Originally Posted By Blackie Pueblo I may be the only person who was disappointed when Alladin's magic carpet ride opened. I think it's cute, but it's just another Dumbo, not very original. Now I can't draw or anything like the rest of you designers.. but I always thought it would be so cool if Disney would have done a better carpet ride. I'm just talking and thinking here but, imagine going inside a building, and getting on a magic carpet, the same as they have now with the seats obviously, and the ride takes off on a track and makes it look like your soaring over Agrabah. Maybe below you they show a film (kinda like soaring) so it feels like your really flying over the city etc. Or like the Peter Pan ride flying over a small model of the city. Then as you go on you pass pyramids, maybe birds etc.You could keep the spitting camels! Then suddenly the ride picks up speed as either you are being chased by Jafar on his own carpet. The tracks would start to go up and down so you can feel it in your stomach, and maybe at one point you end up in the cave of wonders or something and it picks up speed even more as you race through. If not in MK maybe you could put this ride in Epcot near the Morracco area. This would give you something to do in Morracco. Blackie Pueblo check out my short movies at: <a href="http://www.newlineagefilms.com" target="_blank">http://www.newlineagefilms.com</a>
Originally Posted By MrToadWildRider That'd be a nice ride. I think that the current one is so bloody ugly in Adventureland. It doesn't even match the theme. Adventureland is TROPICAL...a desert is real tropical.... The color scheme is so bad in AL too. It's bright purples and pinks like Fantasyland in a land that is defined by the colors of vegetation, mosstly green and browns of the grass huts. It just seems so out of place. Don't get me wrong an additional ride is never really a bad thing (even if you don't like it it diverts line crowds for shorter waits elsewhere in the park) but this thing just seems so thrown in and out of place. Plus weren't Dumbo AND Astro-Orbiters enough for this genre? It's like Dumbo is the classic everyone loves, Astro is a classic too but not really seen as such but it's different because it's up high, now they add Aladdin with camels that spit...wow that concept is so original (ahem, one fish two fish, ahem). Ugly and unoriginal If it were in FantasyLand it'd fit visually much better. I think they're just trying to get a Dumbo-like ride in every land. Look forward to the spinning tumbleweeds in Frontierland and the leaping horses of Paul Revere (Or Ichabod Crane) in Liberty Square in the near future!
Originally Posted By gaston lives That Mr. Toad IS a wild rider! It's funny, my 2 year old HATES dumbo and Aladdin. He points and wants to go on them, but then when we're on the ride, he screams his head off...but he LOVES all the others...I even hold him on my lap really tightly when we go up in the air...maybe I'm squeezing him too tightly?
Originally Posted By MrToadWildRider Maybe I'm just one of those who loves to gripe :-\ I love Disney World and I think the Aladdin ride is nice but it's just so out of place. It looks like someone in WDI built the damn thing then went to Management and said "Okay the Aladdin ride is ready for the park!!" and Management was like "Aladdin ride....?" and then there was an uncomfortable silence for many moments then WDI said "Well....it's already built so why waste it?" and Management was like "Well we're using up that huge 20k area for a playground plus FL already has Dumbo....HEY I KNOW! This looks like it might JUST squeeze into the marketplace in Adventureland" and WDI was like "Yaaaaay!" and that was that.
Originally Posted By mrkthompsn Go check out the Virtual Reality Aladdin's Magical Carpet Ride the next time you visit DisneyQuest in Downtown Disney. You'll get a big kick out of it. It's good to bring a friend with you and sit beside them. You can see each other in the VR-world. <a href="http://disneyworld.disney.go.com/wdw/entertainment/entertainmentDetail?id=DisneyQuestIndoorInteractiveThemeParkEntertainmentPage" target="_blank">http://disneyworld.disney.go.c om/wdw/entertainment/entertainmentDetail?id=DisneyQuestIndoorInteractiveThemeParkEntertainmentPage</a>
Originally Posted By mickey_ring Call it the JAD ride. Just Another Dumbo. Same with Prime-Evil Whirl or whatever it is in AK. Duplicate rides are fine at a county fair, where it's like five bucks for grown-ups to get in and kids are free. When I'm paying WDW prices to get in a park(and stay at a hotel), a higher level of quality and creativity is expected.
Originally Posted By SJHYM I wouldnt have a problem with the spinner rides IF other things were also going in to balance them out. The Aladdin Magic Carpet? Great, lets add an Aladdin dark ride or something. But when the two of the latest attractions in the MK are the Magic Carpet Ride and Pooh's Playground, then something just isn't right.
Originally Posted By trekkeruss <<Go check out the Virtual Reality Aladdin's Magical Carpet Ride the next time you visit DisneyQuest in Downtown Disney>> I haven't done this (I haven't been to WDW in six years, and have never even been to DQ), but it sounds like the test attraction that was in Epcot about 10(?) years ago, which I was selected to try. It was *very* cool, but obviously too limited in guest capacity to make it a regular attraction.
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORDDU: Hmmmm....how to improve the Magic Carpet Ride...the thing that would work best for a certain witch you all know...would be if Aladdin was flying on the carpet WITH her--minus that Jasmine person, of course...and minus the shirt that he certainly never wore in the movie!!!!
Originally Posted By MrToadWildRider >> haven't done this (I haven't been to WDW in six years, and have never even been to DQ), but it sounds like the test attraction that was in Epcot about 10(?) years ago, which I was selected to try. It was *very* cool, but obviously too limited in guest capacity to make it a regular attraction.<< I was also selected for that as boy, my dad brought me back through the tour for another chance and I got picked . I remember they had a survey after because it was actually a test/prototype. I think that when it was finished they had one set up in the Space Mountain arcade for like 10 dollars a play for like a 5 minute game or something nuts considering admission price for the park. Then when they opened DQ they made it a permanent feature slightly changed where there are again multiple riders as opposed to single at the SpaceMountain version. It's the same technology and they kept a lot but now instead of trying to find the 2 scarab pieces as in the prototype you and the rest of the guests try to fly over magic gems which are used to defeat Jafar or rescue the Genie or something. DisneyQuest is great although they've raised prices so darn high on that place. I think the first time I went it was 18 dollars, now it's 38...and I don't believe they've added any new *attractions* other than updating the arcade machines.
Originally Posted By TDLFAN Overrated place^^^. Went in once and have never gone back in there. Only the Genie show in the elevator was enjoyable for me. >>I may be the only person who was disappointed when Alladin's magic carpet ride opened<< No, many of us were quite disappointed about this ride and it's ill-chosen location in an African/caribbean inspired Adventureland. But rejoice...at least the spitting camel is back on again and working as it should (camels were recycled from Al's Caravan Parade float from MGM).
Originally Posted By TDLFAN I was never into Virtual technology entertainment, especially when the price of admission is real cash and not virtual money instead.
Originally Posted By MrToadWildRider It's not everyone's cup of tea and I don't typically like virtual technology but Disney does a good job with it in DQ except maybe that weird Comix attraction. I think it's something Walt would've liked too as he was always pushing the boundaries trying to get the guests more imersed in the fantasy world and DQ does a good job with that. The PotC attraction there is excellent and everything else is very good too imo. Plus I love dodgeball bumper cars, what can I say.
Originally Posted By gaston lives Never been there...does it cost more after you're inside, or is it a flat rate with unilmited gaming?
Originally Posted By TDLFAN Flat rate. But there used to be some kind of point-purchase system the time I went. I remember you had to recharge your ticket if you wanted to spend more time doing other things... Not sure if that's the case anymore since I have not been in there since the first month it opened.
Originally Posted By MrToadWildRider It's mostly flatride. The exceptions are buying things (i.e. creations you make such as tapes of your karaoke, or copies of the Disney animation characters you've made, food/drink at the food counter, and the gift shop) and also games that have redeemable tickets. So if you want to play skeeball you gotta shell out the standard 25 cents a pop because I'm assuming they don't want someone with a DQ AP to go in and just play skeeball over and over and just walk out with all their top tier redemption prizes. Just about everything inside is included though included unlimited used of video games both classic (Space invders, asteroids, missle command etc.) and modern fare such as fighting games, dancing games, racing games etc. There are a number of attractions that are the main draw as the arcade games are available at most local arcades (although DQ is huge so they probably have a larger selection than most) but the arcade games are fillers and you just walk up to an empty game, hit the start button and you're good to go as they're all set on free play.
Originally Posted By mrkthompsn I agree that it's far overpriced. There are some corny things there, but some cool things too. I guess they want to keep the crowds down. I agree with TDL that it's hardly worth going more than once. But one trip is quite entertaining. The Virtual Space Mountain ride is amazing.
