Mission: Space

[Heyyall]

Do you think that while Disney was planning this ride, they knew that people would be getting sick, and they would have to be putting motion sickness bags in the ride? I jsut can't understand why Disney would want a ride that would get people sick like this. It seems to be a lot wrose than body wars and everything.
Do you think that Disney World knew there would be this sort of response, and that they went along with the plans anyway? It just doesn't seem like a thing Disney Would want to me.

 

[DisneyFan 2000]

I'm sure they knew! It's just like any new technollogy which your body hasn't gotten used to! Take for example Body Wars! People would actually feel bad after a ride on the simulator! :hammer:

 

[crazygirley]

Originally posted by DisneyFan 2000
I'm sure they knew! It's just like any new technollogy which your body hasn't gotten used to! Take for example Body Wars! People would actually feel bad after a ride on the simulator! :hammer:

I absolutley agree...this statment is so correct. Back in the day when those types of simulator rides came out, they did make people sick, and they were very much consitered a "high thrill" ride. Now these days, with the more intense type of rides, those same simulator type rides aren't as thrilling as they were when they first appeared. I think that in time...in a long time, people will think that M:S isn't that thrilling, either, and something else will be more intense. It's just the way technology evolves as the years progress.

 

[raven]

I have not ridden M:S yet but I believe people have been saying you can't tell it's spinning. Just the G forces and rumbling of the craft are what you feel.

I cannot wait to ride it though. Doesn't sound too intense. Body wars, however, makes me sick. I have to look away from the screen in order to not feel motion sickness. I can do any huge rollercoaster or real thrill ride, but put me in a simulator and I'm all :hurl:

 

[crazygirley]

Body wars, however, makes me sick. I have to look away from the screen in order to not feel motion sickness. I can do any huge rollercoaster or real thrill ride, but put me in a simulator and I'm all :hurl: [/B]

You might get sick on M:S, too. It is an inner ear thing that makes you sick if looking away from the screen on BW makes you feel better. Spinning, like on M:S definately messes with your inner ear...but don't let this comment stop you from enjoying M:S...!

 

[minniemouseuk]

Been on Mission:Space 3 times.

I'd also had a rather good breakfast not long before-hand, having forgot that I should sit breakfast out before riding it.

Thankfully I was OK. The experience is absolutely amazing, and cannot be likened to any other. It is certainly on my 'not to be missed' list for my next holiday.

Regarding the issue of after-effects, I suppose the ride will effect different individuals in different ways. You just have to try it and see if you like it, kinda like many other things in life.

:lol:

 

[jojoyner55]

Okay guys -
Just got back from WDW, and approached Mission Space with some trepidation, based on all the reports here. BLOWN WAY OUT OF PROPORTION. I am prone to motion sickness, and hate small spaces - I didn't have the least problem with MS. In fact my reaction was...nice, but what's the big deal? I knew it was spinning, based on all I had read; but you (at least I) didn't notice it. I think a lot of this is in people's heads based on the hype. Trust me - Star Tours has more sense of motion. It's a fine ride and a nice simulator, but it isn't as bad as people are making out. And there were no barf bags - don't know where that came from.

 

[raven]

Originally posted by crazygirley
You might get sick on M:S, too. It is an inner ear thing that makes you sick if looking away from the screen on BW makes you feel better. Spinning, like on M:S definately messes with your inner ear...but don't let this comment stop you from enjoying M:S...!

Nothing will keep me from going on it. I want to see what the big hoopla is about that they had to tear down my favorite attraction for, Horizons.

I think they add quite a bit of sound effects and other things to make you think something is happening when it actually isn't. Look at Alien Encounter. You are in the dark listening to the soundtrack but you believe other things are happening. It's all part of the Disney magic!

 

[tj229er]

Originally posted by Heyyall
and they would have to be putting motion sickness bags in the ride?

When where the barf bags added?

 

[Dr Albert Falls]

The problem with MS (if you can call it a problem) is that, even after all the warnings, most visitors still don't know WHAT it is until they get on-board.

I guarantee you that many Epcot guests would avoid riding the old "Monkey Barrel" or "Gravitron" carnival rides (the one where you stand against the wall of a centrifuge and "stick" to the wall as the floor drops out).

MS is essentially the same ride--- with some mind-blowing special effects thrown in. Also, unlike the carnival ride, MS has been designed to eliminate motion sickness (on the carnival ride, you can SEE you're spinning)

Unfortunately, someone who would pass on the carnival ride for fear of getting sick is probably lining up for Mission:Space. I think Disney does an adequate job of telling you WHAT the ride is (the pre-show videos showing the spinning centrifuge, plus all those warnings). But most people don't believe something until they see it. And since they can't see the actual ride vehicles spinning, they assume its a mild ride.

 

[t3techcom18]

Originally posted by crazygirley
You might get sick on M:S, too. It is an inner ear thing that makes you sick if looking away from the screen on BW makes you feel better. Spinning, like on M:S definately messes with your inner ear...but don't let this comment stop you from enjoying M:S...!

This is the main reason my Dad can't go on MS. He's afraid about the inner ear thing. But mostly with him, he has a ear balance problem to go with that. My mom can't go on it becuase of medical reasons. That's why I go on MS by myself, most of the time.

 

[Heyyall]

I went on the ride too, and I agree that the motion sickness factor wasn't an issue with me. I don't know, it's just not the type of ride I'd expect from Disney. Thrills is one thing, but this Disney obviously knew how sick people would get. They must warn you about ten times about motion sickness on the ride. I was just wondering if they planned this before they built it. I just wasn't expecting a ride from them that they knew would get people sick.

To be honest, I don't think I really enjoyed the ride because I was nervous that I was going to get sick, and I was worried the whole ride, and also, on all the commercials they show people screaming their heads off, and I was just expecting more. It was allright, I just think they overplayed it a little..