SourcererMark79
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- In the Parks
- No
And uh, fly!
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Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance
- Thread starter The Grand Inquisitor
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Thanks to science!
SourcererMark79
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- In the Parks
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And Jackie Ogden
...who's totally not Sigourney Weaver.
Preshows are fun when you can MST3K them...
Favorite part of Mission:Space spiel is when the training officer says, "But there is one thing they [the astronauts who went to the moon] have that you don't have yet."
That's when I say in the Cowardly Lion voice, "Courage!"
DarkMetroid567
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The guy’s voice cracks me up everytime. He sounds so ridiculously fake.
That's the woman who says that.
And fake guy voice shows up in passing in the FoP pre-show and his voice pops up in other places, too.
wdizneew
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My issue with Mummy is the story isn't very clear and the coaster just becomes another themed in the dark thrill. I really like the fake unload station in the Orlando version though. Gringotts has the story element which elevates it to the level of a themed experience. It does lose it's coaster identity a bit after the first drop scene but it succeeds in letting guests "ride the movie"
Rider
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Gringotts would have been a lot better as a Spiderman ride. The coaster parts are so minimal (and completely in the dark) to not be worth the added operating headache. With the tried and true Spiderman system they would have had much less downtime and the whole thing would be much more accessible for guests who can ride the coaster.
RobWDW1971
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Gringotts was such a disappointment - the queue, build up, loading area, vehicle, start of the ride are all great and then it’s just screen to screen to screen. Have only ridden it a couple of times and wouldn’t wait very long again.
It really needed more physical sets to change it up - imagine if it went through a physical vault with all of the workers and gold, etc. Heck, even going through the bank in the queue would have been the highlight of the ride.
FJ got the blend of screens and physical just right - Gringotts was a huge step backwards.
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Darth Snips
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I believe this is accurate. The Rise of Skywalker Visual Dictionary mentions that Kylo Ren’s flagship “sustained major damage from a run-in with Resistance forces over Batuu”. It says that Kylo had to use a different ship in Episode IX, so I’m guessing we did quite a number on it!
disneygeek90
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Not in the slightest. It gives you time to let your imagination take over, take some time and breathe. Suspend your disbelief, spend some quality time in an attraction, and enjoy.
TimeTrip
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Agree with these. Especially the bit about plastic. It felt so lame. Everything looked like spray painted plastic, which I'm assuming it is. It really took me out of the "in a star destroyer" feeling.
I also felt that the hangar wasn't as impressive as it could have been. After the initial "wow" it became painfully obvious that the "space" portion of the hangar was just a very large screen. What looks great on a video recording because your brain makes up the 3d falls apart when seen in person. It had no depth. I felt like they could have had it set back from the hangar opening and maybe use some sort of lensing (?) To make it feel really far away.
Finally, what is up with the bridge scene? The Hux animatronic is pretty goofy looking, and why are we seeing it? Surely the transport doesn't go anywhere near the bridge. I took it as a "we're seeing a glimpse of what's happening, rather than being there" thing. But it didn't make sense in context.
rsm
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Hope this was the only attraction you’ve ever been on... you’d probably find all the others equally disastrous.
No Name
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This attraction is essentially queue, preshow, vehicle, queue, preshow, vehicle. It‘s gotta be very operationally heavy. But I think it’s absolutely worth every penny.
Right, but in successfully escaping their failed escape, they just end up sort of back where they started. @Tom Morrow and @999th Happy Haunt I like the explanations to an extent. It just seemed to me that the imagineers designed the ride with the idea that guests would be so enamored with the success of the first order escape that they wouldn’t really remember and consider the goal from the very beginning. Which, regardless of my feelings, they seem to have been correct about.
Right, but in successfully escaping their failed escape, they just end up sort of back where they started. @Tom Morrow and @999th Happy Haunt I like the explanations to an extent. It just seemed to me that the imagineers designed the ride with the idea that guests would be so enamored with the success of the first order escape that they wouldn’t really remember and consider the goal from the very beginning. Which, regardless of my feelings, they seem to have been correct about.
Tom Morrow
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They're still trying to tweak the show loads to keep the wait between the hanger bay and interrogation rooms minimal. This is further hindered by the ride not running at full capacity yet.
OSX
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This was my biggest criticism overall, besides the fact that the Storm Troopers in the hangar bay should have a bit more animation (it feels very "Hall of Presidents in B mode").
The projection mapping for blasts and explosions is somewhat noticeable the first time, very noticeable the second time. One or two real "blast" effects, whether it be lighting with some stage fog or whatever would go a long way.
I was also very let down by the wall that gets "sucked out" and the collapsing ceiling. Was expecting the oil tanker from Universal's Earthquake to slide down when the ceiling collapsed.
That’s the problem with projection mapping explosions. By their nature, explosions are a light source. And by their nature, projections emit very little light at their termination. To have some effect of realism they need to be brighter than the ambient light.