Millennium Falcon: Smuggler's Run - Ride/Queue Details and Discussion

[Disney Maddux]

Hopefully soon. The current mission is lackluster and I know they can do better. As I mentioned in my previous post, I would like for the mission to not include scripted events that make it seem like the pilots are screwing up. In addition, it needs three outcomes, one for bad, one for okay, one for good. Currently you can only get one container if you do poorly and 2 whether you do okay or great. And third, the mission always seems to run a little short with extended filler time "docking" at the end.

Imagine one of the missions has you go to Tatooine for a podrace, where the winner gets ship parts and coaxium, and you would actually have to win the race to, well, win!

 

[MisterPenguin]

Do I need to do an accurate one?

I'll just screen cap the one you'll do for your video documentary of the ride and then use it in my vlog!!

 

[RSoxNo1]

14 cabins, six in each.

I'm confused. They originally intended to have half the capacity? I know they've made some short sighted decisions in the past, but that makes zero sense.

 

[marni1971]

I'm confused. They originally intended to have half the capacity? I know they've made some short sighted decisions in the past, but that makes zero sense.

That was the plan. Until those who had to actually operate it asked for something more realistic.

 

[RSoxNo1]

That was the plan. Until those who had to actually operate it asked for something more realistic.

It would take 25 seconds of back of the envelope math to determine that was a bad idea. Even the creatives in Imagineering should know better from an ops standpoint.

This is too dumb for me to not further question this. Any chance you can push back on your source for this?

 

[Disney Maddux]

New high score: 10800

 

[TalkingHead]

Bingo. It always baffles me when people say there should be a tutorial and a practice section and different modes. Yeah, right. This is a theme park ride. Part of the fun is seeing how good or bad people are at doing their jobs. You’re basically C-3PO in the cockpit of Star Tours. Good times.

Midway Mania has a practice round. If you design a ride to be a game, don’t be surprised when guests approach the experience with a more competitive mindset.

 

[Kram Sacul]

Midway Mania has a practice round. If you design a ride to be a game, don’t be surprised when guests approach the experience with a more competitive mindset.

SR isn’t a game though.

 

[SplashJacket]

SR isn’t a game though.

That is the issue. It has an identity crisis.

We do not know what it is.

The individuals behind it do not know what it is.

Is it a game? Is it a linear story?

If it is not a game why does it have a score at the end?

If it is a linear story why add interactive elements in the first place, see Mission Space (I know the interactivity serves a different purpose but nonetheless).

I have reflected on the ride more recently, and I believe a new, and thoroughly designed playthrough could launch the ride into what it was intended to be.

 

[Kram Sacul]

That is the issue. It has an identity crisis.

We do not know what it is.

The individuals behind it do not know what it is.

Is it a game? Is it a linear story?

If it is not a game why does it have a score at the end?

If it is a linear story why add interactive elements in the first place, see Mission Space (I know the interactivity serves a different purpose but nonetheless).

I have reflected on the ride more recently, and I believe a new, and thoroughly designed playthrough could launch the ride into what it was intended to be.

I’m pretty sure it’s a ride with game-like controls. The score at the end is fluff at this point.

 

[TalkingHead]

It’s going to be funny when the next movie introduces time travel to Star Wars and suddenly the GE time line debates become a moot point.

 

[Tom Morrow]

I’m pretty sure it’s a ride with game-like controls. The score at the end is fluff at this point.

I think the experience would be improved if there were three scripted outcomes instead of two. Currently you can only get one or two containers of Coaxium. If 1 = bad, and 2 = okay, and 3 = good, then there could be an element of accomplishment beyond the score at the end without changing what you see during the ride.

Kind of like how on MIB you get your own individual score and vehicle average score, but then receive one of three rankings.

 

[SplashJacket]

I think the experience would be improved if there were three scripted outcomes instead of two.

Why stop at 3?

Star Tours has 54 different experiences.

If each rider serves a different purpose why not have different consequences or rewards for each of them succeeding?

 

[THE 1HAPPY HAUNT]

For those that ride the ADA pods, do they exit through the same exit as the normal pods do or since they don't rotate, do they have to go out the way they came?

 

[SplashJacket]

For those that ride the ADA pods, do they exit through the same exit as the normal pods do or since they don't rotate, do they have to go out the way they came?

They enter and exit the Cabin in the same spot and then proceed to go on an elevator which takes them to the exit that everyone else takes.

 

[THE 1HAPPY HAUNT]

They enter and exit the Cabin in the same spot and then proceed to go on an elevator which takes them to the exit that everyone else takes.

oh ok thank you. boy that ruins the immersion. "come take this elevator never shown in any of the films that we have you so can leave the falcon"

 

[Kram Sacul]

oh ok thank you. boy that ruins the immersion. "come take this elevator never shown in any of the films that we have you so can leave the falcon"

Ironic that they don’t leave via ramp.

 

[Kram Sacul]

I think the experience would be improved if there were three scripted outcomes instead of two. Currently you can only get one or two containers of Coaxium. If 1 = bad, and 2 = okay, and 3 = good, then there could be an element of accomplishment beyond the score at the end without changing what you see during the ride.

Kind of like how on MIB you get your own individual score and vehicle average score, but then receive one of three rankings.

Pretty much. There should also be multiple branching points within the story, multiple endings, etc. I really do like Smugglers Run but it’s kind of disappointing that the current mission is so limited. The great thing about it though is that it can be upgraded and tweaked.

 

[Disney Maddux]

I think the experience would be improved if there were three scripted outcomes instead of two. Currently you can only get one or two containers of Coaxium. If 1 = bad, and 2 = okay, and 3 = good, then there could be an element of accomplishment beyond the score at the end without changing what you see during the ride.

Kind of like how on MIB you get your own individual score and vehicle average score, but then receive one of three rankings.

Or maybe an even worst outcome where you don't get any containers.

 

[FigmentFan82]

SR isn’t a game though.

If there is some level of interactive play, it's a game. If it was only 100% passive, it would not be a game. MF:SR is a glorified video game