Choodles
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No reason to be rude! Regardless of what you asked people are comparing them so maybe ask a better question next time.
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Star Tours vs. Forbidden Journey
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No reason to be rude! Regardless of what you asked people are comparing them so maybe ask a better question next time.
Mansion Butler
Active Member
I can compare them based on which one I enjoy more pretty easily, though.
(Football. By a lot.)
You called my question stupid! But if I misread your tone, I do apologize.
Choodles
New Member
It's ok but I wasn't calling the question stupid but that people were comparing them. I got what you were saying forexample I prefer Dinosaur to EE while you can't compare the two I have a preference.:wave:
Monsterfan99
Active Member
If you are going to ride less than twice a year Potter gets the easy win.
If you plan on ridding a ton during the year Star Tours gets the nod.
If you plan on ridding a ton during the year Star Tours gets the nod.
SleepingMonk
Well-Known Member
thelookingglass
Well-Known Member
Um, no? not at all. Seriously guys, please ride it before making comments.
Tigger1988
Well-Known Member
Are some of you riding a different Star Tours than the rest of us?
Because I went on 3 times in a row and each ride was different...not just the last 20 seconds. It also wasn't the original ride with minor tweaks.
Because I went on 3 times in a row and each ride was different...not just the last 20 seconds. It also wasn't the original ride with minor tweaks.
SleepingMonk
Well-Known Member
Same building, same ride vehicle, same simulator, same system correct?
Different props, plussed story and new graphics.
That about it?
Are you serious? Forbidden Journey is not a coaster. Not even a little bit.
If this argument was taking place in the 60s it would be "Which do you prefer? Trip to The Moon or The Haunted Mansion"
Dark rides typically win. At least in most opinions. It is an actual thrilling adventure that you are on. Forbidden Journey combines so many great and practical effects.
As far as simulators out there now go, Star Tours is probably the best in my opinion, but still...a simulator.
Dark rides typically win. At least in most opinions. It is an actual thrilling adventure that you are on. Forbidden Journey combines so many great and practical effects.
As far as simulators out there now go, Star Tours is probably the best in my opinion, but still...a simulator.
wayneway
Member
I have never ridden FB but even looking at Spider Man at Universal, to me Disney hasn't been able to top it yet. I can only assume FB is comparable to Spider Man if not better. That being said I prefer Disney over Universal and I know Disney could easily blow anything that Universal does out of the water..."IF" they spend the money to do it. Let's not forget that much of Universal was created by ex imagineers.
Rowdy
Member
Let's not forget that they're ex imagineers for a reason. :ROFLOL:
Sorry, I had too. :lookaroun
Haha. Yeah, they wanted to design really cool things that Disney would not fund. Shame on them.
Rowdy
Member
I know right! They should beg that Nazi company Disney to take them back!
wizards8507
Active Member
I've made this point before, but I'll continue making it as long as people continue to call Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, essentially, cheap.
These bad boys cost $1 billion each. A fifth gate would cost about $1 billion. They're spending the money, just not on what you'd like.
Rowdy
Member
Very good point.
cheezbat
Well-Known Member
I've made this point before, but I'll continue making it as long as people continue to call Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, essentially, cheap.
These bad boys cost $1 billion each. A fifth gate would cost about $1 billion. They're spending the money, just not on what you'd like.
That's great. Finish building that other dang boat and get back to spending billions on the thing Disney is known for: THEME PARKS! :lol:
Eddie Sotto
Premium Member
Being an "ex" Imagineer that quit, I'd only add that Star Tours 2 is a rehab, not a new ride from the ground up as Potter is. Not a fair comparison as WDI is just upgrading dated technology and from what I hear did a great job. HP is all new from the ground up. Hard to compete with that.
MarkTwain
Well-Known Member
^ Enter a surprise appearance by Eddie Sotto! 
:sohappy:
I was going to say that Disney rotates through Imagineers these days like dry cleaning - unless their name is Tony Baxter, Tom Fitzgerald, Joe Rhode, or a select other few, Disney won't foot the salaries of most Imagineers for more than a few years before bringing in a fresh new slate of designers (most of who will work just as hard for cheaper). Might be good for the short-term bottom line, but the long-term result is that the all that Disney-trained talent runs off to places like Universal Creative, and gives us stuff like... well, like WWoHP. :shrug: Sad for us Disney fans, but true.
Also, it IS hard to compare a rehab of a 25 year old ride system to a built-from-the-ground-up attraction featuring state of the art technology. One of the most challenging things a designer can do is a retrofit. When what you're having to retrofit is the prototype of a ride system that has become as commonplace to the amusement industry as the steel coaster, while trying to make it seem as fresh and revolutionary as it did at its debut... it becomes a challenge, to say the least. I'm not Star Tours II can quite match up to Harry Potter in terms of pure ride-to-ride comparison, but then, I'm not sure any of us should have expected it to.
:sohappy:I was going to say that Disney rotates through Imagineers these days like dry cleaning - unless their name is Tony Baxter, Tom Fitzgerald, Joe Rhode, or a select other few, Disney won't foot the salaries of most Imagineers for more than a few years before bringing in a fresh new slate of designers (most of who will work just as hard for cheaper). Might be good for the short-term bottom line, but the long-term result is that the all that Disney-trained talent runs off to places like Universal Creative, and gives us stuff like... well, like WWoHP. :shrug: Sad for us Disney fans, but true.
Also, it IS hard to compare a rehab of a 25 year old ride system to a built-from-the-ground-up attraction featuring state of the art technology. One of the most challenging things a designer can do is a retrofit. When what you're having to retrofit is the prototype of a ride system that has become as commonplace to the amusement industry as the steel coaster, while trying to make it seem as fresh and revolutionary as it did at its debut... it becomes a challenge, to say the least. I'm not Star Tours II can quite match up to Harry Potter in terms of pure ride-to-ride comparison, but then, I'm not sure any of us should have expected it to.