Animaniac93-98
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Side note, I hate that blinding bright photo flash.
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Space Mountain Refurbishment for Walt Disney World?
- Thread starter Walter Elias Disney
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Side note, I hate that blinding bright photo flash.
Good points. Also, the projections ironically have been dimmer and worse since the 90s era so the entire projection loading areas that are uninteresting are even more wasted. I have seen them off so many times and it's terrible.
FettFan
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Don’t give them ideas; they’ll shove a Disney Princess in there and then fall back to their lame naming convention.
“Kida’s Atlantis Adventure” or “Pocahontas’ Riverbend Adventure” or “Merida’s Brave Adventure” or some crap.
FettFan
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Cmdr_Crimson
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I think the problem with the "effect" is it just doesn't get timed right with the sound effect once hitting the turn when your being blasted to space on the lift.
This is definitely a need for park capacity. I was surprised TDO passed on track refurbishment the first time. Hopefully they will plan to make the updates listed throughout the discussion.
THEMEPARKPIONEER
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fix it up, fresh paint, bring back the moving exit and leave it be. Remove that ceiling in the queue area to.
TalkToEthan
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Third shift Maintenance.
The problem is the location. Night blinding riders as the ride begins is at best ignorant, at worse foolish.
An example of an installation without understanding the requirements (also see ToT)
A replacement of track similar to Slinky Dog would be fantastic. Smooth ride would be great!
yensidtlaw1969
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That's interesting to hear you say - wasn't part of the point of the speed tunnel always to bombard the guests with flashing lights before they lift up into the star dome to help enhance the ride's perceived darkness? You don't want guests adjusted to the dark to the point where they can see the track ahead of them
Virtual Toad
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Sadly the damage inflicted in the 2008 "refurb" and subsequent removal of the exit speedramp will most likely never be corrected. In addition to the rough ride and arguably dangerous track conditions here's a (partial?) list of self-inflicted wounds:
1) Annoying safety spiels playing repeatedly through the entire queue.
2) Lack of an entertaining preshow in the main queue switchbacks (with apologies to anyone who disagrees, the FedEx "SMTV" video loop was totally awesome and tied in perfectly to ethos of the 1994 Tomorrowland-- including advertisements for XS Tech!)
3) No longer being able to choose which side to ride.
4) Being forced against your will to endure the claustrophobic, unthemed, trashy, brightly lit and stuffy back hallway because the powers that be couldn't figure out a way to route everyone through a queue they just spent millions to refurbish.
5) Closing in the queue ceiling. Destroys the anticipation of seeing the ride vehicles from the queue and obliterates a large part of the Peoplemover experience as well. Pro tip: We used to ride the Peoplemover to check out how full the indoor SM queue was before deciding to get in line (good times, sigh).
6) Lame attempt to incorporate music into the ride with cheap DJ speakers instead on an actual on-board audio system.
7) Installation of speed brakes before the final drop.
8) Removal of the exit speedramp. Inexcusable.
The SM experience was SO much better back in the day. I feel sorry for those who never got the chance to see it for themselves. The lack of respect WDW has shown for what was once the undisputed hallmark attraction for the entire resort is another prime example of what decades of penny pinching, mismanagement and lack of knowledge of your own product can achieve.
1) Annoying safety spiels playing repeatedly through the entire queue.
2) Lack of an entertaining preshow in the main queue switchbacks (with apologies to anyone who disagrees, the FedEx "SMTV" video loop was totally awesome and tied in perfectly to ethos of the 1994 Tomorrowland-- including advertisements for XS Tech!)
3) No longer being able to choose which side to ride.
4) Being forced against your will to endure the claustrophobic, unthemed, trashy, brightly lit and stuffy back hallway because the powers that be couldn't figure out a way to route everyone through a queue they just spent millions to refurbish.
5) Closing in the queue ceiling. Destroys the anticipation of seeing the ride vehicles from the queue and obliterates a large part of the Peoplemover experience as well. Pro tip: We used to ride the Peoplemover to check out how full the indoor SM queue was before deciding to get in line (good times, sigh).
6) Lame attempt to incorporate music into the ride with cheap DJ speakers instead on an actual on-board audio system.
7) Installation of speed brakes before the final drop.
8) Removal of the exit speedramp. Inexcusable.
The SM experience was SO much better back in the day. I feel sorry for those who never got the chance to see it for themselves. The lack of respect WDW has shown for what was once the undisputed hallmark attraction for the entire resort is another prime example of what decades of penny pinching, mismanagement and lack of knowledge of your own product can achieve.
The tunnel worked well. It led into the lift hills with the right amount of lighting to keep the eyes adjusted to the correct level.
Being flashed in the face with retina burn doesn’t work. Not to mention there’s no show reason for it. Disneyland got it right hiding it in the (new) re entry tunnel.
Don’t forget the much vaunted standby line games with their atmosphere obliterating bright screens that were installed with much fanfare and are now abandoned.
Cmdr_Crimson
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Now those are just screen savers that rotate space backdrops..
Exactly. Money down the toilet and atmosphere destroyers.