Soarin' - Which door? Dangling feet?

[Cordy2424]

Hi Everyone!

First off - apologies if this already exists on the DISBoards. I tried searching but did not find anything yet...

I have never tried to ride Soarin' since I am infamous for motion sickness. However, this trip I'm bringing the bonine and am giving it a go! A couple friends of mine said that the door you enter determines where you sit on this ride, and that dangling feet can be distracting. Apparently there is a specific door I should wait for so that we are in an anti-danging feet area??? Any guidance is appreciated!

 

[disny_luvr]

I don’t know about a door to avoid dangling feet. I just always ask for the middle section because the picture (screen) in the two end sections is curved.

 

[SaintsManiac]

You want to ask for section B1. Be prepared for a wait, though if you don't get there initially.

 

[JETSDAD]

Any of them as long as you're in row 1 won't have dangling feet. B1 also is straight on so no/less distortion.

 

[Cornucopiaoflove]

I can't give advice about what door, but I will say we did have dangling feet above us and it wasn't that distracting!

 

[Cordy2424]

Thank you all!! I had never heard it was a distraction or an issue at all - so knew I could turn to DISBoards for the real low down!

 

[bumbershoot]

Dangling feet are *useful* to me, to keep from getting too into what's on the screen, and helps me to NOT get dizzy or sick. FWIW. Might actually be worth trying with the dangling feet.

Another trick I use is to look to the sides. I can see that we're all in the room, simply being held up a little bit off the floor, and we are NOT, in fact, soaring through the air about to plummet to our deaths.

 

[goofyernmost]

Soarin is the only attraction that I had a mild hissy fit about. I was in the standby line and according to the set up I was going to be in the front row (no dangling feet). I like it all but I do enjoy it much more if I don't have to look at other peoples Nike's. Anyway I'm all set to move forward toward that queue when the group in front of me tells the CM that they have friends about 30 feet back in the queue line and wanted to ride with them. Much to my surprise the CM stopped me and motioned for three people behind me to come forward. They got my place in the front row. I was angry. I wasn't obscene, but, I made it crystal clear that I was very upset about them cutting people in front of me. If they wanted to be with there friends then either the first group should have waited or the second group should have gotten in line with them at the beginning.

Long story short, I got in the front row on the next cycle and I didn't feel guilty about it at all. Like I said that is something that I usually never do, it's just a ride after all. But, for some reason that just hit me wrong.

 

[BrianL]

I wouldn't worry about the feet, but it is better to be in the center section.

As for the motion sickness, Soarin' actually barely moves, so if you feel like it's bothering you, close your eyes and any sensation of motion should stop. The seats only very gently sway in time with the picture, but it is not really a motion simulator type ride (just a big IMAX-style movie).

 

[Cordy2424]

Soarin is the only attraction that I had a mild hissy fit about. I was in the standby line and according to the set up I was going to be in the front row (no dangling feet). I like it all but I do enjoy it much more if I don't have to look at other peoples Nike's. Anyway I'm all set to move forward toward that queue when the group in front of me tells the CM that they have friends about 30 feet back in the queue line and wanted to ride with them. Much to my surprise the CM stopped me and motioned for three people behind me to come forward. They got my place in the front row. I was angry. I wasn't obscene, but, I made it crystal clear that I was very upset about them cutting people in front of me. If they wanted to be with there friends then either the first group should have waited or the second group should have gotten in line with them at the beginning.

Long story short, I got in the front row on the next cycle and I didn't feel guilty about it at all. Like I said that is something that I usually never do, it's just a ride after all. But, for some reason that just hit me wrong.

That seems SO wrong! How can people be allowed to cut like that? I agree with you - they should have gone BACK to where their friends were, not move the friends UP. I'm sorry that happened!

 

[GPC0321]

I just rode this for the first time on Monday, and I didn't know there were preferred sections or anything. We had dangling feet, but they didn't hinder my enjoyment of the ride. Loved it! We were in the center section, I think, but the lowest row.

 

[Alesia]

Soarin is the only attraction that I had a mild hissy fit about. I was in the standby line and according to the set up I was going to be in the front row (no dangling feet). I like it all but I do enjoy it much more if I don't have to look at other peoples Nike's. Anyway I'm all set to move forward toward that queue when the group in front of me tells the CM that they have friends about 30 feet back in the queue line and wanted to ride with them. Much to my surprise the CM stopped me and motioned for three people behind me to come forward. They got my place in the front row. I was angry. I wasn't obscene, but, I made it crystal clear that I was very upset about them cutting people in front of me. If they wanted to be with there friends then either the first group should have waited or the second group should have gotten in line with them at the beginning.

Long story short, I got in the front row on the next cycle and I didn't feel guilty about it at all. Like I said that is something that I usually never do, it's just a ride after all. But, for some reason that just hit me wrong.

You also could have just asked politely to wait for the top row. People do it all the time.

 

[Kimrlav]

I suffer from motion sickness (airplanes, cars, roller coasters, etc.) and do not ride any of the thrill rides at Disney. I did not have any problems with motion sickness on Soarin', but I did not eat before going on the ride and was wearing the Trans-derm Scop patch.

 

[disneyfantotheend]

I always asked for B 1 and have never been refused. Had to wait for the next flight. Easy as that.

 

[dreamit]

We always ask to wait for B1 and have always been accommodated.

 

[goofyernmost]

You also could have just asked politely to wait for the top row. People do it all the time.

Which is what I usually do... but to pull those others up from behind me was the problem, not so much the location. It is wrong, wrong, wrong. It was a mistake made by an overzealous CM who meant well, but, forgot that the rest of us had been in line a while too. I wasn't prepared to just overlook that mistake just to get a front row even though I could. Also because a whole lot of other people saw it and chances are some of them will do the same thing. She could have put the two groups together by asking the group in front to just wait there until there friends get down to them, then they could be together. I wasn't nasty, but, I did make my point known so that maybe it wouldn't happen again.

 

[ClapYourHands]

That seems SO wrong! How can people be allowed to cut like that? I agree with you - they should have gone BACK to where their friends were, not move the friends UP. I'm sorry that happened!

Agreed. I always thought the commonly accepted way to rejoin a party is for the people in front to join those in the rear. The friends in the back should not get to cut.

 

[SaintsManiac]

That seems SO wrong! How can people be allowed to cut like that? I agree with you - they should have gone BACK to where their friends were, not move the friends UP. I'm sorry that happened!

Every time I ride Soarin people are cutting the line. I'm not exaggerating and I've ridden it more than any other ride at WDW. We even got cut while we waited before the ride opened.

 

[DisneyOma]

You also could have just asked politely to wait for the top row. People do it all the time.

But that wasn't the situation - it was about already being bumped from a spot.

 

[goofyernmost]

Every time I ride Soarin people are cutting the line. I'm not exaggerating and I've ridden it more than any other ride at WDW. We even got cut while we waited before the ride opened.

That is mostly because the queue is so wide and they have, or at least had, those play areas where people stop and do them. I don't want to do them so I walk on by. That can and probably is considered cutting line, but, it isn't they stopped and played a game and I kept going. I never once asked that someone behind be allowed to get in front of everyone just because I wanted them there. That is line cutting by definition.