The Borg Invasion 4-D
Like the Klingon Encounter, Borg Invasion draws the visitor into a Trek-themed adventure. While Klingon Encounter is based on the Star Trek: The Next Generation series (which also introduced the Borg), this one is based upon the Star Trek: Voyager series. Once more, this adventure includes the use of costumed actors and video & audio participation of several Trek series cast members.
Unlike the Klingon Encounter which uses sets that duplicate (or come close to doing so) those on the ship in which it is occurs—namely USS Enterprise-D, Borg Invasion does not occur on sets familiar to Trek viewers—the USS Voyager is not used. Instead the action occurs at another site designed and created exclusively for the Hilton: a Starfleet space station.
Immersion of the visitors into the story line has no equivalent to the high-tech beaming on board the Enterprise-D used in the Klingon Encounter. Here it is accomplished only by a quick introduction of the state of danger to the participants. With the on-screen participation of Trek series cast members Kate Mulgrew and Robert Picardo, and numerous actors in realistic makeup and utilizing well designed props and sets, the threat of assimilation by the Borg seems palpable. The plot involves the participants in several close encounters with Borg drones.
Though using no ride simulator, this adventure culminates in a space battle with the Borg Queen via a 3-D movie with corresponding physical effects including water vapor and wind. (Thus the “4D” in the title.)
While the Klingon Encounter goes to great effort to utilize Trek staples to justify incorporation of 21st century humans into a futuristic, far-off adventure (beaming, a spaceflight, and time travel) no such effort is made to justify participation in the plot of Borg Invasion 4D.
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