What would you do to improve attractions?

[ChrisFL]

Admins, feel free to move this if it's the wrong forum. This is the only forum I ever read

I thought of a way that Disney could have saved Rocket Rods, which is so simple it's incredible the few, underpaid, imagineers they had thought of it

The problems stemmed from the fact that they had to slow down on the turns and they couldnt' afford to "bank" them, for a smoother, lower G-force ride for the passengers.

The idea is simple. Use the same centrifugal (or is it centripetal?) forces for the ride vehicle to swing out with the weight, assuming there's enough room, or to make the ride vehicle turn at certain times it passes over parts of the ride.

I suppose it's too late now, but that would have made it better, more thrilling and most likely less prone to breakage.

Also, I think Mission Space is really missing a good adventure on the ride. The actual ride is ok, but where you go isn't that exciting.

I think you should be able to dock with a space station, or get sent into one of the rotating cities in space. That would make the journey much more like Horizons.

Anyone have more ideas for rides?

 

[grinningghost]

I have loads of ideas, but unfortunately I have no engineering smarts, so I can't really put my ideas into words that make sense.

But as for Mission Space, I think they missed the mark on that attraction something awful. I was expecting so much more. In the end, it's just another simulator ride.

 

[HauntedMansionFan]

Originally posted by grinningghost
But as for Mission Space, I think they missed the mark on that attraction something awful. I was expecting so much more. In the end, it's just another simulator ride.

Just another simulator ride? Well I know I haven't been on any simulators that pushed that many G-forces and made me feel like I was lifting off into space and weightless also.

 

[wtg2000]

But as for Mission Space, I think they missed the mark on that attraction something awful. I was expecting so much more. In the end, it's just another simulator ride.

I agree to an extent. The sensations provided by the simulator, however, are unique and certainly give more Gs and weightless feelings than other sims. But I didn't find it exhilirating - more just strange. I thought landing on Mars was the best sensation probably because there was more of a visual cue.

Still, the problem I have is with the program. It's very similar to Star Tours.

M:S - hypersleep
ST - hyperspace

M:S - asteroid field
ST - comet field

M:S - descend and wind down canyons on Mars
ST - descend and wind down canyons on Death Star

M:S - sweeping left turn and BRAKES!
ST - sweeping right turn and BRAKES!

Plus, the whole "testing" crew concept has been overdone with Test Track and Body Wars. Is the future really that clinical? (Gary Sinise was good though)

I also found the screen very video-ish, noticing dot-crawl or screen door effect - whatever it's called.

I was disappointed with the exit room, just a couple video games. I was hoping, well, that we'd really be on Mars! Or at least in a room with the latest HP gadgets.

I would say that while it's good I suppose that they changed Horizons and WofM since things need to be changed after so many years, I prefer that duo to M:S and TT. TT now is really just exciting for the 65mph at the end, but you can pretty much nap until then as there's not much to see. Even the crash sequence doesn't work anymore.

 

[GBHost]

My first introduction to Disney Magic was as an 7 year old at the 1964 New York World's Fair. Back then, the animatronic Abe Lincoln and Carousel of Progress characters were state of the art and breathtaking. I recall a woman insisting to my father that Abe was a real man!

Upon my last visit to WDW in 2000, Abe and COP were still going, along with A Small World - each now over 40-years-old. Back in 1964, Disney's exhibits were futruistic and breathtaking. Today, regardless of the affection we have for the core Disney attractions, I think a lot of what the parks have to offer has stagnated. Instead of offering unique and entertaining manipulations of cutting edge science, we now get roller coasters and 3D movies.

Don't get me wrong, I like the roller coasters and what the Imagineers can do with them, but there is very little of that jaw-dropping awe that we lucky World's Fair goers experienced back in '63-'64.

It'll still be another two years or so until I get to experience Mission:Space, so I don't know if it acheives that old magic, but I think I would employ some morer big thinkers - perhaps scientists or physicists - to help brainstorm the attractions of the future.

 

[MiknMinMouse]

I'm still waiting for a Monster's Inc ride. I'd love to see a ride that put you in Mike and Sulley's world . I would love to see them have us chase Randall through the different doors or something.

Also, if you have Lion King 1 1/2 you'll have seen Timon & Pumba's virtual safari. My daughter loves that, it would be great to see them translate that concept into something real. A ride where you could choose a few optional paths. It would probably be a logistics nightmare, but if anyone can do it, the imagineers can.

 

[mitros]

You are actually kind of close.The ride was originally planed by the Imagineers to be a lot more then what it actually turned out to be. At the end of the ride you were originally supposed to get off on an astroid with a space station built into the side of it. This was supposed to be the central area of the pavilion. Only problem was that the final cost of 150 to 200 million was not nearly enough. 300 million + might have been enough, but neither Disney nor HP would come up with the extra cash. In fact, originally, the old Horizon building along with modifications, was supposed to be used for the MS ride.