Star Wars or Indiana Jones

[sluggozmom]

Just dd13 and myself (55) this trip and we haven't done either. Chose Star Wars as one of my FP along with tower of terror and the rr coaster​

Can someone please tell me about these rides..

 

[soniam]

Are you asking if you should get an FP+ for Star Tours versus the Indian Jones show. You probably don't need it for either. However, I usually get it for Star Tours, because sometimes it can have a sort of long wait. I am still not convinced that FP+ are useful for shows like Indiana or Festival of the Lion King. I am curious why you don't have an FP+ for Toy Story Midway Mania. It's the most popular ride at the park, but not everyone likes it.

As for the rides, here are descriptions from touringplans.com, since I have not ridden some of these.

Star Tours: "Based on the Star Wars movie series, this was Disney's first modern simulator ride. Guests ride in a flight simulator modeled after those used for training pilots and astronauts. You experience dips, turns, twists, and climbs as your vehicle goes through an intergalactic version of the chariot race in Ben-Hur. The ride film is projected in high-definition 3-D and has more than 50 combinations of opening and ending scenes. You could ride Star Tours all day without seeing the same film segment twice."

Tower of Terror: "The Tower of Terror is a different species of Disney thrill ride, though it borrows elements of The Haunted Mansion at the Magic Kingdom. The story is that you're touring a once-famous Hollywood hotel gone to ruin. As at Star Tours, the queuing area immerses guests in the adventure as they pass through the hotel's once-opulent public rooms. From the lobby, guests are escorted into the hotel's library, where Rod Serling, speaking from an old black-and white television, greets the guests and introduces the plot.

The Tower of Terror is a whopper at 13-plus-stories tall. Breaking tradition in terms of visually isolating themed areas, it lets you see the entire Studios from atop the tower ... but you have to look quick.

The ride vehicle, one of the hotel's service elevators, takes guests to see the haunted hostelry. The tour begins innocuously, but at about the fifth floor things get pretty weird. Guests are subjected to a full range of eerie effects as they cross into the Twilight Zone. The climax of the adventure occurs when the elevator reaches the top floor (the 13th, of course) and the cable snaps.

The Tower of Terror is an experience to savor. Though the final plunges— yep, plural—are calculated to thrill, the meat of the attraction is its extraordinary visual and audio effects. There’s richness and subtlety here, enough to keep the ride fresh and stimulating after many repetitions. Disney has also programmed random lift-and-drop sequences into the mix, making the attraction faster and keeping you guessing about when, how far, and how many times the elevator will fall.

A senior from the United Kingdom tried the Tower of Terror and liked it very much, writing:
I was thankful I had read your review of the Tower of Terror, or I would certainly have avoided it. As you say, it is so full of magnificent detail that it is worth riding, even if you don't fancy the drops involved.

The Tower has great potential for terrifying young children and rattling more-mature visitors. If you have teenagers in your party, use them as experimental probes. If they report back that they really, really liked the Tower of Terror, run as fast as you can in the opposite direction."

Rock n Roller Coaster: "Exponentially wilder than Space Mountain or Big Thunder Mountain in the Magic Kingdom, Rock 'n' Roller Coaster is an attraction for fans of cutting-edge thrill rides. Although the rock icons and synchronized music add measurably to the experience, the ride itself, as opposed to sights and sounds along the way, is the focus. The Rock 'n' Roller Coaster offers loops, corkscrews, and drops that make Space Mountain seem like the Jungle Cruise. What really makes this metal coaster unusual, however, is that first, it’s in the dark (like Space Mountain, only with Southern California nighttime scenes instead of space), and second, you’re launched up the first hill like a jet off a carrier deck. By the time you crest the hill, you’ll have gone from 0 to 57 mph in less than 3 seconds. When you enter the first loop, you’ll be pulling 5 g’s—2 more than astronauts used to experience at liftoff on a space shuttle.

Reader opinions of Rock ’n’ Roller Coaster are predictably mixed, colored invariably by how the reader feels about roller coasters. First, from a mother of two from High Mills, New York:

You can't warn people enough about Rock 'n' Roller Coaster. My daughter and I refused to go on it at all. My 9-year-old son, who had no problems with any ride, including Tower of Terror, went on with my husband first thing in the morning. My son came off so shaken he was "done for" the rest of the day and never fully recuperated. My husband just closed his eyes and hoped for the best.
And from a Longmont, Colorado, dad:

The first 15 seconds of this ride are spectacular. I've never experienced anything like the initial take-off.
From an Australian couple who traveled a long way to ride a coaster:

My wife and I are definitely not roller-coaster people. However, we found Rock 'n' Roller Coaster quite exhilarating and because it's dark, we didn't always realize that we were being thrown upside down. We rode it twice!

Rock ’n’ Roller Coaster is not for everyone—if Space Mountain or Big Thunder pushes your limits, stay away.

Big Thunder pushes your limits, stay away. Expect long lines except in the first 30 minutes after opening and during the late-evening performance of Fantasmic!"

 

[tomatecerise]

For Indiana Jones You don't need fast pass but star tours is long wait In morning And Afternoon. When is dark is far less busy. And We had the surprise of morning And evening movie Was not totally the same! Very fun!

 

[sluggozmom]

Are you asking if you should get an FP+ for Star Tours versus the Indian Jones show.!"

Thank you for posting the detailed reviews!!! I didn't realize that roller coaster was so intense!! I traded that FP+ in for Toy Story. I'll hang on to the Star Wars
I don't know much at all about HS... I didn't realize Indiana was a show!
Thank you again... I do need all the help I can get!!