2 questions about Mission: Space

[CindyAnn]

I've been reading some of the threads on Mission: Space with a lot of interest. DH, DS (10) and DD (7) all have cast iron stomachs, so I'm not too worried about motion sickness, as long as they're better at listening to Disney's instructions than they are to Mom's instructions.

1). I understand that I have to keep looking straight ahead, but would I be able to hold my son or daughter's hand if they're sitting beside me?

2). People have mentioned that you're sitting in very close quarters in the ride. I'm not worried about claustrophobia, but wondering whether I'll fit on the ride. Is there a bar or a seatbelt? I'm 5'10" and wear a size 22 or 24. I've never experienced any difficulties on any other Disney attraction.

TIA,

 

[*123JOANNA123*]

1. You can still hold your daughter's hand, but there are certain tasks you will have to perform that might make this difficult (if you're navigator, you need to push a button to deploy the wings), plus there are manual controls so you'll feel like you're piloting the shuttle. You really need both hands to experience it properly. I'm not sure if the pods are close enough to reach, but I think they probably are. I would really recommend you keep looking ahead- you get the best from the ride when you look at the screen apart from anything else.

2. The restraint is one of those elongated horseshoe shaped affairs that you pull down over your head so it locks into place against your chest, restraining your head and chest area and leaving your hands free. You can self select how tight the bar goes- it won't be a problem.

Hope this helps

 

[Danauk]

All participants on mission space need to press 2 buttons so your daughter will need her hands free for that and also when all the participants pilot the craft for landing. The comment about the bars on the post above is correct but also once you are strapped in the console in front of you with the monitors and controls on also tips towards you which some people have found to be a little clostrophobic. Saying that I went on with my friend who is claustraphobic and she was OK as there is plenty to concentrate on.

 

[Safari Steve]

All you will be able to see of the person/people next to you is their hands. That being said, it will not be the most comfortable or useful situation for either of you to hold hands (if you can even manage the angle required).

You have nothing to worry about as far as fitting in the cabin.

 

[whozit]

If your DD wigs out and won't let go of your hand to do her job (press the buttons), "computer override" will take care of everything. (One of the times we rode it, we only had three crew members, so when it got to the point for the absent member to do their job for example: "Navigator....deploy wings now" was followed by "computer override, wings deploying" or something similar. My 10 year old niece was very nervous prior to our first ride about the consequences if she was not be able to do her "job". The numerous preflight warnings about the avoiding the ride if you don't do well on spinning rides, if you don't like noises and are uncomfortable in complete darkness had her really worked up (she came through it like a champ and couldn't wait to ride it again).

 

[CindyAnn]

Thanks everybody - I feel better. I think DS will be fine, but DD will have to make up her mind once we arrive. If it seems to intense in the queue, she and I will just give it a miss, or we'll do a kid swap.

 

[whozit]

As I said in my earlier post, the repeated warnings in the queues were the scariest part for my niece. I haven't taken her on Alien Encounter because I've heard that it terrifies and creeps a lot of people out, and she chickened out of TOT last year, but after talking to friends back home after last year's trip, she was determined to ride it this time, but she didn't make it past the preshow....later during our trip this year, she asked if we could go back to TOT, she was certain she had worked up her courage, but after we got through the turnstiles of MGM, she said she was too nervous again. After reading the posts on these boards about MS, I was sure she would be okay on MS (people said it is not scary, but intense)...I just had to keep telling her to trust me. We were lucky in that there was not a long waiting time, if we had waited in line for 30 minutes, I don't know if she would have gone on it, because of the continuous warnings (and once you get in the preshow, as you watch video, you are warned again (by Gary Sinese, you astronaut greeter/trainer) and then when you are waiting for the doors of you capsule to open, you are warned again that to bail out, just notify a cast member ). With all the warnings, I'm sure she was scared to death....but the next day, we were outside MS and someone was asking the CM about how scary it was and my niece piped in that she had been really scared, but it was not scary at all and she didn't feel any spinning. She did not find it frightening or creepy at all. She doesn't like loud noises and was very concerned about that part of the warning, so we put earplugs in the first time, but honestly, it did not seem overly loud to me (or her).....the Tiki bird show at MK on the other hand is very loud (but I don't remember numerous warnings there).

 

[jann1033]

this no doubt sounds stupid to anyone not claustrophobic but is there good air circulation, is it dark for the whole ride or just a few places( like alien encounter or longer?) how confining are the shoulder harnesses, can you move around at all and can you see out the sides if you want to or is it like having a waste basket on your head( only example I could think of) (i have never had a problem on aride before but made the Dr take me out of the MRI 3 times!)
Thanks

 

[Selket]

I'm the same size as you and I fit fine...plenty of room and the seat and restraint was not confining at all IMHO. I didn't find the cabins to be that claustrophobic either. I don't remember any periods of complete darkness....just some when the light is less but it never felt that dark to me. I couldn't tell the cabin was spinning until I got off and was dizzy!

 

[drp4video]

I did not find it any more confined than any other similator. My daughter was so excited that she forgot to do her job-navigator-and we still arrived safely. You don't want to look sideways-stare straight ahead with your head back, and you should be fine.

I noticed people bigger than you described going on the ride, so don't worry about that. I can't recall if you can move your hands to hold another person's on the ride, but it really is over fast.

 

[jann1033]

Originally posted by drp4video
I did not find it any more confined than any other similator. My daughter was so excited that she forgot to do her job-navigator-and we still arrived safely. You don't want to look sideways-stare straight ahead with your head back, and you should be fine.

I noticed people bigger than you described going on the ride, so don't worry about that. I can't recall if you can move your hands to hold another person's on the ride, but it really is over fast.

do you happen to remember if the other simulator rides warn about claustrophobia? I've never had a problem with any of them. are you in a similar compartment?

 

[germanbini]

I understand there's a bar - DH wears a size 3x shirt, he's a pretty big guy (barrel chested and round stomach). We rode some things at Universal without a problem (like Spiderman, Men in Black, and Back to the Future he fit ok), but those with some overhead pull-downs or small shaped seats (like rollercoasters) were a problem for him. He loves "space stuff," will he be able to ride?

 

[Safari Steve]

In reference to air circulation, you will have fresh cool air blowing on your face throughout the entire experience.