Originally Posted By HokieSkipper ^^^No, not necessarily. but for an omni-mover dark ride to be considered an E, length is a pretty important part, along with scale. And outside of the "Under the Sea" portion, there's no real E-ticket scale to be found here.
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer >>>>I know. I'm trying to be optimistic. Shocking, I know. I've heard the time at about 4 minutes.<<< Much to short, even for a thrill ride.
Originally Posted By Disneymom443 I guess I'll have to agree to disagree, that is not saying that when the attraction is open that I may not eat my words. I've just know that a lot can happen between now and then.
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer >>That's just about the average time for the attractions for Fantasyland. Snow White is 2min.30sec Peter Pan is 3min. Pooh is 3min. 30sec. So if the time is 4 mins for Ariel that is pretty good. We should wait ti see haw it turns out before we say it is bad. I we can see is a track, nothing else.<<< But as an E Tic? It should at least have length and depth to it...Not just be a quick jaunt.
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer >>>I guess I ment that Ariel as an E ticket may be overratted.<<< It's one of their most enduring, popular, and lucrative stories. Kids ( and everyone, really) will eat it up...especially if it was a LONG, highly detailed ride.
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer >>> I've just know that a lot can happen between now and then. <<< I wish I could agree with you, but it's going to be a clone of DCA's....And not a lot can change that.
Originally Posted By HokieSkipper <<Much to short, even for a thrill ride. >> JTTCOTE, your Holy Grail, is only 3 minutes. Thrill rides should only be about 3-5 minutes. And holy carp! Pooh is 3:30 seconds? Wow, seems so much shorter.
Originally Posted By magic0214 Maybe they mean 6 minutes, just the omnimover is going to go the speed when a handi-cap guest is boarding the entire trip!
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer >>> JTTCOTE, your Holy Grail, is only 3 minutes. Thrill rides should only be about 3-5 minutes. And holy carp! Pooh is 3:30 seconds? Wow, seems so much shorter<<< Ooooh, look, the master of sarcasm missed a joke. I know, but still. Could and should be longer.
Originally Posted By HokieSkipper <<I know, but still. Could and should be longer.>> Are you talking about Radiator? If so, I don't agree.
Originally Posted By barboy2 ///We still have no idea what it will be like with just a picture of a track layout./// I don't agree with that at all----we know the ride well, basically speaking. Expect a strong 'D' effort. Mermaid won't be epic in scope like Ind. Jones or Pirates like we thought very early on but it will have very elaborate show scenes using truckloads of colors/hues and impressive AA's........creators will employ the omnimover ride system. Designers want the guest to travel very slow through the attraction to (1) appreciate the fully detailed sets (2)maximize the ride's duration since the track length(as we can all see) will be relatively short for such an ambitious offering and (3)not scare the young.
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer >>>Are you talking about Radiator? If so, I don't agree.<<< It's effects will make up for it. But the shortest a ride should be is 5 mins, IMHO.
Originally Posted By HokieSkipper ^^^Nah. Imagine if Big Thunder or Space Mountain were 5 minutes. That'd be razy.
Originally Posted By MPierce >> ^^^Nah. Imagine if Big Thunder or Space Mountain were 5 minutes. That'd be razy. << AWESOME!!!!!
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Originally Posted By leobloom Maybe it's just me, but looking at the blueprint there seems to be a lot of track (especially before Under the Sea) that looks undeveloped. Maybe, if we're lucky, they'll have characters swimming around on screens. And then this really could be Nemo Part II.
Originally Posted By Sport Goofy Unless there is an equivalent scale drawing for HM or even POTC, its hard to judge the length of this attraction or expansiveness of show scenes. In terms of the number of major "scenes," it has about the same number as HM - maybe one less. I'm not sure that the length of HM has as much to do with the show as it does with just not being all that efficient in how the track is set up and the need for separate load/unload areas.
