Disney details plans to make dark ride vehicles disappear (opens in new tab)

By Robert Niles: Disney has plans for a more reliable roller coaster wheel and for making dark ride vehicles disappear.In this week's patent applications, Disney has filed for a "Compliant Mechanism Suspension System," that can take the force of a thrill ride track wheel better than traditional designs. A roller coaster wheel is not just a single wheel. Since coasters can run in positions that rotate 360 degrees around a track, a coaster train needs multiple wheels that are positioned in ways...