Steph15251
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When I went on it ,and did it twice the frist time we crashed and when that happened the screen went black and we stayed in there for about a min before we got off it.
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DHS Millennium Falcon: Smuggler's Run - Ride/Queue Details and Discussion
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thequeuelinelectures
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I’m almost positive what you expereinced was sadly just a malfunction.
peter11435
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Agreed. Almost positive this was a malfunction.
Steph15251
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Yup I am starting to think that is what it was
Jones14
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This ride is tons of fun. Not without its problems, but as far as interactive rides go, it easily tops the list.
We rode in all three positions (would rank gunner as weakest, less because it was bad and more because the other two exceeded expectations). The mission itself was engaging, had some good comedy, and the overall experience is different enough from Star Tours to justify having both in the same park.
We rode in all three positions (would rank gunner as weakest, less because it was bad and more because the other two exceeded expectations). The mission itself was engaging, had some good comedy, and the overall experience is different enough from Star Tours to justify having both in the same park.
It's fun but very uncomfortable with like a family of 4 then a random party of 2. Plus, lots of frustration among adult when kids are the pilot and wind up crashing, etc.
thequeuelinelectures
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Finally finished my video essay review on the ride (seems like self promotion to share so I’ll just say go to my channel if you’re interested)
I’d push back and say it’s not a bad ride, but it might be a bad interactive ride. So so so much work goes into accommodating the interactive elements ie rendering in real time, developing control schemes, and dialing back the traditional narrative elements to focus on your crews story. It’s disappointing to me then that the ride is literally 100% linear aside from whether you collect 1 container of coaxium or two.
You just have no agency to really change your ride. I understand you can’t crash or go off on extreme tangents, but some subtle tweaks and branches that are responsive to your performance would go a long way to actually make the ride truly interactive and not just a half step above mission space
Imagine if failing to hit the brakes when the train stops meant the whole falling sequence didn’t play out exactly the same and you aren’t guaranteed 1 container of coaxium. Maybe failing to shoot the missle at the train means you have an alternate escape scene when you have to dodge incoming fire from the gunship
Really small variations on a still pretty linear path would make a huge difference and I hope we can get that in future missions
Jones14
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It’s weird that you say that, because our group was made up of four and put with random parties of two. We just introduced ourselves, asked if they wanted a picture at the holochess table, and that was that.
I also didn’t see anyone getting (actually) upset at bad flying, and the ride’s set up to where the worse one position does, the more the other two get to do.
ToTBellHop
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Tons of rides force us to suffer with strangers.
And if you are frustrated at children crashing, you’re not an adult, you’re an Alien Swirling Saucer.
I like doing activities with children. It's so easy to beat them!
trainplane3
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Can confirm. Had a Nerf battle last week. Kid didn't know I modified my guns until after "the war". On that note, they can't wait to come back over so I must be decently enjoyable to be around.
I have not ridden the ride, but I agree. Maybe the other scenarios will have more path options.
It weird that you only get the extra astroid field scene if you do bad. There should be an extra scene if you do really well too, instead of padding the end of the ride.
Anecdotal evidence is that the asteroid scene is just filler in case your pod isn't ready to disembark. Has nothing to do with how well you do.
danlb_2000
Premium Member
I timed out two versions on YouTube, one with and one without the Asteroid scene and they are the same length. The one without the scene had filler at the end to make up the difference.
What kind of filler?... Aw heck, now I'm gonna have to research recorded versions, too...
danlb_2000
Premium Member
It was just some extra time in the docking bay at the end.
danlb_2000
Premium Member
You can see the two videos I compared here:
DHS - Millennium Falcon: Smuggler's Run - Ride/Queue Details and Discussion
Quick thoughts from @lentesta I think it's wrong to approach Smuggler's Run as a ride. Instead, I would think of it more as an experience. In real life (not really, but you get the idea), one wouldn't be guaranteed a thrilling ride on the Millennium Falcon, absent repeated crashes. I think...
thequeuelinelectures
Well-Known Member
You can see the two videos I compared here:
DHS - Millennium Falcon: Smuggler's Run - Ride/Queue Details and Discussion
Quick thoughts from @lentesta I think it's wrong to approach Smuggler's Run as a ride. Instead, I would think of it more as an experience. In real life (not really, but you get the idea), one wouldn't be guaranteed a thrilling ride on the Millennium Falcon, absent repeated crashes. I think...forums.wdwmagic.com
I'm 99% sure it's not performance based. While there are a lot of variables so it's hard to say for sure but my best evidence is that in the POV you posted the asteroids sequence is about 24 seconds long. In this POV it's 56 seconds long. Obviously that doesn't completely rule it out but I really think it's just being used to stall in certain sets of circumstances
The_Jobu
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* forwarded to child services *