Originally Posted By Moon Waffle TSMM is definitely worth a 30 minute wait. Great ride, tons of fun, and high repeatibility factor.
Originally Posted By Anatole69 >>Personally, I don't think it's worth more than a 10-15 minute wait. My impression is that you spend at least half the ride spinning and moving around some pretty ugly tunnels. Once you're playing the games, it gets a little funner. But, frankly, I prefer Buzz.<< Really because they didn't theme out the inside of the building a little better, or make your involvement with the screens more 4-d (more than just air tubes shooting at you), this feels like it is just a glorified video game and you really don't need to ride it in order to experience it. Just put it onto a Nintendo at home and it will be the same experience. At least Buzz is 4-d and can't be replicated at home. - Anatole
Originally Posted By Hans Reinhardt "Just put it onto a Nintendo at home and it will be the same experience." I would give it a little more credit than that. It's certainly a bit more involved than sitting on a sofa looking at a television.
Originally Posted By Anatole69 How? You could as easily play it on the wii as at DCA. There is nothing about the ride except for the final bonus round that couldn't just as easily be done on your home video game machine. - Anatole
Originally Posted By Hans Reinhardt Does your house have a ride vehicle that travels from room to room?
Originally Posted By lesmisfan or how about putting you in the middle of andy's room with giant toys and games and a singing Potoatoe head you see in the front of the line
Originally Posted By Anatole69 The ride vehicle does nothing for the game play except on the final screen when you pass by 4 screens while shooting at targets. All the other screens occur when your vehicle is stationary. The 4-d effects are lame... shooting air and flashing lights does not a ride make. The singing potato head is cool, but is part of the line and not the ride itself. The actual game could have easily taken place in front of flat screens... I really wish they had incorporated better 4-d effects and included animatronics inside the show building itself... that would have really made it feel like more than just a 3-d video game.
Originally Posted By Anatole69 Or if they had even made all the levels occur while the vehicle is moving and allowed you to shoot across four different screens like they do with the last round, then it would have at least felt like more than just a souped up Nintendo game. - Anatole
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Any word on if they will ever change the games around? I had read somewhere that they had different versions of the games ready to install for Halloween and Christmas, and they could easily change it overnight. I guess it makes some sense why they didn't do it the first year, but I really hope that they didn't completely get rid of the idea. It seems like an easy enough change to keep the exact same gameplay, but change the graphics a little for the different seasons. But then again, they said it would be really easy to update Star Tours, and here we are...
Originally Posted By Dabob2 I waited about 40 minutes my first time (because they said "no more single rider for the night," which didn't make sense to me... harumph!) but it was worth it, as I quite enjoyed it. After that, I did single rider except for one other 20 minute wait. And changing this ride out ought to be simpler than Star Tours, which required a). a whole new involved film, and b). Lucas' approval OF that film (the real sticking point).
Originally Posted By ni_teach FerretAfros said: Any word on if they will ever change the games around? The attraction is so new I don't think that they feel the need to make any changes so soon.
Originally Posted By Moon Waffle re post #31, I would think at this point they would want to AVOID Lucas' approval. When was the last time he did anything right? Bact to TSMM...like or hate the ride, its presence undeniably adds quite a bit of charm to the midway. If the rest of the pier turns out as beautiful as this ride, I'll be spending a lot more of my time at DCA...
Originally Posted By Dabob2 <re post #31, I would think at this point they would want to AVOID Lucas' approval. When was the last time he did anything right?> He holds the rights to the characters. No matter what Disney might want, they NEED his approval.
Originally Posted By Disney Joy Love Toy Story totally addicted...... I went WDW. I think they about the same. I am taking 3 yr old and 10 yr old grands June. I won't get to ride. OH the sacrifices. WHY!! WHY!! OH Yeah ~ Its call LOVE.
Originally Posted By ABBY What have the wait times been like this week? Is the best time to get in line still in the afternoon?
Originally Posted By lesmisfan its been anywhere around fourty to fifty minutes depending on crowds. every now and then we tend to get a wave of guests making it just a wee bit longer going past the odv stand.
Originally Posted By charming husband +I am taking 3 yr old and 10 yr old grands June. I won't get to ride.+ Why? My DW and I took our small grandkids and they loved it.
Originally Posted By Disney Joy ^^ no DH here ~ just me and my grands. You know I go every year its not a biggy.I will get LOTS of joy watching little sweetie seeing Mickey for the 1st time. There is a part of me would love just ONE spin on Toy Story BUT hey I just went to WDW 11 days alone this past Sept. I rode Toy Story about 6 times one day. Next year I am taking my older grands to WDW. I'm sure Toy Story will just be more exciting then. :O))))
Originally Posted By Disney Joy ^^^ you know maybe I missed what you were saying. I thought you meant you switched. Did you get to take the grands on Toy Story ?? I don't think she is big enough to sit in a seat alone. ?????? she is 36 inches and petite. She might spin out ???
