A Spirited Perfect Ten

JediMasterMatt

JediMasterMatt

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Animaniac93-98 said:
So far, WDI has created:

Finding Nemo: The Musical
Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage
The Seas with Nemo and Friends
Turtle Talk with Crush (at DLR and TDR)
Finding Nemo suites at Art of Animation
Crush Coaster

and now we're getting a simulator ride themed to the same movie/franchise.

Do you think they've milked this property enough?
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Nope.
 
Travel Junkie

Travel Junkie

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Cesar R M said:
so, its just like a type of star tours simulator? but for a storm?
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Similar to Star Tours, but the cabins are bigger and there are effects going on around you. Stuff is falling off the walls and you get sprayed with water. The video doesn’t include the pre show. Here is a description of the attraction from Disney wiki and keep in mind you have very enthusiastic CM’s in the pre show describing this in Japanese.


"Pre-Ride
A cast member briefs you on your mission. There is a big storm and you are to deploy a Fuse-a storm dissipater-into the eye of the storm in a StormRider. The cast member gives a brief demonstration of the Fuse, and says that you will be safe from the Fuse, as you will be miles away by the time it goes off. You are then ushered into a flight simulator similar to that of Star Tours.

Ride
You take off, following another StormRider, but go off course, seeing dolphins, boats and Zeppelins. You meet up with the other StormRider and go into the eye of the storm, but the other StormRider is struck by lightning and forced to land. Shortly after, you deploy the Fuse, which is also struck by lightning and goes off course, impaling itself in the launcher located overhead. This effect is achieved by having a segment of the launcher rotate to reveal a large hole with the Fuse inside. You manage to dislodge it from the as it explodes, damaging the StormRider and causing it to fall, but it manages to fly again before in finally crashes into the ocean as the ride ends. This segment of the ride features such effects as panels partially falling off and embers on other panels. "


It is just a completely bizarre experience.
 
Funmeister

Funmeister

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Absimilliard said:
It appears Six Flags is outdoing the recent WDW efforts with their new dark rides this year. Six Flags Over Texas just posted a new video today of their 3-D dark ride that unlike Universal... still include physical effects. I was shocked to see real fire used and it appears to be a wonderful ride that would be well at home at any Disney and Universal parks.

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You do realize this attraction still has screens and EPCOT has just as many (if not more) attractions that utilize screens (movie and video) than Universal?

What does it matter anyway? Futuroscope does quite well.
 
MarkTwain

MarkTwain

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Iwerks64 said:
In my opinion, the biggest negative in the park is Toy Story land. Especially if you come out of Mystic Point, it's a jarring transition. I'd say it's the Chester and Hester of the park. It looks like what it is. Re skinned carnival rides plopped down in a parking lot. Even the landscaping appears to have been an afterthought simply to screen the view with bamboo. I'm sorry, maybe some people like it, but it turns me cold. Some of the elements are cute in how they've combined different toys to make fences and benches (oh yeah, benches. Forgot to mention the benches everywhere). The whole area reeks of "cheaply done".
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And yet sadly, Toy Story Land was likely Disney's favorite part of the HKDL expansion. There's been more discussion within Disney about how to do more projects like TSL than probably Mystic Manor or Grizzly Gulch combined.

TSL is all of Disney's favorite things: cheap, heavy on a single money-making franchise, and a way of letting the park say they've added multiple rides (and again, cheaply). Expect many more lands like Toy Story Land in the future - both in HKDL and elsewhere.
 
Mike S

Mike S

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MarkTwain said:
And yet sadly, Toy Story Land was Disney's favorite expansion at HKDL. There's been more discussion within Disney about how to do more projects like TSL than probably Mystic Manor or Grizzly Gulch combined.

TSL is all of Disney's favorite things: cheap, heavy on a single money-making franchise, and a way of letting the park say they've added multiple rides (and again, cheaply). Expect many more lands like Toy Story Land in the future - both in HKDL and elsewhere.
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That is incredibly sad from a company who used to pride itself in being the absolute best of the best. No wonder others are catching up with the quality of their new offerings.
 

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