Recent content by eaj626

It was a lot cooler when the fog effect was still in that room. Look up any POV of this ride before it was Space Ranger Spin or even Space Ranger Spin early in its life. The light plus the fog created an effect that looked almost like the turbines/engines of an airplane in motion, which of...

It makes me smile to see crowds flocking to this ride again :) I know it was always at least decently popular given the IP and all but still.

I'm unfortunately seeing an old problem already cropping back up. The sound and video in the hyperspace tunnel are desynced. This was an issue with the old ride for years, even after the 4K projector was installed. I'd think an issue like this could be fixed quickly but the fact that it was...

Why would they change those things? Green and purple are Buzz's colors and the ride takes place in space, so there should be stars in the background. Seems to me like it makes sense to use those same motifs but make it less cluttered and more modernized. They didn't need to change stuff just for...

Looks great! Pretty much in line with what I thought it would look like after the leaked cast member preview graphic.

So that song is not originally from the cartoon. It was a hidden track on the Woody's Roundup album by Riders in the Sky. It just happened to be rearranged for the credits of the direct-to-video movie. They also use a little instrumental arrangement of that song in the queue for Toy Story Mania.

I guess that makes sense. With Disney, they have their hands on so many projects that these contracts might encompass more than just one project a lot of the time. That's a good point. If he did the voice of Buzz for Midway Mania and Toy Story Land, I'm surprised he wouldn't voice Buzz in this...

Tim Allen never voiced Buzz in any iteration of this ride. He may have done Buzz's voice for the Peoplemover but I'm not sure. I'm sure that having Tim Allen record lines for this ride would require different sorts of contracts, payments, etc. I don't think they can just say, "Hey, while your...

99% certain it's Mike McRae. He's been the new soundalike for Buzz in video games for 15 or so years. He's essentially got the same job that Pat Fraley used to have.

Listening to the end of this POV, I'm 99.9% certain that the unload music is "To Infinity and Beyond" from the Woody's Roundup album. It's obviously a more orchestral, military march-style arrangement but the song was always written as a march so it works quite well. So well in fact that 26...

Updating the viewmaster was a nice touch, but why would they change Buzz's spiel the way they did? They changed a few words or phrases here or there but did not update the animation on his face, so his lips aren't always in sync with his actual speech.

Now having a good look at the actual ride, I'm very curious to see what the queue looks like and what has changed there.

The soundtrack was a huge loss. I will genuinely pay someone to find the entire original soundtrack in high quality and share it online. Technically, the whole thing is already available online but only bits and pieces of it are of listenable quality. A lot of it is super crunchy and low quality...

I have memories of their being a little bit of fog/smoke coming out of the volcano but upon inspection at 1998 footage of the ride, I only see lights, no fog.

The newest video they shared of the ride does have some things that bother me but I'd be foolish to say this isn't a huge glow up. I'm glad this was done overall. Odds are, it was either change around the ride like they've done now or get rid of it entirely. I'd always choose the former even if...