Disney and Universal: Two very different paths

[BryceM]

As a ride, Mummy > Everest. As a coaster, Everest > Mummy.

Pretty much! The forces on Everest's backwards part are something to behold. It feels like an inversion. The best part of Mummy's coaster track is the pop of airtime after the first launch. Everest still has Mummy beat by a mile when it comes to physical thrills.

 

[Disneyhead'71]

If only Mummy had a "bird on a stick".

 

[RSoxNo1]

If only Mummy had a "bird on a stick".

If only Everest had a bird on a stick

 

[jensenrick]

How would it be dated. Would it be because we have communities living in space? Wait..we don't do we! I know it must be because of our under the sea living areas. Wait...that doesn't exist either. Must be the hovering machines harvesting oranges and overseen by people in towers transported by individual flying craft. Oh, oh...I see a flaw in that one as well. OK, we do currently have a way to visually real time communicate, but pretty small scale.

The only thing that would make it dated is the fact that many of us have seen it a gazillion times. The subject matter is still in the future. We sometimes lose sight of the fact that we are not the only ones that go to WDW. Many go every year for the first time. There would be nothing dated about that attraction to them.

APPLAUSE! I want to like this times a million.

 

[Goofyernmost]

I think it would be dated because if portrayed something which we now know is a giant stretch, and not in our reach. But in a very 1980's way. Haha.

Jules Verne wrote about travel in space. At the time it was thought of as impossible, a giant stretch and not in our reach. We may have temporarily lost interest and the ability to pay for such adventures at this time, but I doubt I would exclude the entire future just because the current "generations" are too busy asking what's in it for me, to expand and see the benefit of always reaching for the impossible.

Remember the words of John F. Kennedy... "We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things. Not because they are easy, but because they are hard." We don't do them now because they are hard and we are afraid of failure.

 

[HakunaMatata89]

UNI has definately stepped it up over the past few years and looks to be keeping on track, i enjoy both sides for what they are but the competative nature between the two seems like it has to start really heating up again soon with all the announcements UNI has been making...hopefully.

 

[nytimez]

Jules Verne wrote about travel in space. At the time it was thought of as impossible, a giant stretch and not in our reach. We may have temporarily lost interest and the ability to pay for such adventures at this time, but I doubt I would exclude the entire future just because the current "generations" are too busy asking what's in it for me, to expand and see the benefit of always reaching for the impossible.

Remember the words of John F. Kennedy... "We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things. Not because they are easy, but because they are hard." We don't do them now because they are hard and we are afraid of failure.

I have a different theory as to why we don't do it now, but it's far too political to post here. I will leave it at this: We don't do it now not because it's difficult or because we're afraid of failure, but because we lack vision.

Our leaders - on both sides - are petty, small-minded and cheap.

But watch the outrage when people wake up one day after a weeklong self-induced diabetic coma and find China has a colony on the moon.

 

[misterID]

Jules Verne wrote about travel in space. At the time it was thought of as impossible, a giant stretch and not in our reach. We may have temporarily lost interest and the ability to pay for such adventures at this time, but I doubt I would exclude the entire future just because the current "generations" are too busy asking what's in it for me, to expand and see the benefit of always reaching for the impossible.

Remember the words of John F. Kennedy... "We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things. Not because they are easy, but because they are hard." We don't do them now because they are hard and we are afraid of failure.

Commercial Space Flight will be a reality, as will an acting space station for extremely wealthy tourists. That's why I think Virgin should sponsor a SPACE/Horizon's pavilion. Richard Branson is everything that Horizon's used to talk about. Even underwater cities. He's looking into that, too.

 

[marni1971]

As a ride, Mummy > Everest. As a coaster, Everest > Mummy.

I dare say its a personal thing. Everest as a ride is good but has far too many spirals for me to be a truely worthwhile coaster.

Theming wise the ride itself is such a fail, and again could be so awesome with not much more effort.

ROTM has a strong theme and chronological story (that could be better expressed) but as an experience trounces EE IMHO. Tech wise its light years ahead, and just imagine if it received a generous budget to be plussed...

 

[nytimez]

just imagine if it received a generous budget to be plussed...

Is this truly a "just imagine" or is this something that's a real possibility?

 

[Bairstow]

I dare say its a personal thing. Everest as a ride is good but has far too many spirals for me to be a truely worthwhile coaster.

Theming wise the ride itself is such a fail, and again could be so awesome with not much more effort.

ROTM has a strong theme and chronological story (that could be better expressed) but as an experience trounces EE IMHO. Tech wise its light years ahead, and just imagine if it received a generous budget to be plussed...

Yeah, it's a pity that other than the backwards section, the coaster portion of Everest never really does anything besides super-long sweeping helices. I guess that's the price you pay for having it contained mostly in the mountain, but it would be nice if it had a proper drop or two.

I can't believe I'm saying this, but what Mummy really needs are some screens. For the coaster/dark ride portion, a lot of the dayglow plywood stuff could be replaced with those newfangled OLED screens that can do near-perfect blacks. Animated egypt ghost beasties or whatever would look a lot better than static, flat painted ones.

 

[Disneyhead'71]

I would love to see the Warrior statues replace with AA Warriors crawling out of the pits.

 

[draybook]

Just wanted to throw this into the fray; in 2009 we had an issue with behavior of some Pop Warner kids and I wrote an email to Disney about it. I received a response email and phone call within 48 hours from a nice lady to discuss the situation. This year, we had quite a few issues(as witnessed in my TR) and again I sent Disney an email. I sent that email on September 29th, 11 days ago. Nothing, not a single word from them yet. Last night I sent an email to Universal about our time there and received the notification of reception from them. I'll update as to when they reply.

 

[unkadug]

If only Everest had a bird on a stick

If only Everest had a coherent theme.

 

[unkadug]

Just wanted to throw this into the fray; in 2009 we had an issue with behavior of some Pop Warner kids and I wrote an email to Disney about it. I received a response email and phone call within 48 hours from a nice lady to discuss the situation. This year, we had quite a few issues(as witnessed in my TR) and again I sent Disney an email. I sent that email on September 29th, 11 days ago. Nothing, not a single word from them yet. Last night I sent an email to Universal about our time there and received the notification of reception from them. I'll update as to when they reply.

It could be that Disney is so overwhelmed with negative mail that they cannot keep up.

 

[Bairstow]

If only Everest had a coherent theme.

What's wrong with Everest's theme?

 

[draybook]

It could be that Disney is so overwhelmed with negative mail that they cannot keep up.

Lol, I didn't want to be the one to say it but I was thinking it.

 

[unkadug]

What's wrong with Everest's theme?

It's all build-up and no show.

 

[ToTBellHop]

If only Everest had a coherent theme.

If only Everest had something covering its butt. If one of my students was dressed like Everest, I'd call security.

Obscene.

 

[ford91exploder]

Jules Verne wrote about travel in space. At the time it was thought of as impossible, a giant stretch and not in our reach. We may have temporarily lost interest and the ability to pay for such adventures at this time, but I doubt I would exclude the entire future just because the current "generations" are too busy asking what's in it for me, to expand and see the benefit of always reaching for the impossible.

Remember the words of John F. Kennedy... "We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things. Not because they are easy, but because they are hard." We don't do them now because they are hard and we are afraid of failure.

Well Said!, As a society we have become overly concerned with image, and no one wants their image associated with a failure. We don't value those who DO things we value those who LOOK good otherwise whyintheh--- would we as a society be obsessed with that K obsessed family - who appear to have no useful talents whatsoever other than being famous, going to parties and looking good.

American kids want to be athletes and entertainers fields where for a few the rewards are disproportionate to the effort involved, Relatively few want to become scientists, engineers, doctors, The rest go to college and take general studies because after all the world owes you a six figure job after you go to college right???,

The kids who take the hard subjects, do the unpaid internships and work their butts off are derided and are the butt of jokes. Is it any wonder that we are being surpassed by China, Europe, India and Russia where these talents are valued over mere 'performers'