EPCOT Remy's Ratatouille Adventure coming to Epcot

[build_it]

What about Jamaica, Bermuda, Bahama, Key Largo, or Montego

Do you get there fast, and then take it slow. Cause that's where I'd want to go.

 

[marni1971]

I'm not gonna pretend I was alive in 1988, but I have a hard time believing that. It's not like Maelstrom was the gold standard for dark rides until more impressive things came along. Pirates and IASW are what I'd consider E-ticket boat rides, and they were built in the 60s! It was too short to be an E then, just like FEA and 7DMT are today.

I dare say it's because it was the parks first ride that went faster than a pedestrian pace and had a drop (oooh). Plus it went backwards (oooooooooohhhh)

 

[AEfx]

What about Jamaica, Bermuda, Bahama, Key Largo, or Montego?

Actually, the proper order is:

Aruba, Jamacia, ooh I wanna take ya, Bermuda, Bahamas, come on pretty mamas.

 

[AEfx]

Do you get there fast, and then take it slow. Cause that's where I'd want to go.

Hahaha you totally beat me to it

 

[AEfx]

What are the capacities of the defunct FW attractions compared to their replacements. They must all be lower by the omnimovers had high capacities.

I would love some old wait times records. I don't remember waiting in lines much at all back when it was EPCOT Center for anything.

 

[MaximumEd]

I'd be curious to see old ride capacities vs new ones, too. Wasn't Horizons above 3,000? Have they built a ride with more capacity than that, and if so, when and what? Not sure where you could find the info. @marni1971 probably has it in a file somewhere.

 

[marni1971]

I'd be curious to see old ride capacities vs new ones, too. Wasn't Horizons above 3,000? Have they built a ride with more capacity than that, and if so, when and what? Not sure where you could find the info. @marni1971 probably has it in a file somewhere.

Off the top of my head Motion was around 3200 and the WEDway is over 4000. Horizons was just under 3000 I think but I'm at work at the mo. And I don't trust these figures to Wikipedia !

 

[MaximumEd]

Thanks for the reply. Considering the speed of WED Way, the numbers for Horizons and WOM are quite incredible. I wonder why WDI doesn't seem keen on approaching these numbers today, considering all time high crowds? Maybe they do, I'm not privy to the numbers of a more modern omni-mover like Mermaid.

 

[marni1971]

Thanks for the reply. Considering the speed of WED Way, the numbers for Horizons and WOM are quite incredible. I wonder why WDI doesn't seem keen on approaching these numbers today, considering all time high crowds? Maybe they do, I'm not privy to the numbers of a more modern omni-mover like Mermaid.

There's new kids in town.

 

[MaximumEd]

There's new kids in town.

I'm not following. You mean new kids in WDI who don't care about such things, or new, upcoming attractions that can?

 

[marni1971]

I'm not following. You mean new kids in WDI who don't care about such things, or new, upcoming attractions that can?

New blood at WDI and elsewhere who strive to be as good as their predecessors but don't quite make it.

(A generalised statement)

 

[MaximumEd]

Gotcha.

 

[Mike S]

Actually, the proper order is:

Aruba, Jamacia, ooh I wanna take ya, Bermuda, Bahamas, come on pretty mamas.

I was trying to make it not as on the nose by putting only the island names in order. Martin already said Aruba.

 

[EricsBiscuit]

To be fair, the newer attraction have nice ride vehicles. Also, the pirates in Shanghai dispatches the same number of boats as in WDW or DL but each boat holds 30 plus people. So not every new attraction has a low capacity.

Edit: pirates is an exception

 

[PizzaPlanet]

I dare say it's because it was the parks first ride that went faster than a pedestrian pace and had a drop (oooh). Plus it went backwards (oooooooooohhhh)

Ooooohhhhh you just roasted EPCOT Center! I never would have expected this from you!

But seriously, if Maelstrom was an E-ticket opening day, what made it lose that status? If it's because it was outdated, wouldn't that mean FEA is an E-ticket today by default?

 

[Dapper Dan]

It's just one of the pitfalls of trying to use ticket system ride classifications in a post-ticket system world.

 

[marni1971]

Ooooohhhhh you just roasted EPCOT Center! I never would have expected this from you!

But seriously, if Maelstrom was an E-ticket opening day, what made it lose that status? If it's because it was outdated, wouldn't that mean FEA is an E-ticket today by default?

Possibly because it shouldn't have been an E.

 

[The Empress Lilly]

I dare say it's because it was the parks first ride that went faster than a pedestrian pace and had a drop (oooh). Plus it went backwards (oooooooooohhhh)

...and because it was the only new ride in WDW in years...?

I missed its opening by a few days, the opening of Maelstrom was delayed past my 1988 mid-June trip. :'(

 

[Mike S]

...and because it was the only new ride in WDW in years...?

I missed its opening by a few days, the opening of Maelstrom was delayed past my 1988 mid-June trip. :'(

It was?

 

[Dapper Dan]

...and because it was the only new ride in WDW in years...?

I missed its opening by a few days, the opening of Maelstrom was delayed past my 1988 mid-June trip. :'(

About 2 years. Wasn't living seas like 86?