I think as others have said, having projections or even textured lighting on the floor in a couple scenes would help. But I also felt like having scenery suspended from the ceiling in the center of the rooms now and again would be nice too. There is a sense of everything happening around the perimeter of each room, to allow the RVs to move about in the middle. I’ve talked about the upcoming Beauty and the Beast ride probably having this issue. What’s the point of incredible AAs, or effects in this case, if the ride still feels “empty”.
I'm not saying the floors couldn't have used
something, but I felt like I was looking around so much that I wasn't really looking at the floors. Of course, I was in the last row of the last car, so I was in a better position to be blocked a bit. I'm sure my view will change over time a bit. I agree thinking back, there were certain rooms that, imo, were a bit too big and thus felt a bit hollow.
I'll be interested if this ride ever sees any updates over time seeing as it's pretty much all projection mapped. Updating this ride could be fairly painless to do.
All that said, I enjoy it, I am excited to ride it with my nieces who are too short to ride many of the attractions in the park currently. They’re going to love it to death. I love the Original song. Love the effects. Love the horn playing squid.
And definitely love a ride with a fast moving queue. Even waiting an hour never felt that bad. I forgot what it was like to go to the opening of a new ride and being able to actually ride it without stressing.
This ride, while it has it's issues, is a big for the park. Just the fact that it has no height requirement is huge. Even Saucers has a 32" requirement. Kids will love the ride and adults can enjoy it too. Again, it's not something that will blow you away, but it is a nice fun attraction for the family that will put a smile on your face.
All the positives though and me being someone who was ready to let go of GMR (imo they either had to upgrade it or it was just going to be a time machine ride of 1939-1984 movie history until the end of time), I look at this ride and say "Is it good enough?" and I really don't know at this point. If this attraction had been an *actual* addition to the park, which it should've been, I would have no hesitation saying this is a great new family ride. But it's a replacement and unfortunately, it will always be following the footsteps of a beloved ride.