Whats the deal with spiders & It's a Bug's Life attraction?

[DaniB]

Do fake spiders really drop all over people?

 

[calngavinsmom]

They drop from the ceiling, but they don't actually touch you.

 

[Cruz91]

Well - fake spiders do descend from the ceiling, but they don't get much closer than 10 feet or so above your head. It's not like you can stand up and touch them. They could freak out the kids, though......

 

[Robo]

Animatronic spiders physically drop down from the ceiling on wires.

 

[Robo]

Well - fake spiders do descend from the ceiling, but they don't get much closer than 10 feet or so above your head. It's not like you can stand up and touch them. They could freak out the kids, though......

And, they are many times larger than real spiders.

They are obviously just oversized mechanical animatronic characters.

(But, yes, they can be very frightening for anyone who is scared of such things.)

 

[PearlySwan]

^^^ It was the only thing DD didn't like about this attraction as she suffers from arachnophobia. This is the same kid who loves super intense attractions like MS (orange line); ToT; and RnR. But the animatronic spiders was definitely something she doesn't care to see again during our next trip.

 

[calngavinsmom]

It's not a 3D effect. (Those effects can only come from the movie screen.)

They are Animatronic spiders that do physically drop down from the ceiling on wires.

So very sorry, I meant to say they are meant to enhance the 3D effect.

 

[ChristaDeVil]

The spiders didn't bother my son at all. However, he was too busy laughing at his parents, who were holding each other and screaming like schoolgirls, to notice the silly spiders.

 

[Robo]

So very sorry, I meant to say they are meant to enhance the 3D effect.

Nothing to be sorry about, but I did want everyone to know that they
were not just on the film.

(Disney actually refers to the physical in-theater effects (like these spiders) as "4D Effects.")

 

[buzz2400]

I am petrified of spiders however I always visit here. The trick is to sit in the back in the handicap section. I just tell the cm that I don't like spiders and I have never had any problems sitting there. There is an overhang so the spiders don't drop down on you in this area.

 

[joe1946]

^^^ It was the only thing DD didn't like about this attraction as she suffers from anachrophobia.

Isn't "anachrophobia" fear of time travel?

 

[PearlySwan]

Isn't "anachrophobia" fear of time travel?

^^^ Oops! I meant to say Arachnophobia. And in fact DD woudn't be afraid of time travel at all. She declared she would love to go back in time to meet Jane Austen and Walt Disney!

 

[MomofKatie]

^^^ It was the only thing DD didn't like about this attraction as she suffers from arachnophobia. This is the same kid who loves super intense attractions like MS (orange line); ToT; and RnR. But the animatronic spiders was definitely something she doesn't care to see again during our next trip.

Same here- DD is a real fearless kid about most thrill rides, but she is PETRIFIED of ITTBAB. We can't get her in the theater. Those danged old spiders freak her right out.

 

[kaligal]

IMO, the spiders are just the straw that breaks these little kids' backs.

There is a big bug up on the screen and he's mad at us. He menacingly holds out a can of stuff and then depresses the top. Stuff starts to come out - it is "smoke." (Although it isn't really smoke from something burning, but some sort of moisture thing, the effect is the same.) The theater fills with this stuff being shot out by the big, angry bug.

In some parts of the theater, it is just all around you. In other parts, you can't see your hand in front of your face...much less Mommy or Daddy. And you're all alone, lost in that stuff the big, angry bug sent. You can feel Mommy and Daddy if they touch you, but you can not see them through the fog.

As if this weren't bad enough, loud and ominous music begins thumping. Colored lights flash on and off. It is all very scary and creepy, if you're three years old.

Then giant spiders fall down from who knows where. Their bodies are about the size of your face, if you're three. They are bouncing up and down. Who knows when they'll stop bouncing and attack you.

If you're three, it's time to scream.

This is likely why almost every time I'm there, some parent dashes out with a toddler screaming bloody murder.

 

[momof2lilboys]

IMO, the spiders are just the straw that breaks these little kids' backs.

There is a big bug up on the screen and he's mad at us. He menacingly holds out a can of stuff and then depresses the top. Stuff starts to come out - it is "smoke." (Although it isn't really smoke from something burning, but some sort of moisture thing, the effect is the same.) The theater fills with this stuff being shot out by the big, angry bug.

In some parts of the theater, it is just all around you. In other parts, you can't see your hand in front of your face...much less Mommy or Daddy. And you're all alone, lost in that stuff the big, angry bug sent. You can feel Mommy and Daddy if they touch you, but you can not see them through the fog.

As if this weren't bad enough, loud and ominous music begins thumping. Colored lights flash on and off. It is all very scary and creepy, if you're three years old.

Then giant spiders fall down from who knows where. Their bodies are about the size of your face, if you're three. They are bouncing up and down. Who knows when they'll stop bouncing and attack you.

If you're three, it's time to scream.

This is likely why almost every time I'm there, some parent dashes out with a toddler screaming bloody murder.

Thank you very much we will be skipping this..I don't think I could handle it let alone my three year old. I hate bugs! LOL

 

[supersuperwendy]

I've never gotten to see the whole show because my kids were terrified and we left. Maybe now that they are getting older we can try it again.

 

[Disney Spaz]

My DD is now almost 4 and has seen ITTBAB several times since she was 1. However on our trip at Christmas when the spiders dropped. She freaked and convinced us she had to potty now! As soon as we got out of the theater and started running for a potty she stopped me and told me she didn't have to go she just got scared. I was a little suprised as she was fine just 5 months earlier but we are going to skip ITTBAB for awhile.

 

[kaligal]

Thank you very much we will be skipping this..I don't think I could handle it let alone my three year old. I hate bugs! LOL

I think most people age 6 or 7 and up would be okay. Didn't mean to scare you, mom.

I adore ITTBAB and try to see it each time I'm in the AK.

But that whole business with the fog, noise and spiders...easy to see how it scares them, if you look at it from their little point of view.

 

[saraheeyore]

IMO, the spiders are just the straw that breaks these little kids' backs.

There is a big bug up on the screen and he's mad at us. He menacingly holds out a can of stuff and then depresses the top. Stuff starts to come out - it is "smoke." (Although it isn't really smoke from something burning, but some sort of moisture thing, the effect is the same.) The theater fills with this stuff being shot out by the big, angry bug.

In some parts of the theater, it is just all around you. In other parts, you can't see your hand in front of your face...much less Mommy or Daddy. And you're all alone, lost in that stuff the big, angry bug sent. You can feel Mommy and Daddy if they touch you, but you can not see them through the fog.

As if this weren't bad enough, loud and ominous music begins thumping. Colored lights flash on and off. It is all very scary and creepy, if you're three years old.

Then giant spiders fall down from who knows where. Their bodies are about the size of your face, if you're three. They are bouncing up and down. Who knows when they'll stop bouncing and attack you.

If you're three, it's time to scream.

This is likely why almost every time I'm there, some parent dashes out with a toddler screaming bloody murder.

that is the best description of that. i definitly wouldn't take my kids in there till they get older. it freaked me out a bit the first time as you can't see a thing through the fog. then when it starts to clear you can see big spiders. lol good job my parents didn't go in

 

[ntikos]

IMO, the spiders are just the straw that breaks these little kids' backs.

There is a big bug up on the screen and he's mad at us. He menacingly holds out a can of stuff and then depresses the top. Stuff starts to come out - it is "smoke." (Although it isn't really smoke from something burning, but some sort of moisture thing, the effect is the same.) The theater fills with this stuff being shot out by the big, angry bug.

In some parts of the theater, it is just all around you. In other parts, you can't see your hand in front of your face...much less Mommy or Daddy. And you're all alone, lost in that stuff the big, angry bug sent. You can feel Mommy and Daddy if they touch you, but you can not see them through the fog.

As if this weren't bad enough, loud and ominous music begins thumping. Colored lights flash on and off. It is all very scary and creepy, if you're three years old.

Then giant spiders fall down from who knows where. Their bodies are about the size of your face, if you're three. They are bouncing up and down. Who knows when they'll stop bouncing and attack you.

If you're three, it's time to scream.

This is likely why almost every time I'm there, some parent dashes out with a toddler screaming bloody murder.

Great and very accurate description! In 2007 I had to take my then 5 year old out of the theatre at that part - last year at 7 she only fell to the floor and grabbed my leg in a death grip. My 15 year old, btw, was screaming and squeezing the blood out of my arm on the other side.

It really is intense.