- May 26, 2012
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The DCA Tower didn't impress me. First when the door to the elevator open and reveal.... a hallway between you and the actual elevator, the illusion is already ruined. And to me, the greatest moment on Florida's version isn't just that it comes out of the shaft. Its that moment when the star field "splits" revealing blackness, as the car rolls in and stops. There's that moment of delicious anticipation before anything happens. The Florida version is designed to play with your mind from the moment you enter the building (even though most people never notice the missing effect right before the car exits the shaft). From low pulsing sounds in the queue, to the use of red, to the "flimsy" feel of the car, right up to the moment Ive described above, its all designed to increase your unease. California's suffers from too big a "basement", to the aforementioned hallway, and the loss of build to the climax