innerSpaceman |
06-16-2007 07:51 PM |
Ok, since no one local could hold their water long enough for us all to ride it for the first time together next weekend, I indulged zapppop's outrageous anticipation and rode the Subs today.
We got to the park at the stroke of 8:00 opening ... and had to wait 2.5 hours to ride. zapppop enjoyed it.
I am EXTREMELY disappointed. Yeah, the Mission Tortia Factory screens just complely wreck it for me. I was complely spoiler free, so I had hoped the incredible dry-for-wet technology was there to protect complicated anamatronics and not TV screens. B.A.H.
I enjoyed many of the set dressings. The mine explosion was great. The jellyfish were cool. And yeah, the only good screen thing was when the animation interacted with the "live" jellies. (Though some of the scenes where screens were in the far background were also alright, I suppose).
I know it's difficult to tackle swimming creatures in audioanimatronic form ... but I just see zero point to having a ride version of an animated film that is simply the actual animation of the film. Pffooft.
And what happened to the idea (admittedly assumed) that we as the audience would be looking for Nemo?
This is a botch-job, if you ask me. A real let-down. I'm glad I'll have no desire to ride the ride with the 3-hour queue. And just like the Subs of old, I will ride once or twice a year ... and really appreciate the activity in the Lagoon.
Yes, better than The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh .... but far worse than Monsters, Inc. If this was John Lassiter's big idea for Pixar E-Tickets at Disneyland ... the future just got a lot more dim.
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