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EPCOT Guardians of the Galaxy Cosmic Rewind attraction confirmed for Epcot

MisterPenguin

MisterPenguin

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More FYI, y'all...

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jaxonp

jaxonp

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UNCgolf said:
Not to drag this completely off-topic, but just wanted to say that I think you're the first other person I've seen express this opinion here.

I haven't actually been on Shanghai's Pirates, but while it does look cool and the screens are integrated pretty well with physical sets and effects... there's still far too much happening solely on the screen. I don't ride a ride to watch something happen on video in front of me. I'm sure it's fun but it doesn't appear to remotely justify the cost IMO; Disney has built much better rides for less.
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Shanghai pirates was more wow for me that RotR.
 
UNCgolf

UNCgolf

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jaxonp said:
Shanghai pirates was more wow for me that RotR.
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That's understandable; plenty of people love it. I've never been on a ride that relies heavily on watching a video on a screen that's overly wowed me, though, and I can't imagine Shanghai's Pirates would be any different. The Shanghai Pirates system is certainly preferable to something that's just a simulator -- I'm not opposed to them using it for something else -- but it's incredibly unlikely it would really move the needle for me. People think Forbidden Journey is one of the best rides in the world and it didn't do much for me either.
 
jaxonp

jaxonp

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UNCgolf said:
That's understandable; plenty of people love it. I've never been on a ride that relies heavily on watching a video on a screen that's overly wowed me, though, and I can't imagine Shanghai's Pirates would be any different. The Shanghai Pirates system is certainly preferable to something that's just a simulator -- I'm not opposed to them using it for something else -- but it's incredibly unlikely it would really move the needle for me. People think Forbidden Journey is one of the best rides in the world and it didn't do much for me either.
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It probably the best integration of old meets new. The boat moving forwards, backwards, turning around, speeding up and slowing down at times takes classic pirates to the next level. I have no doubt people would be torn on between what they liked more at WDW if it were here. My only hope is they ride system makes it’s way to the US one day soon. It’s incredible.
 
UNCgolf

UNCgolf

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jaxonp said:
It probably the best integration of old meets new. The boat moving forwards, backwards, turning around, speeding up and slowing down at times takes classic pirates to the next level. I have no doubt people would be torn on between what they liked more at WDW if it were here. My only hope is they ride system makes it’s way to the US one day soon. It’s incredible.
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The ride system itself seems excellent. If they would dump the screens and use all AAs/physical sets I'd be completely on board.

Or use the screens as background supplements like in Na'vi River Journey (and Rise too, I think... still haven't been on it). It's not that I think Shanghai's Pirates is bad -- a lot of it looks fantastic. There's just a few too many scenes that rely on watching something happen in a video as you float by.
 
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BrianLo

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SplashZander said:
Having gone to all the parks, I think Shanghai Pirates is the best ride in the world, and RotR is the best attraction in the world. Everything else is distantly below that.
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This is the exact same conclusion I've come to! Maybe not the distant part, there is lots of fondness for other attractions.

But firmly they are one and two.
 
IMDREW

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One of the best thing that ride system can do is make the boats speed up and slow down when needed. In the segment just before meeting Davey Jones, the boat speeds up and you can feel it. It adds so much more tension to the scene you cant experience on YouTube.
 
jaxonp

jaxonp

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IMDREW said:
One of the best thing that ride system can do is make the boats speed up and slow down when needed. In the segment just before meeting Davey Jones, the boat speeds up and you can feel it. It adds so much more tension to the scene you cant experience on YouTube.
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Exactly. Need to comment on the scope, scale and massiveness of the ride scènes that truly can’t be comprehended on YouTube either. The scene when you’re coming up from under the water to the surface is the the best use of screen tech I’ve seen. Magic.
 
UNCgolf

UNCgolf

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jaxonp said:
Exactly. Need to comment on the scope, scale and massiveness of the ride scènes that truly can’t be comprehended on YouTube either. The scene when you’re coming up from under the water to the surface is the the best use of screen tech I’ve seen. Magic.
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For me, though, it's the screens themselves. I don't need to be on it in person to know that -- it's a constant across all rides. Even a ride like Flight of Passage is fun but not anything special to me.

That's not a limitation of the ride system, though (they could use the same ride system without screens), and it's something personal. I don't expect everyone else to feel the same way, but whenever I'm watching something happen on a screen I feel like I could just be at home watching on my couch -- it's why I like riding Na'vi River Journey more than FoP.

With that said, all the other parts of the ride look phenomenal.
 
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jaxonp

jaxonp

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UNCgolf said:
For me, though, it's the screens themselves. I don't need to be on it in person to know that -- it's a constant across all rides. Even a ride like Flight of Passage is fun but not anything special to me.

That's not a limitation of the ride system, though (they could use the same ride system without screens), and it's something personal. I don't expect everyone else to feel the same way, but whenever I'm watching something happen on a screen I feel like I could just be at home watching on my couch. All the other parts of the ride look phenomenal, though.
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You have two full size pirate ships duking it out surrounded by 30 foot tall screen backdrop on all sides at home? ;)
 
UNCgolf

UNCgolf

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jaxonp said:
You have two full size pirate ships duking it out surrounded by 30 foot tall screen backdrop on all sides at home? ;)
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That's not really the scene I'm talking about -- the screen is more of a supplement to the actual ships in that one -- although it also kind of misses the point. If the main focus is on watching something happen on the screen, that's what it feels like I could watch at home.

I'm certainly not saying other people are wrong to feel differently, but that experience just doesn't translate for me. There's no reason to think it would be different on Shanghai Pirates than every other ride that wows people with screens.
 

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