3PO from the past. In the same way that HP rides have dead characters like Voldemort, Bellatrix, and Dumbledore.
Fair.As of yet, ST is still the best SW attraction in the galaxy.
The Millennium Falcon wannabe is to ST what Journey into YOUR Imagination is to Imagination 1.0. A revved up, teched up, gimmicky sequel that falls flat.
Management with risible predictability falling for the same trendy design line that they've fallen for for four decades now: 'today's guests want to be active/interactive/have the show be about them!'
The result is always disappointing. Emotionally flat instead of engaging. After your first two rides, who would choose another ride of pushing flashing buttons at Smugglers over being tossed about all over the SW universe in Star Tours? Good old Tony Baxter's rides stand the test of time on his simple ability to identify the fun in a ride and pushing that.
There is room for both SR and ST. Even more if both rides had been great. Although I assume that during the planning of the subject of two SW flight simulators in the same two parks must have come up. Maybe they considered it akin to having singing robot birds and singing robot bears sit back-to-back, as in the MK. Or maybe conjuring up novel ways to sit guests in front of a screen showing Disney IP is simply the best today's WDI can come up with. But my hunch is that all parties assumed ST to get converted into another property at some point.
I only quoted this part because I agreed with everything thereafter. I will even agree with this if you're referring to ST 1.0, otherwise, currently the best SW attraction in the galaxy right now is Hyperspace Mountain.As of yet, ST is still the best SW attraction in the galaxy.
Hyperspace is awesome! I did both the DL and DLP versions. But...Hyper Mountain is still not as awesome as Space Mountain is. I love Hyper as a temporary overlay.
Hondo
Hakuna matata, my friend! I do personally prefer ST 1.0, but if it makes any sense at all, I don't disagree with you that 2.0 was a good redo. I like 2.0 a lot, too. The graphics and imaging are an enormous leap forward. The 3D effect is okay. The 3PO animatronic is excellent. And yet...it just seems to fall short of the original as a whole. Maybe it's the fun and whimsy changing, maybe it's the hokey charm of the original, maybe it's even just my nostalgia (although I don't think so, because my daughters have only ridden 2.0 and I showed them the 1.0 film on YouTube, and they both wish they could ride 1.0...you should hear my youngest yell, "Artoo, lightspeed to Endor!!") but 1.0 just seems to me to be the pinnacle, again as a whole.
You know what ST has? Boarding ramps!
in a perfect world, one of the six modules would still play ST1. (And of of the three hangars would play Soarin' 1...)
And as far as Soarin' goes, DCA brought Cali back for the summer...should have been permanent there, and like you said, in at least 1 theater in Epcot.
I don't know why they don't do this to be honest, it literally adds another ride in the park.
