Race for Atlantis at Caesars Palace was built by large-screen leader IMAX and simulates a journey through the legendary lost city. The ride lasts four minutes. Like traditional IMAX theaters, first unveiled at the 1967 World's Fair in Montreal, the screen is huge, with more than 10 times the surface area of a regular theater screen. It's also domed, extending above, below and to the sides of theatergoers. The theater is actually made up of four 27-passenger platforms, each of which moves in six directions.
Vents blow air to further simulate motion.
Ride director Arish Fyzee, who worked on the groundbreaking Back to the Future simulator at Universal Studios Florida, says Race for Atlantis isn't necessarily more intense than its predecessors. There are very brief, physically intense moments, balanced by soft, gliding moments. Visitors enter the ride through two themed rooms, where they'll be bombarded with special effects.