why does everyone hate the nemo ride?

[PrettyFlower2]

What a silly thread title to say "everyone" hates anything when you can't speak for everyone. For the OP to ask "why do I hate the Nemo ride" might be a more reasonable question and at least not be completely wrong. The Nemo ride is cool, especially if you have little kids that like Nemo. But then again maybe Disney should make all their rides only appeal to one demographic.......

I've never been on the ride lol. I don't hate it. I was asking why it has so many negative reviews...

 

[Son of Gadsden]

With my knee issues, we take a lot of low crowd, short wait time rides where we can sit down as a break. Nemo is one of those, plus DW loves aquariums. I was a teenager when Nemo came out, so was never into it. However, the ride isn't bad. I can sit through it and enjoy it. I wouldn't wait in line for it, but I wouldn't say it's bad.

I say the same about Stitch's Great Escape though. Would I wait in line for it? No. But if the doors are open, I'll go in and sit through it. Short of Carousel of Progress ( because it bores me to death and I'd rather sit in silence than hear that song ), I don't think there are any rides that I would just as soon sit on a park bench than experience.

 

[metzgardesign]

The reason I said it was horrible, many pages back, is that I think Disney "phoned it in" on this attraction. There is very little "Imagineering" to it, really.

Disney supposedly has some of the most innovative minds to create, and I would think, some relatively decent budgets to work with (if they are allowed to use the budget on creative versus plopping another time-share on property)....and the best they could come up with was what they came up with for Nemo.

Really?

Many of the attractions that are considered legends now, are by comparison, simplistic. But at the time of their development and initiation.....they were remarkably innovative.

Somewhere, Disney has lost that sense of pushing the boundaries. They really have.

 

[Son of Gadsden]

Somewhere, Disney has lost that sense of pushing the boundaries. They really have.

I have to disagree. I think the main attraction here is the aquarium. They added projections to it and called it a ride. I don't know how much more you can do with that. I think the same crowd would be attracted to it if there were no projections at all. But anyway, it's one ride.

I think the Under The Sea ride is pushing the boundaries. Those animatronics look incredible. The feeling of cold water rushing over you is a small thing, but that is what impresses me the most from the whole ride.

That's just one of the newer ones, but I think there are so many rides that Disney puts out that are still innovative.

 

[kbelle8995]

I think that it is a cute ride much better than the Little Mermaid.

I really like the Turtle section. (Crush!) and the queue is very cute especially when you walk under the boat.

 

[BrianL]

I think the Under The Sea ride is pushing the boundaries. Those animatronics look incredible. The feeling of cold water rushing over you is a small thing, but that is what impresses me the most from the whole ride.

I'm glad I'm not the only one who feels that way. People seem not to like that ride, but it's a Fantasyland dark ride. I love the models of Ariel, especially her hair. They look like the cartoon. My only issue with it is that the ride is a tad short.

 

[metzgardesign]

I have to disagree. I think the main attraction here is the aquarium. They added projections to it and called it a ride. I don't know how much more you can do with that. I think the same crowd would be attracted to it if there were no projections at all. But anyway, it's one ride.

I think the Under The Sea ride is pushing the boundaries. Those animatronics look incredible. The feeling of cold water rushing over you is a small thing, but that is what impresses me the most from the whole ride.

That's just one of the newer ones, but I think there are so many rides that Disney puts out that are still innovative.

OK....as a method of transport to the aquarium, it works fine. But so did the ride under the aquarium, looking up at the sharks and such.

And under the sea.....I guess there may be some incredible animatronics, and a neat cold water sensation.....and I am sure it really appeals to the age-group intended. But I feel it could have been "more."

Disney is not pushing the boundaries like they used to. I am not talking about a few cool effects. I am talking about redefining the attraction experience. Soarin'.....by its design and implementation.....redefined an immersive experience. The ride mechanism was created for this experience.

I just don't feel as though the current Imagineering is living up to the reputation Disney has earned. Not saying they don't do some cool things. But they, in my opinion, haven't done much to set the theme park industry on its ear in a while, save for a few examples.

 

[surferdave]

I'm glad I'm not the only one who feels that way. People seem not to like that ride, but it's a Fantasyland dark ride. I love the models of Ariel, especially her hair. They look like the cartoon. My only issue with it is that the ride is a tad short.

I enjoyed it much better than I ever have the Nemo ride (I guess they get compared a lot because of the clam shells; maybe they should have used lobsters or something for Ariel). It's like a throwback to the classic rides that have been at WDW since the beginning. I agree with others that it looks unfinished and you can spot a lot of missed details but I noticed that with some of those older rides too, especially the ones that are gone like Mr. Toad's Wild Ride and Snow White's Scary Adventures. I do wish they would have included the maelstrom scene near the end, that could have thrown it over the top to be pretty awesome. That detail alone could have made me appreciate New Fantasyland more, as it was I left believing it didn't deserve all the fanfare. I know it's not finished yet but that Dwarf roller coaster better be some kinda special.

 

[hookedonears]

Like Peter Pan, a good attraction entertains the vast majority of those who experience it. Unfortunately, the Nemo attraction primarily entertains the very young, leaving most others board. It's kind of like turtle talk. Unless you have younger children, the majority of people skip. Disney normally does a great job of designing attractions that entertain the entire family, given the height restrictions of course, but with Nemo and a few others, they fell way short.

 

[Eastern]

The Nemo Ride, the Mexico ride, and the Imagination ride: three rides that were good enough in their old form that got ruined with "improvements".

If they try to improve Maelstrom I will surely die.

 

[TDC Nala]

Because I was once stuck in it for 20 minutes.

 

[AlohaAnnie]

We like the Nemo ride and go on it several times during a stay.

 

[Eastern]

We like the Nemo ride and go on it several times during a stay.

Curiously enough, I find this fascinating.

 

[AlohaAnnie]

We like the Nemo ride and go on it several times during a stay.

Curiously enough, I find this fascinating.

I should probably add myself and DS do not enjoy thrill rides, DH and DD like them as long as they are not to thrilling. So we do not like RnRC. So the mild little dark rides are right up our alley. It is one of the things we love about Disney World.

 

[FlightlessDuck]

It's boring.

I like the old "underwater sea lab" theme.

 

[rebbyparker]

If we're talking "old" rides, I miss the gondolas and 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.

 

[nansmama]

I like Nemo. I think it's cute. My teens also love the aquarium in that building.

 

[Simba's Mom]

Got a problem pal? Huh? Do ya? Do ya?

I love it. At least I think I do. Love all things Nemo.

 

[NorthernBuckeye]

I think it is the least impressive of similar rides, I'd only rank it above Small World due to the song which is the only slow ride that I'd skip on my preference.

Toy Story
Pirates
Buzz
Haunted House
Maelstrom
Spaceship Earth
Journey Little Mermaid
Winnie the Pooh
Peter Pan
Movie Ride
Whatever they call Mexico now
Living w/ Land
Jungle Cruise
Figment
Nemo
Small World

 

[ttintagel]

It’s not the worst ride on property, but it’s got some shortcomings. First of all, the queue is dangerously dark, uneven, and convoluted; an accident waiting to happen. I can see making it that way if you get a great artistic reward in return, but for all that effort it’s just blah.

Then, the ride itself. You can see how beautiful the aquarium used to be, but the superimposed animations are just enough to be distracting without being enough to be entertaining. It’s like trying to watch a play and having the person next to you stick an iPad with a five-second video in front of your face every few minutes.

And then, the parents. I don’t blame the kids, because it’s the parents’ job to teach them when to give in to their impulses and when not to. But how much fun is it supposed to be for anybody to be confined in a close, pitch-dark tunnel while hundreds of preschoolers shriek “NEEMO! NEEEEEEE-MO! WHERE’s NEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE-MOOOOOOOOOOOOO?!?!?” at 130 decibels and 5,000 hertz the whole time?

I’ll have to be in JUST the right mood and going under JUST the right conditions before I go again. (Desperate for A/C, slow day, CM who'll let a visually impaired person in the alternate entrance, and after a couple of stiff drinks, I'm thinking.)