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[[File:9ecec6524b540ca072933cf08c227b15.jpg|thumb|330x330px|A guest of the Realm examines a container of "photons," circa 1989]] |
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'''The Realm of the Particle''' introduced guests to the subatomic world of protons, neutrons, electrons, and even smaller particles such as quarks and photons. |
'''The Realm of the Particle''' introduced guests to the subatomic world of protons, neutrons, electrons, and even smaller particles such as quarks and photons. |
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==Realm Layout and Design== |
==Realm Layout and Design== |
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Designed on the model of an atom, the realm consisted of a concentric series of "shells" -- circular streets lined with shops, mini attractions and eateries, which rotated in relation to one another. This was achieved through a complex system of subterranean motors and treadmills on which the entire Realm was mounted. |
Designed on the model of an atom, the realm consisted of a concentric series of "shells" -- circular streets lined with shops, mini attractions and eateries, which rotated in relation to one another. This was achieved through a complex system of subterranean motors and treadmills on which the entire Realm was mounted. |
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| − | Periodically, a shop or cafe might "jump" to a different shell, causing it to appear in a different location than the one in which it appeared on park guidemaps. This was designed to provide a real-world emulation Heisenberg's [https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Uncertainty_principle uncertainty principle], |
+ | Periodically, a shop or cafe might "jump" to a different shell, causing it to appear in a different location than the one in which it appeared on park guidemaps. This was designed to provide a real-world emulation Heisenberg's [https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Uncertainty_principle uncertainty principle], which states that it is impossible to know both the speed and the coordinates of a particle at the same time. In fact, OmniPark guidemaps never provided precise locations for any attraction, shop or eatery within The Realm of the Particle, giving only tongue-in-cheek "probabilities" that certain edifices could be found in certain locations at certain times. |
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| + | In the Outer Shell, guests could shop at the oddly named [[Everything in Particular General Store]], which offered jars of glowing "photons," glass spheres of "electrons," and other particle-related souvenirs. The Middle Shell contained the Outer Inn |
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==Attraction: Quantum Catastrophe== |
==Attraction: Quantum Catastrophe== |
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Revision as of 22:00, 12 September 2019
The OmnIcon of The Realm of the Particle
A guest of the Realm examines a container of "photons," circa 1989
The Realm of the Particle introduced guests to the subatomic world of protons, neutrons, electrons, and even smaller particles such as quarks and photons.
Of all the Seven Realms, this one was by far the strangest -- seeming to have been designed more for grown-ups than for kids.
Realm Layout and Design
Guests reached the realm by utilizing the Physicist's Scalar Portal (also used to "shrink" guests entering the Realm of the Cell) to scale themselves down to the size of subatomic particles.
Designed on the model of an atom, the realm consisted of a concentric series of "shells" -- circular streets lined with shops, mini attractions and eateries, which rotated in relation to one another. This was achieved through a complex system of subterranean motors and treadmills on which the entire Realm was mounted.
Periodically, a shop or cafe might "jump" to a different shell, causing it to appear in a different location than the one in which it appeared on park guidemaps. This was designed to provide a real-world emulation Heisenberg's uncertainty principle, which states that it is impossible to know both the speed and the coordinates of a particle at the same time. In fact, OmniPark guidemaps never provided precise locations for any attraction, shop or eatery within The Realm of the Particle, giving only tongue-in-cheek "probabilities" that certain edifices could be found in certain locations at certain times.
In the Outer Shell, guests could shop at the oddly named Everything in Particular General Store, which offered jars of glowing "photons," glass spheres of "electrons," and other particle-related souvenirs. The Middle Shell contained the Outer Inn
Attraction: Quantum Catastrophe
This attraction shrank guests down to the quantum level, and invited them on a journey in which a lost particle searches for its twin.