EpcotServo
Well-Known Member
Yeah, When Six Flags started getting really generic. "Space Ride". "Food Stand". "Trash Can". "Boat Adventure". I mean..."Land Land"? Really?
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I wish Disney would buy a space shuttle
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Yeah, When Six Flags started getting really generic. "Space Ride". "Food Stand". "Trash Can". "Boat Adventure". I mean..."Land Land"? Really?
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ChrisFL
Premium Member
:ROFLOL: Perfect!
I love M:S too. I only have a few complaints:
1. The queue could be more elaborate.
2. I wish the story was that you are actually going into space, as opposed to being a training mission.
3. The video is a little bit cartoonish looking when you get to Mars, especially at the very end.
WDW Monorail
Well-Known Member
You're counting the wrong way. It's more like 3 G. :animwink:
CDavid
Well-Known Member
I cannot imagine a more fitting fate for Mission Puke-A-Twirl. If this suggestion didn't involve the destruction of a real spacecraft...maybe we could drop a replica, loaded with lead bricks?
Given the grandeur and majesty of space - take a look at even some the least inspiring pictures ever taken by Hubble if you don't know what I'm talking about - and this is the best idea they could come up with? Seriously - a ride which spins you around while you watch a little video monitor is supposed to represent mans greatest frontier? That's just sad.
The apex of Spaceship Earth is a far more thrilling example of space exploration than Mission Space itself.
Jimmy Thick
Well-Known Member
Disney buys a Space shuttle, then people don't go to it, Disney closes it down, and then people come here to complain its gone.
Is that how things work?
Jimmy Thick- Smarter than your average Jimmy!
Is that how things work?
Jimmy Thick- Smarter than your average Jimmy!
EPCOT Explorer
New Member
Oh, gotcha. :wave:
Enough for them to have to bring back a certain Gem shaped building strong enough to withstand future Shuttle droppings. Only logical.
And my first name is Evan...:lol: :shrug: E is a good thing.
stlbobby
Well-Known Member
No, there is a portion of the ride where zero G is simulated. There are also portions where the force of acceleration is felt, but that is pretty standard stuff. I like the floating sensation.
To buy one of the retired space shuttles, there are very strict guidelines. There has to be a climate controlled (very specific climate) building for it to go on before they will even consider selling it.
Wright Patterson Air Foce Museum is currently building another huge hanger just to try to get the space shuttle Atlantis when it is finally retired.
So even if Disney wanted to spend 30 million dollars (i'd MUCH rather have a new attraction), NASA wouldn't sell it to them if they were just going to plop it right outside next to mission space. Especially not during the florida summers where its boiling, pouring, or both.
Wright Patterson Air Foce Museum is currently building another huge hanger just to try to get the space shuttle Atlantis when it is finally retired.
So even if Disney wanted to spend 30 million dollars (i'd MUCH rather have a new attraction), NASA wouldn't sell it to them if they were just going to plop it right outside next to mission space. Especially not during the florida summers where its boiling, pouring, or both.
Buried20KLeague
Well-Known Member
I don't think you're allowed to weigh in on the conversation, Sak... What does a drunk Scot know of space flight?!?!?!? :lol::wave:
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unkadug
Follower of "Saget"The Cult
There is a part of the ride that simulates zero G as well. Both effects are very cool IMO!
E is a good thing.
Especially when it comes to the letter designation of Disney attractions (as in "E" Ticket)!! :wave:
Uncle Lupe
Well-Known Member
That would be a waste, that would be money well spent on Stitch's Great Escape 2.
Pumbas Nakasak
Heading for the great escape.
I know enough to know that its weightless, and the family origins of the small step dude.
I'm pretty sure you are never at zero g. I think that what happens is that you are at high g level, then it goes right to normal, and the tilt the ride forward a bit, you are still at normal gravity, it just feels like you are lighter.
I'm not sure how they would simulate zero G anyway. It's just another really good illusion.
I'm not sure how they would simulate zero G anyway. It's just another really good illusion.
stlbobby
Well-Known Member
On M:S, as you reach orbit you have several moments of simulated zero G. The effect is created by a freefall. I'm not sure of the actual mechanism, but the ride capsule is dropped, obviously in a controlled manner, creating the illusion of zero G.
This is actually an accurate representation, because true zero G is not achieved by orbiting space craft. The craft is in a state of constant freefall. Even on the shuttle zero G is an illusion created by the craft hurtling towards the Earth. The craft is placed at an angle that it constantly falls, but never hits the Earth. This is the way over simplified version.
But back to my original point, I really enjoy the zero G, or constant freefall effect, on M:S.