Originally Posted By CuriousConstance "But, you can tell he spent the winter on his Lats, Traps and Delts workouts. The guy is buff. " Tell me about it! I'm serious, tell me more about it.
Originally Posted By Mr X ***I used the word "major" to set it apart from the C Ticket Poohs and Stich overhaul*** To be blunt, I don't really consider it a major attraction. As a moderate attraction and compared to its' peers, it's not that bad iiho. If you really consider it a MAJOR attraction and that's the microscope you are judging it under, than yes, it does totally suck.
Originally Posted By TP2000 JimInMerced >>"How dare you."<< Sorry Jim, I know you liked it. But I just had to get it out there so we weren't ignoring the elephant in the room. And Constance, it's time for your cold shower, dear.
Originally Posted By ilovefunthings It's considered major here in the way it's marketed, in the use of a costlier OMNI MOVER ride system and the size and scope of the ride is certainly bigger and costlier than any D ticket Ride I have ever seen. Watch the video here, judge for yourself: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIarm5FEQXI" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...rm5FEQXI</a>
Originally Posted By Mr X I've seen it already. The fact it's an omnimover, I suppose, makes a difference. I don't really take ride vehicles into consideration all that much though. As far as size and scope, it didn't seem all that big to me (somewhat bigger than a typical Fantasyland "C" ticket, I guess...but not that much).
Originally Posted By Mr X I guess the fact that the animatronics weren't very sophisticated adds to my image of the ride as "minor". *shrug*
Originally Posted By Terminus Is it more "major" than something like Monsters Inc? Because it has a omni mover?
Originally Posted By ilovefunthings Definitely bigger in size and scope than Monster's Inc. Monsters Inc was a desperate retro fit to a very icky attraction. And Monster's Inc, they did barely if any marketing with it. Mermaid on the other hand will be all over ads on TV, print, etc. It will be marketed as a big deal at DCA. And, in concept, it should be marketed this way. Though I feel many will find the ride to be underwhelming in relation to the marketed expectations. Toy Story Mania is so much better in so many ways. And it's simple yet well made and fits perfectly into the "cheesy" boardwalk theme of DCA. When I stand back and look at DCA, even with these new additions, it's still going to be the weakest of all Disney Parks. It's such a random hodge podge of architectural messiness. It really doesn't look pretty from high above Mickey's Sky Wheel. Even World of Color did the best they could by shoehorning that into the lagoon, though there are many very ugly viewing spots for WOC that Disney hands out fast passes for, while a superior show like Fantasmic was built be almost all angles.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA <JimInMerced >>"How dare you."<< Sorry Jim, I know you liked it. But I just had to get it out there so we weren't ignoring the elephant in the room. > I'm totally kidding. The Little Mermaid is a worthy replacement.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt Given how much this ride and the building that houses it has been blogged and discussed I find it surprising that someone would write a post like this one. It's as if the OP knew nothing about the attraction before riding it, which I find impossible to believe. If you don't like it that's fine, but don't try to act as though you didn't know anything about the queue and the ride before you arrived at DCA.
Originally Posted By ilovefunthings Ah, sigh! This last post is EXACTLY what I was talking about! Seems like the Dr. doesnt wish to discuss, rather focus this on the PERSON. " but don't try to act as though you didn't know anything about the queue and the ride before you arrived at DCA." Um. No. I did not. I read nothing. Knew nothing about the q, ride, etc. Believe it or not, I would say, out of the 700,000 APs, over 690,000 read nothing about the attraction before going in. Now, may I ask, if you rode the ride, discuss your POV vs. my POV vs making this a game of "me, the person should have known, blah, blah, blah" Something you 100% do not have any idea of because you don't know me!
Originally Posted By ilovefunthings Feret: you see what that that poster did, the "Dr."? Instead of discussing this intelligently like you did in your very well written post 13, instead, he focused his post toward the TOPIC creator and the TOPIC creator's inner mind! As though HE knows that I must have known, blah, blah, blah. And, let's assume I DID know about the Q and the ride (which I did not. Went in 100% not reading any reviews, sites etc)....SO WHAT! Even if I did read that the Q and the ride was weak, what is the point of what he said? If I read a movie was bad in advance of seeing the movie, that doesn't mean I will not like the movie (heck, I read tons of bad reviews for the latest Pirates...33% Rotten Tomatoes...knew that going in...and you know what....I LIKED it! Not loved it, but, it was fun!). So, let's please use Feret's review as a model for the way this conversation shall proceed. And, if any future posts focus on THE PERSON and NOT the ride, I will simply write the word "banana" which will mean, "Blah, blah, blah, meh, next post!"
Originally Posted By oc_dean >>I rode during the CM preview days, and it seemed like they were still adjusting some of the things like lighting and sound levels, so I can't really comment on how that's turned out. Maybe you also happened to get the lights at a bad time (though I completely agree that the Under the Sea room was way too bright at the time, but I don't think that was the permanent look for it).<< Well .. I'm glad I'm not alone on the "Under the Sea" room being to brightly lit. As of Sunday the 30th ... I felt like I was more on a sound stage for an episode of HR Puffnstuff ... than an "under sea" experience. The "white" lighting in that room DEFINITELY needs to come down ... and needs some deep shades of blue to get the sense of being in the ocean!
Originally Posted By oc_dean >>It's considered major here in the way it's marketed, in the use of a costlier OMNI MOVER ride system and the size and scope of the ride is certainly bigger and costlier than any D ticket Ride I have ever seen.<< For those of us who've been on Adventure Thru Inner Space ... I'd say it's on the size and scope of ATIS. Same ride length too. Not quite the "E" size of PotC, HM, Indy, it's a small world. But DEFINITELY larger than the pint-sized C Tickets in Fantasyland (Toad, Alice, Peter, Pinnochio, Snow W)
Originally Posted By Nobody From post 1: "And I will ignore any conversations with persons who personally attack other posters (and I ask other to ignore persons who call others names)."
Originally Posted By Disney_Blonde Overall I felt the ride was beautiful. Don't think it will ever be my favorite, but a nice ride.... My issues with it: *The q seemed very dirty for being as new as it was. It looked like there were water/gum/etc. stains everywhere added to the white swirls of the "shells". *Scuttle was very hard to hear *There were parts of the ride that felt really empty. The major scene could use a lot more on the walls or something & I felt that with Ursula's scene as well *The plastic water fountains in Kiss the Girl *The weird CG, however I did like the opening one when you can see her above you...that was well done & felt right. The other two just came out weird for some reason... I loved the colors & I actually did like her hair. It did give the illususion it was underwater a bit. Maybe they should have added more texture to it so it gave it a little more. I think overall it was good, but it does have that feeling that it's missing something or not quite filled or completed all the way...
Originally Posted By Mr X ***I will simply write the word "banana" which will mean, "Blah, blah, blah, meh, next post!"*** Why not just write "Blah, blah, blah, meh, next post!"?
Originally Posted By Mr X ***Given how much this ride and the building that houses it has been blogged and discussed I find it surprising that someone would write a post like this one. It's as if the OP knew nothing about the attraction before riding it, which I find impossible to believe*** I don't understand why that would be so unbelievable to you. Heck, I spend far too much time on this Disney website and guess what...I read nothing about the ride whatsoever. In fact, I only jumped into this discussion because the title was interesting, and now I know a little. But 2 days ago...nada. And even if I had a sudden business trip to Anaheim come up for next month, chances are I wouldn't have bothered reading about it before riding, either. What is so astonishing to you about that?
Originally Posted By SpokkerJones "What's there to debate? You didn't like the ride. Why would I debate that?" The problem is with the word "debate." It's not so much a debate as it is a discussion of the relative merits and demerits of the attraction. There's no winner or loser, but through the discussion we can figure out what kinds of things make Disney attractions work and not work.
