Mission space orange just a really fast teacup?

[tefrench]

We've always done the green side. While it's fun, I'm ready to try the orange side. I have no problem with motion sickness or claustrophobia.

So, is the orange side just like a really fast teacup?
You are spinning side to side, not upside down; right??

 

[LaurenT]

We've always done the green side. While it's fun, I'm ready to try the orange side. I have no problem with motion sickness or claustrophobia.

So, is the orange side just like a really fast teacup?
You are spinning side to side, not upside down; right??

It's nothing like the teacups...you won't really feel the spinning. The spinning will create a pretty strong G force effect. It's the same exact ride as the green side, except it more realistically simulates the feeling of a shuttle launch. Your face and body will be pulled back into your seat - you'll feel the skin tighten against you skull. I would definitely try it - not an experience you can have every day!

 

[KittyHellstrom]

actually it is much much more intense than the teacups. You pull the same amount, or more, Gs then the shuttle does during liftoff.

It can be very disconcerting, but I really enjoy it

 

[DisneyNutMary]

Yes, you spin side to side.... it's similar to the ride in Six Flags where it spins and you stick to the wall, ummm, I think it's called the Rotor.

Anyway, it spins in a big circle, but you can't tell so much because of the capsule you are in, you will feel pushed back into your seat at times, that is the only indication that you are spinning.

 

[goofyernmost]

Come on folks...someone asked you a serious question and your responses have not been very helpful.

No..It absolutely is not the same feeling as the teacups. There is spinning involved but nothing that is consciously definable. What you feel are G-forces pushing you against the seat and simulating what an actual launch and fast acceleration would feel like. The spinning sensations has to be coupled with a strong visual stimulation as well..that is not what this does.

When you take off in an airplane you get a g-force sensation, not as strong but that would give you some idea. It is an intense ride but that is because of the feeling of reality that you get. The green side kind of does the same thing but if you don't have "sickness" problems normally it certainly is worth trying at least once. Mission Space is awesome either way.

 

[StephC1217]

To piggyback on your question (sorry OP)- I am planning our 1st trip to WDW and I DO get motion sickness with spinning rides (I get sick on the teacups but LOVE space mountain and roller coasters...just dont make me spin in circles, even slowly roatating makes me sick) Will I be ok on the green side (i can do motion simulators like Star Tours and Back to the Future at US). Or should I skip this ride altogether? I dont want to feel naseous at WDW

 

[jessa07]

To piggyback on your question (sorry OP)- I am planning our 1st trip to WDW and I DO get motion sickness with spinning rides (I get sick on the teacups but LOVE space mountain and roller coasters...just dont make me spin in circles, even slowly roatating makes me sick) Will I be ok on the green side (i can do motion simulators like Star Tours and Back to the Future at US). Or should I skip this ride altogether? I dont want to feel naseous at WDW

I too get motion sickness, but I also have a DBF who LOVES MS: Orange. As long as you keep your head back and eyes straight forward like they tell you to, you shouldn't have too much of a problem. I felt a bit disoriented afterwards, however.

 

[Hannathy]

Poster above-you will be fine on the green side, it is just a motion simulator NO spinning at all.


To the OP it is a totally different kind of spinning on space. I can not ride the teacups, I get sick even watching them but I was able to do the orange side of space.

My suggestion go on the green side first and see if you like it and then decide how the day is and if you want to go back on the orange side and see. BUt i would start with the green it is a good ride but just not the G forces.

 

[SOnotLayuh]

It's definitely a lot more intense. Instead of your individual pod rotating on its own, all pods are connected to a larger apparatus which spins all of them in one big circle.

 

[larryz]

Of course, the simulated launch/rocket acceleration effects (positive Gs) are enhanced by gimbaling the four-person cabins from vertical to an outward inclined degree (head toward the hub) -- this translates the varying centrifugal force outward along your body's vertical axis. Otherwise, you'd just be pinned with your back against the seat. The rapid switch from positive to slightly negative G is done the same way -- gimbaling the cabins through the vertical to slightly inward inclined attitude (feet toward the hub), relieving the outward force and giving an ever-so-slight negative G effect. Both positive and negative Gs are moderated by the rotational speed of the whole assembly.

I wouldn't mind if they'd enhance that negative G a little more -- but they probably had too many people blowing chunks in test rides.

 

[DisneyBamaFan]

... As long as you keep your head back and eyes straight forward like they tell you to, you shouldn't have too much of a problem. I felt a bit disoriented afterward, however.

This is the key. Both my wife and I are effected by simulators and spinning rides, but we both enjoy MS Orange because we keep our head back and eyes forward. You may feel a tiny bit queasy at the end, but they blast cold air in your face the entire ride to minimize it, so the queasy feeling passes quickly.

Now, I decided to move my head and look around a bit more once. Mistake. I didn't get sick, but the queasy feeling stuck with me for a lot longer (maybe an hour).

 

[disnut8]

The thing about Mission:Space orange is that you really don't know you are spinning. It's not like the teacups where you see all the outside things going round and round so you know you are spinning. It's not even like Primevil Whirl where you know you are spinning. Until someone told me I was spinning, I never knew it on Mission:Space orange.

I've done both green and orange and the feel on orange is more of a pull backwards than a spin. And I have a broken neck so cannot do the teacups or Primevil Whirl but I can do Mission:Space orange just fine.

 

[LaurenT]

To piggyback on your question (sorry OP)- I am planning our 1st trip to WDW and I DO get motion sickness with spinning rides (I get sick on the teacups but LOVE space mountain and roller coasters...just dont make me spin in circles, even slowly roatating makes me sick) Will I be ok on the green side (i can do motion simulators like Star Tours and Back to the Future at US). Or should I skip this ride altogether? I dont want to feel naseous at WDW

You can still get motion sickness on the green side - hence the airsick bags in the capsule. I sometimes get a little car sick if I try to read while in the car - it's the peripheral motion juxtaposed with the stationary book that does it I think. So, while I still recommend trying the green side, I think you should get a FP at some point and then do it as your last ride of the day...just to be sure it doesn't ruin the rest of Epcot for you.

 

[seashoreCM]

The teacups have a spinning within a spinning* motion. Mission Space has a single spinning motion. In this carnival ride (Rotor? Roundup?) everyone stands in a circle facing the center and the circle (turntable) spins. (The circular side wall keeps you from flying off). Mission Space is like this except you are enclosed so you don't see the outside spinning about you and you don't see everybody else around the circle (except your other three seatmates). Also the entire circle in Mission Space doesn't rise up as far as Roundup (or rise up at all). The carnival ride Gravitron is similar except you can move in from the circle perimeter during the ride and can sit down anywhere.

The effects of the spinning vary depending on what direction you face. Supposedly you get less nauseous when you continue to face the center (straight ahead as the CM tells you)

Back to the teacups. Your teacup itself spins under your control. Your teacup is on a spinning turntable not under your control with four (five?) other teacups. The turntable is on a larger turntable not under your control with four (five?) other turntables.

 

[DisneyBamaFan]

You can still get motion sickness on the green side - hence the airsick bags in the capsule. I sometimes get a little car sick if I try to read while in the car - it's the peripheral motion juxtaposed with the stationary book that does it I think. So, while I still recommend trying the green side, I think you should get a FP at some point and then do it as your last ride of the day...just to be sure it doesn't ruin the rest of Epcot for you.

Agreed - if simulators make you queasy, so will this. The blast of cold air in your face helps, but it still has the "simulator" ride feeling, as your inner ear is telling your brain something that does not align with the input from your eyes.

 

[lovealatte]

I get motion sickness within minutes after something simple like reading a sentence while in the car. I can do orange, but I HAVE to keep my head looking forward and not move around and I will be alright. I get slightly queazy in the end, but that goes away after like 30 seconds. If I do look around / move (big mistake), the queazyness will last for 15-30 min.

I've actually never done the green side, but I heard it's pretty tame.

 

[tefrench]

Thanks for all the great replies - I won't be afraid to try it next time! And thanks for informing me how it works - I had no idea.

 

[PrincessArlena'sDad]

DFIL gets very motion sick: even the carousel bothers him. However, MS orange did not bother him at all. (the frist time we went on, we did not know anything about the ride).

 

[doconeill]

You pull the same amount, or more, Gs then the shuttle does during liftoff.

Not really. The maximum G forces experienced on the Space Shuttle is 3g. Mission: Space tops out at around 2.5g.

Yes, you spin side to side.... it's similar to the ride in Six Flags where it spins and you stick to the wall, ummm, I think it's called the Rotor.

Yes, the Rotor is the trade name for the relatively small spinning drum ride where you get plastered to the wall and they drop the floor. They go by various names in the parks.

There are similar larger rides, like the gravitron, roundup, etc. but the Rotor is closest.

M:S adds in tilting so it can vary the sensastion. By tilting you back, they can also simulate some g forces (as is done on the Green side).

It IS possible to detect you are spinning, but it depends on the person, and you generally have to really think about it - which I don't recommend.

 

[mdoll4]

Well, I *do* get motion sickness, and I love mission space! Just look straight ahead, don't move your head much, because it will definitely make you feel sick. It's an amazing feeling, the g forces. I would do orange over green ANY day, just be sure to rest a little before doing it again. I did it three times in a row once, I felt pretty woozy afterwards and had to sit down for a while.

And as many others have said, you have no idea that you're spinning, it just feels like you are moving forward so fast that your whole body is being pushed into the seat and you can barely move until you're out of the atmosphere and they stop the g forces and you actually feel weightless for a while.

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