WDSP had the distinction of the first Disney park with no animatronics and no body of water. You could also see all four edges of the park from one place (you couldn’t see the berms since it had none). Eisner was right he’d built it too cheap. But given the climate and legal obligations back then it was possibly more of a rock and a hard place.
With a snap of Chappos’ finger, half of all M&Gs at WDW disappeared.
Homie
Even if you ignore the substantially, and I mean, substantially, it’s absolutely no comparison, better queue and exterior, at worst, the ride experience is a net-equal, not a net negative. There’s just no way. The coaster itself is still mediocre, and everything else is just lipstick on a pig. Sure, the lipstick changed colors, but even with very minimal projections, it’s easily an improvement (to me, I can understand seeing it as a net-equal, but it’s not like they ruined a masterpiece). It’s disappointing the ride doesn’t look better, but it’s sure as hell not some kind of disaster. It’s an extreme upgrade for the park as a whole.
Homie
There’s no way you’ve ridden Guardians if you think the only good element is it’s spinning cars.
RNRC is a mediocre coaster in a box with an interesting enough theme, putting it all together, it’s a good ride.
Guardians, on the other hand, is a fantastic coaster, with fantastic visual and physical elements, in an extremely long form factor. RNRC is a blink and you’ll miss it kinda ride.
I brought two first-timers to Disney a couple weeks ago, and one said Rise was their favorite with Guardians as their second and the other said Guardians as their favorite. They both thought it was easily the best coaster at Disney by a mile.
Guardians isn’t an example of a bunt, it’s a no-doubt home run. It’s a truly fantastic ride.
It doesn’t have an Instagram-worthy reveal like Rise, but the pre-show is very cool (but doesn’t translate well to camera) and the first view into space is mind-blowing (and it doesn’t translate at all to camera). Guardians is not donkey doo doo, despite what you’ve led yourself to believe.
I agree there’s absolutely no reason the Groot and Rocket animatronics aren’t in the pre-show, but not having them doesn’t really detract from the experience, it just would’ve made it that much better.
Yes, I'm kind of surprised people are so down on this just from the videos. Do we have any reports from people who have been on it?
All I’ve read is that the queue is excellent and the ride is what was expected. RnRC with Iron Man and Captain Marvel.
I think I’d have preferred a few more visuals and more than a ride past some screens in the dark. But I’ll wait until I ride.
We might get this AND a canceled new area. Time to see how lucky we are guys!
I mean, the ride isn’t even open to the public yet, so I’m not sure what else we’re supposed to go off of at this point. It’s not like there’s nothing that can be perceived from the videos - the side by side comparison I posted above tells a pretty clear story.
I agree, Cosmic Rewind looks like donkey doo doo from videos. Looks like utter garbage. In contrast, Rise looks like the masterpiece it is, even if it’s that much better in person.
I don't know why you keep saying RNR was no masterpiece when I've freely admitted that several times. I'm not pretending that it was. But an overall downgrade to an attraction experience can still be unfortunate even if it wasn't the pinaccle of Imagineering.
