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Postby arrowfanman » Sun Dec 23, 2007 12:03 am

The ride is basically Indy with a different theme


No it's not.

Our Thunder Mountain is a Vekoma


No it's not.

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Postby WillMontu » Sun Dec 23, 2007 11:36 am

^ What is it then? I've heard Arrow, Vekoma, and in-house.

See also: June 2007 SpaceShip Earth video taken before the re-hab.
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We got to EPCOT around 7 and there were still moderate crowds. We expected Spaceship Earth to be closed
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We were surprised to see that it was open for "sneak previews"
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It doesn't officially reopen until February
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The ride vehicles have been fitted with the interactive touch screens
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Going up
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On the initial ascent, the cameras instruct riders to look up at the camera. I don't know what it's used for, but it will probably serve a function when the ride is officially re-opened
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The first few scenes are very dark as before. It's very blurry here, but it shows a caveman trying to convince a woolly mammoth to switch his car insurance.
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The appearance of many of the Animatronics characters has been improved
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This was probably the most significant change made to the ride
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The boobs have been covered!!!
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For reference purposes, this is what it looked like before. Did anyone ever get this credit?
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Some of the bigger changes come after this scene
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This scene is new, and the "communicating across the world" scene has been removed
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This scene is also completely new
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We continue to go up
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And we enter the Matrix
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This is all we saw for the descent back to the ground level. The top point of the ride, where the vehicles rotate, remains similar to the original with the image of the Earth and the cars rotating around it
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At this point, the interactive touch screens activate. Sounds a lot like Horizons doesn't it?
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The computer asks a few simple questions
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The "review" session of the ride
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The screen then shows a short animated video of what thinks "your future" would be like. The screen behind us was playing "There's a great big beautiful tomorrow", as either a tribute to Horizons or as a references to COP (or both)
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In the future, there will be flying cars
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This is what happens to you when you play in the nuclear waste
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In the future, there will also be rides on the moon
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This one-way mirror is new. It allows riders on SSE to see into Project Tomorrow
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Power City is a new interactive game in Project Tomorrow
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The game is played by using large sticks
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The goal is to use the sticks to push "resources" to the buildings that need them. It is sort of like shuffleboard.
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Test Track had a less than five minute wait through the regular line, despite the signs saying that the queue was much longer.
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Windows Media Player failed the Brake Test. They should switch to Linux
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The dummy was down for rehab
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I wonder if there is any Christmas theming on Mission: Space
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Look! Gary Sinise has a Santa hat
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I was the commander this time
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And Gary leaves us with one question...
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What would rides be like...ON THE MOON?
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Postby Sexy No Jutsu » Sun Dec 23, 2007 3:46 pm

WillMontu wrote:^ What is it then? I've heard Arrow, Vekoma, and in-house.


The one at MK is Arrow I believe, and Disneyland's is WED Enterprises.


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Postby Erik Johnson » Mon Dec 24, 2007 6:18 am

While WED has the credit for all four Thunder Mountains, I believe that Arrow helped out on the track work for both the California and Florida versions. I am not sure about Japan, but Vekoma did do the one for Paris. I too thought that Dinosaur was pretty much the same ride system and track layout as Indy.
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Postby gax » Mon Dec 24, 2007 6:44 am

Awesome photos, the new Spaceship Earth looks really cool, thanks for taking all of them!!
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Postby piggy4891 » Mon Dec 24, 2007 6:49 am

Can you please post some high-res pics of the lighting ceremony. I need to have some sort of christmas theme park wallpaper
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Postby haiderodes » Mon Dec 24, 2007 2:44 pm

Erik Johnson wrote:While WED has the credit for all four Thunder Mountains, I believe that Arrow helped out on the track work for both the California and Florida versions. I am not sure about Japan, but Vekoma did do the one for Paris. I too thought that Dinosaur was pretty much the same ride system and track layout as Indy.


I also thought Dinosaur was the same ride system and track layout just with different scenery. I remember seeing a layout drawing around here a couple years ago.
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