Originally posted by DISNEYRULES!!!
To what attration are you refering to?
O yeah. And another thing, four poeple to a pod right? how are they going to make everybody get on the ride? Isn't the line going to be really long?? Just wondering. I don't kno how many pods there are. So maybe that's where I went wrong. Other than that I can't wait to ride it!!! :sohappy: :sohappy: :sohappy:
This attraction will handle about 2000 guests each hour. There are four guests in each pod, 10 pods on each centrifuge, and 4 centrifuges--160 guests ride during each ride cycle.
I was refering to the attraction Light Magic, a very short lived nighttime parade at Disneyland whose chances of ever being a success were destroyed on its first night of showing, because the media didn't like it. That is why I would never expect Disney to open an attraction without first letting guests experience it in unannounced soft openings. That is why I still expect it to open before the 15th, although I will no longer say Juneish--if that happens, fantastic, but I would definitely be on it being open sometime in late July to its first guests. Perhaps this is where the separation came from among park management, with some saying June, some saying the fall. That could perhaps signify that Disney wants guests to start experiencing this attraction early this summer. This is all speculation, of course, but it seems to me like too many things suggest an earlier than August 15th opening to just be coincidence.
1) Ride video out and pictures released show that ride, preshow, and post show are complete
2) Guests have ridden this attraction
3) Fastpass kiosks installed
4) Disney announces August 15th as date for guests to start experiencing the attraction--and the date the media will undoubtedly be covering this attraction--Disney would never let an attraction like this have its first day of opening on the day guests will hear about the attraction on the news, as if there were any problems, that would be reflected in media reviews
5) Disney tells travel agents to start booking trips for people post August 15th, suggesting they are pretty confident everything will be in working order by then
6) Outdoor signs on
7) Indoor effects, including the Gravity Wheel, turned on
8) First Mission: SPACE pins out
9) Disney has still yet to tell guests the August 15th date is that of a soft opening--all articles sent to guests from Disney indicate August 15th as the "opening". Not debating that October is the grand opening, but disney has been careful with their wording
10) an overall vagueness in everything released by Disney, along with the fact that Disney spokepersons were stating Fall as the opening only days before the summer date was announced, leads me to believe things are changing at a fast pace, and Disney is keen to open this attraction sooner rather than later.
All of these would suggest an earlier opening, of course the other argument is that "disney has said soft openings start August 15th", but I cannot think of one incident with an E-ticket attraction where the attraction has not had several weeks of unannounced soft opening prior to announced openings.