”
Inside it will feature 8 projection scenes, including 4 projection-mapped scenes, a 90º curved screen with animatronics and show element syncing and two 180º curved screens to allow for a fly-through experience through Count’s Castle and a dive down into Oscar’s Trash can as well as one final one for the “Hall of Fame” scoreboard. This will be an interactive ride as well, with over 2,000 clues/targets, both virtual and practical.

During the presentation at IAAPA Sally Corp also revealed the Audio-Animatronic of Big Bird, one of Sesame Street most beloved character, here is the video showing the AA in action, Big Bird appears from 2.45 min.