Okay, so I got to get ride #2 in this morning. This thing was REALLY well storyboarded; in the first ride I was so overwhelmed at how much there is to the experience that I didn't even consider the arc of the film itself. The pacing is damn near perfect; I really could not think of a single thing to improve how the ride experience unfolds.
We got in line at 7:50 and were told to expect a two hour wait. I've got good news here. We ended up spending an hour and a half in line, and we were (slowly) moving for nearly the entire time. If this ride doesn't break down, Fastpass doesn't REALLY stop the standby line. I'm sure we slowed down, but everyone in the group noted a distinct lack of stopping that one finds on rides like Space Mountain, Frozen, and Soarin'. I don't know who ops is selling their souls to, but bravo to them.
This place (and Flight in particular) is CRAZY popular already. We encountered tons of people in line who were just going nuts about it. The general population is eating this place up. River Journey was an absolute hit with my family (more on that in the other thread), despite its flaws.
I have found my one (minor) flaw in the experience. It really isn't THAT important because it's not their fault and there's really nothing they can do about it, but the ride system gets loud. You can hear the whirring of the machinery that's bucking you about during some of the portions without music, almost like the sound of a mechanical bull. Again, not that big a deal, but if you want a nitpick, there's my single dislike.
Overall, though, the attraction is still a 10/10. Tower is putting up a good fight, but I think this ties with it in my mind for best attraction at WDW. Certainly the best simulator I've ever been on by a long shot, and will absolutely make my top five overall for a very, very long time. I can't reiterate enough how much of a home run they hit with this one.
