Originally Posted By dagobert I think this attraction was built for children, like at WDSP. I wouldn't ride it either, except the queues are short.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo But like at DLP, the capacity is such that short queues are likely to be rare. Still, little kids will not be able to ride Cars, so they can ride this while the parents do baby switch. I guess that is the thinking. Kind Regards, Dave
Originally Posted By dagobert Honestly I have never tried to ride Cars at DLRP during the day. In the morning the queues were always short, but you are definitely right, the capacity is low. Maybe that's the reason why the ride duration is also short. It seems WDI didn't learn anything from Paris. Crush and Cars would need two rides to accomadate all the guests.
Originally Posted By phruby Why would Disney build a ride based on the same ride mech as one build a hundred yards away? Disappointed.
Originally Posted By tonyanton While I really like the 3-D bug's life movie and think the "fun fair" is very well-themed, I could see that entire area disappearing at some point in the future, to be absorbed by Cars or Hollywood or perhaps a totally new land. I think first we will see fixes for remaining "original" DCA lands though.
Originally Posted By ni_teach phruby said: Why would Disney build a ride based on the same ride mech as one build a hundred yards away? Disappointed. Are you also disappointed in Dumbo and Astro Orbitor across the way?
Originally Posted By Dabob2 Mater is a bit different than Francis or Road Rally. First, there are at least 3 (four?) turntables, meaning you go from end to end and back, which is a little better. More important, there's no central post; the trailers are on a pivot, meaning (assuming they give it decent speed) that you'll swing out more wildly, making it more fun, and making this more of a cross between Francis and an old fashioned Whip.
Originally Posted By barboy Mater looks carnival grade. There's a safe universal indictor I use: If I can see the entire experience from the queue/walkways, then very likely count me out. No mystery likely spells no ride for me. Califonia Screamin just might be the only fully exposed ride I have ever willfuly done at any Disney park.
Originally Posted By DlandDug >>Oh My GOOOSH. How will Universal EVER compete with THAT?? It's too much.<< >>Having just watched the video, I don't think I will be in a hurry to visit DCA this summer...<< So, on the basis of a test video of a single attraction, the whole thing is declared a bust. Nice. And people wonder why we don't get announcements about things further in advance!
Originally Posted By DlandDug Missed the other knocks before I posted. >>Why would Disney build a ride based on the same ride mech as one build a hundred yards away? Disappointed.<< And I'm disappointed that people are still viewing this as "just another spinner." As Dobob pointed out, it's a different mechanism, with a different experience. The ride is not about spinning, it's about the crack-the-whip effect. This is one of three attractions, each of which offers a different level of experience. It's not the sum total of what is being offered at Carsland.
Originally Posted By TP2000 I'm with Doug on this one. There's a bunch of stuff yet to be added to Mater's, not least of which is the giant mechancial jukebox thing that plays the square dance music your tractor is dancing to. I couldn't help but chuckle at the heavy editing they've done today with the latest Luigi's Flying Tires testing video on the Parks Blog. They've sped up the footage so it looks like the tires are going much faster than they are, likely after all the slow comments from the last Mater's testing video. The Parks Blog concept really fails at stuff like this. It would be like a 1960's World of Color episode showing a walk-through of the cheesy spook house effects in Haunted Mansion half-built in late '68 with all the work lights on. People would have seen that and thought "That looks dumb and cheap, what's the big deal?"
Originally Posted By Dabob2 The videos with Lasseter that were in the BSC (and whose links were copied in at least one thread here) do a much better job, IMO, than these latest Parks Blogs.
Originally Posted By DlandDug I'm inclined to think that Disney's bloggers are trying to beat the amateurs to the punch.
Originally Posted By phruby >>phruby said: Why would Disney build a ride based on the same ride mech as one build a hundred yards away? Disappointed. Are you also disappointed in Dumbo and Astro Orbitor across the way?<< Yes. Yes I am.
