and we LOVE thatThis is the closest comp I could think of for the coaster part: a bigger, faster, more controlled, less rickety, darker Cobra's Curse.
and we LOVE thatThis is the closest comp I could think of for the coaster part: a bigger, faster, more controlled, less rickety, darker Cobra's Curse.
Loved the preshow. The ride made me sick. The story made no sense and I have no idea how we "defeated" the bad guy or whatever. It was mostly flying past planets sideways. It wasn't so much the spinning that got me sick it was the completely unnecessary sideways lateral movement with things zipping by that did it. I probably will never ride that ride again without dramamine. It wasn't very fun and I think it's Disney's weakest coaster experiences. It was completely unpleasant for 3/4ths of the ride for me. Strong preshow, terrible ride. 2 out of 5 stars for me. Rock n Rollercoaster and Mummy are much more coherent rides.
If the ride made the OP sick then it sucks but that is a reality. Seen stupid articles posted online how the ride is making people sick. I would love to see what happens if they ever ride X2.So I'd say yours is the first really negative review of the attraction. Was there any redeeming aspect in your eyes?
Yup, it's very, very similar to DL's Space Mountain with just a slight bit more oomph to it (the spinning and launch being the added "oomph"). Even the load station looks almost identical to DL's SM. It definitely does make you wonder if the TDL SM is going to basically be this ride, just without GotG. It also makes a ton of sense now why Tron ended up in TL instead of GotG. GotG is too similar to go next to SM whereas Tron is a very different type of coaster in comparison.Had my preview yesterday. Spinny Space Mountain is what it is. Not sure why anyone is trying to sell it as anything else. It's not that different from say... DL's Space Mountain/Hyperspace Mountain.. in the fact that it would be REALLY easy for them to add different programming for this for whatever occasion (but likely won't). The projections made it feel like a layover, which is what I feared.
The queue was great, preshows were fantastic although AAs were missed. Loved how grandiose a lot of moments felt leading up to the ride. Chalk me up to another rider who experienced motion sickness on this one. Had the ride been a few seconds longer, it would've been over for me. Overall, a great experience overall but no, not my favorite new ride or anything. I was offered a repeat ride as we child swapped and I politely said no please thank you. Only one ride per park visit for me.
Also, I had I Ran (So Far Away) on this ride. AWESOME.
X2's not so much a sick ride as much as it is a concussion ride.If the ride made the OP sick then it sucks but that is a reality. Seen stupid articles posted online how the ride is making people sick. I would love to see what happens if they ever ride X2.
My favorite homage is at the beginning of the ride. If you pay attention close enough to the guitar solo at roughly :40 below, you'll hear the instrumental to the Universe of Energy theme song. Also, immediately after the launch, you can hear Drax ask "Was that the Ding Dang?" in reference to EEA. Peter yells "THE BIG BANG!". Drax faintly responds and says "I've seen bigger". Easily beats out some of the corny humor in the preshows.I do have to say... paying attention throughout the queue and on the ride, you could tell they heard all the critiques that this attraction has no business being in Epcot and really worked hard to make it feel like THE most Epcot attraction ever. Loved hearing Peter say he couldn't wait to ride Horizons and see the "Energy dinosaurs" again. The self-referential awareness was great and totally in line with GOTG's humor.
I do have to say... paying attention throughout the queue and on the ride, you could tell they heard all the critiques that this attraction has no business being in Epcot and really worked hard to make it feel like THE most Epcot attraction ever. Loved hearing Peter say he couldn't wait to ride Horizons and see the "Energy dinosaurs" again. The self-referential awareness was great and totally in line with GOTG's humor.
I wasn't personally a fan of that segment of the queue for a few reasons. The acting (probably because Pratt was just saying words that and had no idea what he was referencing) along with the fact that it continues the whole "Peter Quill visited Epcot as a kid" thing that's always been pretty lame since the beginning.References don’t make it fit.
That part of the queue is legitimately really cool. Lots going on around you and idc if the Xandar model is trying to tie itself back to Epcot by reminding people of the model that is on the peoplemover it’s still really cool and I’m a sucker for models/miniature scale stuff like that.The rest of that section of the queue, from what I've seen, I quite like and does feel like they tried to justify being in Epcot.
Kind of reminds me of the "Disneyland? That's thematically inconsistent," joke. Yeah no duh you're the ugliest building on the whole Disneyland campus.Yeah, the explicit references from Peter I don't really like. It's just kind of annoying to me that things I enjoyed are now punchlines. I also think it's odd for Disney to essentially draw attention to the fact that "We sure mangled that park, didn't we?"
The rest of that section of the queue, from what I've seen, I quite like and does feel like they tried to justify being in Epcot.
Kind of reminds me of the "Disneyland? That's thematically inconsistent," joke. Yeah no duh you're the ugliest building on the whole Disneyland campus.
No it's beautiful and misunderstood cause Joe Rhode did itKind of reminds me of the "Disneyland? That's thematically inconsistent," joke. Yeah no duh you're the ugliest building on the whole Disneyland campus.
Granted I'm guilty of saying it was a $4XXM coaster back when I was ranting about no shade structure, but reality is once you peel off the things that have nothing to do with building the ride (or even anything Epcot-related), I'd peg the actual cost at around $325-330 inclusive of the WDI overhead charge.How this ride cost half a billion is baffling to me, but I'll still ride it everytime as it's definitely fun.