Any idea what the large round pit is for at the end of the Battle Escape attraction? It is the last area being covered.
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Any idea what the large round pit is for at the end of the Battle Escape attraction? It is the last area being covered.
Yes, I agree with your assumptions. There are so many variables to everyone's preferences, likes & dislikes, that it's nearly impossible to please everyone. Some of it's almost predictable though. Seems like people that are big coaster enthusiasts are usually more likely to embrace a coaster oriented attraction and more likely to dislike screen oriented attractions, but there's even exceptions to that.Myself, as long as an attraction is themed & fun, it's fine with me. I don't expect every new attraction to be heads and tails above the previous new attraction. That's a nearly impossible feat. But with me, most theme park attractions are winners. I can only think of a couple attractions/shows (Stitch, Fear Factor), between Disney & Universal I don't like. Some I like more than others, but I like just about all of them. After all of these years living in the northeast and only going to Coaster/Flat Ride parks, it's a real joy to step into a Universal or Disney Theme Park & experience true theme park attractions. I'm easy to please.
Exactly. I love coasters but I love good rides as well. Haunted Mansion and Pirates are two of my favorite rides because they are fun. I love dark rides but still enjoy the thrill of coasters. My mother wouldn't step foot on a coaster but loved Disney because she could ride everything. I just wished that Disney would add some rides not tailored to five year olds and now I'm getting that wish (Tron, Guardians, and these rides. Fun and thrilling without being terrorizing.
This is been commented before, but it is so bizarre to see Disney creating more of what Universal has and Universal creating what Disney has. Such a turnaround.
It's all about balance. Universal has been screen heavy for a while and is trying to go a different route for a while and vice versa for Disney.
A lot of people were annoyed at Universal going down the screen route for so long but imagine how much worse it would be, if Disney was heading the same direction at the same time.
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Hah
All that does is reiterate my point. Disney’s recent track record of E-Tickets in all of their parks globally is pretty damned impressive.
So while one has given us screen after screen after screen after screen, I’ll temper all expectations until there is a departure from that.
And while the other has given us RSR, FoP and Shanghai Pirates, I’ll expect that quality until I see a departure.
So forgive me if I use recent track record as a means for basis instead of rumors that can change on a dime for attractions that haven’t even started construction.
Much like this guy said in the Harry Potter thread, UOR/JKR/WB’s previous history and track record is what I’m basing my expectations on.
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Exactly.
Universal has been very screen reliant in recent years. Now they are moving to more practical set rides. Disney has a decent amount of screen based rides, but they have way more practical rides, so the balance is fine overall. DHS will be slightly out of whack, though.
That's what happens when you close your centerpiece classic dark ride for a projection-intensive project.
My guess is MMRRR is going to be roughly a billion times more fun than GMR.
I also don't think it is going to throw off the parks balance for too long with Star Tours on the chopping block.
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Isn't it going to be projection mapping anyway...I'm up for a discussion with it, but I think projection mapping and screenz are very different
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Anybody work in construction and know what the blue stuff is? Are they just sealing concrete?
Come 2019, the park will have:
A “2.5D” dark ride
A 3D motion simulator
An animatronic-heavy dark ride
A 2D motion simulator
A whip ride
A launched family coaster
A 3D dark ride
A drop tower
A launched rollercoaster
Even with Star Tours, that’s still less screenz rides than USF by three (which will have 7 such rides out 11) of assuming Shrek is gone), and that park will feel just fine to me by then, so I’m not too worried about lopsidedness.
It’s no Animal Kingdom or IOA, but it’ll do just fine. Epcot is still Disney’s worst offender when it comes to sameness.
A “2.5D” dark ride
A 3D motion simulator
An animatronic-heavy dark ride
A 2D motion simulator
A whip ride
A launched family coaster
A 3D dark ride
A drop tower
A launched rollercoaster
Even with Star Tours, that’s still less screenz rides than USF by three (which will have 7 such rides out 11) of assuming Shrek is gone), and that park will feel just fine to me by then, so I’m not too worried about lopsidedness.
It’s no Animal Kingdom or IOA, but it’ll do just fine. Epcot is still Disney’s worst offender when it comes to sameness.
Looks almost like the same stuff they put down for A.S.S. Just a thought but without a closer look it’s hard to tell.
Noticed a wall of screens at the exit of Mission: SPACE today. It seems to be the precursor to Star Wars whole rank and status system.
No one I saw on the wall had any level of rank yet, but no one coming off the ride seemed to have experienced it before since the rehab either though.
No one I saw on the wall had any level of rank yet, but no one coming off the ride seemed to have experienced it before since the rehab either though.
Robert's experience Translated to plain English: "You're an uncoordinated nerd with no athletic ability. If you piloted a space ship, we'd all be dead by now"
Robert's experience Translated to plain English: "You're an uncoordinated nerd with no athletic ability. If you piloted a space ship, we'd all be dead by now"
Also, the way everyone has one of those spacesuit helmet personas, I cant help but think it's meant to grab your face while you're on the ride.
Come to think of it - we need to find out if there's correlation between the assigned program and position in the mission. The "nerd" outcome may have been triggered by being the Engineer on the mission.
Edit: Did some Nancy Drew'ing. The screens were there in August and even had the Mission Rosters sign over them, but were just showing random clips.
Edit some more: There's 6 screens, and each screen has a slot for up to 6 guests. The screens don't show the same people. So that's 36 guests it can show and cycle through at a time.
It does some sort "data load" screen and shows all the names it'll have in its group in a larger format to get guests to stop and look at it. Then it cycles through the guests in its group one at a time - 3 screens per person.
But each ride holds 40 guests.. so.. interesting.
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So, I was looking at the current status of construction. The one thing that jumps out to me is how much wasted space there is (my opinion only). They could have built a third ride easily in the area that borders Toy Story Land. I don't know. I get the whole "immersive land" thing but would people prefer to explore or ride rides?
I will add that, yes, I haven't seen it yet and I am already griping.
I will add that, yes, I haven't seen it yet and I am already griping.
