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If you go here, Imagineer George McGinnis details how he designed the Omnimover for Horizons. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.47.10.34 (talk • contribs)

Ah. Well, you have to admit, it's different enough from the other Omnimover rides that it's an easy mistake to make. tregoweth 06:01, 30 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

No problem. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.47.10.34 (talk • contribs)

there is an omnimover type ride in hershey, pa the chocolate factory tour ride in Hershey's Chocolate World uses the omnimover system. i hove no idea is Disney was asked to aide in it;s construction.

Would it be too much to add a note on wheelchair access? One of the biggest problems with the omnimover system is the limited length of the pedestrian track at the loading and unloading areas. Haunted Mansion (in Florida and California, the limit of my experience so far) in particular has only 10 seconds to get on before the system wants to close the doors on you. As such, if you require more time due to having to transfer from a wheelchair, they have to pause the entire line affecting every person on the ride.

Often, this happens with no warning, interrupting the narration, and riders (unless they've dealt with wheelchair access already) have no idea and often think its a breakdown, not an intentional decision for the benefit of a guest who needs the extra time.acroyear

Others?[edit]

Are Winnie the Pooh and Snow White (both in the Magic Kingdom) not OmniMovers? They certainly feel like the same sort of system. . . MrItty (talk) 18:16, 11 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

No, these rides are composed of individual vehicles, not a continuously moving train 76.254.196.239 (talk) 00:10, 28 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Harry Potter Attraction[edit]

I have removed the Harry Potter attraction as I'm pretty sure its not an OmniMover system. It is an OmniMove KUKA Robtic arm (note Move not Mover) I've sourced this from http://vodpod.com/watch/12097902-kuka-omnimove-base-and-titan-robot-arm and http://www.screamscape.com/html/islands_of_adventure.htm#General —Cliffb (talk) 05:58, 10 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Errors in this article[edit]

The patent for Omnimover was filed in 1968, but was not granted until 1971. Therefore, the ride system was not patented until 1971. This is clearly shown in the patent document referenced from the article. The difference is a legal issue, an inventor can not state that a design is patented until the patent is granted.

While it is true that Bob Gurr created the name "Omnimover", the "mover" part of the name does not refer to the "PeopleMover". He simply concatenated "Omni" (i.e., all-directional) with "mover". Reference: Bob Gurr's autobiography "Design: Just for Fun", 2012, Ape Pen Publishing.

The claim (in the section titled "Variations") that Peter Pan's Flight is an Omnimover system is obviously incorrect for several reasons. First, the Peter Pan ride was in operation in July of 1955 and this article makes it clear that Omnimover was not created until the mid-1960's. Second, the Peter Pan ride system does not meet the criteria for an Omnimover, as described in this article. It does not have the control rails to tilt or turn the ride vehicle, they simply hang from the track. Third, the website that is used as a reference for this false claim was written by someone who clearly does not understand what an Omnimover ride system is. The author states: "An Omnimover ride system basically means that the ride vehicles do not stop." That is clearly not the definition of an Omnimover ride system. That article also provides no references for its claim, thus its use as a reference in this article is spurious. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bill321 (talk • contribs) 23:57, 12 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I've also just noticed this. Will remove. PriceDL (talk) 16:35, 5 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Spaceship Earth[edit]

Not an Omnimover – see http://blog.silive.com/goofy_about_disney/2012/08/setting_the_record_straight_on_disneys_omnimover_system.html PriceDL (talk) 13:34, 11 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Others[edit]

I presume the rides at Europapark, Phantasialand and Tussauds are very similar to the Omnimover but not build by Disney or its affiliated companies. I guess that at the time there were no patents registered in Europe or its member states and some countries have different legal requirements about what can be protected by patent or other intellectual property mechanisms.92.200.131.80 (talk) 16:23, 4 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]