Originally Posted By HokieSkipper <<While hanging 50 feet in the air with no lap bar. >> There's a seat belt.
Originally Posted By MPierce >> I dunno. Why do people hold up lighters when Lynyrd Skynyrd plays "Freebird"? Ritual? Force of habit? They're drunk rednecks? << I vote for drunk Rednecks trying to light up a cigarette.
Originally Posted By MPierce >> That makes ToT nothing more than a glorified free fall carnival ride with a building wrapped around it. That makes PoC and IASW nothing more than a glorified boat ride with mechanical dolls along side. That makes Splash Mountain nothing more than a glorified flume ride within a building. That makes RoRC, BTM, EE and Space Mountain nothing more than a glorified roller coaster with a building around it. That makes TT just a glorified coaster on rubber tires. Now I don't understand why I go there at all. What I bumpkin I am. << Well phrased.
Originally Posted By HokieSkipper <<Well phrased.>> But it's not, really. The theming and story is what sets all of those apart when compared to Soarin', which has very little of either.
Originally Posted By MPierce >> Speaking of Bumpkins...everyone should witness the cult worship of the Tiki Room in Disneyland where everyone links arms and sways back and forth to the music while they sing along. Now that's sophisticated So. Cal. << That probably comes from visiting one of those Marijuna Medical Clinics before going to the Park!
Originally Posted By MPierce >> But it's not, really. The theming and story is what sets all of those apart when compared to Soarin', which has very little of either. << If it sucks why are the lines so long?
Originally Posted By HokieSkipper <<If it sucks why are the lines so long?>> Never sad it sucks. It's a decent ride, but horribly overrated. The line is so long, IMO, for the same reason Test Track's is. It's a "thrill ride" without being a thrill ride. Basically everyone can go on it. Also, the capacity is terrible for the ride.
Originally Posted By MPierce Why do people run to get a FP, then get in line for this sucky, unthemed, piece of crap IMAX film?
Originally Posted By HokieSkipper <<Why do people run to get a FP, then get in line for this sucky, unthemed, piece of crap IMAX film?>> I don't know, especially when people want characters out the wazzoo. ;-)
Originally Posted By MPierce It draws in the crowds, and keeps the lines down at the beer kiosks. That's the important thing to me.
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer >>>There's a seat belt.<<< Yeah, but no bar, no harness...nothing. Scary. LOL.
Originally Posted By CaptainMichael <<<Yeah, but no bar, no harness...nothing. Scary. LOL.>>> Seatbelt = More Secure than Lap Bar You know EE, you could always put the belt through the loop before buckling like smaller aviators are encouraged to do.
Originally Posted By vbdad55 >> Speaking of Bumpkins...everyone should witness the cult worship of the Tiki Room in Disneyland where everyone links arms and sways back and forth to the music while they sing along. Now that's sophisticated So. Cal. << ---- and yet they shoot at each other on the freeways... wondering how much 'medication' has to do with this..
Originally Posted By vbdad55 You know EE, you could always put the belt through the loop before buckling like smaller aviators are encouraged to do. ---- I do as do other taller people I know due to the shortness of the base seat
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer >>>Seatbelt = More Secure than Lap Bar You know EE, you could always put the belt through the loop before buckling like smaller aviators are encouraged to do<<< "Good job, Pal."
Originally Posted By leobloom >> Leo, I can understand where you are coming from, but the fact that you are "flying" /suspended in Soarin' is what does it for me, and most people. That gets the adrenaline pumping, the emotions going (coupled with the score, it really helps(, and sets the WOW moment up for most. It's fun. But I agree that it's very overhyped. << Funny thing, for me I don't even feel like there's much movement on the ride apart from the lift off. Once the movie starts, I don't really get much sense of motion from the ride vehicle. I remember being surprised by that the first few times I rode it years ago.
Originally Posted By leobloom >> But it's not, really. The theming and story is what sets all of those apart when compared to Soarin', which has very little of either. << << If it sucks why are the lines so long? >> There are different degrees of suckage. Does this ride compare in suckage to Stitch? Heavens, no. Does it compare in kickassery to Tower or Haunted Mansion? Heavens, no. I think the queue and preshow place it somewhere behind the classic E-ticket attractions. The queue is, to put it bluntly, awful. The absence of any attempt to disguise the mechanical workings of the ride is also awful. I get why people like the ride, and if I'm taking a group to Epcot, we'll get Soarin' FPs at the beginning of the day, but mainly because I wouldn't be caught dead in the stand-by line.
Originally Posted By danyoung >Funny thing, for me I don't even feel like there's much movement on the ride apart from the lift off. Once the movie starts, I don't really get much sense of motion from the ride vehicle. I remember being surprised by that the first few times I rode it years ago.< Y'know, I gotta say that I feel kinda sad about this. I mean, here is this incredible attraction, one that is doing GREAT business on both coasts. And for whatever reason it didn't work for you. And I'm really sorry about that. Cuz it really does work for me!
Originally Posted By DlandDug Ahem. Do bear in mind that folks from SoCal do read the WDW threads, too. Soarin' is popular because it really is an amazing attraction. It is very straightforward in what it is, and more than delivers. I speak, of course, of the DCA version, as I have very little experience with the Epcot version. The lack of themed queue is a hindrance (for some) on both coasts. If queue were a make-it-or-break-it consideration, we would have to throw out just about every attraction in Disneyland prior to Big Thunder Mountain. Before that, folks basically stood in line and waited (patiently) without ever once demanding that the "experience" begin the moment they spied an attraction poster. But Disney has created higher expectations, and now should make the effort to live up to them. If you haven't noticed the motion during the unspooling of the big movie while sitting in the suspended seat, it may be due to one of two causes: the motion is so well integrated that its subtle enhancement of the proceedings is lost on you, or; you're too busy brooding over the lack of themed queue to notice that everyone around you is enjoying a simulated flight over the most scenic parts of California.
