Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer >>>Amazing what passes for "guest participation" these days.<<< Hitting buttons is fun!
Originally Posted By RoadTrip WOW! 122 posts about Mission Space. It is time to put this to an end. Mission Space is a COMPLETE SUCCESS. Anyone who thinks otherwise is an idiot or a wimp who can't take anything rougher than a Carousel. That is all. ;-)
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer Yes, heaven forbid we compare world views on a discussion board...
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer And that's not directed to you, RT, that's just in general... It's only natural for people to have opinions that clash.
Originally Posted By standor You have to admit that WDW is entertaining. Not all attractions appeal to everyone. I love tame attractions and hate most thrill ones. eveyone is an individual. Disney should create family type attractions as well as thrill ones. Lately they have created more thrill ones and less family types.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip I think quite a few of WDW's recent attractions have been family oriented. Now whether they are good attractions or not is another issue. MK: Mickey's Philharmagic Monsters Laugh Floor Epcot: Soarin' Nemo Ride Three Caballeros in Mexico Turtle Talk with Crush Studios: Midway Mania Lights, Motors, Action American Idol Experience Animal Kingdom: Finding Nemo - the Musical So I think the family attraction have actually outnumbered the thrill attractions. Obviously the big dollars have been spent on the thrills... they just cost more.
Originally Posted By TDLFAN >>Hitting buttons is fun!<< Tell me about it.. I have been doing just that for nearly 15 years.
Originally Posted By Bob Paris 1 As well as "accidentally" spilling drinks in the laps of good looking men? ; )
Originally Posted By TDLFAN I personally believe the only "fail" here is Roadtrip's point of view. I will have to agree more with KennesawTom.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip <<Green team moves around less than the unpopular Body Wars next door.>> When it was open...
Originally Posted By dlpostcardguy I finally rode M.S. earlier this year and thought it was just okay. I went on the 'less intense' side. I have inner ear issues and was afraid of the possible negative side effects of the 'more intense' side. (Does anyone know if the 'less intense' side spins around at all or is it stationary during the entire trip?) Anyway I would have liked for them to put something else in there or better yet wish they would have updated Horizons. (I am a big fan of the original EPCOT attractions but am not blind to the fact that Horizons needed a big overhaul. Those IMAX screens were great but the AA figures were some of the worst and slowest moving of any of the attractions. At the time the final 'choose your destination' concept was pretty innovative. I think with the new technology they have they could have done some neat things with that as well as other parts of Horizons.) Oh well.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros >>(Does anyone know if the 'less intense' side spins around at all or is it stationary during the entire trip?)<< I believe that the centrifuge is not used at all, but the cabins still have some movement. They have the ability to tilt the riders on their backs, causing positive G-forces, or lean the riders forward out of the seats, feeling like microgravity. The cabins, but barely; the motions are probably the most tame of any motion simulator in any park. So it's not really stationary, but it also doesn't spin.
Originally Posted By ChiMike >>Nothing from Horizons was moved to SSE. Really nothing was reused in its original form from Horizons<<< Yes it was. The first refurb on the descent, some of it is still there... These were the sections that would have a AA looking away from you and they were talking to a video screen, then as you passed you saw the figure that was on video as a AA and prior AA on video. Look it up.>>> You are patently wrong. Horizons closed intact after the '94 redo of the scenes you reference. I stand by my past comment, nothing from Horizons was ever moved to SSE. Now I will agree that Horizons inspired that scene in '94 as well as the current descent. Nothing was moved.
Originally Posted By ChiMike >>Sorry guys, for 230 million, its a failure of an attraction. Nowhere near met Disney's pie-in-sky, out-of-touch, expectations.<< estimated cost was bellow $100 mil, and they have since gotten the capacity & gate bump to justify. Don't be so gloom and doom...<< Keep using Wikipedia for all of your primary source needs. $230 is being kind. $100 probably covers the ride system plus installation and testing. Now add demo of Horizons, design and engineering, site prep, new building built out, and then fixture, finishes and equipment. $230 is very kind. Pretty sure some at Disney wish they had the eventual over-budget cost back with interest.
Originally Posted By CarolinaDisneyDad MS is a great simulator and accomplishes what it intends. It just leaves me nauseous afterwards and that's the problem. We only usually ride it once a visit b/c my stomach just can't handle it more. But I still rate it as a favorite and just wish I could tolerate it more as I get older but that isn't going to happen.
