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[U2_rocks!]

Luckily we have at least 2 non-riders in our group (kids under 48in plus whatever adult stays with them), so they can hold all loose articles.

 

[inkkognito]

Definitely wear your glasses. The detail is painstaking and I wasn still noticing new things in 5 rides. I got really queasy the last time for some reason but still would not close my eyes for fear of missing something.

 

[dauser]

Sorry if this has already been asked, but does anyone know either the hourly capacity or the typical dispatch time between vehicles?

 

[Lou Holtz]

It doesn't have A/C just as the Jungle Cruise doesn't have A/C in the queue. It wouldn't do much good because it is outside and it does cost electricity to run A/C and would be wasted running it outside. The fans have mist so they cool like the A/C (swamp cooolers) I grew up with. That is the most economical way to cool you when you are outside.

Yeah, I didn't know it was outdoors from the pictures. I said "unless its more outside than it looks in those pictures". I thought they had built an enclosed greenhouse for people to stand in with no air conditioning.

 

[inkkognito]

Sorry if this has already been asked, but does anyone know either the hourly capacity or the typical dispatch time between vehicles?

It is a continuous loader...the station would actually remind you of haunted mansion. Not sure how many cars are on the track, but the line moves very steadily when the ride is up and running.

 

[bumbershoot]

I would also like to hear from people who ride this and have ridden the Sum of All Thrills at WDW to hear if the seat sizes seem similar.

Or even a nice Disneyland/DCA reference point.

 

[damo]

Or even a nice Disneyland/DCA reference point.

I read on Orlando United that someone said it was on par with Indiana Jones at DL. Since that is my favourite ride, I was pleased to hear that.

 

[ashleybea]

Does anyone know at what point during the ride does it take your picture?

 

[MrBryan]

Does anyone know at what point during the ride does it take your picture?

the dragon

 

[atigeg]

the problem is that there is so much going on even if you know where it is, there is no way to prepare for it.

I think it's in the dementor animatronics section. There are a few flashes, but in one spot, on the roof, there is what looks like a camera with 1 foot led flash panels on each side. This is the only spot I noticed in 5 rides that the flash is not behind other scenery. It is super quick during a jerk spin move which sort of explains why every picture I have seen that every riders legs are going in different directions.

 

[inkkognito]

Okay, by request I am going to try to do a blow by blow of the ride. I hope I get it in sequence and don't forget anything major.

You board on a moving platform very much like Haunted Mansion, and you will not be able to see the robot arm behind your car at all. There is a small compartment to put very small items in behind you, and you will be given rubber bands if you are wearing flip flops. The TMs make sure your over the shoulder harness is snug and then you leave the room of floating candles and see Hermone (sp), who dusts you so your flying bench takes off. You see Hagrid, who is asking if anyone has seen his loose dragon...soon enough you do indeed see it and fly off course...you switch from screens to animatronics and get a blast of dragon heat (may or may not be quite hot, depending on where you are sitting). You also encounter animatronic spiders and might get pretty wet from their spitting...that varied for us. The quidditch match is movie screens, and then you end up encountering the whomping willow (animatronic...that's where we got stuck on our backs...you don't go upside down at all but you will be totally laid down like going up the lift hill of Rip Ride Rockit!). Then come the dementors, which are animatronic and all up in your face...only once out of five rides did it feel really, really cold so that's another effect where it seems to depend where you're sitting. Harry spells them away and you head back to Hogwarts to be greated and cheered by two screens of Dumbledore and students. Then you get another flyiong sequence on the screens are are back where you started. There is one cool scene diving towards water...I think right after you escape the dementors...that is very cool. Actually the whole thing is very cool...it's sort of like if Disney's Dinosaur was combined with Spiderman and made a whole heck of a lot cooler. You'd be surprised at how much motion those robot arms have. If you make an effort you can see some of the other chairs, but it's hard to tear your eyes away from the action all around you. With all the motion and screens it's not really a motion sickness inducer unless you are very sensitive, and you don't get smacked around in the restraint like a roller coaster. There are no literal drops or spins...it's more pivoting and back and forth, plus tilting.

I'm sure I left something out but hopefully that gives a general idea!

 

[Disney Padawan]

Okay, by request I am going to try to do a blow by blow of the ride. I hope I get it in sequence and don't forget anything major.

You board on a moving platform very much like Haunted Mansion, and you will not be able to see the robot arm behind your car at all. There is a small compartment to put very small items in behind you, and you will be given rubber bands if you are wearing flip flops. The TMs make sure your over the shoulder harness is snug and then you leave the room of floating candles and see Hermone (sp), who dusts you so your flying bench takes off. You see Hagrid, who is asking if anyone has seen his loose dragon...soon enough you do indeed see it and fly off course...you switch from screens to animatronics and get a blast of dragon heat (may or may not be quite hot, depending on where you are sitting). You also encounter animatronic spiders and might get pretty wet from their spitting...that varied for us. The quidditch match is movie screens, and then you end up encountering the whomping willow (animatronic...that's where we got stuck on our backs...you don't go upside down at all but you will be totally laid down like going up the lift hill of Rip Ride Rockit!). Then come the dementors, which are animatronic and all up in your face...only once out of five rides did it feel really, really cold so that's another effect where it seems to depend where you're sitting. Harry spells them away and you head back to Hogwarts to be greated and cheered by two screens of Dumbledore and students. Then you get another flyiong sequence on the screens are are back where you started. There is one cool scene diving towards water...I think right after you escape the dementors...that is very cool. Actually the whole thing is very cool...it's sort of like if Disney's Dinosaur was combined with Spiderman and made a whole heck of a lot cooler. You'd be surprised at how much motion those robot arms have. If you make an effort you can see some of the other chairs, but it's hard to tear your eyes away from the action all around you. With all the motion and screens it's not really a motion sickness inducer unless you are very sensitive, and you don't get smacked around in the restraint like a roller coaster. There are no literal drops or spins...it's more pivoting and back and forth, plus tilting.

I'm sure I left something out but hopefully that gives a general idea!

Thank you for the quick response to my request! The ride sounds pretty awesome! Can't wait to go, hopefully this August and hopefully they have most of the bugs worked out. If anyone else has more details about the ride please feel free to post.

Thank you again.

 

[DCBBDC]

Is this ride OK for people with neck issues? Does it jerk you around alot?

Thanks

 

[mpaxton8888]

Is this ride OK for people with neck issues? Does it jerk you around alot?

Thanks

I'd say no, you will not be okay. It does jerk you around quite a bit.

 

[atigeg]

before we left today, rode spiderman for comparison. The spinning sequences on spiderman are worse than any motion on FJ. If you ride spiderman you will have no problems with FJ.

 

[Planogirl]

Okay, by request I am going to try to do a blow by blow of the ride. I hope I get it in sequence and don't forget anything major.

You board on a moving platform very much like Haunted Mansion, and you will not be able to see the robot arm behind your car at all. There is a small compartment to put very small items in behind you, and you will be given rubber bands if you are wearing flip flops. The TMs make sure your over the shoulder harness is snug and then you leave the room of floating candles and see Hermone (sp), who dusts you so your flying bench takes off. You see Hagrid, who is asking if anyone has seen his loose dragon...soon enough you do indeed see it and fly off course...you switch from screens to animatronics and get a blast of dragon heat (may or may not be quite hot, depending on where you are sitting). You also encounter animatronic spiders and might get pretty wet from their spitting...that varied for us. The quidditch match is movie screens, and then you end up encountering the whomping willow (animatronic...that's where we got stuck on our backs...you don't go upside down at all but you will be totally laid down like going up the lift hill of Rip Ride Rockit!). Then come the dementors, which are animatronic and all up in your face...only once out of five rides did it feel really, really cold so that's another effect where it seems to depend where you're sitting. Harry spells them away and you head back to Hogwarts to be greated and cheered by two screens of Dumbledore and students. Then you get another flyiong sequence on the screens are are back where you started. There is one cool scene diving towards water...I think right after you escape the dementors...that is very cool. Actually the whole thing is very cool...it's sort of like if Disney's Dinosaur was combined with Spiderman and made a whole heck of a lot cooler. You'd be surprised at how much motion those robot arms have. If you make an effort you can see some of the other chairs, but it's hard to tear your eyes away from the action all around you. With all the motion and screens it's not really a motion sickness inducer unless you are very sensitive, and you don't get smacked around in the restraint like a roller coaster. There are no literal drops or spins...it's more pivoting and back and forth, plus tilting.

I'm sure I left something out but hopefully that gives a general idea!

Great review! Interesting that it's a combination of animatronics and screens.

 

[damo]

Seems like things are going well this morning. Reports of people having riding twice in 35 minutes and he likes it better than Spiderman which he loves.

 

[tttessa]

Wow - thanks for the reviews... was looking to see any spoilers and it took a while to find this thread so ...... bump......

Hope it is all bug-fixed by October.....

Tessa

 

[Hare23]

rjvose17 thanks for all the post...you rock!

 

[Disney Padawan]

C'mon folks, any more play by plays?