Rich T
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Hsgrid’s is the best ride in the U.S.
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Any Epcot purists cave into Cosmic Rewind yet?
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Jrb1979
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Agreed for a coaster with a story. As far as coasters go Steel Vengeance and Velocicoaster are 2 of the best for thrills
Rich T
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I personally think Cosmic Rewind’s “story” is stupid, smug, unfunny and boring as heck. I love how repeat riders ignore it completely and just sidle over to wait at the room’s exit doors.
While I find the ride’s dialogue obnoxious, the “party in space” vibe after the backwards launch is fun. The coaster has a decent layout, and I like the centrifuge effect while circling the moon, but it’s not my favorite Disney coaster. I’d like the whole thing better if they’d lose the Guardians theme and let it fit in with rest of World Discovery/Celebration/Nature.
While I find the ride’s dialogue obnoxious, the “party in space” vibe after the backwards launch is fun. The coaster has a decent layout, and I like the centrifuge effect while circling the moon, but it’s not my favorite Disney coaster. I’d like the whole thing better if they’d lose the Guardians theme and let it fit in with rest of World Discovery/Celebration/Nature.
UNCgolf
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It would absolutely be a better ride without the Guardians IP, which is why I think it was a poor effort by WDI.
Guardians is a fantastic IP; it was the best part of the MCU. Cosmic Rewind doesn't remotely do it justice (Mission Breakout is actually a better Guardians attraction from an IP standpoint).
They built a fun coaster, but they really misfired on everything surrounding the coaster except for music.
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Chef Mickey
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Best ride at EPCOT?
UNCgolf
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Spaceship Earth, despite the current poor descent and weaker narration. Everything else about it is just so good.
If I was only allowed to ride one attraction at current EPCOT it would be SSE.
Chef Mickey
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I agree.
Tjaden
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Easily
Mireille
Premium Member
Hard agree. SSE is probably my favorite ride in Disney World. That, Horizons and World of Motion are probably what sparked my love for Disney World. More robots > more thrills > more screens in my book.
It wasn’t as dramatic, but was better than what replaced it.
Paris ToT shows it could have been improved instead of reskinning it.
GigglesMcSnort
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Reading comments like these, makes me think people's preference is more about ride type than anything else. Some people prefer faster rides (like Guardians) and other people prefer slow rides (like SSE), and I get the impression there's very few people that actually like both.
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Jrb1979
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I like both but I feel Disney is at its best with high themed dark rides. IMO they aren't good with thrills.
Mireille
Premium Member
I like both, but slow rides feel more Disney to me (right or wrong.) I realize SM and BTMRR are as traditional Dinsey as Pirates, but audio animatronics is what Disney really introduced to the theme park formula. I can ride a roller coaster almost anywhere but only at Disney World can I see some schmoe in robot form recount cutting edge technology from a century ago and feel entertained.
Jrb1979
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Agreed. The thing about coasters is other parks do them much better.
UNCgolf
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I don't disagree -- my original point was just that Mission Breakout is a better Guardians attraction than Cosmic Rewind. I wasn't really commenting on whether it was better or worse than the DCA Tower of Terror.
Gotcha
OrlandoRising
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If you're talking about something like IncrediCoaster or Slinky Dog Dash, then you have a point. Cosmic Rewind is on a different planet (pun intended) technologically compared to what you'd find anywhere else.
Mireille
Premium Member
Yeah, but I'm not really a coaster enthusiast so I probably don't appreciate all the moves it makes. Plus the coaster arms race will I'm sure outpace it sooner than we imagine, like the Donkey Kong coaster using a Kuka arm that's supposed to be coming from Universal.
UNCgolf
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Yeah, that's the thing -- it's not going to be the newest, most impressive coaster for very long.
Obviously that's not going to make it worse; it will still be a fun coaster. But I think WDI completely dropping the ball on the theme aspect of the attraction may become more noticeable to the average guest down the line.
Smugpugmug
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I really like Guardians as a ride but the theming and story are mediocre at best.
As far as coasters go in Florida, I greatly prefer Velocicoaster, Hagrid's and Iron Gwazi at Busch Gardens Tampa. I would 100% ride any of those 3 over Guardians any day of the week.
As far as coasters go in Florida, I greatly prefer Velocicoaster, Hagrid's and Iron Gwazi at Busch Gardens Tampa. I would 100% ride any of those 3 over Guardians any day of the week.