Mission:Space WAS open to the public tonight (July 17th).
They now have 3 centrifuges running. Boy, does the line sure move fast now! With the indoor queue full, the wait was less than 10 minutes. (no FastPass yet)
They also began using the "Single Rider" line. (There was zero wait for that line)
The CM's still need to fine tune their "grouping" skills on this ride. In many cases, they were filling entire rows with single riders . In other cases, they had two or more "preshow area" doors open at the same, and would send one group to the left, another group to the right, throw in a single rider or two, then send another group to the left, etc. It looked pretty chaotic. But, again, they were moving people through quickly.
Just to confirm, the ride has NOT been "toned down" at all in the month its been testing (even centrifuge #3 was at full cheek-rattling speed)
For each seat, there are two blacklights- one overhead and another shining on the joystick panel. I noticed quite a few of them were out.
In the most-recently opened centrifuge (red) I noticed that the seat bottom actually rumbles during lift-off. Don't know if this is new, the others have been broken, or if I just never noticed it before.
With centrifuge "red" open, you now have a much longer walk through the exit hallway to the postshow. I noticed the new musical score. Definitely hoping someone will record the whole loop and post it online.
I lingered around for a while just to see people's reactions. Not a single person appeared ill.
Both times I rode tonight, there was at least one 7-9 year old child in my capsule. Both times, the kids would say something like "that was the best!", "lets do it again!", or "I loved that!". Say what you want about the demise of Horizons or Disney's recent thrill ride trend or M:S making people sick----- for a small child to be that gleeful about something at stuffy-adult-oriented Epcot--- Disney has certainly succeeded in attracting a new audience. Those kids will no doubt be begging their parents to go back to Epcot, something that hasn't happened in a long long time.
They now have 3 centrifuges running. Boy, does the line sure move fast now! With the indoor queue full, the wait was less than 10 minutes. (no FastPass yet)
They also began using the "Single Rider" line. (There was zero wait for that line)
The CM's still need to fine tune their "grouping" skills on this ride. In many cases, they were filling entire rows with single riders . In other cases, they had two or more "preshow area" doors open at the same, and would send one group to the left, another group to the right, throw in a single rider or two, then send another group to the left, etc. It looked pretty chaotic. But, again, they were moving people through quickly.
Just to confirm, the ride has NOT been "toned down" at all in the month its been testing (even centrifuge #3 was at full cheek-rattling speed)
For each seat, there are two blacklights- one overhead and another shining on the joystick panel. I noticed quite a few of them were out.
In the most-recently opened centrifuge (red) I noticed that the seat bottom actually rumbles during lift-off. Don't know if this is new, the others have been broken, or if I just never noticed it before.
With centrifuge "red" open, you now have a much longer walk through the exit hallway to the postshow. I noticed the new musical score. Definitely hoping someone will record the whole loop and post it online.
I lingered around for a while just to see people's reactions. Not a single person appeared ill.
Both times I rode tonight, there was at least one 7-9 year old child in my capsule. Both times, the kids would say something like "that was the best!", "lets do it again!", or "I loved that!". Say what you want about the demise of Horizons or Disney's recent thrill ride trend or M:S making people sick----- for a small child to be that gleeful about something at stuffy-adult-oriented Epcot--- Disney has certainly succeeded in attracting a new audience. Those kids will no doubt be begging their parents to go back to Epcot, something that hasn't happened in a long long time.
. I don't want the troubles that Test Track had at first.