Recent content by Slowjack

I imagine they never considered a name change at first, and didn't really consider that they had changed the concept so much until it was too late. If it didn't create potential confusion with the Disneyland attraction, I think "Autopia" would be a fitting name for this version.

Wow. I don't know that I had any firm expectations of how this would turn out. But this is honestly great. This is much more logically coherent than version 2 (except perhaps that it no longer seems to match the idea of a test track, since we're not told we are testing anything but that's a...

Probably not a good idea for Disney. While that song is now generally interpreted in a sanitized way, the meaning Freddie Mercury originally intend was not family-friendly, let's say, and we would be in an analogous situation to the hand sign of Steven Tyler's that had to be edited out. I would...

Now you've got me picturing Indy on the hunt for a mythical treasure and the ride ending with him saying, "Knowledge was their treasure. Their treasure was knowledge." But to your point, sure, I could see a story which ends with Indy getting clapped back by nature.

Ah, okay. I figured Disney hadn't said anything official, but I thought maybe someone from inside might have leaked something. I mean, it's hard to even know what to think of the passes selling out without any idea of how many there are. I'd like to think the number is small enough to not have a...

I apologize if this has been asked before, but I haven't been following this daily and couldn't find this with a search: do we have any idea approximately how many premier passes Disney makes available each day? Like per park, do we think it is dozens? Hundreds? More?

Well, you have really blown up my joke, there. Next, you'll be telling me that not every new ride has the word "adventure" in it.

I think it would need to be called Bob Chapek CEO Adventure. Disney has apparently taken a vow against possessives.

FWIW, I got in fabled boarding group 1 today, using no special techniques. On a related note, this was the first time I was conscious that a Disney attraction I was walking through still has a distinct new-carpet smell. And though I had been concerned, I had absolutely no motion sickness.

I agree that the idea works for the story, but I also agree with @insert name here that, if the animitronic had been more featured, they wouldn't have been able to get away with leaving it as-is. I mean, it was sold as a major element of the ride, was surely very expensive to design and make...

FWIW, when I was riding last week, our gondola struck the one in front of us as we were coming into the station. Hard enough to give us a jolt but not hard enough to damage anything (or anyone), and I guess no attendants noticed or cared. After that I paid more attention when we came in, and...

I would be happy if Disney just counted the actual outdoors as outdoors.

This was my experience as well. I'd seen the pictures here, the derisive names, and so on, but decided to wait until I saw it in person to cast judgement. Two days ago, I got my first in-person look. Awful. Those things are so large they make everything else look small--the pavilions, and even...

FWIW, I was unable to get a boarding pass this morning, with two of us in the group trying at once, but were able to get one for (late) this afternoon.

I can't tell if you are joking. Lots of queues in theme parks are problematic, to one degree or another, for those with mobility issues, an issue which is handled with alternative routing to the load area, and not by denying boarding.