Nah, TSM is the fifth best ride at MGM at the moment - possibly sixth, because at least SDD has an AA.
The ride motion is nothing like the Mad Tea Party; it's a variation of the classic "Whip". It's a lot of fun and far less motion-sickness inducing than a spinning ride.A glorified Teacups...........really? And all of these Fastpasses have been gone. All that money and time, and one of the anchor attractions is a glorified teacups
It's not a bad ride, though it doesn't look quite as fun as Mater's: The darker, roofed setting kills a bit of the joy.Why build good rides when you can just flood the parks with bad ones. Doesn't matter that they said it would be a clone of another ride, it matters that it's not innovative or even good. When Dumbo is a better attraction, you might be missing the mark.
To be fair though, it's still better than Fast n Furious.
I’m curious... why are the Wii comparisons stupid?Toy Story Mania is great and the Wii comparasions are stupid
Sorry
(Though Tower of Terror is better, I do agree with that)
Just butting in: I actually bought the Wii home version of TSM, which did a decent job of *trying* to bring the experience home to a TV, but.... it was about 1% as much fun as the ride. It can't be overstated how much the 3D, the big screens, the live competition, the physical effects and the ride motion add to the experience (plus the sheer looniness of the cannon pull-strings). TSM is a giddy, great family ride that accomplishes AMAZING feats of live processing, and it's definitely a case where the whole is far, far greater than the sum of its parts.
Daytime = Zzz. Nighttime = Zap! They should strongly consider adding some kinetics or something to offset the lack of lightshow pizzaz during the day. I say bubbles... fog-filled bubbles. Would be cool if they could retrofit some fog machines to the spaceships. Overall though, based on the ride videos; it looks and sounds exactly as imagined.
Not every attraction is an E-ticket. DHS needs B's and C's, especially with three E's opening next year. I have no problem with them putting in themed flat rides to round out the attraction lineup.
Men in Black is a step above Toy Story Mania, calling TSM a 2.0 version of Men in Black doesn't make sense. Having said that, TSM is a D, but Disney has a habit recently of underbuilding their D and E ticket attractions from a capacity standpoint.
Hold the phone here. The phenomenon of single IP based lands is a new concept brought on by Harry Potter. Let's not separate that from general theme park design. When the Aladdin Spinner was added to Adventureland it doesn't make it an entirely new land. This is a redestricting of Toy Story Mania to be part of Toy Story Land. At the time Toy Story Mania was built, the internal plan had the expansion being other Pixar properties. The fact that they went another way shouldn't deflate the attraction that's already there.
