I've honestly never thought about it this in depth.....but you're right. You're supposed to be hang-gliding, but not one bit of the show building or pre-show elude to that. It looks like an airplane hanger. Patrick is dressed like an airplane pilot. Everything resembles an airport. I'll admit that I've never been hang gliding, but I'm pretty sure that's not how it starts
I agree that the Soarin' Concept fits Epcot, However it should not just be a clone of the California film in a park that is supposed to have a global theme.
Soarin is an experience not a story. How would one ever come up with a story for it. A story would require a connected beginning, middle and end. Any suggestions as to how it could be a story and don't say they are searching for Elephant poachers. Mission Space is more of an experience as well. It does have a story (getting to Mars) but it is on pretty shaky ground and to be complete they cannot leave you stranded on the Red Planet unless, of course, your job is to save Big Red, from poachers.
P.S. Same for the current Test Track.
Soarin' would've been an awesome C/D ticket for a new WS country.
Circlevision movies are a bit past their prime. 3D is standard movie theater nowadays. A hangglider simulation is perfect.
It is my impression that Soarin' is genuinely popular with the general public.
Italy at EPCOT has always been a frustration of mine. Could there possibly be a more beautiful country? At least, could there possibly be one that is simply MADE for WS?
Yes! And perhaps the reverse holds even more explanatory power: there really isn't all that much to do in FW anymore. If you are an average family with kids, how much fun stuff is there in FW? I'd be standing in line for Soarin' too.
Exactly. Strip away the excess, it's a regional park attraction underneath.
This is how you make it work within the Epcot story. Hat tip to EL.Soarin' would've been an awesome C/D ticket for a new WS country.
Circlevision movies are a bit past their prime. 3D is standard movie theater nowadays. A hangglider simulation is perfect.
And, on opening, there wasn't much to create a splash at DCA, so Soarin' it was. For everyone.
Only rode Soarin, DCA, once in 2005 and it was the middle of the day and I walked on. There were myself and six other people. In WDW, well you know, it's pretty popular. I cannot begin to count all the people that make it a must see, multiple times. (one of the reasons that lines are so long, BTW)
Yeah, people do like it in CA too. I enjoy the ride, as it's a nice placid 'hang' (edit: with some adrenaline moments properly spaced in there - the lift-off, the golf ball, the river sequence), but I equate it to the swings at a Coney Island type fair - they're fun to do, but there's really not a lot to it. I can't equate Soarin' to something like HM or Splash or Tower or Horizons. Just totally different types of attractions to me.
