Raulandpinboy
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Okay Ill take a stab at it.
First you stand in line for over an hour in the Florida heat, thats the endurance test, then you go inside and stare at a space station simulator that spins for another hour, and you notice that one of belts on the simulator is loose and flips every time the thing spins and you get mesmerized staring at it for hours on end.
Then you hit a hallway where you get to see the people on the rides via closed circuit TV, and there is this one lady that looks like death is standing in front of her telling her its her time, I think its old video as I keep seeing the same kid every time over and over, but whats funny is the look on the peoples face as they watch the video.
After that you go to mission prep where Gary Senise tells you about the mission, you are split into groups of 4 where you have a Captain, Navigator, Engineer, and Flight Attorney. Each on is given a special task IE push a button when they ask you to, this is to help keep you focused Dont worry if you dont do it, it gets done anyway.
You then get asked liked 20 times about opting out, and not being ashamed if you do because you can go to flight control and push buttons there. The sad part is if you do opt out you have to take the walk of shame in front of all of Epcot I think the opt out door is like 3 miles away.
You then stand in order from 1 to 4 in order of your position on the crew, plus the most family members you can have with you is 4 as that is what each simulator holds. The doors then open they are like 20 foot tall doors, and then you walk into a dark room where you see these huge machines. Its very low light as most of this equipment is still considered top secret and the Russians are just dying to get their hands on it.
We then have to strip to our underwear and put on flight suits in front of each other, so ladies please wear underwear. (Okay legal says this part has been taken out Figures)
You then get into your space ship cockpit, and you will see that the control panel is about 4 feet away and there is plenty of room so you feel fine, then when the doors close the control panel moves back and you have a video monitor about 1 foot in front of your face, but all the switches work and they make beep and buzz noises so play away.
You have a storage bin in front of you, and take my advice put purses, phones, coats, pets and small kids inside it.
The ride then begins when Gary (Yes we are that close he calls me Ed) tells you we are a go and you have a view of the sky and the takeoff ramp going straight up Then you hear a countdown and when you take off its the most awesome feeling as you are plastered into your seat you feel the g forces pulling you, and your face is stretched to the point that you will look 10 years younger (not kidding) Will this make you sick? Nope this is a blast.
Then you stop and coast and you feel like you are actually weightlessness for about 2 seconds. This one could make you a bit woozy. So just be ready for it.
After that you shoot and get slingshot around the sun, and you feel the g forces again, its way cool squared.
Then we sleep, but we are awakened by a slight error in navigation that puts us into a meteor field. At this point the onboard Lawyer has to defend the navigator showing lack of evidence on NASA parts to prove that it was his or her fault.
But to get out of the meteor shower we have to twist, turn, dive, jump and flip This is where most people will loose it think Star Wars Star Tours ride.
After that we have to crash land on Mars and its like the meteor field x2. If you made it past this point the rest is cake. The finale is when we break a fence and hang over the edge of a crater ledge while we rock back and forth then come back down.
And thats it the ride is over. If you can do Star Tours and Body Wars, this is cake, you have a fan on your face the whole time keeping you nice and cool. I have had people with contacts complain about the fan drying the contacts out, but hey blink a lot.
Like I said 20 some times for me and Im fine never so much as a hiccup even after eating.
My advice to everybody else.
1 Dont eat and ride.
2 Take water with you, there is always a line at the water fountain after the ride, but take a sip of water dont gulp it thats why people are getting sick they drink too much water thinking it will make them feel better.
3 Ride with friends or family, so you dont throw up on a stranger no so you can talk and interact with them to keep you mind busy and not think about getting sick.
4 Dont go there automatically thinking you are going to get sick, if you do you will. Dont set yourself up to fail before you start.
5 Have fun, I had a little girl next to me that was all set up to fail, because her mother kept telling her she was going to get sick and should not ride. she was scared to death and white as a sheet, I showed her all the buttons and she started playing I told her once we take off she had to yell YEEHAW at the top of her lungs, and she did I talked to her the whole ride and when it was over mom was sick, she was fine.
6 Blow of that old wives tale of stare at the screen because if you look around while the ride is going youll pass out or get sick. It might be true, but dont be afraid to look around its a cool ride after all explore it. I have spent one whole ride looking at the person next to me it was a little boy and I was afraid he was going to loose it and freak out so I kept an eye on him I never got sick.
7 Age does not matter I have ridden with as young as 6 year olds to a lady that was in her 60s.
And lastly I offer my services to any lady that needs an escort to ride this horrible scary ride. Ill hold your hand, and hold you close give you hugs and tell you everything will be alright Its okay I made a deal with Donna she has the option to escort any wussy man that feel he needs an escort for this ride.
First you stand in line for over an hour in the Florida heat, thats the endurance test, then you go inside and stare at a space station simulator that spins for another hour, and you notice that one of belts on the simulator is loose and flips every time the thing spins and you get mesmerized staring at it for hours on end.
Then you hit a hallway where you get to see the people on the rides via closed circuit TV, and there is this one lady that looks like death is standing in front of her telling her its her time, I think its old video as I keep seeing the same kid every time over and over, but whats funny is the look on the peoples face as they watch the video.
After that you go to mission prep where Gary Senise tells you about the mission, you are split into groups of 4 where you have a Captain, Navigator, Engineer, and Flight Attorney. Each on is given a special task IE push a button when they ask you to, this is to help keep you focused Dont worry if you dont do it, it gets done anyway.
You then get asked liked 20 times about opting out, and not being ashamed if you do because you can go to flight control and push buttons there. The sad part is if you do opt out you have to take the walk of shame in front of all of Epcot I think the opt out door is like 3 miles away.
You then stand in order from 1 to 4 in order of your position on the crew, plus the most family members you can have with you is 4 as that is what each simulator holds. The doors then open they are like 20 foot tall doors, and then you walk into a dark room where you see these huge machines. Its very low light as most of this equipment is still considered top secret and the Russians are just dying to get their hands on it.
We then have to strip to our underwear and put on flight suits in front of each other, so ladies please wear underwear. (Okay legal says this part has been taken out Figures)
You then get into your space ship cockpit, and you will see that the control panel is about 4 feet away and there is plenty of room so you feel fine, then when the doors close the control panel moves back and you have a video monitor about 1 foot in front of your face, but all the switches work and they make beep and buzz noises so play away.
You have a storage bin in front of you, and take my advice put purses, phones, coats, pets and small kids inside it.
The ride then begins when Gary (Yes we are that close he calls me Ed) tells you we are a go and you have a view of the sky and the takeoff ramp going straight up Then you hear a countdown and when you take off its the most awesome feeling as you are plastered into your seat you feel the g forces pulling you, and your face is stretched to the point that you will look 10 years younger (not kidding) Will this make you sick? Nope this is a blast.
Then you stop and coast and you feel like you are actually weightlessness for about 2 seconds. This one could make you a bit woozy. So just be ready for it.
After that you shoot and get slingshot around the sun, and you feel the g forces again, its way cool squared.
Then we sleep, but we are awakened by a slight error in navigation that puts us into a meteor field. At this point the onboard Lawyer has to defend the navigator showing lack of evidence on NASA parts to prove that it was his or her fault.
But to get out of the meteor shower we have to twist, turn, dive, jump and flip This is where most people will loose it think Star Wars Star Tours ride.
After that we have to crash land on Mars and its like the meteor field x2. If you made it past this point the rest is cake. The finale is when we break a fence and hang over the edge of a crater ledge while we rock back and forth then come back down.
And thats it the ride is over. If you can do Star Tours and Body Wars, this is cake, you have a fan on your face the whole time keeping you nice and cool. I have had people with contacts complain about the fan drying the contacts out, but hey blink a lot.
Like I said 20 some times for me and Im fine never so much as a hiccup even after eating.
My advice to everybody else.
1 Dont eat and ride.
2 Take water with you, there is always a line at the water fountain after the ride, but take a sip of water dont gulp it thats why people are getting sick they drink too much water thinking it will make them feel better.
3 Ride with friends or family, so you dont throw up on a stranger no so you can talk and interact with them to keep you mind busy and not think about getting sick.
4 Dont go there automatically thinking you are going to get sick, if you do you will. Dont set yourself up to fail before you start.
5 Have fun, I had a little girl next to me that was all set up to fail, because her mother kept telling her she was going to get sick and should not ride. she was scared to death and white as a sheet, I showed her all the buttons and she started playing I told her once we take off she had to yell YEEHAW at the top of her lungs, and she did I talked to her the whole ride and when it was over mom was sick, she was fine.
6 Blow of that old wives tale of stare at the screen because if you look around while the ride is going youll pass out or get sick. It might be true, but dont be afraid to look around its a cool ride after all explore it. I have spent one whole ride looking at the person next to me it was a little boy and I was afraid he was going to loose it and freak out so I kept an eye on him I never got sick.
7 Age does not matter I have ridden with as young as 6 year olds to a lady that was in her 60s.
And lastly I offer my services to any lady that needs an escort to ride this horrible scary ride. Ill hold your hand, and hold you close give you hugs and tell you everything will be alright Its okay I made a deal with Donna she has the option to escort any wussy man that feel he needs an escort for this ride.
. Even the regular wait time said 15 minutes. Last Thursday afternoon we waited maybe 5 minutes before we "met" your friend Gary. I was really skeptical since I had developed a head cold & was congested, but I was determined to ride it at least once. We had not eaten much that day, so we were prepared that way. We did not get sick either. I wondered about driving the 
