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Why did they install "Starry-o-Phonic" sound on Space Mountain...
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Cmdr_Crimson
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If you really want to know who composed the Starry-O-Phonic score that would be Mike Brassell.
Not only did he compose the 2009 score to SM He is also the Narrator you hear on the Peoplemover & Living with the Land....
Not only did he compose the 2009 score to SM He is also the Narrator you hear on the Peoplemover & Living with the Land....
ShoalFox
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How does he manage to sound so good on Living with the Land, yet so boring on the Peoplemover?If you really want to know who composed the Starry-O-Phonic score that would be Mike Brassell.
Not only did he compose the 2009 score to SM He is also the Narrator you hear on the Peoplemover & Living with the Land....
How exactly do you propose they achieve "substantially more capacity" on a single roller coaster track vs. what they have currently with the two "unimpressive ones"?
Cmdr_Crimson
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It's weird I agree...I thought he was trying to do a version of Orac-1 the first time I had heard it...
ORAC-1 had soul. The current narration has none.
ORAC-1 was also the best version, IMHO, followed by the 1994 version. Fun, informative, and thoroughly enjoyable. My holy grail for Disney park audio is the source audio for the ORAC-1 Wedway Peoplemover.
Martin has a good live recording, and I've wanted to do something around that myself, but source is what I want.
disneygeek90
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I rode on Saturday and the whole ride was practically silent. It was weird.
Cmdr_Crimson
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The same way Space Mountain is composed by the same person....
WEDwaydatamover
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Orac-1 IS the holy grail of source audio. I have just about every piece of studio recording imaginable from MK and Epcot but I can only find live recordings of this. I do have some studio recordings of the various background scores from the WEDWay.
WDWdream97
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@marni1971 do you know if there is any plan in the distant future to do a full track replacement for SM? Of course if anything after Tron has opened?
Damon7777
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Why yes you would!!
... but not because the rider hourly capacity became lower. The lines would become crazy long due to guests wanting to queue up for something great.
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Damon7777
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Space Mountain at Anaheim, Hong Kong and Tokyo have single tracks pumping out approx 2,200 riders per hour
Magic Kingdom's two track rider capacity per hour: approx 2,000
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WEDwaydatamover
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Disney will have to offset its future crowds and coming Tomorrowland with a far better Adventureland or Frontierland experience.
The way Epcot is offsetting its new attractions to avoid bottlenecks in an slightly underperforming/underimagined park as of recent times or decades. In all directions.
The way Epcot is offsetting its new attractions to avoid bottlenecks in an slightly underperforming/underimagined park as of recent times or decades. In all directions.
WEDwaydatamover
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In my opinion as much as all of WDWs Space Mountain needs a complete upgrade to its roots it remains the best.
Not the smoothest.
Not the best sounding.
But I fear death version... long may the low slung rockets live on.
Not the smoothest.
Not the best sounding.
But I fear death version... long may the low slung rockets live on.
Nope. Nothing I know of.
Damon7777
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The best??? hmmmm??
Just a wild guess here but you have not experienced Hong Kong, right? (Nor Paris, right?). Maybe you have but I just can't imagine anyone saying MK's version is better than HK's and being honest about it.
I wonder if you have ever experienced the other 4 versions. The Paris version, as for the ride system, is more like a "Rock n Roller" style with full restraints and inversions. The other 3 in Anaheim, Tokyo and Hong Kong are closely related but quite different than MK's.
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TestTrack99
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It wouldn't be as efficient. If there are two tracks one can be used for fastpass and the other for standby. One track and you've got lines all the way down Main Street USA and out the front gate to the monorail station.