I caved.
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After 6 months of avoiding WDW and its reservation system, I bought the locals pass last night, made a reservation, and went to Epcot this morning to ride Guardians. And I arrived, on my first visit since 1993, to find their whole app system had gone down and no one could make the 7 AM Guardians reservations!
But the CMs were wonderful and I wound up getting an early morning ride on the new coaster.
It was pretty good, but it’s basically Space Mountain with rotating cars, and I got very motion sick!
Very smooth, very comfortable. Good, long coaster ride. The highlight is definitely the big reveal when you launch out into the huge show building’s interior. It’s Space Mtn. on a mind-boggling scale. I was a bit disappointed that the many screens provided a bit too much light; I could clearly see the walls, the tracks, the supports, etc. And I don’t think the storyline really adds anything; everyone’s so busy screaming that no one’s paying a lick of attention to the dialogue or the plot points.
I liked it a lot despite the motion sickness. The scariest part was the long, steep set of exit stairs; who is the genius who thought that was a good design move?
And the queue music was wonderful. The whole queue was terrific, but I don’t know how well the lengthy, jokey preshow is going to hold up for repeat rides.
And, as others have said: Excellent ride—Doesn’t belong in Epcot.