News Guardians of the Galaxy Cosmic Rewind attraction confirmed for Epcot

[Giss Neric]

I don't think virtual queues are necessary and should not be implemented. The ride is high capacity and rollercoasters in general are not prone to breakdowns like dark rides.

 

[Patcheslee]

Seeing how this ultimately panned out, I am still really surprised that Chapek or D'Amaro didn't take one of the many high profile opportunities this year to make this announcement.

Maybe they didn't want to be asked about ILL and price.
I wouldn't be surprised if they used the opportunity for break the $15 ceiling.

 

[lazyboy97o]

You don’t need a shoulder harness for upside-down maneuvers, but as stated, this has none.
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lap bar-only!

Vekoma’s typical inverting coaster also doesn’t have a shoulder restraint. The vest that touches the shoulder on the new Space Mountain (Paris) trains is entirely optional at the request of the park.

 

[ToTBellHop]

Vekoma’s typical inverting coaster also doesn’t have a shoulder restraint. The vest that touches the shoulder on the new Space Mountain (Paris) trains is entirely optional at the request of the park.

I wish they’d make the switch on our RnRC.

 

[ToTBellHop]

Didn’t see it here—early access sneak peaks just for CMs later this month with previews for Cast, family, and friends in early May.

 

[lewisc]

Didn’t see it here—early access sneak peaks just for CMs later this month with previews for Cast, family, and friends in early May.

Will AP previews be before or after friends and family?

 

[ToTBellHop]

Will AP previews be before or after friends and family?

Usually after.

 

[HauntedPirate]

My guess: VQ and ILL to start, to "manage demand". Can't have the poors riding the newest stuff just yet, they just create long lines and complain about things.

 

[marni1971]

And now we have that date!

Yep. If they can pull it off.

 

[monothingie]

Yep. If they can pull it off.

5 years to build and a dramatically less complicated ride system and it still might be the dumpster fire of reliability that ROR was when it opened?

 

[doctornick]

I'm not sure how they could possible do ILL only unless they had essentially perfect reliability. Having ILL in addition to some sort of standby (whether boarding groups or just a regular standby) while allotting only a portion of the ride's daily capacity to ILL allows them to sell some ride passes while being able to use full capacity by filling in from standby. And if there is downtime, then you just draw from the ILL line when it returns (and standby is out of luck).

Personally, I fully expect it to be both virtual queue and ILL initially, just like Ratatouille was.

 

[Andrew C]

I cant wrap my head around reliability issues on attractions like these. It’s THAT complicated?

 

[KrzyKtty]

I hope they do the ILL's. Now whether they go in 1 second or not is a different story. But if they stay away from the boarding groups it means that we stand a chance of one way or another getting on the ride. With 2 full days and an extended evening at epcot, without the boarding groups we should realistically be able to find some time to wait out the line if we can't get an ILL

 

[lazyboy97o]

I cant wrap my head around reliability issues on attractions like these. It’s THAT complicated?

Remember, it’s not just the ride controls but also all of the integrated show controls. They’re not just pushing a coaster through a circuit with videos played on a loop. The position of the vehicle triggers not just car rotation but show scenes and effects. All of that needs to be timed for how each train is actually moving.

 

[correcaminos]

I cant wrap my head around reliability issues on attractions like these. It’s THAT complicated?

This one will have a spinning portion that will guide the guests to areas to look at as part of the story. The coaster portion itself seems rather simplistic from the videos I've seen. The spinning doesn't look too fast either though. They also have a reverse launch. Reports I read were less thrilling than RnR or possibly even EE.

 

[lazyboy97o]

This one will have a spinning portion that will guide the guests to areas to look at as part of the story. The coaster portion itself seems rather simplistic from the videos I've seen. The spinning doesn't look too fast either though. They also have a reverse launch. Reports I read were less thrilling than RnR or possibly even EE.

That shouldn’t be too much of an issue. F.L.Y. seems to be doing well.

 

[gorillaball]

5 years to build and a dramatically less complicated ride system and it still might be the dumpster fire of reliability that ROR was when it opened?

"might be"? strong post my man. And it hasn't been 5 years, also was a global pandemic, but don't let facts ruin your strong post of "might be a dumpster fire of reliability".

 

[lewisc]

I wish they’d make the switch on our RnRC.

Is Vekoma offering Disney a zero cost switch?

I cant wrap my head around reliability issues on attractions like these. It’s THAT complicated?

The question may be loading speed. Some guests may take longer then CM and AP guinea pigs.

 

[correcaminos]

That shouldn’t be too much of an issue. F.L.Y. seems to be doing well.

Which coaster? I searched for F.L.Y. and saw a totally different coaster than what GotG will be. But all aside this is Disney

 

[lazyboy97o]

Which coaster? I searched for F.L.Y. and saw a totally different coaster than what GotG will be. But all aside this is Disney

The rotation technology Vekoma used for F.L.Y. is very similar to what they are using for Cosmic Rewind.