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Mission Space question
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Bravo 229
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Correct, Green Team does NOT spin. As seen in the queue video, GT's only movement is the pitching.
Thrill Seeker
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Green Team does not spin. It does rotate once during the ride, but you can't tell. Very easy ride.
ThinkTink721
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I rode it for the first time on our last trip (the orange one) & it wasn't nearly as bad as I thought it would be.
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WelshBatman
Active Member
I have a feeling that most people who haven't gone on Mission: Space and hear that it spins automatically think that it's like Mad Hatter's Tea Party... It really isn't. In fact I've been on the orange side with people who have no idea that it's spinning. The main point of the spinning is to create the G forces, which you will feel. The spinning however, isn't the main focus and nor does it last the whole ride, it only happens 3 times: take-off, lunar gravity assist, and the beginning of the mars landing and, again, it's used to bring on G-forces not to just spin.
I've gotten motion sickness on mad-hatter-like rides in the past, but never on Mission: Space.
But either way, as has been said, Green side doesn't spin. Believe in the warning signs, because if they lied, you could sue.
I've gotten motion sickness on mad-hatter-like rides in the past, but never on Mission: Space.
But either way, as has been said, Green side doesn't spin. Believe in the warning signs, because if they lied, you could sue.
lilclerk
Well-Known Member
I am absolutely terrified of Orange team... I'm not prone to motion sickness, and I'll ride any roller coaster you throw at me, but the spinning here makes me think my heart's going to stop... when I'm not on the ride. It's the anticipation of it.
I've even ridden it (I succumbed to peer pressure) and I didn't feel anything unusual. It felt exactly like green team to me. And yet I'm still scared of it :lol:
I've even ridden it (I succumbed to peer pressure) and I didn't feel anything unusual. It felt exactly like green team to me. And yet I'm still scared of it :lol:
jlandis44
Member
Personally, I rode them both back-to-back. I found the orange to basically feel the same as green, with the exception of pressure on your face and chest (as someone else already aluded to). If you don't like a minor feeling of a small child sitting on your chest, and your checks being pulled toward your ears, stay only on green. If those two thoughts don't bother you, go for orange! Other than those feelings, I didn't even know there was spinning involved (well, until the third ride in a row on a late night with no crowds and a son who was loving it! Then, I finally started to feel a little uneasy, but nothing that didn't quickly settle!)
WelshBatman
Active Member
Which side I ride depends on wait time. Not ride intensity. I've found that orange has a shorter wait time more often, so there it is. There's a stigma that Mission: Space will never be able to get rid of and that's the fact that they've had a couple of deaths associated with it and people will forever think of that when considering riding or not. But for people to assume that just because it spins means that it's a spinning ride and that it'll make them sick or whatever and that they can't possibly ride because of it is ridiculous. I'd be more concerned if you were claustrophobic. You might have a point there. I say, if you can handle Star Tours you can handle this because in most ways it's less intense. It also has fewer G's than Rock N Roller Coaster and Expedition Everest. It's a brilliantly themed attraction that people shouldn't pass up because of bad secondhand information. In fact, if you want some good secondhand info, hang out around the exit and hear what people say... you may be quite surprised.
It can get a little crazy when you consider all the warning signs on the orange side and how they seem to warn you every five seconds about what the ride does, but you have to realize they're doing this for liability reasons. It's really not that bad and by the time you settle into what's going on, the ride is over... then you have the LONG LONG LONG walk back to the training lab and gift shop.
It can get a little crazy when you consider all the warning signs on the orange side and how they seem to warn you every five seconds about what the ride does, but you have to realize they're doing this for liability reasons. It's really not that bad and by the time you settle into what's going on, the ride is over... then you have the LONG LONG LONG walk back to the training lab and gift shop.
Captain Hank
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Actually, to be totally correct, Orange Team spins the entire time from liftoff to touchdown. It's just not spinning fast enough most of the time to induce noticeable G-forces.
powlessfamily4
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I rode them both this past Nov. Green was a piece of cake (Keeping in mind I am a motion sickness "puker" :hammer: the orange was intense but I did not have any trouble with motion. I didn't like the way the pressure felt on my chest. But I lived another day to tell the tale! :sohappy:
tizzo
Member
Everything you say is true, but for some people motion sickness is triggered by the fact that their eyes are telling them one thing (that they're shooting straight up into the air for example) while their inner ear is telling them something else (that they're spinning in a circle).
Tinkerbell 8
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We rode Mission:Space for the first time on our past trip in January. My DH has been bugging me to ride it, so I finally gave in. I am very prone to motion sickness, I don't let him spin when we ride the tea cups, I have to close my eyes during parts of Soarin', and if I ride Star Tours I get very sick, so we rode the Green one. The beginning of the ride was fine, but once we were in space and going to Mars was when I started feeling sick. Instead of looking at the screen i just started pushing the buttons to keep my mind off of it. Once the ride was over I still felt a little sick, so I told Andrew he's on his own if he ever wants to ride it again.
njDizFan
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yeah, I rode Orange when it first opened and it ruined the rest of my day. Felt like my head was spinning for hours. finally my wife forced me to try the green on our next trip. I started to feel a little woozy and decided just to take my eyes off the screen. I made it through but will just have to skip it for now on. I just can't do simulators.
It is a little different for everyone but spinning, in the configuration done in M:S where you inner ear lines up with the rotational arc and there are no other visual cues, will tell your brain that you are moving forward. The biggest problem comes into play when someone takes their ears out of this arc by moving their head. When that happens you can suddenly get the sensation that you are tumbling.
njDizFan
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:hurl:Thanks for that description Master Yoda, got to find me some dramamine.
mpoppins217
Active Member
In contrast to most people on here apparently, my dad can not handle spinning at all, Mission Space included. He can't even watch the tea cups spin and the few times he has ridden MS he can't even walk afterwards, someone has to support him and direct him to the nearest bench and he's miserable for at least an hour!
So my only advice is to try it and see! Everyone reacts differently and you won't know until you try. I personally love it and my dad becomes deathly ill after riding so you never know how you'll respond.
So my only advice is to try it and see! Everyone reacts differently and you won't know until you try. I personally love it and my dad becomes deathly ill after riding so you never know how you'll respond.
Princess_Minnie
Member
I rode Orange in the past, before two versions were offered. Based on memory I wouldn't do it again, just because of the pressure and the G-Forces that really hurt my chest and made me feel like I couldn't breathe. :zipit: I was also terrified of vomiting, so I wouldn't take my eyes off the screen. :hurl: I also had some bad after affects of head spinning and stomach trouble. (Although it probably didn't help that we tried some freeze dried astronaut ice cream after the ride was over 
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I recently rode Green, last week, and I was afraid it would be like Orange, but it was definitely not. It shook like a normal motion simulator, and there was no pressure at all because it didn't spin. I enjoyed the ride, and I didn't get any motion sickness at all. If you ever rode Body Wars or Star Tours, you can for sure handle Green team. There were no after affects at all, only a little shakiness from the bouncing. Green Team was fun, and I would do it again if the line was short.
)I recently rode Green, last week, and I was afraid it would be like Orange, but it was definitely not. It shook like a normal motion simulator, and there was no pressure at all because it didn't spin. I enjoyed the ride, and I didn't get any motion sickness at all. If you ever rode Body Wars or Star Tours, you can for sure handle Green team. There were no after affects at all, only a little shakiness from the bouncing. Green Team was fun, and I would do it again if the line was short.
