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News Tron coaster coming to the Magic Kingdom

Clamman73

Clamman73

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Is this the Fountain of Tron dedication?
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DonniePeverley

DonniePeverley

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UNCgolf said:
I think Florida's Pirates is better than the Shanghai version.

The Shanghai version is neat and the ride system is really cool, but there's too much watching a video on a screen in front of you. It does a good job incorporating physical effects with the video, but it's just not as impressive/immersive as being in a space full of physical sets, AAs, etc.
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Good grief.

What a horrific post.
 
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GimpYancIent

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DonniePeverley said:
You don't need a sneak peak. You can already view the ride at Shanghai. The opening is breathtaking, but from then on i don't think it beats Hagrid's.

Word of warning - don't go watch their versions of Peter Pan or Pirates of Caibbean - you'll be fuming how next level they are compared to the dross servings at Florida.
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Let's get something clear No One Cares about the ride in Shanghai, it's in China. The interest is in the ride in the Magic Kingdom in Walt Disney World in Florida. Sneak peaks of the ride in WDW is what is being looked forward to.
 
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TQQQ

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UNCgolf said:
There may be something wrong with you.
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What? You are saying that pirates Florida is better than Pirates Shanghai and you think there’s something wrong with him? Have you been on pirates Shanghai? Because I have and Florida is like playing Atari pong compared to Shanghai’s like grand theft auto.


Let’s get something clear, a better ride is a better ride, no matter where it is.
 
UNCgolf

UNCgolf

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TQQQ said:
What? You are saying that pirates Shanghai is better than Pirates Florida and you think there’s something wrong with him? Have you been on pirates Shanghai? Because I have and Florida is like playing Atari pong compared to Shanghai’s like grand theft auto.


Let’s get something clear, a better ride is a better ride, no matter where it is.
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I'm not saying there's something wrong with him for liking Shanghai Pirates more. That's fine.

But it's not an objectively better attraction. Florida Pirates is better than Shanghai Pirates to me (and I'm apparently not the only one). Shanghai Pirates could have been fantastic but it suffers from stopping to watch videos. That's not why I ride theme park attractions -- you shouldn't be stopping during the ride to watch a movie play on a screen (there are some exceptions, but mainly attractions where the whole experience is a video isn't really doable in any other way, like Flight of Passage -- and I still generally like those less than other attractions); I can do that at home. Video/projections that are interspersed with other things can work very well, but Shanghai Pirates has a couple of moments where it's literally just watching a video.

It's still a quality attraction, but that really detracts from it.
 
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BubbaisSleep

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I’m sure most of us agree with the actual point. It’s probably just using the worst pirates out of all of them to prove your point. Shanghai’s is way better than Florida’s but DL & Paris have something unique to compete with. All that room and they still made it a cliff notes version in Florida. It’s honestly the prime candidate out of the three to get the Shanghai treatment.

But back to Tron, even though it’s a clone the videos still create hype & it is making me excited.
 
IMDREW

IMDREW

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UNCgolf said:
I'm not saying there's something wrong with him for liking Shanghai Pirates more. That's fine.

But it's not an objectively better attraction. Florida Pirates is better than Shanghai Pirates to me (and I'm apparently not the only one). Shanghai Pirates could have been fantastic but it suffers from stopping to watch videos. That's not why I ride theme park attractions -- you shouldn't be stopping during the ride to watch a movie play on a screen (there are some exceptions, but mainly attractions where the whole experience is a video isn't really doable in any other way, like Flight of Passage -- and I still generally like those less than other attractions); I can do that at home. Video/projections that are interspersed with other things can work very well, but Shanghai Pirates has a couple of moments where it's literally just watching a video.

It's still a quality attraction, but that really detracts from it.
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I take it you have never been on it? Totally fine not to like Shanghais pirates of course, but that ride does not stop in front of screens like say ratatouille does. Its always moving, be it forwards, backwards or sidewards. Besides that it also has moments of speeding up and slowing down. So to say it just stops in front of a screen is inacurate. Its actually quite thrilling.
 
Bocabear

Bocabear

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IMDREW said:
I take it you have never been on it? Totally fine not to like Shanghais pirates of course, but that ride does not stop in front of screens like say ratatouille does. Its always moving, be it forwards, backwards or sidewards. Besides that it also has moments of speeding up and slowing down. So to say it just stops in front of a screen is inacurate. Its actually quite thrilling.
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This~! It never stops moving, and the screens are beautifully integrated into the sets... the scale is mammoth. No video of this attraction can really do it justice. It is epic and huge and fast-paced. You want to ride it again and again to catch things you missed the first time.
And seriously...the WDW version of Pirates is the worst one they ever built... Go see the Paris version or the Disneyland original... both are better quality rides than the WDW version of Pirates.
 
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TQQQ

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Bocabear said:
This~! It never stops moving, and the screens are beautifully integrated into the sets... the scale is mammoth. No video of this attraction can really do it justice. It is epic and huge and fast-paced. You want to ride it again and again to catch things you missed the first time.
And seriously...the WDW version of Pirates is the worst one they ever built... Go see the Paris version or the Disneyland original... both are better quality rides than the WDW version of Pirates.
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If the Shanghai version was in FLA, it would be the number one ride there, even ahead of Tron
 

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