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MK New Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin Updates Coming to Walt Disney World
- Thread starter DCBaker
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Delta-7
Well-Known Member
So I’m just now noticing this….there are two props with pictures of Zurg, except they’re not supposed to be mere pictures - they’re representing Zurg speaking to you via video message. One is the floating monitor in the first scene (“join me to defeat Buzz Lightyear!”), and the second is the Zurg-O-Vision just before the first animatronic Zurg. I think those were missed opportunities to install small video projections of an animated Zurg talking to you in place of those paintings. Would help to make the ride less cheap, in my opinion.
Other than that, this looks pretty good. The new escape hatch scene doesn’t have much going on but I’d take it over that featureless black tunnel. Also the smoke blowing out of the volcano - was that always there? It’s pretty neat.
Other than that, this looks pretty good. The new escape hatch scene doesn’t have much going on but I’d take it over that featureless black tunnel. Also the smoke blowing out of the volcano - was that always there? It’s pretty neat.
WaltsTreasureChest
Well-Known Member
Would love to see a side by side pov of the before and after
flynnibus
Premium Member
I didn't even notice at first in my own viewing that not only are the tubes new... but the whole portal itself is new. Old portal looks like it was more a flat.. where the new portal is all dimensional and has the arch elements, etc
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.
Boston Bruins
Active Member
The smoke in the volcano is brand new and there never has been smoke coming out of the volcano directly. There used to be a fog machine in the room (and in the Escape Hatch tunnel, the machine being turned off is the reason it looked so bad for so long). Disney moved away from fog machines around ~2005ish
VJ
Well-Known Member
overall an improvement i think! the ride feels slightly more "lively" for lack of a better term. the new buzz and zurg voices will definitely be distracting to people who know the ride well at first, but i think it'll just take some getting used to. i think buddy gives the opening scene more of a purpose in the overall story instead of a generic tutorial kind of thing it was before, so that's a plus to me. the artwork being plussed is a huge improvement! the aliens looked way off-model originally which gave them a kind of carnival ride feel, so i'm glad they were touched up and improved.
the one thing i wish was done differently is the music. it seems kind of generic aside from the toy story 2 score in the speed tunnel? the original ride soundtrack was a bit repetitive with the theremin version of strange things over and over so i'm glad they changed it, but i think they could have took a page from astro blasters in the music department.
the one thing i wish was done differently is the music. it seems kind of generic aside from the toy story 2 score in the speed tunnel? the original ride soundtrack was a bit repetitive with the theremin version of strange things over and over so i'm glad they changed it, but i think they could have took a page from astro blasters in the music department.
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 recordings of it.
aladdin2007
Well-Known Member
yeah epic fail on the soundtrack, I'm getting irked with Disney using generic music more and more all over the place. Someone...I don't know what they were thinking here......... Everything though looks fantastic and well done physically. But the music a complete bore and useless. It was always so upbeat, zippy and fun even if repetitive.
Note to self: Put on the noise cancelling ear pods before entering.
Vegas Disney Fan
Well-Known Member
Changing to the DL style untethered blasters would have been enough to please me, I couldn’t hit anything with the old ones so it always drove me crazy. The updated scenes are a huge bonus too though.
I’m sure many are hoping for previews which are better than this:
rct247
Well-Known Member
The fog machines were important to being able to see your lazer however, they also would occasionally trip alarms in the building.
This isnt a re-imagining of the ride. It is upgrading and refurbishing it. It looks great and the game play appears to much improved. Im pleased with this!
parksandtravel
Member
MerlinTheGoat
Well-Known Member
I just want to know if they took care of the mold infestation staining all the walls and ceilings. Many of the props were covered with it too, so I'm curious how extensive that cleaning and repainting process was as well.
_caleb
Well-Known Member
I may copy and paste this comment in threads about several different attractions at WDW...
