News Guardians of the Galaxy Cosmic Rewind attraction confirmed for Epcot

Bocabear

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Casper Gutman said:
I’d sum it up as CR is a vastly better coaster than Gringotts but Gringotts is a vastly better theme park attraction than CR.

The really glaring failure of the ride in comparison to other, similar attractions is the changing room. As Boca points out, the effect was done spectacularly at a Las Vegas Hilton decades ago. Even with that model, Disney messed up the effect so badly and at such a fundamental level it actually makes one question their competence.
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True dat! I like the ride... It has a few issues, but in general, I think it is a solid attraction...Just needs some tuning....
 
Rich Brownn

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Bocabear said:
There was a much better version of the flying walls trick used at the Star Trek Experience in Vegas... It really was an amazing effect...Smaller room, and the cast were all fully playing their roles as starship team members....It was really well done... but long long gone now....that opened in 1998.
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Same company (Landmark) but that effect included a ceiling that moved in and out as well. I wish I could have experienced that
 
Casper Gutman

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Rich Brownn said:
Same company (Landmark) but that effect included a ceiling that moved in and out as well. I wish I could have experienced that
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It worked beautifully for a lot of reasons CR missed, perhaps the two biggest being that the initial room created a very convincing illusion of being a simulator loading area and that there was a very substantial difference between the first and second version of the room. It was genuinely great.
 
Bocabear

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Rich Brownn said:
Same company (Landmark) but that effect included a ceiling that moved in and out as well. I wish I could have experienced that
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It was amazing...Even the floor changed under your feet....You were in a small pre-boarding room and Flash and whoosh, you were on the deck of the Enterprise and the cast members were all in motion...It felt so believable... amazing attraction....
 
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Touchdown said:
Anyone know if they are putting the Christmas mode on again? I hope they don’t unless we get a better song.
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It should have been more than a song anyway. It wouldn't theoretically be terribly difficult to overlay a Holiday version seeing as how it's mostly screens and projections. Only the exit tunnel would require festive decor. The biggest caveat would be the costs associated with filming a new preshow and lift sequence videos. On-ride audio could be pulled directly from the The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special. The post show projection could be tweaked to give The Guardians of the Galaxy Santa hats and other holiday garb. As for a song choice, maybe McCartney's "Wonderful Christmastime"?

Speaking of preshow: Does anyone suspect they'll be changing it? There's a rumor going around that Disney isn't happy with the way guests respond to Terry Crews's question of "Does anyone know what they call themselves anyway?" with shouted responses of "Drunks" or "Alcoholics!"

Has that been a rampant issue? I guess if they were to redo it they'd have the opportunity to record a holiday version too.
 
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EricsBiscuit

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I wonder if Disney is going to build this ride at another park. An Aladdin ride with the same ride system in Adventureland would be great but anyways I think Tokyo’s new SM might employ this ride system? Not sure
 
Epcot82Guy

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EricsBiscuit said:
I wonder if Disney is going to build this ride at another park. An Aladdin ride with the same ride system in Adventureland would be great but anyways I think Tokyo’s new SM might employ this ride system? Not sure
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While not confirmed, Tokyo SM is assumed to be the next use case. If true, that will be a really good application of this ride system (and hopefully with a simpler, more effective storyline).
 
KikoKea

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I was very surprised when we rode Guardians 3 weeks ago for the first (& 2nd & 3rd) time. I loved how the large screens are used and the movement of the cars rather than just facing forward. The story is simple and the most of the queue is fun. I thought it worked wonderfully and is one of Disney's better efforts in recent years. We had ridden Tron the night before and feared for the worst for another new Disney coaster, but Guardians turned out to be great!
 
Disone

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KikoKea said:
I was very surprised when we rode Guardians 3 weeks ago for the first (& 2nd & 3rd) time. I loved how the large screens are used and the movement of the cars rather than just facing forward. The story is simple and the most of the queue is fun. I thought it worked wonderfully and is one of Disney's better efforts in recent years. We had ridden Tron the night before and feared for the worst for another new Disney coaster, but Guardians turned out to be great!
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Agree, guardians is pretty good. I don't know that it's what space mountain was when it debuted back in the day or even what big thunder was when it debuted back in the day, but that doesn't take away the guardians is very good. Tron is very mediocre.
 

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