Any truth to 'Mission Space Sickness?'

[SRUAlmn]

I heard through the grapevine that since the opening of Mission Space, Disney has had more people who had to go to the hospital or who became sick (due to motion sickness) since the grand opening of Walt Disney World. Anyone know if there is any truth to this? Has anyone been on it? It does look pretty sickening

 

[mayday]

Mission Space was our favorite ride in all of WDW. We rode it twice. However, one member of our group was disoriented for a while afterwards. I would not recommend it for anyone who has the slightest degree of motion sickness tendency.

 

[MrsJ Henry]

I heard on the radio the other day that in the last year 5 people over the age of 55 have had to go to the hospital due to riding this ride.
This has also made this a VERY popular ride they said.
The more people say they got sick on it.... the more some people want to ride it.

 

[Safari Steve]

5 people have gone to the hospital after riding Mission:Space. Most of them were elderly and had a history of heart problems (and had had heart surgery) and had ignored the 13 warning signs and multiple warning announcements that you should be in good health to ride.

If you are in good health, meet the height requirement, do not generally suffer from motion sickness, and follow the boarding instructions, you should be just fine. Everyone has ample time to opt out prior to the start of the ride, and if you have any doubts, you might enjoy the post-show activities.

 

[dcentity2000]

Look in the Rumours & News Board - this has been taken apart

Motion sickness should not really be a problem here if you stick to the rules - the ride is basically a centrifuge altering your velocity at varying rates in ONE direction (forwards), achieved by centrifuge. If you do what you're told, you should be absolutely fine

Note: I've never actually been on this ride so I'm relying on hear-say to explain the physics behind the experience; if I'm wrong please do say



Rich::

 

[Micca]

I tried it once and felt a bit light headed for an hour or two after the experience. I'm going to try it one more time, if I get the same results, I'll be retiring as an M:S astronaut. It was pretty cool.

 

[outstandinfarmer]

Just don't plan on eating before or after the ride. It's awesome and you won't experience it on any other ride, but if you get sick easily, DON"T RIDE IT!! Also, if you are claustrophobic (sp?) don't ride it. They close you into a pretty close space. I'd ride it once on a trip, but I don't think twice. (Even though I LOVE intense rides!)

 

[Safari Steve]

You're actually facing the center axis of the centrofuge during the ride, so the direction of spin is lateral. If your cabin turned to face the direction of the rotation, the centrifugal force would force everyone to the side of the cabin, giving a completely different sensation.
Because you have no frame of reference, your body is almost completely fooled into thinking that you are not spinning. The actual motion is percieved by the inner ear, while your vision, hearing, and sense of touch tell you that you're moving forward/upward. It's three-against one unless you close your eyes (removing the convincing visual) or turn your head left or right... in either of those cases, the inner ear has a much easier time convincing the rest of your body that something screwy is going on, and stages a revolt. Fun times... happy, fun times...

 

[5infam]

Ok, I do not get motion sickness and love most rides, especially at parks like six flaggs where there are huge coasters. With that said, I will never ride MS again!!! The one thing I do not do good at is spinning rides. Even then, if I focus on one thing or close my eyes, I feel fine, but MS almost did me in. You don't even feel like you are spinning, but they almost needed to come clean up after me. It is really a shame because I thought the ride was way cool, but it is best that I never go on it again. I knew about the warnings and I followed all the rules, but once we landed on mars, the sickness feeling started and I was really going downhill from there. When the ride ended, I could barely get out of the seat and I was walking very slowly like I was extremely drunk, all the way out of the ride. Meanwhile, everyone else seemed to love the ride and were sprinting off the thing. The other thing that bugged me (but probably saved me at the same time) was the steady hard stream of air that is pumped into your face. It dried out my contact lenses and made it hard for me to see. I think you should try it once and see for yourself. Good luck!!!

 

[RedShorts]

This is a "must do" ride for us since our last trip when it was still under construction. Not long now.
Chris

 

[720L]

It made me kinda sick but I'm glad I tried it! I don't think I'll ride again though. Very cool ride. It blows your mind how they can make it so real. Gotta love Disney!

 

[ear_poppin]

This ride made me actually sick. It made the person sick in front of me who raced me to the restrooms to vomit. We had to jump over a wet patch where someone had not be able to reach the restrooms in time.

Saying that I am glad I went on it as it was fab ....but never again.

 

[pjlla]

I CANNOT ride the Teacups in MK (I would feel sick and headachy for the rest of the day!!) but I had no problem with M:S. I followed the rules (except for occasionally peeking over to check on DD) and had NO TROUBLE!! No queasy stomach, no headache, no dizziness. I rode it twice in one day, once about 10 am and second about 7pm.... felt fine. Just my experience.......P

 

[pjlla]

Afterthought here..... if you REALLY want to try it but are concerned that it will make you feel lousy, try it at the end of the day. That way if you feel crappy, you won't waste the day! Just go back to your hotel and sleep it off!.....................P

 

[Took]

I can't agree enough with "outstandinfarmer." For me, it wasn't the motion sickness that was the problem (I thought the sensation in "space" was very cool and not like the teacup ride, at all), but the closed in sensation in the tiny cockpit made me absolutely panic. It took an act of will to not scream when they closed the door to the ride. I probably won't ride again even though I thought the ride was fairly neat, otherwise. The thought is too distressing.

took

 

[cindala]

Last summer my DH rode Mission Space several times, and loved it, no ill effects. My DD, 16 at the time, also rode it, but came off of the ride with a headache and feeling dizzy.

Although I can ride all the other rides at Disney, except for RNR, I chose not to go on this. I know my limits, and I think this would have pushed me over the edge.

 

[jubileegirl]

..that was the best explanation ever of how the ride works! I shall speak sternly to my inner ear at all times (as well as looking ahead with my eyes open!)

 

[2angelsinheaven]

It didn't make me sick to my stomach, but I did have a little headache afterwards. It could be my BPPV acting up though. And I always get motion sickness (rollercoasters, boating, car rides)... and this one didn't bother me. Follow the directions though or it could.

 

[TowerOfTerrorFreak]

I am claustrophobic (sp?) and M:S made me feel sick because of the little space (no pun intended) that it had...

 

[lissawynn]

I have never had motion sickness and didn't experience any kind of problems after I rode Mission Space. I did get kind of claustrophobic (sp?) and I never experienced that before.