Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORDDU: You know, ducklings, this is a question to be pondered by the Great philosophers out there but, for now, let's have a go at it, ourselves. ORWEN: When you're riding a Disney dark ride--or a rollercoast--what length of time satisfies you most? ORDDU: In the past few years, it seems that many of the dark rides have been shortened too much. After the former Journey thru Imagination closed down and was drastically changed, I believe 8 minutes were taken away from us. While we understood the reaons behind it--being cost effective--we think it would have been best to imagine a way to keep the attraction's updated version just as long. ORWEN: Then, again, the new version isn't all that great and you might not want to sit through so much of it. As it is, there are places where you just ride in total darkness. ORDDU: Since we're not exactly rollercoast buffs, we're not aware of what the typical length of a rollercoast ride normally is. Big Thunder and Space Mountain are fairly satisfying to us. But I'm some prefer them longer. What about all of you? What's your preferred length?
Originally Posted By Daannzzz I was going to answer this in a certain way but I will be a biot more detailed. It depends. It Depends on the theme and story and what is being conveyed. I think that Mr Toad is the right leangth considering what is going on. I think that Alice in Wodnerland is also a good leagth for its story. But I also love the lonegr larger rides. I love the caverns in Pirates of the Caribbean where it gets dark and creepy.I love some of the simple quiet parts. It is like more subtle touches in film to help with timing and atmosphere and seems to be the parts that are getting edited out of both movies and dark rides.
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORDDU: So, you're saying it depends, duckling? ORWEN: Depends are SO much better than Huggies. (Holds the moisture so much better.) ORGOCH: What the--? ORDDU: Of course we know what you're trying to say, Daannzzz, duckling. Everything depends on something. The right length of a ride depends on how satisfied you are with WHAT you're riding, naturally.
Originally Posted By idleHands Oh shoot! The Witches are asking about ride times. Got all excited over nothing. I was so eager to see how many ADMINs the thread could survive, before Dave closed it. *pout*
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORDDU: We have absolutely no idea what you're talking about, dear. Now, please take another stab at answering the question, will you?
Originally Posted By BlazesOfFire Well! This topic certainly did catch my eye! I like rides that are like Splash Mountain. I think that is a good length for a dark ride.
Originally Posted By Kennesaw Tom Bring back Horizons and World of Motion. I thought 20 minutes was too short. Now we are in line for an hour for a ride that last ten minutes.
Originally Posted By TDLFAN Try 4 hr stand by line for a 4 mins movie....as was the case at WDW on dec 31st. cough*soarin*cough!
Originally Posted By DVC_dad Splash Mountain is pretty loooong and Universe of Energy is like 40 mins.
Originally Posted By idleHands "ORDDU: We have absolutely no idea what you're talking about, dear. Now, please take another stab at answering the question, will you?" Already then! Ride length is such a subjective thing. There are so many factors that come into play. First off, is the ride occurring right after a heavy meal? Rich food from a very expensive restaurant may alter one's perception of adequate ride length. From personal experience, I would suggest that the relationship is both directly and indirectly proportional. The more expensive the restaurant, the longer the ride needs to be to achieve maximum satisfaction. However, consuming copious amounts of rich food may result in a "Code V" situation, if the ride length is too long. And "dinner egress" will simply result in much embarrassment and bad memories during repeat visits. Not to mention steep cleaning costs, if satin or velvet was anywhere in the vicinity of the protein spill. Second, is the ride considered indoor or outdoor? Or perhaps a combination of both? This is a crucial deciding factor, especially with regard to time of day and season. Lengthy outdoor rides after dusk are particularly problematic, given the typical temperature drop, year round. Exposure time to the brisk evening air is a key factor, as it will often dramatically shrink one's enthusiasm for night time fun. And riding in the rain, day or night, can either be serendipitous splendor, or an unplanned trip to the emergency room. Particularly during those unexpected hail storms. Ouch! And last but not least, is the ride considered worthy of E-Ticket stature? Or is the ride simply a quick mindless diversion of the C-Ticket or B-Ticket variety? (For clearly self-evident reasons, I will not address length as it pertains to the utilitarian A-Ticket "buddy ride." If it gets you to your final destination, no worse for wear, then who the heck cares how long it takes.) Granted, we all lust after those legendary E-Ticket rides, which range from the intense heart-pounding 60-second adrenaline rush, to the longer more methodical and immersive narrative, traversing all levels of thought and emotion, from the quiet beginning to climatic end, lasting anywhere from 5 to 12 minutes. However, a disturbing trend has surfaced in recent memory, which is the E-Ticket hybrid of adrenaline rush plus immersive narrative. The ride is typically no longer than 3 minutes in length, characterized by an abrupt mid-ride interruption when "something goes terribly wrong." Riders are cautioned on becoming overly dependent on the 3-Minute E-Ticket experience, lest they lose their capacity to discern a "classic ride" from a "cheap thrill." So... does that answer your question?
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I think that it depends on the story and type of ride. Ones that load fast and have a thrilling/fast paced story can be farily short, since it doesn't take long to keep the line moving and the interest is high the whole time. I think that attractions should all have their leveling off points (like the show scenes in Splash) where there is just time to come back to normal. Subtle theming works the best, but at the same time I understand why it is rarely used. As for rollercoasters, I think Disney has some of the longest (time at least) ones out there. At Six Flags, Paramount parks, and Cedar Pointe, they usually only run one or two trains, not because they are unpopular, but because the ride is so short. Disney's are all running several trains (like the 4-6 constantly running on California Screamin') while the other parks just can't come close.
Originally Posted By Rsey103 >>>>Bring back Horizons and World of Motion. I thought 20 minutes was too short. Now we are in line for an hour for a ride that last ten minutes.<<<< YES to that, Kennesaw Tom!
Originally Posted By Labuda I think most all Disney rides are the right length, actually... BUT, Rock n' Roller Coaster is WAYYYYYY too short. ToT is just right, as are Splash Mountain, Winniw the Pooh, Peter Pan, Haunted Mansion, and many others. I like my coaster rides to be longer than RnRC - more like California Creamin', time-wise.
Originally Posted By vbdad55 Probably one of the few times a topic might have been admin'd before anyone answered
Originally Posted By Inspector 57 idleHands, I am totally in awe of your thoughtful response. I was about to post that the ride length, to me, is secondary to the breadth of the experience. But after reading your exhaustive reply, I would feel ashamed to post something so simplistic.
Originally Posted By Liberty Belle Hahaha, I figured what the question would be but I had to come check out a thread with that title ... I have to agree that it all depends. A 2-minutes pirates ride would be underwhelming, to say the least and I think the WDW version is too short. But 17 minutes for Snow White would make for very few re-rides. Peter Pan is WAY too short considering the line (I love it though, and always go on it at least once). California Screamin' is perfect length-wise, not so long everyone gets sick but still nice and long.
Originally Posted By Kennesaw Tom Peter Pan is WAYYYYY too short. Why they don't expand Peter Pan is beyond me. To prove my point just look over at the Universal Studio's equivlant ET, which is a much longer ride. Peter Pan could easily be two to three times longer in duration to satisfy me. I think Winnie the Poo is just right. I agree Universe of Energy is 40 to 45 minutes long. My compaint there is that they rush you through the dinosaurs ( which is far better than Dinosaur over at DAK ). I guess if I want a long duration ride in the future I will just have to settle on either the monorail between TTC and EPCOT or the boats between EPCOT and MGM.
Originally Posted By vbdad55 ET is one of the few rides at Uni that I really like ( with Kongfrontation long gone) - -- and that type of set up would work very well for Peter Pan....but remember there is quite the gap in design years between those 2 rides is my guess...and I would say extremely different budgets -- now a new Peter Pan ride modeled after ET and exceeding it would need a lot more of a footprint -- and well some of the space for that has already been used for that cutting edge project -- the Pooh Playground
