Though I haven't had the chance to visit a Disney park myself yet, I've always been hugely inspired just by their existence. To me, theme parks represent the physical manifestation of the same spirit that drives so much of animation. 

I've attempted to recreate the Astro Orbiter from Disneyland California as closely as I could from available online references and rig its mechanism, out of sheer fascination for the geometry of its construction and the history behind it.

Modeled, rigged, and animated in Maya. Rendered in Arnold.