Originally Posted By pheneix One of the biggest and most beloved attractions ever in our industry has about a 90% chance of seeing its time come to an end in September. You heard it here first. Stick around the message boards over the next few days to see what the future holds...
Originally Posted By idleHands Lemme guess... Jay Rasulo's career? Oh that's right. You stated, "beloved," didn't you? My bad. 8^D
Originally Posted By pheneix Ha. It's not a Disney ride. There's hints in my first post. I'm gonna be thrilled if anyone catches them.
Originally Posted By idleHands There must be something that will go terribly wrong with the earth's gravitational pull, come September. Correct?
Originally Posted By pheneix idleHands wins a prize. I can't wait to see the mayhem that will begin when the official announcement is made. This is going to be Horizons, Mr. Toad, Kongfrontation, and Country Bears all rolled into one. Hell, the turnout of guests coming for one last ride may stop their attendance skid for a while.
Originally Posted By brotherdave It sounds like the flux capacitor might be malfunctioning.... And if it the attraction I'm alluding to, I won't miss it one bit, other than the nostalgia. Glad I got one last ride on it last month!
Originally Posted By brotherdave My 8 year old son will be dissapointed. He loved all of the movies that inspired the ride, and he was so excited that he got to sit in the space of the 'driver's seat' of the ride. Still, it's definitely 'out of time' and needs to be updated. Sadly, it most likely will be replaced by something less appealing to me or my son. As a ride, it didn't appeal much to me, but, I too loved the films it was based on. I had no idea that it was THAT popular of an attraction over the years. It always had a walk on when I visited, except the first year it debuted. Thanks for the heads up, pheneix!
Originally Posted By idleHands Plans for something new in the show building? Or demolition the whole enchilada for the real estate? As much as I love most things BTTF... I'm actually burned out on this ride. Change is good. Let's hope NBC doesn't go cheap on whatever UC is proposing for the site.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip I liked BTTF. It was the only motion simulator ride that still seemed thrilling to me.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA I'm a big fan of the Back to the Future franchise of movies. The BTTF ride never quite worked for me. Resolution of the film wasn't clear and crisp enough. And being in that big room with all the other simulators wasn't very convincing either. Add to that the whole 'going back to the days of the dinosaurs' and I found the whole experience to be very weird. 'Star Tours' is a much better show all around.
Originally Posted By knightnfrees <<Plans for something new in the show building? Or demolition the whole enchilada for the real estate?>> Well, the one at USH was specially built, (the building is housed on the former area of Galactica) they probably won't demolish the building. Probably put in another motion based sim.
Originally Posted By fkurucz >>the building is housed on the former area of Galactica<< I remember that turkey. Talk about not living up to the commercials.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo I loved the Galactica set - but then again, I was a kid. Seeing Cylons were really cool!!!
Originally Posted By gurgitoy2 Well, I liked BTTF, but not enough to go crazy if it's gone. I was sadder then the E.T. Adventure at USH was removed. That was a sad loss to me. BTTF needs an update or new attraction. I feel the same way about Star Tours, actually. Yeah, I might miss it, but it's past it's prime.
Originally Posted By wahooskipper BTTF is the only simulator ride I ever enjoyed. But hey, when did the last movie come out? And, it likely won't go down in "classic" lore like Jaws. I'd like to see a new attraction using the simulator technology. All of these simulators were build and then advertised as "even better because we can change it down the road" and, to my knowledge...none of them have been changed.
