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[A.J.Counts I305 as 32 credits...]

Great Escape's predecessor was called the ExtraTERRORestrial Alien Encounter.

Even though most people who have seen Alien Encounter think that it should return to the park, I do not.

I didn't want to mention this in the trip report, but before I got on Space Mountain Alpha the second time, there was a situation between two parents and a child who didn't want to ride.

I was lined up to get in seat 3 (first car, back seat), and I was next in line. There was a group of five riding ahead of me. There was a teenager in the front, a small little girl in the middle, another teenager in the back, a grown man in the front of the second car, and a grown woman in the middle of the second car. The back seat was left empty.

The little girl had been ordered by the man to sit down in her car, and she hesitantly sat down and pulled down the bar. She began to tremble and cry. When the cast member was going back to the dispatch control panel, she took notice of the little girl crying. She asked the little girl if she wanted to get off the ride, and the little girl said yes. They opened up her lap bar and she began to crawl out.

Meanwhile, the man in the fourth seat became furious. He yelled at the little girl, "get your [censored] back on the ride", and the little girl let out a crying "noooo". The man also yelled at the cast member to put the girl back in the seat. The cast member said a stern, "if she doesn't want to ride, she doesn't have to" as she gave the little girl to another cast member to wait with her at the unloading zone.

I personally am glad the lap bars lock as soon as you pull them down, because if they hadn't, the man would've gotten out of his car and probably done something cruel to the little girl.

That man is the kind of person who makes me glad Alien Encounter was replaced with a show adults would think is boring. The Magic Kingdom is a place where children are the guests of honor, and being dragged on a terrifying ride or show against their will is absolutely wrong.

[MayTheGForceBeWithYouStar Wars is gay.]

I guess you're right. Magic Kingdom just was not the place for a show like Alien Encounter.

I still think the attempt by Disney to appeal the attraction to kids ultimately failed. That type of attraction is just not meant for children though. Kids will get scared when they are strapped into a chair in a dark room getting stuff sprayed at them.

Also, keep in mind Alien was created specifically to appeal to the teens/adults to make Disney have a wider appeal to people of that age. Alien Encounter simply did its job too well, and terrorized adults and traumatized kids.

[The SETGO GuysMy Dumps Smell Like Cantaloupe]

The Carousel of Progress is one of my favorite rides in the entire resort. It really strikes me as unique and pretty interesting.

I could not agree with you more! The Carousel of Progress is my favorite ride of all time!

[the ghostIt all started with a donkey]

^^ While I never went on the original(had been to WDW but had never been to magic kingdom at the time)I have heard many call it the scariest thing ever put into a theme park, including any haunt event. I have had friends who have ridden it, however, and I know one of them calls it his favorite ride anywhere , despite that it scared him to tears when he rode.

^^^ Dinosaur kinda fills in that position now. As I said, I have never ridden Alien Encounter, but dinosaur is probably the scariest dark ride I have ever been on. Hell, I rode it 2 summers ago, and even though it didnt scare me per say, a lot of it was CRAZY LOUD, and some of the dinos made me jump. Also I did ride it as count down to extinction when I was in second or third grade, and I remember it being terrifying. People always take their kids on rides even if they dont want to ride, cause a lot of people just suck. Its like when you see people with kids or toddlers at a haunt event(like the lady with a 3 and a 5 year old in from of us for corpses at hhn ) and you just kind of ask yourself "WHY!." I mean I love theme parks as much as or more than the next guy, but you often see the stupidest people there!

[jenseibDonkeys are my way of life!]

This is such a great review. Thanks so much. I love your humor.
I have never been on the Carrousel of Progress yet either. Some day I want to give it a chance.
And I haven't been on Stitch, but did go on the Alien Ancounter when it was there......OMG!! That was the scariest thing I have ever done. My frined and I had taken her 17 year old brother and along with our screams...he was screaming too...like a little girl.
I'm not sure what Stitch kept, but that Alien got lose and would breath on your neck, and touch you and the blood was splattered. It was so cool, and creepy. We had no idea what to expect when we went in and we were amazed when we came out.

[A.J.Counts I305 as 32 credits...]

I'm not sure what Stitch kept, but that Alien got lose and would breath on your neck, and touch you and the blood was splattered. It was so cool, and creepy. We had no idea what to expect when we went in and we were amazed when we came out.

The in-ear audio and neck fans were kept and are still used. When the lights go off and Stitch "bounces" around, he sounds like he's right in front of your face.

Water is used as well. In the beginning of the show when Stitch is teleported in, he spits in two directions (I believe the Stitch animatronic was the very first audio-animatronic to spit water), which seem innocent but "cut off the power" to the room.

As a technical production, Stitch's Great Escape is very good. However, as an experience, it's mediocre.

[MayTheGForceBeWithYouStar Wars is gay.]

^I was at Barnes and Noble the other day flipping through WDW guide books. Out of curiousity, I decided to see how they rated Stitch's Great Escape. Out of about a dozen guides, only ONE said it was good. Every other guide gave it a rating under two stars.

As one guide said, "Disney touting this attraction as child-friendly was about as accurate as Enron's book-keeping."

[Brandy524I make cake]

Great reports!

I've never seen Stitch, but I did do Alien Encounter back in high school. I'm a big chicken and it terrified me! I don't know how I ever let my friends talk me into going on it. I thought it was fantastic, but definitely too intense for younger guests.

[MayTheGForceBeWithYouStar Wars is gay.]

^Well it depends on their threshold of fear. I don't get scared easily, so I liked Alien Encounter. However, I also saw grown men coming out of the theater with tear stains on their faces. People just need to understand their limits.

[the ghostIt all started with a donkey]

^ There is a huge difference though. In other scary things its something your watching, or people are jumping out at you. I never experienced alien encounter, but Stitch made me VERY paranoid. It is just odd to be in an experience while confined to a chair with no way out, no way to run, and incredibly different. Now, I am in no way speaking highly of stitch, and stitch is not scary, but given the right technology and it would BE TERRIFYING. There is no way to test your fear limit without trying this first hand, because if the seats were the same as stitch it felt very real, and although it was annoying, smelled like $hit(stupid chili dog), and the restraint system was awful(stupid jumping stitch) the attraction was kinda cool in an aspect that I would love this ride if it had been ANYTHING else. It drove me CRAZY cause I like Stitch as a character, liked the animatronic Stitch bits, but as an attraction as a whole 2 thumbs DOWN!