I too admit it was a bit more "fun" in motion. The only hope is that this ride becomes so bad that it is actually good. Like a B horror movie that turns into a comedy after the fact.
I'll disagree though, it wasn't remotely the best thing on the tour. Kong did the same thing, but was much better. I definitely preferred the Earthquake and Jaws scenes too.
I went with some very uninitiated non-theme park (I believe first ever Dis or Uni park) friends. Their first un-solicited comment was along the lines of "Did you see how out of proportion and cartoony that helicopter with Vin Diesel looked?" That was all I needed to hear.
Their other interesting comments were the park was fun, but everything in the park felt too much of the same. Much to my disappointment, they didn't really think Forbidden Journey was worth the wait. Despite us being there for that reason, they were ultimately turned off a bit by having to wait for it (and I think one preferred Simpsons actually, but I think they weren't an HP fan). Everything else we had pretty much walked on.
Just goes to show that even my small sampling of "GP", with very off kilter opinions, can identify a dud when they see it.