Originally Posted By PetesDraggin "Not sure about the experience, but when the cars were all in unison towards the end it was visually fun." So maybe they designed the ride to be more entertaining for the people in line or watching from the sidelines than for the actual riders.
Originally Posted By doombuggy I'm here now during their cm event and it's pretty cute to watch.I don't think I would waste my time in line for how short it is.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip Who knows? Look how long people wait in line for a 2-1/2 minute ride on Peter Pan.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA Hey, if Heimlich's Chew Chew Train is still running, there's hope for any ride. Except for 'Superstar Limo'
Originally Posted By oc_dean <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XD1V8n4YYgA&feature=youtu.be">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...youtu.be</a> oc_dean's rating between a 1 to 10.... A three. Are you kidding? This thing runs as fast as FFF's Francis' Ladybug Boogie ... and this video allows you to time it .... And I come up at 1 minute 15 seconds. Anyway ... I rolled back my expectations. I look at Fantasyland's original A/B/C ticket attractions - Tea Cups, King Arthurs Carousel, Dumbo ... and I understand ... this is just the 21st century version of those rides. Woo-hoo to DCA's newest C ticket ride. It's nice. For all it's 1 minute and 15 second's worth!
Originally Posted By RoadTrip Yes, it is what it is. An amusing little C ticket. What surprises me is that so many who have complained that what DCA needs are more C tickets to fill out their offerings are complaining because this one isn't at least a D. You just can't make DL fans happy.
Originally Posted By oc_dean My guess is, Disney/WDI didn't want to spend too much money, or let too much time go by, with a ride meant to replace one that was a failure in the best turn-around time possible. I think a ride time of just at 2 minutes would have been good. That's not a longtime. But 1 minute 15 seconds ... that to me is just going to drag down the ride's overall rating with a lot of people. If they are concerned the longer ride time will mean insane wait times ... I don't think this ride is ever going to create crazy wait times! When an added 45 seconds can actually increase it's popularity. Maybe I'm wrong. We'll see.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip My GUESS is that the Previews are a shortened version of what the ride will be when it officially opens. I know I may be wrong, but that is what I am hoping.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros >>Woo-hoo to DCA's newest C ticket ride.<< Although I think that there's a lot of value in having smaller experiences like this (if I had a complaint about TDS, it's that there are practically none of them), it seems like DCA is overburdened with C-ticket flat rides. They're all fairly low capacity, cycle loading (slow queues), and ultimately have very similar rider experiences. They're not bad individually, but it just seems like a lot of similarity for one park >>My guess is, Disney/WDI didn't want to spend too much money, or let too much time go by...<< That seems doubtful, considering it's taken over a year to build (not too surprising, considering the new ride system) and is rumored to cost around $80M. This is in addition to the $200M that they spent on the original Flying Tires attraction that turned out to be a dud. For comparison, Universal built phase one of Harry Potter at IOA for around $200M. No wonder Chapek is clearing house within WDI... >>My GUESS is that the Previews are a shortened version of what the ride will be when it officially opens.<< That seems unlikely. I would assume that all previews are being done with the final programming. Considering they would need to re-test any new programming before they could let guests ride it, I see no reason that they would want to design special shortened preview versions
Originally Posted By FerretAfros After watching that video, I'm pretty underwhelmed. I had expected that the vehicles would do a lot more mixing and mingling around each other. It looked like most of the movements were done with clusters of vehicles moving back and forth together. It reminds me of the old fashioned squad maneuvers from marching band, which are rarely used any more because they limit the formations that can be made, aren't particularly fun to perform, and require minimal thought from the drill writer. Isn't the big selling point of a trackless system that the vehicles don't always have to do the same thing as the one next to them? I'm also somewhat surprised that the loading position seems to be out in the middle of the floor. Why not bring the vehicles in toward the queue area to facilitate faster boarding? It would get guests and CMs to the vehicles faster, would reduce the risk of someone leaving something on the floor before the ride starts, and it could be programmed to look pretty cool too We've heard that there will be 5 different sequences. I hope that the others are more interesting than this one
Originally Posted By Dabob2 I've timed AO at 90 seconds, and I think it's the same for Dumbo, and SS Swings, and maybe Mad Tea Party too. That seems pretty standard for a cycle ride, so I'm not sure why they would cut it to 1:15. I also don't understand why they didn't design the cars to have a back seat with two spots, thus letting a car fit 4 rather than 2. That would nearly double capacity, and wouldn't even make the cars that much larger. OTOH, as someone pointed out, if they can use this as "proof of concept" for the safety of a trackless ride, maybe we'll get a trackless E ticket in the future.
Originally Posted By doombuggy Another thing that's really going to bog down line time While watching it only 1cm had to go to each single vehicle and check seat belts. Maybe once it's fully up an open they will have at least two. And to go back to the question Was this shortened for the CM event no It is not. cm events and ap events are basically dress rehearsals.
Originally Posted By believe They need doors. Someones going to fall out, especially when they spin. Remember the roger rabbit incident.? Yes, should have been a four passenger, I'm sure the was a weight capacity issue or something since the flying tires were also two seaters. And they should program so they end up being closer together for loading.
Originally Posted By 9oldmen >>That seems unlikely. I would assume that all previews are being done with the final programming. Considering they would need to re-test any new programming before they could let guests ride it, I see no reason that they would want to design special shortened preview versions<< Also, it wouldn't make sense to switch to a longer, capacity reducing cycle for the official opening, when there will be a lot more people in line. >>They need doors. Someones going to fall out, especially when they spin. Remember the roger rabbit incident.?<< Surely you don't think that WDI hasn't thought of thus as well. I'm sure that OSHA, CAL-OSHA, DOSH, etc. have all gone over it with a fine toothed comb. My thought was that if anyone gets out while the ride is cycling, they won't know how to avoid the cars due to there being no track. No way of knowing where they're headed. Maybe they have a system where the ride E-Stops when anything or anyone hits the floor.
Originally Posted By monorailblue Look through enough pictures and you can see there is a lap restraint, undoubtedly one that cannot be unlocked during the ride cycle. A bigger concern, IMHO, is people dropping stuff. I'm betting just about anything thicker than a piece of paper will shut it down.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I'm very concerned about how sensitive the E-stop might be. Obviously they'll want it to be pretty strong, since a hat or purse could easily cause problems. However, with an outdoor ride system, it seems like would be easy for trash or leaves to blow onto the surface and cause all sorts of issues. I'm already assuming that it will shut down at any hint of rain And for what it's worth, the Cars spinner in the Studios in Paris has 2-row seating. However, the vehicles are tiny and it's very difficult for adults to fit in. When you consider the *ahem* larger American guests, I suspect they would have actually lost capacity by using these cars instead of the ones they ended up with: <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://table4one.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/2-disney-studio-paris-20.jpg">http://table4one.files.wordpre...s-20.jpg</a>
Originally Posted By doombuggy Funny you should mention rain, While watching it yesterday it got started when it screeched to a halt and they announced it was being shut down for rain barely 2 sprinkles hit me.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 If that's really the case, they should have put an awning over it. Also, it was closed for a year. They should have figured out how to make 4-seater (American-sized) work.
