The Welcome Center consists of three levels.  

The highest level is the ARRIVALS TERMINAL.  It opens onto the local access road and rests atop a hill.  It features guest-access areas including the Ticket Counter, Security Screener, Restaurant, Gift Shop and Gate Terminal.  It is also the entryway to the "Time Transport" ride/conveyor that begins the guests’ adventure into the past.

Adjacent to the main terminal is a secured parking facility for Welcome Center workers, guests and company vehicles.

Guests may arrive at the Welcome Center 3 hours prior to departure and may make use of the many attractions of the facility including the "Millstone Derry Museum" (complete with artifacts and history of the village), a modern bar and grille, and a waiting terminal.  Guests will be asked to check their baggage at the ticket counter and pass through security just like at any airport.  From there, they will meet fellow travelers.

In security, guests will be reminded of the resort’s "prohibited items" policy they signed prior to arriving at the gates.  All prohibited items will be secured in a safe at the Welcome Center for the duration of the stay.

Guests from the village will also be on hand returning from their visits to the 21st century and to assist in the brief orientation.

The second, subterranean level is office and maintenance space.

The lowest level is where the "Time Transport" comes to rest and the guests transfer from the ride to the horse-drawn carriage.  Additional space is reserved for spare parts, carriages and a fully-staffed machine shop.

Check in Time on Friday is after 12pm.  Departure from the Welcome Center to the resort is at 5:15pm

Upon arrival, Guests are directed to the ticket terminal where luggage is checked in and transported to the village prior to the guests’ actual departure. Porters and "skycaps" are also available upon request or by arrangement.  Performers and Staff are on hand to assist preparing guests for their journey.

The Welcome Center for the resort will have a motion simulator ride that serves as a link between the 21st century and 19th.  Complete with orientation and thrill ride, the simulator will drop the guests three stories to a location hidden behind the Welcome Center where they will de-board the "plane" and enter a 19th century corral. From there a pair of carriages will take them up the winding forest trail to the main gates of the resort.

All personal belongings are tagged and delivered to the resort by company transport via the western access road.  From there, all luggage enters the resort through the western staging gate and is delivered to the guest’s appointed accommodations.  

In keeping with Enterdyne’s "Full Immersion" philosophy, many modern items and conveniences are prohibited.  Items on the list include but are not limited to:

· Fire arms, fireworks, explosives
· Video game consoles or hand-held devices
· Portable television
· Cellular phones or Wireless communicators
· Portable radios (except personal players with headphones)
· Laptop computers
· Video camcorders (still cameras are permitted)
· PDAs
· Any item that would distract from the illusion of life in the late 1800s.

Guests are assured that any emergency communications will be immediately brought to their attention and emergency outgoing communications are also available.  

THE TIME TRANSPORT
The Time Transport is a custom-configured motion simulator with seats for all guests. The ride simulates a "jump jet" experience that takes the guests from the ground, into low orbit, through a temporal vortex and then down through the atmosphere to a rural location outside of the village.  During the flight, the guests will experience mild turbulence and a sense of being launched into space before a spine-tingling drop from orbit into the bottom floor of the complex where locals await with open carriages.  Given a moment to collect themselves, the guests are then herded into the carriages for a more tranquil ride along a scenic route.  The ride itself is docked at the top level of the Welcome Center at the end of a causeway.  Guests enter and are seated in one of the 32 seats.  They are joined by a pilot and two attendants who explain procedures and restrictions and ensure guests are strapped in properly.  Once secured, the passenger section is sealed and the transport begins.   

The Hitachi/Eworks 35mm on-screen presentation, combined with the customized cylindrical configuration of the simulator provide guests with the realistic experience of lifting off from the Welcome Center, rocketing across the sky, into low Earth orbit and then dropping back to Earth through a temporal wormhole that leaves them shaken, slightly disoriented and 100 years in the past.

In reality the hardware of the simulator will put guests through the lurches, surges, lifts and dives of the trip followed by a controlled fall to the bottom floor and landing in the first detailed location of the resort.  

The simulator opens up on a barn/stable where two carriages await them.  A representative of the resort apologizes for the bumpy ride and farm hands guide guests to their seats on the carriage.  From there, the carriages depart, heading north along the worn dirt highway through the forest toward the resort…

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