We are not one for pure thrill rides, and I
opted not to experience the attraction fully. I did walk through
the entire attraction queue, preshow, boarding areas, then exited.
I can say that the theming is up to Disney standards and the story
is set up really well.
Overall though I am starting to be concerned with what EPCOT is
becoming. The new attractions are all geared toward thrill seakers
it seems, or at least those who meet the height requirement. The
attraction for the entire family is not being installed in the park,
not sure why? If you look at the latest additions Maelstrom in Norway,
Test Track, Mission Space, and Soarin' all have height requirements
and entire families cannot experience the attraction together. I
am not sure why the Walt Disney Company is completely abandoning
its base. If you look at the classic attractions of all time almost
all geared for everyone. Such classics as Haunted Mansion, Pirates,
Small World, the Steam Trains, Peter Pan, the Monorail, etc.. yes
there are some thrill attractions.like the Disney mountain ranges
that are for thrill seekers, but usually those additions are balanced
out with other attractions in the park. EPCOT does not seem to be
doing this.
Sorry for ranting a bit.. I really enjoyed Horizons, and with it
gone that is one less attraction to visit in Future World, and Mission
Space is a great use of technology, but not of traditional Disney
show in my book.
In May 2006 Disney altered Missions Space. There are now two ways
to experience this attraction. One is the original g-force flight
model. The second way is a non- g-force flight model. The capsules
still go through all their motions and effects except the centrifuge
is not activated so there is no spinning or high g-forces. There are separate lines for each.
I think this is an interested trial by Disney and the first time
they have done such a thing on this scale to take one of their thrill attractions and tame it down. I do not ride thrill rides so I have avoided the original mission space. I did ride the green version during our December 2006 trrip and I found it to be ok. It was interesting to see the capsule and experience the attraction, but its not in my favorites list by any stretch of the imagination. The Geek's Brother has riden both versions and he found them both comparable in how he felt about the attraction. He said the G-forces were interesting, but after riding it once he had no ambition to ride again, same with the green version. Even with no lines he was not interested in re-riding or comparing, instead we headed over to Test Track.
Even with the two versions the lines are still extremely short most of the time for this attraction, which in itself is a sad statement when the line next door at a much old Test Track is over an hour and Mission Space is a near walk on...
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