Originally Posted By FerretAfros "I think I'm registered there..." I am, and I have a whopping dozen posts. There's really just not much to say over there, as it's all very predictable and petty. I feel like the discussions here are a lot more varied and insightful.
Originally Posted By lesmisfan yeah the video looks cool. But trust me, its way way way better in person!
Originally Posted By DisneyFreak96 <<I am, and I have a whopping dozen posts. There's really just not much to say over there, as it's all very predictable and petty. I feel like the discussions here are a lot more varied and insightful.>> You have more than me. I usually just read myself. And then at MP I have my account from the day it opend and I lost my password I post there so infrequently.
Originally Posted By Hans Reinhardt I just looked at the youtube video. This rides looks exactly like I thought it would. And that isn't good. Well, at least it has that cool Mr. Potato Head out in front.
Originally Posted By lesmisfan Hans please trust me on this. I saw the video and i can't say how but i have ridden it myself and it is so much better than the video. please don't judge until you experiance it for yourself. and if you still have the same opinion on the ride, no problem
Originally Posted By WorldDisney <<I am, and I have a whopping dozen posts. There's really just not much to say over there, as it's all very predictable and petty. I feel like the discussions here are a lot more varied and insightful.>> <<You have more than me. I usually just read myself.>> Wow, so odd, me too. I signed up last summer and have maybe 40 posts so far over there. Weird, I guess its just most of us came here first, so its hard to completely switch over or maybe just too devoted to one site .
Originally Posted By Hans Reinhardt "Hans please trust me on this." Will do. Not sure when I'll get down to DLR, but I'll keep what you say in mind as I form my opinion from things that I see online. Of course none of that can compare to experiencing the attraction firsthand.
Originally Posted By lesmisfan very true. and like i said, if you still feel the same afterwards, thats fine by me. I just like people to experiance things first hand rather than base it off some youtube videos.
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORDDU: My sisters and were at Disney Hollywood Studios, yesterday--May 10, 2008--and got in line for the AP preview, which was a two hour wait time. But it was worth every minute, we assure you. This latest attraction is a winner and could easily become the anchor attraction for both DCA and Disney Hollywood Studios because it really IS that good. ORWEN: It's the kind of ride you just wanna' keep going on over and over again. ORDDU: The incredible detail--along with the loveable Toy Story characters--is enough to justify the reason so many Disney fans have become Disney geeks. We really don't think the majority of you will be disappointed. ORWEN: Yeah, even a certain nasty old biddy came out of the ride with a grin on her dried up prune face. ORDDU: It's the first time we've seen Orgoch crack a smile in years. That ought to be TELLING you something, ducklings!
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I'm glad to hear that you ladies had a good time with the new ride. Which of you got the highest score? And what was your prize?
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORWEN: We were supposed to get a prize, FerretAfros?! I didn't know that!! I mean, maybe we left the show building too soon! ORGOCH: Not soon 'nuff if'n ya asks me! Never been so embarrassed in my whole dang life, after havin' ta stand in line with a dumb sister like mine--wantin' ta spend most a her time talkin' ta tater head--askin' him if'n he could peel hisself in front a ev'rybody. Then when it came time ta ride the ride, they couldn't find no vehicles big 'nuff fer Orwen, so's they had ta wheel her out on some kind a special dolly thing they come up with at the last minute fer over-sized guests an' all that's when all the squealin' started! ORDDU: I NEVER reveal just how much I score, Ferret, dear. It's always a secret I hold close to my heart, you see. So, the only way for you to get an answer to THAT one is if you decide to ride Toy Story Mania WITH me!!!!
Originally Posted By Indigo I managed to get in one ride on TSMM. It's a solid attraction for what they were trying to accomplish. It was a lot of fun, even the 'times when the attraction was stalled' were fun (although points don't rack up). A few hints: listen to the characters as they talk during each game. They'll give you hints on how to score better. The single rider queue is no guarantee you'll get on faster than the standby queue. I actually waited 20 minutes longer than a group that got in the standby line at the exact same time I got in the single rider queue. The problem here is that they load 8 rows at the same time with two people in each row. This gives the loader lots of discretion to choose from the standby queue to fill up the random blanks that appear. Test Track seats three to a row which means practically every car leaves with a single rider in it. Expedition Everest hardly a train leaves without one single rider on it. But train after train would leave the Toy Story Midway Mania loading dock without a single rider on it.
Originally Posted By ArchtMig Hmmm, I always assumed the Witches were West Coast based. Or maybe they just are able to cross the country way fast on their brooms?? ;-)
Originally Posted By ArchtMig >>>The set-up is slightly different for both due to the space constraints at DCA.<<< Gawddd, "space constraints" in Anaheim rearing their ugly heads again. It's a totally brand new building for gosh sakes. What "space constraints"?? Lower headroom? Smaller footprint? Just how many "eye candy" oversized toy items in the WDW version are missing from the DCA version due to "space constraints"? C'mon, be honest here. Is the DCA one COMPLETELY equivalent to the WDW one, or is it just a "functional" equivalent like the line of BS that Braverman fed us all when we got the inferior version of TOT, even though he promised that it would be just as good as the WDW version in every way? >>>The second you enter the ride vehicle to the second you leave the attractions are identical.<<< That makes me afraid that the queue is inferior, and the exit experience too. Just like what happened with TOT. WDW attractions always get better queues. AK's version of Bugs Life is so much better set up than DCA's. DCA had a real good attraction (but with a bare bones miserable queue) -- Soarin' -- and at least DCA had ONE thing to crow about, and what do they do but put in a clone version of it at WDW and give it a better queue on top of that. It makes me so angry. At least if they could've opened the rides simultaneously on both coasts so us folks here in the west didn't have to wait a whole friggen month of drooling over WDW's version of a ride that we were supposed to get at DCA first and exclusively, before we even get to set foot on ours. Long run-on sentence that doesn't make much sense, but I'm so frustrated with DCA still and the time it will take to improve it, if that ever even happens, which I'm starting to have my doubts.
Originally Posted By dlpostcardguy Hey Witches - glad you got to ride TTMM and enjoyed it! I can't wait to ride it out here. It looks like fun. As far as the queue goes, it seems like out queue won't have all the retro toys that WDW has unless there is some part of our queue that is hidden. Seems like most of our queue is either outside or in the front part of the building. Maybe they felt since we're getting a highly themed Victorian seaside building we didn't need them? Anyone out there know for sure if there is any part of our queue that goes through Andy's bedroom?
Originally Posted By FerretAfros There does appear to be a part of the queue to the right of the building that takes place in the old midway games buildings. It doesn't look like there is too much room in there, but it's possible that they are planning on making that look like the one in Florida. According to the Imagineers who gave the little press conference for Mr Potatohead, we're inside Andy's bedroom the entire time we're inside the building. It's not really clear, other than the AA and a couple murals along the back wall (certainly nowhere near the same oversized props from Florida), but that's what they said. I think that the DCA version will be a lot more focused on the midway games, and the Toy Story thing will be a lot more secondary. In WDW, they needed to use Toy Story to justify the attraction in the first place, so there is a lot more that revolves around that. I think the DCA attraction will work really well with its simplicity of design and clear idea behind it.
Originally Posted By danyoung >There's really just not much to say over there, as it's all very predictable and petty.< Hey, I have to stick up for my buds over on MiceAge. They're just as knowledgeable, just as articulate, and just as cranky as many of the regulars here. And they frequently post stunning park photography. I know some people like Denise (nbodyhome) also post links here to photo sites. But it's also pretty cool that the MiceAge software can imbed pictures within the threads, which is an excellent way to see what's going on in the Disney empire.
