Mission Space big mistake!

[Testtrack321]

Just try it PP. If you can handle RnR and the others, you can do FINE with M:S. Trust me.

 

[trbrophy]

I rode Mission: Space back in mid-july during an unannounced 2 hour test ride and I had a great time. It's a realistic simulator. The key is to focus on the screen, just as they tell you to.

 

[Tara8595]

If you can't do Body Wars or Star Tours, then *definitely* avoid this ride? Is there anyone out there who can't do Body Wars or Star Tours due to motion sickness, but *has* done M:S, and fared well because the simulator is perfectly in sync with the video?

You see, because that's what makes us motion-sick people ill - it's when we feel something different than what we see. Hence air-sickness, when we see the inside of a plane all nice and still, but feel all the bumping around, or sea-sickness, when there's nothing to look at but water, and no way to see what we're feeling (bobbing up and down like a cork- makes me feel ill just to think of it).

I would imagine if what you feel is so perfectly aligned with what you see (as it is in Spider Man at Universal), then even motion-sick-prone people could ride.

Is this true? Please let me know. I'd hate to miss out on this if it's something I really could handle. Is there anyone who can't do Body Wars and Star Tours and can do M:S just fine? Let us hear from you!

 

[Susan Prescott]

My family and I rode Mission Space a couple of weeks ago. I was really leary about riding Mission Space as I am prone to vertigo. I researched the ride from various web sites to find out more about it and decided to give it a try since there were no drops. I made sure I kept my head very still and focused on the screen in front of me. After getting off the ride, I did not experience any nausea or dizziness. My husband and sister had a slight sour stomach for about 15 minutes after getting off but that was it. I ended up going on it 3 times in all. I can't wait to ride it again. You really do feel like you are being launched into space.

 

[drp4video]

I just got back from WDW last night and was very leary about riding MS. We must have debated outside the ride for about 10 minutes, and then decided to go for it. I cannot do the tea cups or spinning rides, and I was fine. I kept my head focused on the screen and back in my seat. Once I did look over at my daughter's screen and detected spinning-but that was for a second. One of the women we were with did get a little queazy-she said it felt like morning sickness-she ate some pretzels and was ok. I don't know that I would do it again, but I am glad that I experienced it you do feel like you are being launched into space.

 

[BigNana212]

I rode Mission:space over Labor Day weekend. I, too, can not ride the tea cups even after taking Bonine, BUT I was okay on the ride. I did keep my head back and looked straight ahead as the signs say. I felt no sensation of spinning.

I rode late in the day and the Fast Passes were all gone. The standby line was 75 minutes and the singles line was 60 min. Being alone, I opted for the single line and waited only about 15 mins.

While I liked the ride, it does not compare to my favorite...T O T. I am glad I rode it but if I never do it again, it will be okay. I'll volunteer to watch the grand children while the parents go on.

 

[Planogirl]

Here's a thread from the Themeparks board where Mission Space and its likelihood of making someone sick is being discussed: Mission Space

I personally don't know what to think but luckily we won't be going for a while so I don't have to decide!

 

[Mooobooks]

I cannot ride the Teacups or Body Wars or Back to the Future at Universal without feeling icky afterward. And I REALLY felt like hell afte riding Rock n Roller Coaster once.
But Mission Space was NO problem at all. It was a strange feeling, but not a feeling of illness. Not as many people are getting sick on Mission Space as some of the jibber-jabberers on the Internet have been claiming.

 

[mitros]

Some of the jibber-jabberers are speaking from personal experiences. It's not a comfortable ride for everyone. It may be OK for you, but others are having problems.

 

[Mooobooks]

I did not say that no one is having a problem, just confirming what others have said: feeling icky after riding on Tea Cups or Body Wars does NOT mean that Mission Space will cause a problem.
Of course some people are speaking from personal experience: I also did NOT say that no one is getting sick. But from the type of yapping going on all over the Internet, it's easy to get the impression that 1 in 4 are getting sick, or 1 in 10 are getting sick.
The number is actually about 1%.

 

[brack]

I am not a thrill ride person. It took awhile for me to do ToT. The only rides I have not done is Rockin' Rollercoasteer at WDW and Indiana Jones at Disneyland Paris. Both are inverted and I have choosen not to do that ... yet! My wife, 30yo son and I took a road trip this past week to WDW from Atlanta for one day just to try Mission Space. It was great. My wife chose not to ride more than once because it did make her slightly dizzy. My son and I loved it. We will do it again!

 

[3MGIRLS]

What a ride -

Rode it several times, as did two daughters - 9 & 11 - They couldn't get enough of it. This ride is cutting edge!!

 

[Planogirl]

Originally posted by Mooobooks

Of course some people are speaking from personal experience: I also did NOT say that no one is getting sick. But from the type of yapping going on all over the Internet, it's easy to get the impression that 1 in 4 are getting sick, or 1 in 10 are getting sick.
The number is actually about 1%.

1% isn't bad at all. Did Disney release this figure?