mergatroid
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Hey you love it and I'm pretty certain I will too, that's the main thing.
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Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind SPOILER Thread
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DonaldDoleWhip
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The warehouse is necessary to make it feel like the whole thing is happening across the universe. As many have said, Space Mountain on steroids, with a fantastic, randomized soundtrack you can actually hear.
And I hated the blue box during construction.
Outdoor coaster would have just been an improved Rip Ride Rockit — such an insulting comparison, as Cosmic Rewind is so much more.
lightningtap347
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I definitely don't sit and brood over the price tag while I'm spinning around in space!
Disney needs more up to date experiences. This ride is a good step in adding fun and exciting experiences, as Universal is steamrolling them in that department currently (imo).
Disney needs more up to date experiences. This ride is a good step in adding fun and exciting experiences, as Universal is steamrolling them in that department currently (imo).
yensidtlaw1969
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These issues go hand in hand with eachother. You don't care about the price, but you complain that Disney isn't building enough new attractions.
Disney could have many more "up to date" experiences if they spent that $450 million wisely across a handful of attractions instead of poorly on just one. Consider that you could retrofit the Space Mountain cars to make them spin, play music, and then project Eson on the dome interior and have basically the same ride. It would be just as fun. And it wouldn't cost nearly so much (though it would obviously take some engineering).
This ride is too threadbare to make sense of how much money was spent on it, fun though it may be. For this amount of money it should be the most lavish attraction in history. By several miles.
It's not normal for rides to cost this much. It's extremely rare for a ride to cost even half that much. Something's wrong.
Well, it probably cost 10x more, so. .
DonaldDoleWhip
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Exactly, Cosmic Rewind cost 10x more yet I’d rather ride it 100x more!
RRR is trash, front row aside. It’s aesthetically trash, the theme is trash, lift is trash, ride experience is rough, painful trash; it’s absolutely terrible and an easy skip, whereas Cosmic Rewind is now the highlight of Orlando for many.
SplashJacket
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Incorrect on almost every level.
The clearances required for a rotating vehicle are far greater than simply a forward-moving vehicle. Space Mountain is far too tight to fit meaningful sets and projections. Additionally, adding substantial projection effects would light up the whole mountain. All of this doesn’t consider that the ride wouldn’t be as thrilling or long.
They could add the music easily, but that’s not what makes Cosmic Rewind special—lots of rides have onboard audio. Cosmic Rewind is something special. A truly fantastic ride experience. Degrading the ride and comparing it to a retrofit is silly.
yensidtlaw1969
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Looks like someone didn't read the rest of my post . . .
I dont believe the cost figures. Either they flat out lying, hyperbole to impress guests OR they lumped in a lot of unrelated expenses
There is a difference between requiring some engineering and saying what you suggest won't physi ally fit
lazyboy97o
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Lying to impress who? These aren’t publicly publicized numbers.
yensidtlaw1969
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This isn't a number they're touting to guests. This is an internal number that has been leaked. I almost hope that lots of unrelated expenses were lumped in, though that would suggest Disney is up to some tricky accounting, which wouldn't be good.
The point of my post was, I think pretty obviously, not that Cosmic Rewind as built in EPCOT would physically fit in the Space Mountain dome. The point is that Cosmic Rewind offers little beyond a bare roller coaster with rotating cars that move past projections while playing some 80's tunes. Which is . . . fine, in theory, since people seem to enjoy that, but spending THAT much to get THAT little is criminal.
Hasn't accounting for movie expenses been shady.
I give no credibility to this leak.
yensidtlaw1969
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Nice for you - a lot of people with a lot of credibility have given credibility to this leak. This didn't come from nowhere.
Posters list other projects that could have been funded with the $$$ spent on GotG:CR. I have to assume whatever accounting techniques or poor cost management that caused GotG to br $$$ might result on similar cost issues with other projects.
SplashJacket
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vikescaper
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Having been on this multiple times, I can safely say that this is my current favorite ride on property. Is it perfect? Absolutely not but it sure is a ton of fun!
mergatroid
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When you rode it did you get the impression that loads of people were judging it based on it's price, or just enjoying a really good attraction?
bhg469
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I got boarding group 16 for this morning.. Hopefully I will have time to stop strangers in the queue to discuss just that. We're giving it another go with my in laws today as they have not ridden it.When you rode it did you get the impression that loads of people were judging it based on it's price, or just enjoying a really good attraction?
I guess it makes sense to take advantage of the virtual queue while it's still there. Probably will until tron!