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Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind SPOILER Thread
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Guardians of the Galaxy Cosmic Rewind Ride Review
Join us as we blast off to EPCOT and help the Guardians of the Galaxy save Earth in our Guardians of the Galaxy Cosmic Rewind review
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Casper Gutman
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"Simply put, Cosmic Rewind fits into the future vision of EPCOT."Guardians of the Galaxy Cosmic Rewind Ride Review
Join us as we blast off to EPCOT and help the Guardians of the Galaxy save Earth in our Guardians of the Galaxy Cosmic Rewind review
Man, I wish the author would tell us what that is, because I'm pretty sure even Disney doesn't know. Is it alcohol soaked Festivals, large unused carpeted areas, and vaguely justified IP?
Ah... the new attraction "high" lol.
Disney Analyst
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I would also add, often times with Disney the costs wrap in other projects, as well I assume it also includes all R&D done for these new ride vehicles.
I mean, Disney budgets are bloated as it is, but I can also imagine it cost a WHOLE LOT more keeping the UoE building, and retrofitting that instead of just demoing and starting fresh.
You just know once they tore that sucker open a wide array of unknown issues appeared.
The rotating vehicles were developed by Vekoma, so not Disney's R&D on this one.
Anteater
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But, Disney did pick the colors. Gotta give 'em credit for that.
Castle Cake Apologist
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Don't forget, each individual vehicle has unique blaster damage too. I imagine at least half the budget went to that. #DisneyDifference
choco choco
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Word. Dear Disney, how come the story isn’t just: Wanna ride a spaceship?
Casper Gutman
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Something else the ride doesn't have - any visual humor - or really, interesting visuals at all. In the films, when anyone travels through the gates, their faces become comically distorted and they zoom past quick sight gags. None of that. Given that the plot of the ride is "wacky outlaws battle planet-size cosmic deity," the visuals of this ride seem shockingly unimaginative.
Professortango1
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Mission BO has the two Rocket AA's (one for each pre-show room) and the very minor animated Cosmo.
I'm not a big fan of Mission BO and how cheap it feels, but I can't say that Cosmic Rewind fares any better. It just seems like a bigger Ghost Galaxy. We want to go on an adventure WITH the Guardians, not just hear V/O quips. I'd much rather than a Spiderman-style Guardians darkride with action set pieces and AA's.
KIGhostGuy
Active Member
I just can't believe there was no room for animatronics in a $500 million budget. Mission: Breakout had a budget of like three bucks, and they were able to use it to buy one (I guess really two) extremely impressive animatronics. So how can $500 million not get a single one??
peter11435
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Not defending the decision, but mission breakouts budget was able to be almost entirely allocated to the show. They did not have to build a new building and a ride system from the ground up.
Jeremy Geertsema
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Ok, having now been on it five times so far, here are my thoughts!
It’s a really fun coaster! The feeling of the dips of the track combined with the turns is wicked!
My biggest grievance, as some have mentioned, is that you can see the screens quite clearly at times. Particularly the launch room, it is clearly a small room where you can see the top and bottom of the screen in its entirety.
I also second the thoughts about Chris Pratt, he seems very lazy and not into anything that’s happening in his scenes.
I also find some of the audio is not clear, particularly their lines in the second pre show and in the launch room - truthfully have no clue what the characters are saying at times. Like why is Drax talking about chicken in the one pre show?
Other than that, it’s a riot and so much fun! My fave song so far is Conga
It’s a really fun coaster! The feeling of the dips of the track combined with the turns is wicked!
My biggest grievance, as some have mentioned, is that you can see the screens quite clearly at times. Particularly the launch room, it is clearly a small room where you can see the top and bottom of the screen in its entirety.
I also second the thoughts about Chris Pratt, he seems very lazy and not into anything that’s happening in his scenes.
I also find some of the audio is not clear, particularly their lines in the second pre show and in the launch room - truthfully have no clue what the characters are saying at times. Like why is Drax talking about chicken in the one pre show?
Other than that, it’s a riot and so much fun! My fave song so far is Conga
Vegas Disney Fan
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Was it a joint project though? I ran across this post from 2017 the other day (searching for the source of the $450 million budget)…
but it didn’t say if the co-development was specifically for the track or for something else on the ride.
WDI certainly had some involvement. The layout is custom, and the vehicles are obviously custom. But as far as I know, Vekoma had the rotating ride system as a product ready for Disney to use.
How do you find something I wrote 5 years ago when I don’t remember what I did 5 minutes ago?!
That doesn't allow WDI to showcase the immense talents of their Imagineers by creating immersive and diverse stories, leveraging their world-class storytelling and assets to take the consumer places only Disney can, because our consumers demand it.
I don't think my word salad there was quite as impressive as the verbal diarrhea that Disney PR puts out under TheZach's Instagram account but you get the idea.
I resemble that remark, on both sides. I can find random things from 5 years ago but then forget what I wanted to look up 5 minutes ago. Or even 30 seconds ago.
Vegas Disney Fan
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I was looking for the source of the $450 million budget on the original Cosmic Rewind thread and found the thread fascinating, all the predictions and insider info from 2017 (that were spot on) are far more interesting in hindsight.
Ironically I can’t remember what I had for lunch yesterday but can remember most of what I read in that thread.
Eta… since you’re here, is the omnicoaster exclusive to Disney or is it a Vekoma model available to anyone?