Pet Peeve: Mis-using the term "ride"

[Ag11gani]

It's an argument that I've never adopted. A ride's a ride, and Disney has many of them.

It's one I've never adopted either, a show is a show, a ride is a ride, a walk through is a walk through. I don't think I've ever called anything an attraction.

 

[NormC]

I'm getting really picky now, but there's no such thing as an Omni Movie.

Not true.

 

[Incomudro]

Hmmm...
I thought Stich was a ride the first time the family did it.
We knew nothing about it, sat down, restraints the likes of which are on radical roller coasters were pulled down over our shoulders...
I thought we were going somewhere.

 

[danyoung56]

Not true.

Please elaborate.

 

[Since1976]

Not Disney, but I know this attraction confused the heck out of people:

Twister: RIDE It Out.

 

[Incomudro]

Universe of Energy really blurs the lines.
What's one to think?
Sit down in a theater that gets up and moves on you!
Splits apart, becomes a ride vehicle and takes a tour back in time - only to reassemble for a movie.

 

[Smiley/OCD]

In MHO, if it involves movement of a vehicle or machinery, it's a ride...A Bug's Life is an attraction. What bothers me more is when someone comes up to me at MK and asks which park Harry Potter is in...

 

[larryz]

Universe of Energy really blurs the lines.
What's on to think?
Sit down in a theater that gets up and moves on you!
Splits apart, becomes a ride vehicle and takes a tour back in time - only to reassemble for a movie.

Sounds like an "omni movie" to me...

 

[MassScott84]

If I may... In normal, casual conversation when walking around the park, can we not let it slide if people just use the term "ride"? I'm just sayin, "attraction" does seem to be the formal, blanket term for ANYTHING in the park that involves queueing up and experiencing.

Now, using "ride" as a verb is reserved strictly for experiencing an attraction that either moves, or gives you a simulation of moving. The verb for experiencing show or stationary type attractions gets a little more nebulous. In convos with my DW. We will "watch" fireworks or parades". But thinking about it now, when we're talking about "queue" show-type attractions (FOTLK, MILF, etc) I will usually say "do". Which in retrospect sounds strange in some contexts.

"Let's go do Muppets next."

 

[bradleyteacher]

Foreign guest call EVERYTHING a 'game'.

 

[NormC]

Please elaborate.

Mugar Omni Movie theater in Boston is a domed theater. Usually used for IMAX type films. Canobie lake park had a domed theater as well that was also called an Omni movie. Those are just two local ones. I am sure there are many more.

 

[jloucks]

I'm getting really picky now, but there's no such thing as an Omni Movie. There's an Omni Mover, and some of the attractions that used Omni Movers had movies as part of their ride. But people were riding on an Omni Mover.

Sorry, I was being way too obscure/off topic.

I was referring to the giant omni movie theaters you see around the country. ...or at least I think more than one exists.

http://fortworthmuseum.org/category/left-nav-w-thumbnail-views/omni-imax-now-showing

 

[ChrisFL]

Foreign guest call EVERYTHING a 'game'.

way to stereotype 180+ countries

 

[WondersOfLife]

A ride moves. A show does not. An attraction is both.

This really isn't that hard.

 

[danyoung56]

I was referring to the giant omni movie theaters you see around the country. ...or at least I think more than one exists.

You are absolutely correct. I should have said that the "rides" in Disney parks are Omnimovers. I think the only Omni theaters ever in WDW were the 2 screens in Horizons.

 

[haunt#73]

A ride moves. A show does not. An attraction is both.

This really isn't that hard.

I think this statement sums it up perfectly but I will add - Meet and Greets shouldn't be attractions.

 

[Jedi Stitch]

I guess if we are getting down to the brass tacks, then Universal is ride the movies so you can't ride at Disney, because Universal took that tag line. But then again, to be true Disney you enter the Disney bubble and check your brains at the gate.

 

[ThatMouse]

On the business side they are called attractions which is important when presenting documentation to Disney and Universal. Don't call them "rides" unless you are describing a vehicle or part of the track. On the other hand I would not call Disney employees "cast members," since that's not a term that means the same in all businesses, and even internally you have to wonder if Disney has problems distinguishing actual show cast members to crew members.

 

[BeautifulTomorrow]

This was difficult when I was a CM because for some guests, especially some foreign guests who didn't speak fluent English, the word "attraction" means nothing to them. Some called them games, or rides, or shows. And those words mean different things to different people. Once someone came up to me (I worked at The HM) and asked me where the rides were. I pointed behind me and said, "Well this is a ride" and they said "NO, the RIDES." I was utterly confused, but after some charades figured out they meant a roller coaster. I came up with numerous ways to explain my attraction without using the word attraction, because if you need an explanation odds are you don't use that word. Also funny note, we would joke about all of the names guests would come up with for The Haunted Mansion. Like "Spooky House" or "Spooky Spooky" or "Scary Castle"... or for the really confused ones, "Where you meet Rapunzel".

 

[Lewanc]

Anyone else feel like the term "ride" gets thrown around too often for attractions where you don't GO anywhere?

I've seen things like Stitch Encounter/Alien Encounter, even Philharmagic being referred to as a ride even though it's really just a show.

Therefore, Carousel of Progress, though mostly a show, does have ride elements, so I think it fits both definitions.

I think it's laziness, instead of calling it an attraction, (which I believe is the preferred term for Disney officially) people call them "rides" as a general term but it bothers me as there's a lot of shows that have nothing to do with "riding" anything.

If you don't go anywhere or have a simulation of going somewhere, then it's considered IMO to be a show. Star Tours, Soarin', Flight of Passage are rides because you're having the effect of going somewhere and the seats move.

The really freaky part though that I really JUST thought of..... is if I think about the original Mission to Mars attraction, you're supposed to be simulating riding on a trip to Mars, though it's technically the same exact building and layout of the Alien/Stitch Encounter. The way it's presented is that it is a ride, though I don't know if they had other effects like seats vibrating to simulate motion.

Any thoughts on this?

AGREE with you 100%.