Compare Soarin' and Star Tours for me

[Harambe]

I still want to try Star Tours with my family. I am NO GOOD on big drops, but I can do both Dinosaur and Soarin'.

How does Star Tours compare with those? DD keeps telling me I'll hate Star Tours because of the drop factor, but if I look down at the floor, can I find my bearings again?

We are starting our trip this year by going to HS for the evening and eating at Sci Fi. I'm thinking if I walk into the park, walk right to StarTours and hop on without thinking about it, the excitement of being at Disney will give me the guts to do it!!!!

Yay or nay?

 

[wilde_oscar]

I come off star tours feeling like a shaken martini... soarin' is smooth.

star tours is a motion simulator, soarin' ya pretty much sit there and enjoy.

Star tours you are hanging on for dear life, soarin' not so much.

The drops on star tours are simulated, but you feel it.

 

[CapnJacksGirl]

Star Tours makes me sicker than any other attraction at WDW. I tried it twice to see if the first time was a fluke, and boy was that a mistake!!

Soarin' is incredible! It's on my "can't miss" list for sure. I wouldn't put the two rides in the same category.

 

[singingpixie]

Honestly, I think you'll be ok. You really are only moving side to side and forward and back, like on Dinosaur- it's just the movie that makes you feel like you're dropping. So if you get freaked out, just close your eyes! It is a rather rough ride (lots of back and forth) but if you're ok on Dinosaur you can handle rough.

 

[DonaldTDuck]

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[MickeyNicki]

Star Tours makes me so sick but Soarin is just like floating...LOVE IT

 

[Dopey420]

Soarin' is borin' - I hate it. who wants to fly over California, when you are in Florida??!!?? if you have a fear of heights, you may have a problem becaue it lifts you about 30 feet off the ground.

No drops on either though Star Tours film is very old and can make you disoriented.

 

[epcotfreak]

No comparison! Soarin' blasts Star Tours out of the Galactic Empire. Star Tours is in dire need of a full rehab; although the queue line is still quite good, the ride itself is terribly outdated.

 

[Eeyore1925]

I am extremely prone to motion sickness.

Star Tours ruins me for the entire day!

I absolutely love Soarin even though it still makes me queasy.

If you have any issue with motion simulators stay away from Star Tours!

 

[Harambe]

Thanks!

Looks like DD knows me better than I know myself!

I'll skip Star Tours.

I LOVE Soarin' and have grown to love Dinosaur. It's just that the fam does so many rides together that I can't do, I'm always looking for a new one to set my sights on.

I always chicken out, tho . . .

 

[fan1080]

Star tours moves in all axes (up/down, side to side, forward/back, and angles of pretty much all of those), with very rough movements at times. Drops are not significant with respect to how much the simulator moves, but combine the movement with the video and it makes you feel like you are moving more than you really are.

Soarin is a much smoother ride. No jerky movements, just subtle tilts in the chair you are on (forward/backward, rotation left/right). Combine that movement with the video and it has the same effect as any other simulator and gives you the sensation you are moving more than you really are.

Very different rides, that affect the senses quite different as far as intensity. Star tours is much more intense.

 

[attackwithnorth]

I think it would be great to get a full rehab/refurb of Star Tours. Like turning it into a thrill ride or even a slower moving dark ride. I think we are moving out of the motion simulator movie-ride era...