Originally Posted By crazycroc I'm starting to bore with the track layout, my daughter is making me ride this too much for it to be enjoyable anymore. Anyone know of any spots where you can take a hard turn and hop the track? Or an area away from the prying eyes of CM's where I could physically pick the car up off the track and go off-roading with it? Also, anyone ever done this? Thanks, I'm hoping to reinvigerate my love for this attraction.
Originally Posted By SBSBelle22 LOL not that I know of, but, let me know if you find out And kudos for continuing to take your daughter on it anyway. Praise be to good parents! There are not many left in this world
Originally Posted By sherrytodd I would love to see the evening news. Crazed Disney fan last seen on I-5 in Autopia Car. Our camaras are following the slow speed chase.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros There's the super exciting part near where the Fantasyland Autopia used to load where you get to go "off roading". But I don't think that's what you were really aksing about... : )
Originally Posted By crazycroc I just read a part in Mousetales where I guess the kids used to go off the track all the time before they had the middle strip to trap you. Any CM's or former CM's with inside info?
Originally Posted By Mickeymouseclub I have had some unusual excitement on Autopia. One night I let my 6 year old nephew "drive" and a possum ran in front of us and we hit it! My nephew still talks about this. Thank goodness it wasn't Bambi...
Originally Posted By crazycroc That is an awesome story Mickey Mouse Club!!! More!!! More!!! More!!! I can only dream of that type of Autopia excitement. Someday, I'll get that car off the track and ride it down the service road by the back monorail tracks. Try and stop me Disney!
Originally Posted By FerretAfros For what it's worth, the tracks just out of the loading area (the wide curve to the left) would probably be the easiest place to try to jump it. They are designed to lower in order to get the cars over to the maintainence area (under the grandstands) each night. You can easily see the divisions in the segments when you walk over them on the way into the queue. I doubt it would be very easy to get them to go down (I assume they're done on hydraulics or something pretty sturdy) and it would be tough to do with so many CM's so close to you, but that would probably be the easiest area...
Originally Posted By ShivaThDestroyer >>Someday, I'll get that car off the track and ride it down the service road by the back monorail tracks. Try and stop me Disney!<< Hi crazycroc! One of my close friends used to be one of the mechanics that worked on the Autopia cars. He's told me a few stories of exactly what you just mentioned, the only difference was that he had disengaged the speed governor...
Originally Posted By SBSBelle22 Didn't the track used to be a lot longer though, way back when? I'm not sure, well, whether it was or not, they should make it longer... and add some things of more interest... or there should be an "adult" line with no middle track and where the cars went *slightly* faster
Originally Posted By wonderingalice *LOL* sherrytodd!! Actually, SBSBelle22, it's much longer now as it combined/modified the Tomorrowland and Fantasyland Autopias some years ago.
Originally Posted By SBSBelle22 <<<Actually, SBSBelle22, it's much longer now as it combined/modified the Tomorrowland and Fantasyland Autopias some years ago. >>> Well... it has been several years since I rode it Cool though!
Originally Posted By Daddy Shiva I wonder what the Radiator Springs Racers will be like in the DCA, when it's finished.
Originally Posted By wonderingalice ^^Even after ALL these years, I still love the Autopia. When you ride it again, you'll see some cool little "nods" to the past and some goofy jokes. And as mentioned, there's a neat little off-road section now. Fun stuff - especially for young drivers who can hardly wait to drive a real car!
Originally Posted By SBSBelle22 Ha ha, I'll have to try and do it next time I go... Ugh, but the line is always sssssssoooooooooooo long! Grr, and I STILL have not been on the Nemo subs!!! That is my mission this time-everytime I go no one wants to suck it up and wait in the line... so it will be just me and my Mommola and we shall wait in line! *end rant*
Originally Posted By wahooskipper I've jumped the tracks at other parks but never at WDW. The key isn't so much the track as it is the guide mechanism under the cards. Some parks don't maintain those well and the "looser" they are the more susceptible to jumping off the track. I have fond memories of a car ride at Knott's Berry Farm (this is the 70s now) that did not have a middle track but had "bumpers" on either side of the track with side bumpers on the cars. I think there was quite a bit of distance between the two sides which gave some maneuverability to the cars - - exciting for a kid. Anyone from my age bracket or older who remembers that Knott's attraction?
Originally Posted By sherrytodd I remember the Knotts cars but just barely because I was pretty young then. Weren't they old fashioned styled cars?
Originally Posted By wahooskipper Yes, they were old fashioned. It is pretty clear to me because the first year I saw them the ride operator measured me and laughed b/c I was too small to drive my own car. The next year I was big enough. I don't remember the street names but I seem to recall the ride went down the street the front entrance is facing and then went down almost to an intersection before coming back. It doesn't seem to me that the track was any more than an elongated oval.
Originally Posted By bgtdmt Ok going with the possum -- maybe they could add some more hazards that you would narrowly miss or survive---- swooping crows....possums crossing....broken bridges...an oil slick where you would spin in a circle....there are sooo many possiblities to spice it up a bit. Or an occasional real character standing by the road hitch hiking and could climb in on single riders ..... or have the characters pull into the loading and pick up a single kid to ride with them. The characters would have to be the smaller ones to fit no big shoes....a pirate, peter, indiana, princess,
