Now that DLR has been refreshed with some new effects.. I thought it might be fun to hear people's opinions on the different attractions and how they differ some.
Based on this hit by hit... I still prefer the MK version I think. This isn't a popular opinion for this... help me understand why you may like the DL version more?
Certainly with the new refurb... the figure lighting is very well done in DL (and really superior) and the new water effects are very cool as well. But for actual scenes and animated figures... I really like the MK version. Plus the MK version now has the extended queue to wow people.
What do you think?
Here are some videos to base with...
MK - nightvision
MK - normal
DL version - Pre-refurb
And the new DL version
What do you think?
- DLR's load starts you in the roof-tops and you fly into their window... MK is more vague trees and you fly into the room. Pro: DL
- WDW's nursery scene is larger.. and actually has animated figures. DL has static figures but the new Tink pixie dust. Still think MK edges with the figures and scope
- WDW you fly out over the yard to find the animated dog in addition to the up close roof top sequence.. where in DL you just get the root tops and town up close.. which is really repainted for the new version. Pro: MK for the animated dog and better film tie in.
- For the london sequence... I always felt the MK had more dimension to the set.. where the DL version only had tower bridge and big ben as dimension.. everything else was flat. The new DL version is brightly painted with UV paint. Yet many people always said the DL version was better? I never got that.. and the trash bag clouds seem to be removed now in DL. I still say MK is better here
- As you leave london.. MK has the silloettes passing in front of the moon projection.. DL now has some sort of north star projection. Toss up? I think the moon is a big classier
- In the DL version there is the stairfield effect as you fly to around the island.. simple but very enveloping effect. Let's give DL a point for this alone... no comparable in MK version.
- Now the island sequence is pretty different... MK has the volcano you fly by.. which is cheesy but nostalgic IMO. The pirate ship is also set aside and easier to look at IMO. The sequence also has the lost boys camp and is quite long as you wrap around basically two islands. The DLR sequence has new water animations that are very nice... but you have less to see IMO. I think DL gets the effects nod here, but MK seems to have more to keep you interested
- MK has the animated mermaids... the indian village... clearly MK pros here
- The pirate boat sequence is laid out different.. with the MK one being more spread out I think. The DL has the indian village stuffed in the background here... and while the new DL version is nice and bright, I have to still think the MK version offers more. But the DL version is much better lit for the figures I think.
- Then in the DL version we finally see the indian village which is nicely done.
- For the victory scene on the pirate boat, the DL version has the new tink and animation which is clearly more advanced: Pro DL
- For the captain hook sequence, the MK version seems less rushed
- For the finale sequence, the DL version has their mermaids here which are static but they have the better animated pirate ship floating away and water effects.. while the MK version is just a screen/flat. Pro DL
Based on this hit by hit... I still prefer the MK version I think. This isn't a popular opinion for this... help me understand why you may like the DL version more?
Certainly with the new refurb... the figure lighting is very well done in DL (and really superior) and the new water effects are very cool as well. But for actual scenes and animated figures... I really like the MK version. Plus the MK version now has the extended queue to wow people.
What do you think?
Here are some videos to base with...
MK - nightvision
MK - normal
DL version - Pre-refurb
And the new DL version
What do you think?
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