Honestly, how bad is the Green Line for Mission:Space?

mcompanik

mcompanik

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I get queasy easily and the thing that helps me are ginger pills. I take 1 15 minutes prior to the ride and I haven't had any problems. My DS is the same way and they help him too. You can get them any place that sells vitamins.
 
HappyCamper

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Bairstow said:
I've also ridden both and If I'm not mistaken, Green still rocks you side-to-side and back and forth. The only thing it's missing is the simulated G-force acceleration part, which, if you look straight forward like you're supposed to, isn't the element that gets you queasy.

In my opinion, both versions are extremely lame, but at least orange has the virtue of being a little unique. If you think you might get sick, I'd just send your son through orange and wait until he comes out. That way, he gets to ride the "good" version and you don't ruin your afternoon for the sake of Disney's most disappointing attraction.
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That's a good point- I'm thinking I'll give him the option to ride green with Mom or ride orange all on his own-if I can at least walk him through the line then he might go for the Orange to have the full experience.
 
HappyCamper

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Evil Genius said:
I'm very susceptible to motion sickness and was reticent to ever venture near Mission Space, however last summer I finally just broke down and tried the Orange side and to my surprise experienced zero issues.

Which is hysterical because the Tea Cups make me violently ill to this day.
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Wow- that's amazing that you made it through Orange. The T-cups are the worst though-neither my husband or I can make it through that ride without a queasy stomach.
 
s8film40

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HappyCamper said:
Wow- that's amazing that you made it through Orange. The T-cups are the worst though-neither my husband or I can make it through that ride without a queasy stomach.
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There is a big difference between a ride that spins and a ride that uses spin to create g-forces. Typically having issues with rides that spin has no bearing on how Mission Space will affect you.
 
U

UpAllNight

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Didn't feel like this warranted a new thread, but would it really harm Disney to upgrade those fuzzy old screens and film to 4K? A change of film, and the sequences would be I suspect a very easy and cheap way to refresh an ageing 'futuristic' attraction.
 
punkabella

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Definitely try green, though I like your idea of giving him the choice of letting him do orange alone... My friend who hates ST because she feels icky afterwards said that MS was "not bad" and is glad she did it, but she wasn't hopping up and down waiting to do it again afterwards.

To explain this MS versus teacup experience, my husband said the following:
Motion sickness is usually set on by visuals doing different things than what you feel. The Mission Space "it makes sense" to your brain. They very accurately reproduce the feeling of what your eyes are seeing. Teacups don't. You feel spinning on 2 loops with pulses, but your eyes see only 1 direction of turning. That is what makes you sick.
 
blueboxdoctor

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I felt sick after a couple minutes on it, but I also don't do well with motion simulators (surprisingly, the star wars one last time didn't get me sick). Plus, it's in a tight little shuttle type thing, so I was feeling claustrophobic as well (which I usually don't feel, but being strapped in an uncomfortable chair in a small little area that was moving around really got to me). It was one of those rides where after a couple minutes I could not wait to get off (and as I did the exit for both sides go into one area and some of the people from the more intense side were not looking so good).

Like I said, I'm not very good with motion simulators or even when people drive like idiots and I'm the passenger I have started to get sick (and unlike a car, I did not have the option to drive the simulator).
 
awheartsdw

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aw14 said:
I have done orange without issue, and me and my 12 year old DD do green without any adverse effects. That said, my DW (@awheartsdw) didn't like green at all after doing it once. It truly is a subjective issue
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This is true, but I still went on just to give it one more shot. I could truly give or take this ride.
 
DisneyJunkie

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I've always found it funny that they felt the need to put in a "less intense" side of MS. Apart from feeling the G-forces on you, you really don't feel any spinning whatsoever. I really enjoy MS, but wouldn't necessarily even consider it a "thrill" attraction......it's just something there that's cool and fun to ride.
 
ScarletBegonias

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I loved Mission Space. I did the regular version (not sure what color it is?? it was ten years ago) but my mom said I came out white as a ghost. She made me sit for awhile. Like others have said, I really could NOT tell we were "spinning" the sensations that I felt matched perfectly to what was on the screen.
 
RonAnnArbor

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One thing to keep in mind -- the Green Line's tilting back and forth and side to side is NOT what makes you queezy on the Green side, stop looking at the screen. Just close your eyes and enjoy the mild tilting. If you get dizzy at all on the Green side it is from the CGI stop-motion video, not from the mild tilting of the machines. The orange line, on the other hand, increases the puke factor from the spinning which your inner ear can't handle.
 
Goofyernmost

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theNmaster2000 said:
I haven't ridden green in two years (I starting going on orange and won't go back), but I recall it being essentially close up Star Tours.
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Not really, it doesn't have near the motion of Star Tours in my opinion.

Evil Genius said:
I'm very susceptible to motion sickness and was reticent to ever venture near Mission Space, however last summer I finally just broke down and tried the Orange side and to my surprise experienced zero issues.

Which is hysterical because the Tea Cups make me violently ill to this day.
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Tea Cups is a double whammy due to the fact that not only are you spinning but you have visual confirmation that you are doing so and it is very disorienting. That is what causes some motion sickness. Mission Space Orange is spinning but it is in a bigger circle and you do not have visual confirmation or even physical confirmation of the spin, just the feeling of pressure pushing you into the seat and weightlessness when it stops or slows down. Green has no spinning at all, just movement up, down and dips to the left and right.
 
Goofyernmost

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DisneyJunkie said:
I've always found it funny that they felt the need to put in a "less intense" side of MS. Apart from feeling the G-forces on you, you really don't feel any spinning whatsoever. I really enjoy MS, but wouldn't necessarily even consider it a "thrill" attraction......it's just something there that's cool and fun to ride.
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The need came from public reaction. In it's first or second year, two people died on the ride due to pre-existing conditions. That didn't stop the public from panic and they stayed away in droves out of fear. (Now that made it a thrill ride... ride and hope not to die) The stationary green side brought people with inner ear motion problems back as well as those that really felt that it was the spinning that caused the deaths. For those that died it was a ride that they probably shouldn't have ridden but decided to ignore the warning signs and went anyway. I'm glad they have both sides and I do either one depending on my mood.
 

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