Epcot questions: Strategies and how bad is Mission Space?

[KatieCharlotte]

We may have a day at Epcot on January 3, and I have a few questions. In the past decade, we've just park hopped there once during extra evening hours.

I have always skipped Mission Space, but most of my Epcot visits were before I conquered my fear of intense rides. So...how bad is Mission Space really? How does it compare to other Disney or Universal rides? I don't like my head jarred around, but I don't get motion sickness.

We want a relaxing day without rope dropping or hour+ lines, but don't want to splurge on LLPP. I will get a LLSP for Cosmic Rewind because it's the best ride ever. If we get LLMP and book Test Track for our top tier plus Soarin and Mission Space, do we have a realistic chance to add any after using the first? Thrill data shows no availability for any Epcot LL today or tomorrow? This is a holiday weekend, but Jan 3 is still winter break.

We're adults and we have zero interest in Frozen, but I loved Remy. Does it always have single rider and is that a good option? I love single rider at Universal, but it's usefulness varies. I would think not many use it on Remy?

 

[Minnie1222]

I have always skipped Mission Space, but most of my Epcot visits were before I conquered my fear of intense rides. So...how bad is Mission Space really? How does it compare to other Disney or Universal rides? I don't like my head jarred around, but I don't get motion sickness.

You can try Mission Space Green first and see how you feel.

Have you ridden Men in Black at Universal? Did your vehicle spin uncontrollably at the end? That was the sensation I felt on Mission Space Orange throughout the ride.

 

[VGCgroupie]

Mission Space isn’t rough like a coaster. Mission Space Orange to me feels like the old school graviton ride that spins in circles at local carnivals. Basically a very heavy feeling on your body and face and that you can’t move.

 

[Marthasor]

I agree with PP, try the green side of Mission Space first. Everyone is different, but after 100+ visits to WDW, I have not and never will try the more intense side of Mission Space. I already know I will not be able to handle the G force and I can get claustrophobic (I actually won't ride Mission Space Green at all now as well as my claustrophobia has gotten worse over the years).

 

[Skippyboo]

Green has no g forces but it’s very claustrophobic. 4 people, you are basically locked in a chamber the controls come down in front of you w screens. You are assigned positions in the flight crew and have various tasks like smuggler run. Only did orange one several years ago, felt very squishy afterwards. Never done it since.

 

[RivGirl]

I have always skipped Mission Space, but most of my Epcot visits were before I conquered my fear of intense rides. So...how bad is Mission Space really? How does it compare to other Disney or Universal rides? I don't like my head jarred around, but I don't get motion sickness.

The person above who said that Mission Space Orange is like the old school Gravitron at a carnival hit the nail on the head. The ride uses that exact same design to create the G force. The only difference between MS Orange and the Gravitron is that you can’t see that you are spinning while on Mission Space, whereas half the fun on the Gravitron was seeing everyone around the circle while you all went round and round and they dropped the floor out from underneath you and you stuck to the wall still. LOL. On Misson Space they put up paneling and put you in your little pod so that you are just focused on the screen in front of you. This disconnect is why so many people get sick on this ride. Your vision is telling you that you are blasting “straight ahead,” but the G force pinning you back into your seat is created by very fast spinning. And as I recall, if you were to look around to the side, you would get a glimpse of the spinning action.

I do get motion sickness, but for some reason I really wanted to “conquer” this ride. I looked straight ahead the whole time, I took slow, steady breaths, and I focused on the “story” of the ride. I was fine!

If you are worried about motion sickness, though, as others have said you can do Mission Space Green which has no spinning/G force. It’s just like being in a simulator that moves a bit and has a screen, but does not pin you to your seat (and doesn’t create the disconnect in your mind and body between spinning vs straight ahead movement).

We want a relaxing day without rope dropping or hour+ lines, but don't want to splurge on LLPP. I will get a LLSP for Cosmic Rewind because it's the best ride ever. If we get LLMP and book Test Track for our top tier plus Soarin and Mission Space, do we have a realistic chance to add any after using the first? Thrill data shows no availability for any Epcot LL today or tomorrow? This is a holiday weekend, but Jan 3 is still winter break.

It depends on how big your party is and how early you time your first LL of the day. The earlier you redeem your first LL, the better chance you have at booking other LL. This is why some people like to book a “burner” LL at 9am (for something like Spaceship Earth) if they can’t get one of their top choices in advance. Also some rides release extra LL throughout the day. (For example, a ride might drop extra lightning lanes at 1pm and 4pm….it depends on the ride and I don’t know the current details or schedule of LL refreshes, but if you Google you should be able to come up with reliable info. I think Touring Plans usually publishes that sort of thing, and you also might be able to find it on Thrill Data.)

We're adults and we have zero interest in Frozen, but I loved Remy. Does it always have single rider and is that a good option? I love single rider at Universal, but its usefulness varies. I would think not many use it on Remy?

Single Rider at Remy is supposed to be good. FWIW, Test Track also has Single Rider and it is also supposed to be good.

 

[RuntheMouse]

It’s the claustrophobia that got me with Mission Space. I got in the pod and had my first ever panic attack and had to get out. I won’t try it again.

DH loves it so I get in line with him and then do the walk of shame