Mission:Space update (confirmed)

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We don't know yet!

I understand we don't know specifics on the changes to Green. I guess I'm assuming that as far as the motion experience goes......it would be similar to the previous Green no?

So with the previous Green it was more like Star Tours but in a smaller space with a smaller screen. The whole vehicle moves based on the movie (like Star Tours) - you just don't get the weightlessness feelings etc?

 

[Jeff456]

So pleased this is open for my trip! Looking forward to seeing the visual updates, hope the pre-show is the same!

 

[UpDog71]

Green cycles one full rotation very slowly during the duration of the ride. Orange rotates at 35 mph at various stages.

 

[Horizons '83]

FYI, fastpasses are now up from August 13 on! Go get them!

 

[Uncle Lupe]

Just switched ours for September. Dropped Nemo for MS!! This is forum is such a great resource. Plus MDE was so easy to rearrange FPs

 

[Horizons '83]

Just switched ours for September. Dropped Nemo for MS!! This is forum is such a great resource.

haha i know I dropped Living with the Land because really up until today, there were no good options from the second tier.

 

[Uncle Lupe]

haha i know I dropped Living with the Land because really up until today, there were no good options from the second tier.

That was the problem with our Epcot Days. Pick one headliner and the rest almost seem a waste.

 

[marni1971]

I'm calling out those who were claiming this was delayed until October or something. Get better sources please.

I guess I was right.

 

[ToTBellHop]

What's the capacity?

1600--given a ride of its intensity, that's a great hourly capacity. Similar to LwtL and better than Test Track and Frozen. Soarin now beats it with the 3rd theater.

 

[trainplane3]

FYI, fastpasses are now up from August 13 on! Go get them!

Thanks for the heads up, got one at 1:05PM on the 13th.

Thanks for this. So I'm assuming if you need to you can close your eyes on the Green side without side effects like I've heard of on the Orange side if you turn your head/close your eyes etc.

If Star Tours is a 7 out of 10 - what's M:S Green? (based obviously on the previous version of Green)

Never did green. I still think you wouldn't want to close your eyes on any sim. Looking around should be fine but I'd keep my eyes on the screen. By keeping your eyes on the screen you're telling your body "we're moving this way, oh now we're turning, and now we're doing a roll". With them closed it's going to be a bunch of random movements that'll confuse it such as "I'm sitting by why am I rocking arou- wait now I'm upside down?!". Everyone is different when it comes to sims.

Get a VR headset (Oculus, Vive, Galaxy, Cardboard, etc), stand, and a demo a roller coaster. You'll almost fall over since the screen is telling your eyes to move/brace your body. Same concept.

 

[Biff215]

Great news! And I stand corrected about the lowered height requirement. My son is about 43.5" so this is perfect!

 

[montyz81]

Wow, Orange is a higher altitude version of Sorin'. Call me disappointed in the actual imagineering of this ride.

 

[ToTBellHop]

Wow, Orange is a higher altitude version of Sorin'. Call me disappointed in the actual imagineering of this ride.

Like Everest is a higher altitude version of Mine Train?

I'm sorry but space travel and hang gliding are quite different. We are getting a new ride experience that actually works in Future World and has no movie characters. Win.

 

[lazyboy97o]

Green side doesn't move at all as far as I am aware only Orange has the centrifuge and the full effect.

Green Team also has the centrifuges but they do not spin. There was no Green Team when the attraction opened.

 

[Indianajonze]

Wow, Orange is a higher altitude version of Sorin'. Call me disappointed in the actual imagineering of this ride.

eh, no, it's not...

 

[Coaster Lover]

Sigh... I leave August 6th... I guess the best I can hope is for a surprise soft re-opening on 05 Aug 2017 (though that seems doubtful)...

 

[Horizons '83]

Fastpasses are available!

You beat me to it!

 

[Spectro]

Yeah got our fast passes plans now complete

 

[larryz]

That's because BTMR is medicinal. It cures kidney stones.

Roller coaster lithotripsy. I wonder: if a doctor prescribes a trip to WDW for this treatment, is it deductible as a medical expense?

 

[Timothy_Q]

Thanks for the heads up, got one at 1:05PM on the 13th.

Never did green. I still think you wouldn't want to close your eyes on any sim. Looking around should be fine but I'd keep my eyes on the screen. By keeping your eyes on the screen you're telling your body "we're moving this way, oh now we're turning, and now we're doing a roll". With them closed it's going to be a bunch of random movements that'll confuse it such as "I'm sitting by why am I rocking arou- wait now I'm upside down?!". Everyone is different when it comes to sims.

Definitely not true.
If you have motion sickness, the best option in a simulator is closing your eyes or looking away from the screen (down). So it just feels like a very bumpy off-road car drive. The screen is the main component in making you sick, since the actual movement isn't anything too out of the oridnary. The screen is what messes up your brain.