EPCOT Guardians of the Galaxy Cosmic Rewind attraction confirmed for Epcot

Bill in Atlanta

Bill in Atlanta

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UNCgolf said:
I was pretty surprised by the moon. I actually think the ride would be better without it -- it just sits there with nothing happening and it completely throws off the scale, because the way you rotate around it doesn't make sense unless it was actually supposed to be a very small asteroid and not a moon.

I'm not sure what they were trying to do there but it doesn't work. It's a place where I wonder if the original plans called for something else and they were cut into what we ended up with, because at best it's superfluous as it exists now.
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I was reading old posts from around the soft opening, and this is the one I disagree with the most. I'm convinced the slingshot around the moon is a top-3 coolest effect in all of WDW history, and I've been going since the early 80s!

I was also amused that most of the posts from around that time centered on the gift shop appearing too bland and whether the exit being plain was good or part of the theme. This despite a few people had actually been on the ride already and were talking about how fun it was. Nobody was replying to them or asking questions about the ride; it was mostly arguing over insignificant details that had nothing to do with the actual ride 🤣 Gotta love this place..
 
Professortango1

Professortango1

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Bill in Atlanta said:
I was reading old posts from around the soft opening, and this is the one I disagree with the most. I'm convinced the slingshot around the moon is a top-3 coolest effect in all of WDW history, and I've been going since the early 80s!

I was also amused that most of the posts from around that time centered on the gift shop appearing too bland and whether the exit being plain was good or part of the theme. This despite a few people had actually been on the ride already and were talking about how fun it was. Nobody was replying to them or asking questions about the ride; it was mostly arguing over insignificant details that had nothing to do with the actual ride 🤣 Gotta love this place..
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I think, for me, it's because the ride is pretty straightforward. It's a fun Disney-level coaster with projection screens like Ghost Galaxy or Hyperspace Mountain. It's fun to ride, but not a lot of scenes or elements to discuss. It feels very Universal Studios to me. Fun, fine, but kind of thin and "good enough." The show building, queue, and gift shop got the focus because they feel like the only tangible parts of the attraction..
 
osian

osian

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Bill in Atlanta said:
I was reading old posts from around the soft opening, and this is the one I disagree with the most. I'm convinced the slingshot around the moon is a top-3 coolest effect in all of WDW history, and I've been going since the early 80s!
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I completely agree, it's my favourite part, especially towards the back of the train. That helix is so cleverly designed.
 
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doctornick

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gerarar said:
Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind officially opened 1 year ago today on May 27, 2022.

The longest virtual queue window was on November 30, 2022 – when the 1pm drop lasted for 7 hours and 30 mins! The park that day was open until 9:30pm, reaching a max of BG 184 called at 8:32pm.

7am drop
  • Quickest: May 28, 2022 with 3.4 secs.
  • Longest: Feb 7, 2023 with 2 hrs 41 mins.
1pm drop
  • Quickest: Aug 1, 2022 with 3.04 secs.
  • Longest: Nov 30, 2022 with 7 hrs 30 mins.
6pm drop
  • Quickest: May 30, 2022 with 2.79 secs.
  • Longest: Oct 31, 2022 with 3 hrs 24 mins

The virtual queue system remains in place to today.

Here is a scatterplot of all the VQ drops for the past year, 364 data points/days of drops total (1 day missing due to Hurricane Ian closure).

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Why is it regularly going in seconds these days after it has been around for so long and crowds are reportedly lower. I don’t think it’s just from Test Tract being closed, is it? It’s interesting seeing how long the windows were a year ago.
 
LSLS

LSLS

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So, one thing I noticed from our trip, people were REALLY angry with the Virtual Que. Our group had a later boarding (we were the only ones who had done this before). They had a 5:00 boarding initially, then watched it keep going up til 7:30. I understand it happens with VQ, but they, as people who had never done this before, were getting upset that they had to keep cancelling plans because it kept changing. Then, we get in line at 7:30, and we are off the ride at 9:15, missing almost all the fireworks. There were a TON of frowns coming off at that point for what I'm assuming is the same reason. Why have a VQ if you are then waiting in line for 1.5 hours anyways? I'm guessing they were just cramming everyone in at the end of the night because they had issues during the day, but it may be time to pull out of these VQs.
 
HauntedMansionFLA

HauntedMansionFLA

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LSLS said:
So, one thing I noticed from our trip, people were REALLY angry with the Virtual Que. Our group had a later boarding (we were the only ones who had done this before). They had a 5:00 boarding initially, then watched it keep going up til 7:30. I understand it happens with VQ, but they, as people who had never done this before, were getting upset that they had to keep cancelling plans because it kept changing. Then, we get in line at 7:30, and we are off the ride at 9:15, missing almost all the fireworks. There were a TON of frowns coming off at that point for what I'm assuming is the same reason. Why have a VQ if you are then waiting in line for 1.5 hours anyways? I'm guessing they were just cramming everyone in at the end of the night because they had issues during the day, but it may be time to pull out of these VQs.
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They need to do away with the VQ. But then you can see the wait times for Tron and Trash Mountain which would be embarrassing for the company.
 
osian

osian

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LSLS said:
So, one thing I noticed from our trip, people were REALLY angry with the Virtual Que. Our group had a later boarding (we were the only ones who had done this before). They had a 5:00 boarding initially, then watched it keep going up til 7:30. I understand it happens with VQ, but they, as people who had never done this before, were getting upset that they had to keep cancelling plans because it kept changing. Then, we get in line at 7:30, and we are off the ride at 9:15, missing almost all the fireworks. There were a TON of frowns coming off at that point for what I'm assuming is the same reason. Why have a VQ if you are then waiting in line for 1.5 hours anyways? I'm guessing they were just cramming everyone in at the end of the night because they had issues during the day, but it may be time to pull out of these VQs.
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Yeah, the way Disney operates them, they aren't really VQs. It's just a booking to enter the standby line at a particular time. It prevents the standby queue getting ridiculously long, as they can control how many join at a particular time, but then again I feel that standby lines are mostly self-regulating. There will be an average queue time beyond which the average guest will not bother. The way they operate FP/Genie+/LL is more like a real VQ!
 

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