I haven’t heard anyone talk about this yet but as someone who has now been on this over 5 times I thought I would bring it up.
A lot of bashing going on saying the wait time isn’t there on this ride. That’s fine and is up to debate for a lot of people on why.... so I won’t get into that!
What I do want to talk about is the actual turnover and capacity. This thing has two different sides with multiple cockpits / domes on each side.
Let me put in perspective how efficient this thing is... You know how on Simpson’s before the ride starts there is this awkward feeling that you are just sitting there listening to homer make weird comments until the ride operator finally presses on go...? This is also true of Soarin and mission space. You are sitting around until it’s time to go. This sensation is present in a lot of simulators! but doesn’t exist with Smugglers... let me explain.
The second that you sit down and strap in it’s almost jarring how fast this thing is. You don’t feel like you are waiting on other ride systems or an attendant to hit “go” ... you sit down, strap in and the attendant begins yelling at you “go go go!”
The ride is up to YOU to hit go on the center console. I was almost taken back because I am used to the awkward sit and wait but with this one I was yelled at for sitting around. They told me to press the button and I actually muttered “ITS READY?!” That’s how fast this ride can turnover.