Which, alas, is why the ride won't appeal to me ... and which is why I'm content to wait out the summer until any crowds die down.


Not a gamer. Have crappy aim. Hate shooting at things. I'm lousy at it. Rides that remind me of this do not become my faves.

I like games but I'm a crappy gamer. Was delighted to realize I might actually get good at this game/ride eventually. :) I enjoy Buzz, too, but I am CRAP at that. Just awful. My score improves by 100-500 every time I play. I found this to be a lot more exciting and fun. Buzz actually stresses me out, though I like it. I laughed the entire time we rode the Midway ride. Giggles galore.

Well, I'm cheered by how many folks seem to enjoy it. But at least with Buzz, I can spin around and look at a 3-D environment immersed in blacklite colors.


With Mania, it seems I'd just be starring at video screens if I'm not a player.



I want to ride it. Just in no hurry. Long lines? I'll wait.

There are also some "easter eggs" in the games - special things happen if you shoot certain areas, or shoot a target at the same time as your partner, etc. A CM told us about one, but I've yet to be able to shoot it.

One of yesterday's discoveries:



So, the ride has a lot of "4D" elements to it too.

That explains where that came from! Hehe.

When we rode we noticed that one of our guns was a little off.

Steve, you don't need perfect aim. The targets are large and plentiful. If you were to do sweeping motion while shooting you'd hit a lot.

It's really a beautiful ride with more than just the video screens to look at. After I've gone on it with glasses a few times I want to see what it looks like without. For kicks.

EH - I did notice the tile. I am also concerned about the padding in the cars and on the guns. It seems that kind of padding gets gouged out pretty easily. And I completely agree about the queue. It needs AC. It was pretty bad when we went on it at 8:45pm. I can't imagine during high noon in July or August.

So everybody's clear on this: iSm will be waiting.

And in case it's not clear yet in these parts, Kevy's a smartass. ;)

I believe each easter egg does indeed have a 4-D element connected to it. At least based on my 8 rides so far. It also appears they changed some programing with the ending again, at least at Orlando's. Maybe they updatedit based on what slight changes DCA implemented.

Another "Easter egg" is

I found another Easter Egg: