R.I.P. DisneyQuest

[mergatroid]

19th June 1998 - 3rd July 2017

You served us well old friend and now it's time to sadly say goodbye with fond memories

To be honest, I've not paid to get in it for about 15 years but would get in on our Premium AP's. I realise it's time has probably come but I will miss killing a few hours on a very hot or rainy day in there whilst destroying Mrs Merg at any game she chose. I think with home pc's now playing arguably better games than arcade machines, it was way past it's best and anything more than a 2 hour visit became boring.

Still we've had some happy memories in there and a not so happy one when I had a bout of diarrhoea whilst there, but I perhaps won't go into that.

R.I.P. DisneyQuest.

 

[belledream]

Well said! I would never pay to get in either but when it came as one of our magical extras, we stopped in once or twice. Fond memories of discovering Buzz Lightyear's Astroblasters and becoming so addicted that multiple go's had to be had.

 

[KBLovedDisney]

We didn't go back after they removed Genie from the elevator/room (can't quite remember, but that was my husband's favorite part). It truly was great back in its day when it was kept up quite well with the electronics and the little cafe they had in there.The first and only time I rode CyberSpace Mountain was with my brother when we were kids. I will miss it (and the ability to not feel sick on simulators).

 

[mergatroid]

And don't forget the cheesecake, man they had some good cheesecake

 

[The Empress Lilly]

I will miss it. Still a blast if you accept the shortcomings. With a little bit of investment the place could be awesome rather than good. Also, at heart, the idea is good. Maybe not as an interactive Disney park that can be a regional substitute for an actual park because of advancements in interactivity, or whatever pipedream they may have had in the late 90s. But DQ does work as a half-day offering in WDW. For inclement weather, to add variety, to have a decent solo thing to do, to have something to do in DS in general. And also because DQ had a certain fun vibe of its own, great colour, great places to sit and chill, always another game to try.


Goodbye, my arcade!

 

[Cmdr_Crimson]

The End of an Amazing Concept.....

 

[mergatroid]

I seem to remember reading that it originally had slides from certain floors to the ground floor but they removed them for safety reasons after kids were getting bruised, anyone remember this?

 

[Cmdr_Crimson]

I seem to remember reading that it originally had slides from certain floors to the ground floor but they removed them for safety reasons after kids were getting bruised, anyone remember this?

Found an old forum post about it...http://forums.wdwmagic.com/threads/cave-of-wonders-slide-at-disneyquest.425774/

 

[Spectro]

Snickers cheesecake and donkey Kong - trying Not to lose sight of our youngsters dashing from game to game ....Genie in elevator .... rain lashing down outside ... fond memories

 

[Bairstow]

I'll miss convincing the Cyber Space Mountain attendants to load up one of their "special" tracks.

 

[Scrungo]

Honestly, one of the last few arcades in the Orlando area that I know of. There's dozens of "barcades" around but they're just not the same.

 

[cheezbat]

Got two more visits in this past month. Still Love the place. Sad to see it go.

 

[GenerationX]

With each visit over the last couple of years, we feared it would be the last. This year last month was finally it.

Maybe because I grew up playing Pac Man, Defender, Berzerk, Galaga, etc., DQ had a great sense of nostalgia for me. And those games are still fun ... even my boys liked playing them.

DQ was a last day of the trip place. A place where a family could play against each other in a crazy game of video pinball or work together to win buccaneer gold. A place where the adults could sit on big chairs nursing blistered feet while the kids gamed. A place to spend those last few hours before you had to leave the World to go home. Weather didn't matter at DQ, nor did the outside world.

A shame.

 

[Dj Corona]

In it's heyday, it was definitely an experience like no other, (a friend of mine saw this thread, and said it was Disney's Dave and Busters on steroids) Between the 80's arcade, the bumper cars with cannons, the remote controlled car Indiana Jones styled treasure hunt thing, not to mention having a Cheesecake Factory on the top floor, WOW! (Not to mention all the other things going on that had long lines) You will be missed Disney Quest.

 

[Cmdr_Crimson]

This B-roll footage has probably the best look at DQuest in it's heyday...

 

[Otterhead]

Glad I got to go one last time a few months back for one last 'ride' on Virtual Pirates of the Caribbean and one last spin through the vintage arcade area. The place is early-90s in a bottle and I'll miss it.

 

[Can we go yet?]

Another remnant of those ambitious years of the 90's, where Beastly Kingdom was going to happen, Disney's America was still a concept, and Disney would have 20 or more of these all over the US. Loved the Pirates game, wish they could relocate that somewhere. I feel like Disneyquest could have worked better in smaller cities, like Raleigh or Richmond, versus cities like Chicago where there's already so much to do. Ah well, what's done is done.

 

[Bairstow]

Of all the exclusive games they had, I thought the one that felt the most like a viable "real" video game was the Alien Encounter one. It was like a better, more communal version of the bomber gameplay from the Battlefield games, where each player has a different turret covering a different angle and one player has to drive everyone. I would have liked to see what a more developed version of that would have played like, preferably with graphics that weren't 5 years out of date when it opened.

 

[Beacon Joe]

That's a bummer. I patiently wait to hear the fate of some of the classic consoles. If their Gorf machine needs a good home, I'll take good care of it.

 

[Cmdr_Crimson]

cities like Chicago where there's already so much to do. Ah well, what's done is done.

Clearly you haven't been here during the Fall/Winter months....It's the complete opposite...