The Pho
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The phrasing makes this seem ominous.
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Mickey and Minnie's Runaway Railway confirmed
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Well, they keep missing the date for the Main Street Theater.
No Name
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Rise is definitely more than a simple dark ride, it is a big ambitious dark ride, like you originally asked about.
Haymarket2008
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Rise is 100% a dark ride. Just a next-level iteration of it.
The_Jobu
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I hear good things, but really excited for Railways concept.
po1998
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Should I have to? I’m sure I’m not the only one who has noticed the thread going off the rails.
The_Jobu
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Well the only off topic lately is people talking about off topic, so I don’t think you need to worry about running to teacher.
danlb_2000
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The moderators cannot read every thread. If you feel a thread has gone really off topic, then it's better to report it, then to post in the thread.
po1998
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I'd like to think the offenders would take note, and self police...but I guess I am asking a lot.
Markiewong
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And otherwise its Ratatouille and Mystic Manor in 2014 and 2013. The second being a typical classic Disney darkride.
UNCgolf
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When was the last time they built one at Disney World before RotR?
I've been trying to think and can't come up with anything. They haven't built very many dark rides period in the recent past, and the ones they have built don't have much to them. Little Mermaid, Frozen Ever After, Navi River Journey... I think NRJ is easily the best of those three, but it could/should have been much better and I certainly wouldn't call it ambitious.
I'm probably forgetting something, but what's before those three? Is it all the way back to Winnie the Pooh, which isn't a good ride either? Do we have to go back to EPCOT in the 1980s for the last time they built a great dark ride in Orlando prior to RotR?
Steph15251
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Nemo ,you are forgetting that.dinostar is a dark ride too but that was from the 90’s so was test track .
doctornick
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For what you are going for, I think the answer is Great Movie Ride in 1989.
doctornick
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Without putting words into people's mouths, I think folks are asking about rides that are akin to "classic" Disney rides like Pirates, Haunted Mansion, Spaceship Earth, etc where the vehicle movement is limited and more of a conveyance to bring you between scenes and the experience is more about what you are seeing (observing) rather than your physical movement.
Rise (the main ride) is obviously a dark ride, but there is some element of "thrill" based on the nature of the experience of being integrated into the story as opposed to passively observing what is going on. As a contrast, it's not like the pirates attack you on POTC.
However, I'm not sure MMRR is going to be that passive. Yes, less than ROTR but should be more comparable to other trackless rides like Ratatoulle and Mystic Manor which have some element of being "frantic" in movement and having you be more interacting with the environment. At least I think based on insider's descriptions of the ride. Just my guess.
Ironically the original criteria for a dark ride was it had to be lit with ultraviolet light.
Indeed.
UNCgolf
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I wouldn't consider Test Track a dark ride and Nemo is another terrible one, but I did forget to mention it. Dinosaur is borderline -- I could see calling it a dark ride, but I think it's probably got too much movement to qualify as a classic one. Doesn't it have a height requirement?
I think you're right. Which is crazy. Hard to believe it was 30 years between great dark rides in Orlando.
CastAStone
5th gate? Just build a new resort Bob.
Isn't' the answer Navi River Journey no matter how you look at it?
awoogala
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We did the nav'i ride when it first opened. it's pretty, but since I hate avatar, and it always has a line, haven't done it again. ( I always get a fp for FOP, because it's a cool ride, regardless of the movie it is based on).
I LOVED maelstrom. I like frozen a lot. We always ride frozen, but I always get a fp for it. I've ridden it about 20+ times.
Tom Morrow
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discussing the operations of Rise of the Resistance is relevant and not off topic.
Say, how do you guys feel about pineapple on pizza??