Dinosaur has seen better days

Disgruntled Walt

Disgruntled Walt

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Kamikaze said:
It sucks, its always sucked. I rode before the park ever opened. On the first day paying guests were allowed in. It sucked then. It sucks now. It shakes you back and forth and up and down. There are no thrills, the story doesn't make a lick of sense, and the time spent on waiting for and riding this attraction can be better spent by doing literally anything else. Even sleeping.

Who said it hurts my feelings? The parks being slow is not what you all seem to think it is. Will they be down from 2022? Sure. Will they be 'slow'? Absolutely not.
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I don't really get your passionate hate for this ride, but ok.

I loved it when it was good, and I still love it, even having not ridden it since 2017. I just want them to fix it.
 
BlakeW39

BlakeW39

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Kamikaze said:
It sucks, its always sucked.
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No it didn't.

Kamikaze said:
I rode before the park ever opened. On the first day paying guests were allowed in. It sucked then. It sucks now. It shakes you back and forth and up and down. There are no thrills, the story doesn't make a lick of sense, and the time spent on waiting for and riding this attraction can be better spent by doing literally anything else. Even sleeping.
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Also no. Objectively it was a thrilling attraction. Hence the complaints by parents that it was too scary for young children. It wasn't thrilling because of unusually high speeds or drops, but it had thrilling elements like jump scares and chase sequences. The animatronics were high quality and interesting to watch, with dynamic movements and creature design, and the setting was well fleshed out as a primeval jungle, and even the queue and time travel segment at the start of the ride were immersive. Did the attraction always have flaws... yes. But saying it just sucked and you'd be better off sleeping than going on it is a ridiculous argument you will find very little support for among our peers.
 
Castle Cake Apologist

Castle Cake Apologist

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Kamikaze said:
It sucks, its always sucked. I rode before the park ever opened. On the first day paying guests were allowed in. It sucked then. It sucks now. It shakes you back and forth and up and down. There are no thrills, the story doesn't make a lick of sense, and the time spent on waiting for and riding this attraction can be better spent by doing literally anything else. Even sleeping.

Who said it hurts my feelings? The parks being slow is not what you all seem to think it is. Will they be down from 2022? Sure. Will they be 'slow'? Absolutely not.
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Genuinely curious, what about Dinosaur's incredibly basic story "doesn't make a lick of sense" to you?
 
Kamikaze

Kamikaze

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BlakeW39 said:
No it didn't.



Also no. Objectively it was a thrilling attraction. Hence the complaints by parents that it was too scary for young children. It wasn't thrilling because of unusually high speeds or drops, but it had thrilling elements like jump scares and chase sequences. The animatronics were high quality and interesting to watch, with dynamic movements and creature design, and the setting was well fleshed out as a primeval jungle, and even the queue and time travel segment at the start of the ride were immersive. Did the attraction always have flaws... yes. But saying it just sucked and you'd be better off sleeping than going on it is a ridiculous argument you will find very little support for among our peers.
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'Jump scares' such as? Scary is silly. Its fake. Just like any 'horror' movie or media. Its made up. There's nothing to be 'scared' of.

The OG version of the Carnitaurus was cool, yes. But that doesn't mean the ride and ride system are not awful. It just makes a good animatronic on a bad attraction. The ride system is just as awful in Indy, but Indy has the advantage of it being Indy.

Castle Cake Apologist said:
Genuinely curious, what about Dinosaur's incredibly basic story "doesn't make a lick of sense" to you?
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If the mission is to get the dino and bring him back to the future, why would the point you pick be literally seconds before the meteor impact? You have a time machine, you can pick literally any time. 'Lets pick literally the last second' is dumb, and lazy writing/storytelling.
 
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DisneyCane

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Kamikaze said:
If the mission is to get the dino and bring him back to the future, why would the point you pick be literally seconds before the meteor impact? You have a time machine, you can pick literally any time. 'Lets pick literally the last second' is dumb af, and lazy writing/storytelling.
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Because if you went to an earlier time the ride would be about as exciting as IASW. You can't apply logic like that. I mean, why do we need to be on the vehicle? We aren't driving or navigating. They could have just sent an autonomous vehicle back in time to retrieve the dino. Was the guy from CSI going to get in any less trouble by tacking the mission onto a time travel tour vs. just sending a vehicle back separately?
 
spacemt354

spacemt354

Chili's
Kamikaze said:
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If the mission is to get the dino and bring him back to the future, why would the point you pick be literally seconds before the meteor impact? You have a time machine, you can pick literally any time. 'Let’s pick literally the last second' is dumb af, and lazy writing/storytelling.
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Taking the dinosaur right before they all go extinct would avoid major alterations to the timeline.
 
Andrew25

Andrew25

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Dinosaur is approaching Splash Mountain-esque lack of maintenance:
  • The preshow rooms aren't clean and the projectors are starting to wear out
  • A lot of the walls in the queue (not Disney's fault) are being scrapped/damaged by guests, repairs are slow
  • The obvious effects no longer working as intended/static figures
I still believe that this ride needs to be kept while Moana & Zootoopia are added as additions, not replacements... but if they keep going down this path, might as well rip it out.
 
Kamikaze

Kamikaze

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spacemt354 said:
...to simulate driving through rough terrain.

If you want to say that's not a revolutionary vehicle that's one thing, but saying it's awful because it performs its intended movements makes no sense.
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I realize what its simulating. Just because its simulating something doesn't make it thrilling or a good attraction. It just makes it a concussion inducing trashbox.
 

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