Disstevefan1
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I heard Indidival Lighting Lane for Guardians is starting at $17.
Making Money for absolutely nothing.
Well done Bob Chapek, well done..
Making Money for absolutely nothing.
Well done Bob Chapek, well done..
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News Guardians of the Galaxy Cosmic Rewind attraction confirmed for Epcot
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MrPromey
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They may not be doing it as cheaply as they once were but I think it's safe to say they're still ahead of Disney on cost vs. benefit. I think there is zero question that Hagrid's is selling a decent number of tickets all by itself for IOA even years after opening.* (you need only see this one during early entry and look at wait times throughout the day compared to every single other attraction in the park - including the newer Velosicoaster)
As an aside, it had been close to seven years since I'd been to Universal and I was still surprised at how much hold the HP IP still has on guests there with adults and children alike still running around in heavy robes in hot humid Florida weather.
But look at the construction timeline for their one-of-a-kind attraction which included full demolition/dismantling of the previous one, full physical sets and - gasp - animatronics (not the most amazing but at the speed you go by, they don't really need to be, either) vs. how long it took Disney to build an existing ride type in a giant metal box with screens. They promoted this heavily as a "Storytelling coaster" which frankly, based on the video and the reviews seems like an oversell on what may be a fun ride but certainly isn't anywhere near as groundbreaking as Disney wanted people to believe it would be.
*To be clear, I'm not suggesting people come in and do that ride and leave but that ride is the single determining factor in how a decent chunk of people are ending up in that park or buying the hopper passes to be in that park. Of course, that's a subset of the HP fans who are in that park only for the HP land in general, too... the value of this property overall to Universal really boggles my mind.
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MrPromey
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One of the biggest problems with modern WDW (and its fans/resellers) in a nutshell.
Of course this is what they (Disney) want to see.
ToTBellHop
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Are they EARidescent?
Wow!
mightynine
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Are we going to have to re-name this neighborhood World (of) Motion Sickness?
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Gosh. I'm seriously debating if I will go on this now or not. I felt queasy after Smugglers Run!
I plan to take Bonine the night before, but I don't want to feel sick and ruin an entire day... I never feel sick on Space Mountain or other coasters - maybe if I start to feel off I can just close my eyes?
Disneydad1012
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Me too. I'm not so sure I want to risk it. Only rides that make me feel off are FOP and the tea cups. So maybe I'd be ok.
SaucyBoy
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If they're offering vomit bags I definitely won't be able to enjoy this ride, which sucks. What's funny is that I can ride Mako back to back many times, while intoxicated on some occasions and be fine, but put me on something that rotates and I'm done lol.
$450 million for a coaster that either A) Many people won’t even ride, or B) Will ride once and never ride again.
WDI: “Controlled rotation on a roller coaster, what could go wrong?”
WDI: “Controlled rotation on a roller coaster, what could go wrong?”
dig311dug
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This is the problem with modern disney attractions... The most thrilling rides I dig are splash, space and big thunder mountains.
If I wanted thrill rides, I'd go to six flags or one of hundreds of other thrill parks. But I don't dig thrill rides...
Bring back Ellen!
If I wanted thrill rides, I'd go to six flags or one of hundreds of other thrill parks. But I don't dig thrill rides...
Bring back Ellen!
Disstevefan1
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They can program the turning/spinning. If enough folks complain the will tweak it.
When Mission Space opened, the more intensive version spun faster then what we have today and of course we now have two versions, the less intense does not even spin at all.
Not sure if this story is true but when Space Mountain opened at WDW, it went so fast, cars were flying off the track and it was slowed down.
When Mission Space opened, the more intensive version spun faster then what we have today and of course we now have two versions, the less intense does not even spin at all.
Not sure if this story is true but when Space Mountain opened at WDW, it went so fast, cars were flying off the track and it was slowed down.
dig311dug
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The turning and spinning are timed with the video... how would they adjust it?
Disstevefan1
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Obviously the turning toward the screens must stay. I am guessing any other unnecessary spinning or turning can be eliminated or lessened.
Probably not. This is probably the same kind of motion sickness that people get from VR headsets. This ride is not a crazy mouse; the spinning hardly seems extreme. If your eyes are telling you one thing though, and the your body is telling you another, that can affect people in all kinds of weird ways, and some people are just way more sensitive to differences between those two stimuli.
If the screens are tracking the rotation of the cars, then they would need to both significantly tighten the timing between the two, and shoot for really high refresh rates on those screens. That's a technology jump that is more than a few years away still.