The Miscellaneous Thought Thread

[Rich T]

Your body could handle the rough ride better when you were a kid?

No. The new sleds feel far rougher than the older ones. Part of it is just the way you're forced to sit and the lack of padding. The old sleds had plenty of room to sit whichever way you felt more comfortable, and you could anticipate the rough spots more and adjust your seating or grip to get ready. The ride's always been rough, but the new sleds just seem to amplify it.

The Matterhorn used to be one of my very favorite rides right up to the point they added the new sleds. Now every time I ride I feel like I've been kicked in the back.

 

[Curious Constance]

Possibly but it seems to be the general consensus that they were smoother ( including some people who were adults then). But I guess could say they re older adults now. Lol

They were only about a year older comparing when it closed and reopened with new cars. I feel no difference because I'm really short so my legs don't hit anything.

 

[Rich T]

They were only about a year older comparing when it closed and reopened with new cars. I feel no difference because I'm really short so my legs don't hit anything.

I'm 6' tall. I know people taller than me who have no problem, but for the life of me I cannot find any sitting position on the new sleds that feels comfortable. I've tried all 3 seats. The front is the worst (who is the Imagineer who okay'd that as an acceptable seating position???), but the 2nd and 3rd seats have the added "charm" of trapping and squeezing my big, fat feet in their side pockets of doom.

 

[Rich T]

The first bobsleds (the singles) felt like tight, functional Volkswagons.
The second gen felt like roomy Oldsmobiles.
The new ones feel like Clown Cars.

 

[Disney Irish]

I'm 6' tall. I know people taller than me who have no problem, but for the life of me I cannot find any sitting position on the new sleds that feels comfortable. I've tried all 3 seats. The front is the worst (who is the Imagineer who okay'd that as an acceptable seating position???), but the 2nd and 3rd seats have the added "charm" of trapping and squeezing my big, fat feet in their side pockets of doom.

I'm a 6' tall larger man and I've had no real issues. Its always been fine for me in any seat. Only real issue is getting in and out because I'm tall.

I really think its about how you sit and what "natural" padding you have in your backside. If you have little to no "natural" padding I can see how it may hit the tail bone.

 

[Rich T]

I'm a 6' tall larger man and I've had no real issues. Its always been fine for me in any seat. Only real issue is getting in and out because I'm tall.

I really think its about how you sit and what "natural" padding you have in your backside. If you have little to no "natural" padding I can see how it may hit the tail bone.

There are a lot of people who have the same experience as you, so it must be some combination of leg/back proportions in certain people like me that makes the new sleds no dang awful. I've tried. I can't make it work.

But I do know, for certain, that in previous sleds, I never felt those harsh "Ka-KLUNK" moments on the ride where now it just feels like the sleds suddenly dropped an inch on the rails. Part of this, I'm sure, is the fact that the sleds now carry heavier loads per train than ever before: On the old tandems, most sleds dispatched with just one adult per seat (2 adults per car). Ah, the good old days of leg room! Beautiful, glorious leg room!

 

[mickEblu]

I'm a 6' tall larger man and I've had no real issues. Its always been fine for me in any seat. Only real issue is getting in and out because I'm tall.

I really think its about how you sit and what "natural" padding you have in your backside. If you have little to no "natural" padding I can see how it may hit the tail bone.

I’m 5’10, 200 pounds, medium natural padding. The only seat that really hurts is the very back. All the others are fine. Not comfortable but not painful.

 

[mickEblu]

Random thought here ... Cars Land gets all the praise but Grizzly Peak is the best land at DCA by far... especially at night. I really feel like I’m in Yosemite. The lighting or lack thereof with the Grand Californian, the view of the geyser and waterfalls on GRR and all the trees really work together to take you some place.

 

[Curious Constance]

@mickEblu remember when you thought my current profile pic was a pic of me? Lmao!!!

 

[mickEblu]

@mickEblu remember when you thought my current profile pic was a pic of me? Lmao!!!

LOL! I had no idea it was Constance from the mansion.

I was FOB AP back then

 

[Deleted member 107043]

Where is that photo from? Is it in the HM somewhere?

 

[Curious Constance]

LOL! I had no idea it was Constance from the mansion.

I was FOB AP back then

Don't fee bad. I just had to look up the meaning of FOB.

 

[Curious Constance]

Where is that photo from? Is it in the HM somewhere?

Yeah, it appears to be one of the portraits with her and one of her husbands. I used to have a better pic, but I can't find the old one.

 

[Practical Pig]

Random thought here ... Cars Land gets all the praise but Grizzly Peak is the best land at DCA by far... especially at night. I really feel like I’m in Yosemite. The lighting or lack thereof with the Grand Californian, the view of the geyser and waterfalls on GRR and all the trees really work together to take you some place.

Absolutely agreed. The area feels like the human infrastructure there was installed in a natural environment. There's a subtlety to the imagineering there that feels authentic, and that's something of an accomplishment to achieve in a parking lot.

 

[mickEblu]

Absolutely agreed. The area feels like the human infrastructure there was installed in a natural environment. There's a subtlety to the imagineering there that feels authentic, and that's something of an accomplishment to achieve in a parking lot.

Well said! It’s probably has the most authentic feel at the park. The only thing I don’t like is how they put that smoking section there on the backside of GRR. Doesn’t vibe with the area.

 

[mickEblu]

Absolutely agreed. The area feels like the human infrastructure there was installed in a natural environment. There's a subtlety to the imagineering there that feels authentic, and that's something of an accomplishment to achieve in a parking lot.

edit: meant to say the most authentic feel at the **resort**

 

[SuddenStorm]

Why did they change from the old white bobsleds at all? Those seemed to work fine when I was a kid and I don’t remember the ride being so rough.

Disney's changed all the "date" seating arrangements (rip Splash logs) and it's a shame.

 

[Rich T]

Why did they change from the old white bobsleds at all? Those seemed to work fine when I was a kid and I don’t remember the ride being so rough.

I'm pretty sure it was an attempt to increase capacity. Though the old trains could handle 8 people, most non-dating adults would take a whole seat and the trains would leave with 4. The new sleds could assure 6 riders every dispatch. Except I'm pretty sure they haven't gained too much capacity since it now probably takes longer to shoehorn people in and out of the new wheeled torture devices.

 

[Rich T]

 

[JD2000]

Re-profiling the Matterhorn has been going on for years. What we have now is as good as it gets. It's just not designed like a modern coaster. You simply can't rebuild it like they did to Space Mountain.

I'd read that some years ago. But is that fact or speculation? As they're obviously not taking it far enough then.