Walt Disney World Resort Non-Park Discussion Thread

[dragonskeepA donkey is a domesticated member of the Equidae or horse family.]

This is awesome. Elissa, looks like you did pretty well, how did Adam do. It takes a bit of nerve to try stuff like this but it's so fun when you do.

[SharkTumsSite Admin]

^How do you think Adam did? (Not as good as me!!!)

[jedimaster1227Open Up Happiness]

^^Well, I didn't do this.


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According to my ride statistics, I hit a max of 83 mph on the outer loop and a max of 39 mph in the inner turns. I thought I was going a good deal faster (they block out the speedometers on the cars so you aren't tempted to take your eyes off of the road), but I was told by my instructor that I got much better with each lap.

Oh, and I drove paddle shift--something Elissa didn't do!

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^And how did that paddle shift help you go slower than me!?!?

Like I've said before, I'm all for the car shifting for me as it can do it faster and more efficient than I could!

[jedimaster1227Open Up Happiness]

^I've been silenced.

[cfcI've gone pantless!]

^If Jeebus wanted us to shift gears, he wouldn't have given us automatic transmissions.

[ShockwaveNon-German Tom]

Looks like a great experience! I'd pay the money just to have Christian Fittipaldi drive me around, someone of his experience going much faster than I ever could in a supercar would beat any rollercoaster for me.

I've done a single seater driving experience day before, and they are a lot of fun. Blocking the speedometer out on these cars is a good idea, because it's all too easy for some people to forget that these sort of events are not a race, they are an experience, and one which regardless of how fast you go, you should get out of the car feeling great!

Well done to Elissa and Adam, and well done again to Elissa for not telling Christian to watch his speed!

[dragonskeepA donkey is a domesticated member of the Equidae or horse family.]

Paddle shifters. I bet those take some getting used to.

[jedimaster1227Open Up Happiness]

^Yep. Took about 60 seconds to figure out!

Paddle shifters. I bet those take some getting used to.

It doesn't take much to get used to, because it's not like a traditional gear shift where you have to pop a clutch or something. It's literally more like pressing a button on a video game. The car does the rest for you. And like Elissa said, when you're driving a $280,000 car that has a computer system smarter than most humans, unless you're very experienced with paddle shifting, the car will actually do a better job shifting for you in automatic mode. So why not remove one additional learning curve and spend that time having fun driving the car?

When you're spending $389 for six laps, I don't want to spend one of them learning a new system that I don't really need to.