Soarin' Expansion and new Soarin' Around the World film

[Bacon]

Got a more complete video of Shanghai's Soarin including the preshow which features a shapeshifting shaman lady instead of Patrick

5:05 is just so weird

 

[OvertheHorizon]

I still don't understand why they they move the ride back to the ground with the blue screen...

something that can't escape me is the idea that somehow they had to do it for liability where people might do stupid things when their feet hit the ground in the dark..

I noticed on the Shanghai video that the movie appeared to end with a view of the Milky Way. Is that true of the Epcot version too?

 

[donsullivan]

I noticed on the Shanghai video that the movie appeared to end with a view of the Milky Way. Is that true of the Epcot version too?

Nope. After the fireworks over Spaceship Earth, the screen fades to blue as the carriages are lowered back to the floor level.

 

[Mike S]

Nope. After the fireworks over Spaceship Earth, the screen fades to blue as the carriages are lowered back to the floor level.

That doesn't sound good at all.

 

[Pam Hates Penguins]

I am so glad that they kept the original safety video....

My favorite part of the safety video:

"This includes, cameras, glasses, carry-on items, and of course....these little beauties."

Guy takes off his ears and gives a very disturbed look at Patrick...

Will they every release the original Soarin' Over California on DVD?

 

[Pam Hates Penguins]

Bob iger:
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If you are trying to put up a gif it is not working...

 

[Bacon]

If you are trying to put up a gif it is not working...

I know it doesn't work do you know how it works?

 

[Pam Hates Penguins]

I know it doesn't work do you know how it works?

no

 

[Bacon]

no

Thanks anyways

 

[Pam Hates Penguins]

Thanks anyways

Sure thing

 

[Pam Hates Penguins]

I know it doesn't work do you know how it works?

Can you describe the gif?

 

[gmajew]

That doesn't sound good at all.

Just road it did not have that happen on my ride.

Was really impressed with the new ride. The smells were on point. The transitions were not my favorite but not bad. Would have liked a little more movement on the hang glider to drop my stomach at a time but it may still happen.

Overall a nice change.

 

[djkidkaz]

The new Soarin is fantastic! All of my issues with the original were rectified. Loved all the new locales and ending at Epcot, the transitions are way better, all the new scents are great. Overall it's just amazing and exactly what Soarin should be. My only question is what is actually CGI? I feel like there is a lot more stuff added and some I wasn't sure. Like the elephants, polar bears, Taj Mahal building all looked very crisp so maybe it's just the great quality now but it's hard to tell.

 

[Progress.City]

Have they installed the digital projectors because the EPCOT version from the video seems dark in comparison to both the Shanghai and DCA versions?

 

[Pam Hates Penguins]

Have they installed the digital projectors because the EPCOT version from the video seems dark in comparison to both the Shanghai and DCA versions?

Or it could just be a bad camera...

 

[Jahona]

Have they installed the digital projectors because the EPCOT version from the video seems dark in comparison to both the Shanghai and DCA versions?

Yes they have. I've seen videos from Shanghai that were dark as well. It depends on the camera and if the exposure is correct. People that have ridden Soarin recently have commented on how well it looks.

 

[Progress.City]

Another thing, they should have left in the Shanghai scene in the US versions. That scene looked so futuristic-looking that it reminded me of the Coruscant chase sequence from Attack of the Clones!

 

[Pam Hates Penguins]

Another thing, they should have left in the Shanghai scene in the US versions. That scene looked so futuristic-looking that it reminded me of the Coruscant chase sequence from Attack of the Clones!

But we would rather have....Is it Epcot that is shown last? If it is, I would rather have that scene.

 

[Progress.City]

But we would rather have....Is it Epcot that is shown last? If it is, I would rather have that scene.

I mean still show the EPCOT ending but fly over Shanghai before that. Just look at how similar Shanghai is to Corusant:

Shanghai

Coruscant

 

[FigmentJedi]

I noticed on the Shanghai video that the movie appeared to end with a view of the Milky Way. Is that true of the Epcot version too?

No, the Milky Way being the "screensaver" of the Omnimax theater is part of Shanghai's story of the ride being an ancient mystical observatory. You see it on the ceilings of the queue and pre-show room too.