We all felt sick after Mission Space

[HollisterSweetie]

I love that ride!!! There are warnings all over the place concerning what your complaining about........

 

[MrShiny]

Interesting theory, but I would disagree with your disagreement. I've not heard of astronaut training being conducted in teacups, and one would thing this would be quite a bit cheaper than building centrifuges if they were all that similar.

That's not my point at all. And actually the forces placed on astronauts are much more than M:S. So much so, sometimes they actually black out due to blood being pulled out of the brain.

My point is this - if the forces on your inner ear from the teacups (with head back) make you queasy, you might be queasy on M:S. However, those forces are actually a much stronger spinning sensation than M:S (the whole idea of M:S is to not to spin the fluid in your inner ear, but to create a "force" pushing you back (actually your own interia pulling you tangential to the rotation).

So if you don't get queasy on the teacups with head back, it's very doubtful your inner ear would sense the relatively mild spinning sensation of M:S.

Now the psychological aspects might affect you, but not the phsyiological ones.

 

[jarestel]

That's not my point at all.

Sorry, MrShiny. I understood your point, but the images of astronauts training in teacups was more than I could resist. LOL!

 

[Tigger&Belle]

Sorry, MrShiny. I understood your point, but the images of astronauts training in teacups was more than I could resist. LOL!

Don't give NASA any ideas!!!

T&B

 

[tinkerbelle*]

I was in the waiting room before entering the ride with my family, and was so nervous that I backed out, and am glad that I did.

My family all loved Star Tours and didn't feel any sickness afterwards, but two of my family members went on Mission Space and felt very sick after.

One family member was actually sick for two days of our Disney vacation after riding Mission Space. A shame, tried to go to the parks, was too sick. Didn't eat much, either.

I'd stay away from this ride even if you love big rides, because it affects everyone differently. Mission Space made my family member miss out on many parts of Walt Disney World.

 

[Ron from Michigan]

I just love this ride. I have been on it many times and never had a problem. My wife will not go on it no matter what I say to get her on it. I keep telling her how great it is, but she has heard of people that have problems with it so there is no way she will try it.

 

[Laurajean1014]

I felt a bit nausaus (like when I was pregnant) because I did not eat that day. I had a glass of Sprite (Ginger Ale is better) and I was fine.

Does spinning upset sinuses? Is there a doctor in the house?

 

[MLBelle41]

I haven't been to the park in about 5 years, so I haven't ridden MS. I am 23 years old and in great health with no history of motion sickness on any ride, ever. I am a pretty serious thrill seeker, and I understand that the odds are overwhelmingly in my favor that I will be fine, but due to recent events, I will be opting out of this attraction. Why risk ruining my trip by getting sick or passing out or even (God forbid) dying? It's just not worth it. There are plenty of other thrill rides in WDW to keep me satisfied.

In addition, I feel simply awful for that poor child's family. What a horrible thing to have happen on your vacation (or ever). They have my utmost sympathy, and I cannot even fathom what they're going through.

Mission Space sounds like an exhilarating ride, but maybe those thrills come at too high a cost...

 

[Pattip]

We are a family of 4, my husband age 52, Me (Mom) 51, college daughter 24, and teen daughter 16. We all rode Mission Space about 4 pm. last week for the first time. I hated it. We all hated it.
You're in this little compartment that's supposed to resemble an astronaut's seat. The actual ride wasn't fun for any of us at all. It just felt awful. I suppose we were upside down for a good deal of the ride, because that is probably how we felt such intense pressure on our faces (supposed to feel like 'blast-off'. There are even paper bags next to you, in the ride, in case you get sick on the ride.
I just feel like warning everybody. It just made me mad to go on a Disney ride and then feel sick for the rest of the day until going to sleep at night. My husband and I both had terrible headaches and sinus pressure in the middle of our foreheads for the rest of the day and night. My 2 daughters were able to shake it off after a few hours. But none of us felt like eating dinner or even snacks.
None of us will ever go on this ride again, and we are not sissy riders. We all do Tower of Terror and Rock'n Roller Coaster over and over. We even do Star Tours and it only bothers us for about 15 minutes afterwards. But I just think Mission Space is a horrible ride. We had such high hopes for that day at Disney, and this ride ruined our day.

I would like to hear from anyone about your experience. Does anyone ever go on it again? Does anyone really enjoy it?

We went in May with a young friend and she had a great time. I was very ill when I got off of it, but have had inner ear problems in the past and wonder if that contributed to it. My husband didn't feel well afterwards either. Both of us had to sit for a long time and felt shaky and ill for some time. It was not a pleasant experience and yet I stood in line with a young woman in her 30s doing it for her 5th time or 6th.

 

[mugglemom]

DD and I rode it and I loved it and she felt a bit dizzy but was fine after sitting for a few minutes. I think it is a great ride but it is not for everyone and never for 4 year olds!

 

[Quasi123]

My family rode this ride when it was still in testing. We all felt ill afterwards and it took a good part of the day to recover. None of us have ever ridden it again.

 

[SUSIEQ]

I will never go on this horrible ride again. I was nauseas for the rest of the day. And, I had a headache for quite a few days. This is hard to describe, but it felt like my brain had been slung against my skull on all sides, and my head was literally sore from the inside. I am not prone to any kind of sickness, but this ride is wicked! It's my fault for riding it, but I promise it won't happen again!

 

[Blondy876]

As much as I have to agree that when I went on it it ruined my day but it was my choice to go one it. Like another poster said, there are signs everywhere and verbal warnings telling you that it will be intense. I didn't blame Disney, they warned me, but I didn't listen. And I spent the day nauseous and with a headache because of it.

 

[LixardKing]

I absolutely feel for the child that died on M:S just the other day, but was absolutely floored when I found out he was 4 years old!!! I cannot believe some parents
!

 

[Meezers]

Used my DB (37 yoa) as a test subject. I can do RnR and ToT but not the teacups

He said "No way". I agree. Figure there would be much nausea and then massive migraine. Just not worth it!

 

[petrymom]

lixardking -
In defense of parents - the height requirements on this ride are 44 inches. Each child is different in the rides that they can tolerate. If the parents haven't been on the ride before, they don't entirely know what they are getting into either. This is an individual choice. I personally chose in March to skip this ride with my 5 year old daughter after waiting in line. We took the chicken out ride, but my daughter rode every other ride that she was physically able to ride, Including Tower of Terror at MGM. Others may feel that their child is a capable rider of MS.

AND - we do not know that this child didn't have some sort of underlying medical condition that could've caused this horrible thing to happen. I think that we should give the family who lost their child in this TERRIBLE tragedy our prayers, not our criticism. We don't know what it is like unless we have walked in their shoes.

Sorry, if I offend you - but this is how I feel.

Petrymom

 

[SoCalKDG]

I've also read that the ride was toned down, dropping it from around 4 G's to 2 G's. Additionally you will get more G's from RNR. If you read the press, they state that 7 people were taken to the hospital, but continued reading shows that its been about a year since anyone had to go.

Additionally Dr's have reported that kids are physically able to handle rides such as these better than adults.


Lastly is this:

The Consumer Product and Safety Commission reports that the rate of death resulting from amusement park rides is approximately one in 250 million riders. People are much more likely to injured playing sports or riding a bicycle.

 

[disboy21086]

I will not under any circumstances get on this ride.... You Couldn't pay me money to go on it......

During my last visit to Disney in January of this year, went on the Teacups at MK with my 25yo bro...... We were both feeling faint and nausea for about 30-45 after getting off, and we didn't even spin the wheel in between us!

I don't know if they've increased the spinning of the teacups or what, but it really bothered us. I almost collapsed getting out the cup that's how bad I was. (I'm a 19yo male by the way).

Star Tours doesn't bother me at all surprisingly.

Will debate whether to ride the Teacups in July.

 

[imagineerhopefull]

I've also read that the ride was toned down, dropping it from around 4 G's to 2 G's.

Do you know when they changed that??

 

[colleen costello]

Everyone is different. I could ride the Teacups all day. In fact, our mall had a Carousel with some teacups on it back when my daughter was little, and she had me on that thing the whole time I was pregnant with my son. I would waddle on and get on that teacup and off we'd go!

That said, I am terrified of heights and will probably need a Valium to ride the lowest level of "Soarin!" I am also just too chicken to try MS... The "no escape" factor worries me.