Star Wars Ride

[Sparkleshine]

I am prone to motion sickness and this ride makes me feel sick every time. Every once in a while I'll do it anyway but I know that I will feel off for a while after.

 

[ZenMickey]

For me, there is only one miserable place in all of DL- the exit room/hall of Star Tours. I never feel good after leaving that ride. For those prone to motion sickness, I believe there are some stationary seats. Check with a CM.

 

[Sherry E]

I am a ride wimp (been on the Mountain rides; hate them all; not a coaster freak) and I enjoy Star Tours thoroughly. In fact, I prefer the back row because the ride is more fun that way!! As previously stated by Disneynerd420, the drops in POTC are worse and Indy is much more jarring and jerky (in my opinion). However, my friends, who all used to go on Star Tours and like it when we were younger, now confess to having headaches and feeling off after riding it. So it all depends on the person, I think. For some folks, ST will be traumatic; for others, it will seem harmless.

 

[disneynerd420]

If there is really a concern about motion sickness, I reccommend getting motion sickness pills from your local pharmacy. A lot of people swear by them I have never had to use them, so I cannot share any experiance with them.

 

[pixiewings71]

There are very few rides at DLR that I will not go on. Star Tours is one of them. It's constant shaking. Shake shake shake shake shake Ugh. I just couldn't deal with all the shaking. It was not fun for me at all.

No drops, twists, or turns, just shaking. Lots of shaking. If you're okay with shaking, enjoy.

- Dreams

P.S. For the curious, the other is I won't ride is Tower of Terror. Random drops are right in there with constant shaking. Anything else is fun, fun, fun!

But ToT doesn't have random drops at DL, it does at WDW but not at DL. The drops are the same every time, which is one of the reasons I like riding it.

I think I will be able to handle the shaking but I'm a little worried about DBF getting sick

Well, maybe he could close his eyes if he started to feel funny. That would take away the feeling that you were really going anywhere.

NO, don't tell him to close his eyes!!!! For the love of GOD do not have him close his eyes! It will make the motion sickness worse!

For me, there is only one miserable place in all of DL- the exit room/hall of Star Tours. I never feel good after leaving that ride. For those prone to motion sickness, I believe there are some stationary seats. Check with a CM.

There are no stationary seats, the whole car moves not the seats.

OP, this is one I don't do much, because it gives me motion sickness and once (when I already had a headache) it gave me a migraine. BUT I still do it every once in a while. DBF gets an upset stomach after riding it so he's OK skipping it as well but occasionally he wants to ride it so we do. When we ride it we generally sit in the very back row, not because it's more "intense" but because we can brace ourselves with our feet against the seats in front of us and press ourselves back into the wall, you move a little less that way. Another trick we use is to put our hands up in the air as if we are riding Screamin', for some reason having your hands up helps with the motion sickness.

 

[PinkBudgie]

NO, don't tell him to close his eyes!!!! For the love of GOD do not have him close his eyes! It will make the motion sickness worse!

Ok, clearly I don't have any trouble with motion sickness!

But actually she didn't say "motion sickness" so I was thinking she meant it was feeling sick due to "thinking" you are swooping in and out of danger, not sick from the actual motion of the car. So, I thought if you don't look, you'll just feel shaking, but you won't think you are zooming towards an asteroid.

 

[Sherry E]

Ok, clearly I don't have any trouble with motion sickness!

But actually she didn't say "motion sickness" so I was thinking she meant it was feeling sick due to "thinking" you are swooping in and out of danger, not sick from the actual motion of the car. So, I thought if you don't look, you'll just feel shaking, but you won't think you are zooming towards an asteroid.

That's actually what my friend does, Budgie (and she gets headaches on Star Tours and rarely goes on it now, though I got her to ride it last December). She will just not look at the screen through most of the ride and keep her eyes closed. She says it helps her to avoid the headache. It may be all psychosomatic, but if she thinks it works for her, then great. No headaches. But, see, again, what works for one person may not work for the next person, or how one person perceives the severity of the shaking on ST may not be how another person perceives it.

 

[Flitterific]

Lol. Thanks again for all of the tips. It seems like riding Star Tours is such a science

I'll just have to convince DBF to ride it at least once so we can at least say we've experienced it. And maybe if I'm lucky, he'll go on it a second, third...time and we can see what works best for him

 

[Buttercup26]

The only way I can ride Star Tours (which I do really enjoy) is to be in the first 2 rows - any farther back and I feel horrible afterwards. I'm usually okay on the ride, but as soon as it's done I have a headache and feel slightly nauseous. But if I'm close to the front it doesn't bother me. Now I just make sure I'm in the front and I'm fine. I also have trouble with motion sickness on Soarin - but nothing else bothers me at all. It's something about watching the screen.

I do recommend you & your DBF try it - but ride in the front the first time so it's not as intense.

 

[jacs1234]

Indy is so rough compared to star tours but I felt so sick on it star tours and felt fine on indy. I was sitting in the back row though, now I know better.

I might give it another shot this year but sit in the front row.

Can you go on it pregnant?