Originally Posted By indysoarin19 How has TOT been doing now that it's been open for two months or so? Has the Japanese public latched on to it like Americans have? Also, it wouldn't surprise me if the OLC is looking to add Soarin' to the TDL roster in the future. Where would you put it?
Originally Posted By leemac <<Also, it wouldn't surprise me if the OLC is looking to add Soarin' to the TDL roster in the future. Where would you put it?>> Wrong park. ;-p ToT seems to have been performing well but September was the anniversary month and a lot of the October traffic feeds from the Halloween festivities at TDL. The real test will be January and February when the park needs to stand on its own two feet with little special event activity.
Originally Posted By TDLFAN I thought TDS was supposed to have a carnival type event in january and february...
Originally Posted By gurgitoy2 Wouldn't "Soarin" be reduntant in TDS though? They have "Stormrider" which is pretty similar. Unless they just replace the one with the other...
Originally Posted By trekkeruss StormRider is NOTHING like Soarin'. It's more akin to a Star Tours than anything else (which is why I am not particularly fond of it.)
Originally Posted By TDR_Fan ^ Yes but the in-theatre effects push it above Star Tours or any other simulator ride. I don't see why people hate StormRider so much...it's really quite a fantastic attraction. Much better than Star Tours.
Originally Posted By leemac <<I thought TDS was supposed to have a carnival type event in january and february... >> Yup and then another from March to the end of the 5th in May. I believe the first one is something like Season of the Heart (my rough translation of the Japanese). My understanding was that it was to be a simple affair so unless TDS is below target then I expect that to still be the case. <<^ Yes but the in-theatre effects push it above Star Tours or any other simulator ride. I don't see why people hate StormRider so much...it's really quite a fantastic attraction. Much better than Star Tours.>> Count me as someone who doesn't like Stormrider. Dull and terrible story. Give me Star Tours any day. To describe the "in-theater effects" as enough to make it better than the average simulator ride makes me smile. If you think that some sparks, water and a probe coming through the ceiling are great I recommend the Armageddon attraction at WDSP. The only thing I find kinda neat are the portholes on the doors. However they are far more interesting to me than the movie itself which features some of the weakest SFXs I have ever seen in a Disney movie.
Originally Posted By leemac <<^ Are you suggesting that Soarin' will be added to TDS instead?>> No. To Ikspiari. Do I need to signpost it any clearer???
Originally Posted By trekkeruss <<the in-theatre effects push it above Star Tours or any other simulator ride. I don't see why people hate StormRider so much...it's really quite a fantastic attraction. Much better than Star Tours.>> Not IMO. I am not saying StormRider is bad, but it's not great either. I'd choose Soarin' over StormRider any day of the week.
Originally Posted By SuperDry <<< <<^ Are you suggesting that Soarin' will be added to TDS instead?>> No. To Ikspiari. >>> Interesting. I thought that Ikspiari has nothing to do with Disney as it's a stand-alone OLC venture, so I'm surprised that Disney would allow one of their best attractions to be put in there. Do you know if they will start charging admission to Ikspiari after Soarin' goes in, or will it have it's own admission just for it? Oh, BTW,
Originally Posted By TDR_Fan I agree that StormRider is not the best attraction in the park, but it's not as bad as everybody makes it out to be. I enjoyed it very much actually, though I prefer the calmness of Soarin'. My only complaint about Soarin' is that it doesn't really have a storyline. And I hate the abrupt ending of each scene, to me it disrupts the flow of the ride. But criticism aside, it's definitely one of the best rides I've been on. And leemac, you could've just said yes instead of being rude. =0
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I've heard rumors that Soarin' could show up in the Mediterranean Harbor (along the path to the Mysterious Island that currently just has a wall along the side of it), and it would be themed to some sort of DaVinci flying machine. I think that it could work out really well, but there is still the issue of the transitions and the inclusion of modern sights. I assume they would create a new film for it, which could really make it stand out in the park and from the other versions of the attraction.
Originally Posted By leemac <<I've heard rumors that Soarin' could show up in the Mediterranean Harbor (along the path to the Mysterious Island that currently just has a wall along the side of it), and it would be themed to some sort of DaVinci flying machine. >> You got the location spot-on FerretAfros. That theme though has never been really considered. Remember that OLC demanded that the majority of attractions needed a Disney character influence.
Originally Posted By TDR_Fan As much as I want a new attraction, I don't see TDS getting this Soarin' based ride for a long time or even at all.
Originally Posted By tokyodisneydad I agree with TDR on this. I like Soarin but there is no way it will be coming to TDS in the near future. They shelled out major cash fo TOT. Also 100% Soarin willnever be in Ikspiari. Its a shopping Mall at best. As for Storm rider: I like it and say its equal but no better than Star Tours.
Originally Posted By gurgitoy2 "No. To Ikspiari. Do I need to signpost it any clearer???" Ok...somebody's cranky!! I just hope that they can do somethign to Soarin' to make it different, and the fact that there will be two simulator rides is not good...oh well, whatever, like I have any say over it...
Originally Posted By TDR_Fan I wouldn't exactly call Soarin' a simulator because it is so different. You don't sit in a theatre and you actually get the movement of moving forward.
Originally Posted By Malin I think its safe to say Soarin will one day come to TDR however in what theme is yet to be decided. As for Storm Rider count me in one of the very few it seems that loves this attraction.Out of all the attractions TDS currently offers this is the one I enjoyed the most no idea why either!
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I really liked Storm Rider, but there was something about it that just left me feeling empty inside. I don't know if it was the language barrier (which I don't expect them to do anything more with, since they have the translators in the preshow), the music (I can't remember any so there either wasn't any or it wasn't very memorable), or the rushed conclusion, but it just left me feeling a little empty when I was done. Also, the CGI images needed some work, and I think it would be fairly easy to update them to modern standards. (That is one good thing about the timing of Star Tours debut, everything was done with models, since the CGI at the time was very rough so they didn't attempt to use it, which kept the film from dating too quickly)
