Eye Adjustment Essential!

[Imagineer22]

My wife and I went to Universal Orlando the first week in February. On the third day of the trip we were at IOA for early entry and I wanted to ride Forbidden Journey. My wife and I had been on it multiple times already so she decided not to ride. I went through the single rider line and literally walked right on the ride. I didn't even stop at the merge point because they immediately needed a single rider. Great right!? NOPE! My eyes didn't have time to adjust to the darkness so I missed a LOT of the physical sets.

Has this happened to anyone else on any of the rides? I am glad it was not my first ride because I would of had the impression the ride was only video screens and a lot of random movement in pitch black.

Until this experience I never really noticed how dark a lot of the que lines get as they progress to the actual ride, but now I know they do it for a very good reason. Not only does it set the mood but it allows your body to adjust to the darker environments required for the special effects.

 

[bumbershoot]

I have a lot of problems with dark to light and light to dark. (thanks, Lasik! destroyed my eyes) So...welcome to my experience of some rides, or at least lines. I have to hold on to the wall for the line for The Mummy. Cannot see in that line.

Since I don't know what I'm not seeing on the rides, I can't answer if I'm not seeing something LOL.

 

[eXo]

Funny... I had lasik last Friday and I can see perfectly well, including at night (and it hasn't even totally healed yet), which suggests there is still room for improvement. I have a feeling the tech has come a long way, so if you had it years ago, it was likely a lot different.

 

[HM]

Mummy does have an awfully dark queue. I don't remember that from FJ, but I'll definitely be thinking about it on our trip.

 

[phamton]

I have problems with that also. I especially noticed it on Pirates of the Caribbean when I was rushing through the line. But it happens for me in all dark rides.

 

[CarolynFH]

As you get older, your eyes take longer to adjust from light to dark - unfortunately. I have to wear sunglasses a lot more often at WDW than at home so that I can see when I enter a queue!

 

[johde]

As you get older, your eyes take longer to adjust from light to dark - unfortunately. I have to wear sunglasses a lot more often at WDW than at home so that I can see when I enter a queue!

I know that was one of the tips for doing HHN with the "Stay and Scream". By wearing sunglasses in the outside queue you're eyes would adjust to the dark haunted houses during the early hours of the event.

 

[sharona]

Mummy express pass queue is truly like being in a tomb. If it's bright outside and I enter I can't see even 2 ft ahead. I have to hold onto DD's shoulder to be able to navigate it (thank goodness for her young eyes).

 

[Blue32]

When we were at DL last summer we decided to do all the Dark Rides in Fantasyland after the fireworks. We usually just do FL in the morning. WOW! What a difference in the amount of detail I could see vs. daylight. If they do darken the queues for that I reason, I think its a good one.