Luigi's Rollickin' Roadsters

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In my dreams the area behind Carthay Circle all the way through Bugs Land to ToT would become a San Francisco themed district. It's hard to believe that a Disney park dedicated to California basically glosses over one the world's most well-known and beloved cities.
 
mickEblu

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Dr. Hans Reinhardt said:
If it's any consolation the theater has been there since opening day and was originally a feature of Bountiful Valley Farm. Bugs Land came a year later after Disney received feedback that the park was "too adult" and lacked enough things for young kids to do. If and when Bugs Land goes off to Yesterland I could see the theater possibly being spared.
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Yeah I remember from my first visit when the park opened in 01. I was very disappointed with DCA 1.0 except for a few things and "It's Tough to be a Bug" was one of them. The park was so bad I didn't go back to DCA until 2010. If a Bugs land ever goes away and they can spare the theater that would be nice. I kind of assumed it would have to go if a big people eating E ticket were to take over A Bugs land.
 
Bairstow

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Dr. Hans Reinhardt said:
In my dreams the area behind Carthay Circle all the way through Bugs Land to ToT would become a San Francisco themed district. It's hard to believe that a Disney park dedicated to California basically glosses over one the world's most well-known and beloved cities.
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That is hard to believe, especially since it's not true.

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While the wharf area does have Boudin and now Ghirardelli in it, it is distinctly themed after Monterey (in particular Cannery Row) and not San Francisco. Check out the little windows around Boudin some time, there's some unique CA history in them about the sardine industry. The Pacific Wharf Canning Co. overhead is actually a direct copy of the one in Monterey-
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The park had a bit more San Francisco going on in its original form with the Palace of Fine Arts rotunda and the Golden Gate Bridge. One is now gone and the other is no longer a recreation but a faint whisper of a tribute to the structure. The only thing San Francisco has going on in DCA these days is the facade of homes which house a bathroom and a small unthemed shop named after something in San Fran (Embarcadero Gifts).
 
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MoonRakerSCM said:
While the wharf area does have Boudin and now Ghirardelli in it, it is distinctly themed after Monterey (in particular Cannery Row) and not San Francisco. Check out the little windows around Boudin some time, there's some unique CA history in them about the sardine industry. The Pacific Wharf Canning Co. overhead is actually a direct copy of the one in Monterey-
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The park had a bit more San Francisco going on in its original form with the Palace of Fine Arts rotunda and the Golden Gate Bridge. One is now gone and the other is no longer a recreation but a faint whisper of a tribute to the structure. The only thing San Francisco has going on in DCA these days is the facade of homes which house a bathroom and a small unthemed shop named after something in San Fran (Embarcadero Gifts).
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Thanks, I was going to respond that Pacific Wharf is not supposed to represent San Francisco.
 
dweezil78

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Well... I finally got to ride this yesterday as the wait was down to 15 minutes (middle of a fairly busy summer day, so that should say something.) And, man, just don't get it. I don't get what compelled them to remove a ride that was so awful and put in something that -- while not quite as bad and is more fun to watch -- is still a pretty big stinker overall.

It's not a huge space, but it's not a tiny space either. They could have done any number of things with it. The technology behind the ride is not cheap, some thought obviously went into it, but it's just not enjoyable to be on IMO. It's way more fun to watch (once or twice). When you're on it, you almost feel as if you are forced to fake having a good time as to not insult the CMs working the attraction.

Right next door you have the Mater ride and it's so much simpler but it's so much more enjoyable. I will happily wait 15-20 minutes to ride it -- even if my kiddo isn't with me. It's just a fun little ride. I don't understand why they can't get Luigi right.

And here's the thing, it doesn't have to be this awful. I'm sure they can program more exciting/entertaining sequences. At the end when the cars spin for about 8 seconds, everyone seems to love it. Up until then, everyone looks confused. It's like they wait the entire for that one brief moment after watching it happen in line several times. So it's pretty simple I think... just do more of that!
 
Phroobar

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There are three songs and dance sequences the cars do but the sequences are so similar you wouldn't know the difference. Most of the time it feels like you are being jerked around from left to right and you are always facing the same direction. Everyone gets excited when the spin comes at the end. I think it would be better if it had more random movements or some personality in the cars movements. For example, if a few of the cars randomly choose to dance with someone else or flirt with them it could be more interesting. Right now all the cars do exactly the same thing in their square. It's line dancing without any variation.
 
5thGenTexan

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I am sure I will catch some flak for this...

When you go all the time something like Luigi's Rollickin Roadsters is probably boring and a waste of space. If you have NEVER been to a Disney park and you are immersed in Cars in real life and you get to spin around in one of the cars for a minute and a half, it is a big deal. We live an hour an a half from our Six Flags park and even at that we go one time a year, maybe two. My kids, 7 and 5, had a great time on these dancing cars. Since we don't do a lot of park visiting my kids also react differently to the bigger rides differently than people that go all time, even kids.

My 7 year old liked the Matterhorn ride, but said the theming part was scary to her. My 5 year old wants no part of Splash Mountain again, that was about all he could handle. He was a bundle of tight little boy all the way through POTC. He absolutely was terrified on RSR.

Exposure and many times overexposure are the biggest factor in ride quality.
 
mickEblu

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5thGenTexan said:
I am sure I will catch some flak for this...

When you go all the time something like Luigi's Rollickin Roadsters is probably boring and a waste of space. If you have NEVER been to a Disney park and you are immersed in Cars in real life and you get to spin around in one of the cars for a minute and a half, it is a big deal. We live an hour an a half from our Six Flags park and even at that we go one time a year, maybe two. My kids, 7 and 5, had a great time on these dancing cars. Since we don't do a lot of park visiting my kids also react differently to the bigger rides differently than people that go all time, even kids.

My 7 year old liked the Matterhorn ride, but said the theming part was scary to her. My 5 year old wants no part of Splash Mountain again, that was about all he could handle. He was a bundle of tight little boy all the way through POTC. He absolutely was terrified on RSR.

Exposure and many times overexposure are the biggest factor in ride quality.
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A lot of what you are saying is true but I don't think that's the case here. He mentions that he enjoys Maters is which a very simple spinner ride. Just seems that they missed the mark with Luigis. They spent a lot of money on the technology but the experience is underwhelming. As opposed to attractions Like the tea cups or dumbo which are simple tech but a lot more gratifying.
 
dweezil78

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5thGenTexan said:
If you have NEVER been to a Disney park and you are immersed in Cars in real life and you get to spin around in one of the cars for a minute and a half, it is a big deal.
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I of course get what you are saying, but Luigi's really is a bad attraction in its current state. I went with a first-timer yesterday who had a blast on so much and was blown away by the parks, but was resentful towards me the rest of the day for making them go on LRR. :)

This coming from someone who is a huge fan of Teacups, Dumbo, Mater, Astro Orbiter, etc. There is absolutely a place for rides like that, even at a Disney park. LRR is just a case where the designers allowed the tech to come before the guest experience.
 
Curious Constance

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5thGenTexan said:
I am sure I will catch some flak for this...

When you go all the time something like Luigi's Rollickin Roadsters is probably boring and a waste of space. If you have NEVER been to a Disney park and you are immersed in Cars in real life and you get to spin around in one of the cars for a minute and a half, it is a big deal. We live an hour an a half from our Six Flags park and even at that we go one time a year, maybe two. My kids, 7 and 5, had a great time on these dancing cars. Since we don't do a lot of park visiting my kids also react differently to the bigger rides differently than people that go all time, even kids.

My 7 year old liked the Matterhorn ride, but said the theming part was scary to her. My 5 year old wants no part of Splash Mountain again, that was about all he could handle. He was a bundle of tight little boy all the way through POTC. He absolutely was terrified on RSR.

Exposure and many times overexposure are the biggest factor in ride quality.
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One of our favorite family memories of Disney trips is when me, my kids, and husband all went on Splash Mountain together. I sat in the back with my son who was like three at the time, my husband sat in front of us, and my daughter in front of him. My kids are laughing in the picture, having a great time, and my husband was MIA. He was so terrified, he hid in the log, and you can't see him AT ALL in the ride photo. We laugh every time we look at it. LOL
 
5thGenTexan

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dweezil78 said:
I of course get what you are saying, but Luigi's really is a bad attraction in its current state. I went with a first-timer yesterday who had a blast on so much and was blown away by the parks, but was resentful towards me the rest of the day for making them go on LRR. :)

This coming from someone who is a huge fan of Teacups, Dumbo, Mater, Astro Orbiter, etc. There is absolutely a place for rides like that, even at a Disney park. LRR is just a case where the designers allowed the tech to come before the guest experience.
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Well, we went twice. :)
 
5thGenTexan

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Curious Constance said:
One of our favorite family memories of Disney trips is when me, my kids, and husband all went on Splash Mountain together. I sat in the back with my son who was like three at the time, my husband sat in front of us, and my daughter in front of him. My kids are laughing in the picture, having a great time, and my husband was MIA. He was so terrified, he hid in the log, and you can't see him AT ALL in the ride photo. We laugh every time we look at it. LOL
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Those two people in the back are not part of our group.

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5thGenTexan said:
Exposure and many times overexposure are the biggest factor in ride quality.
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Agreed. This is one of the reasons why I'm not motivated to break my neck running from attraction to attraction and often skip rides that have long waits. I've done them all a million times at different Disney parks across the globe, and I'm in the parks so infrequently now that I'm just happy to be there.

That said, Luigi's looks cute, but it doesn't seem like anything I'd ride more than once unless the line was short.
 

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