First, this wasn't a ride I was expecting to enjoy. It just didn't sound like my kind of thing. Still, it was a NEW RIDE and I'll take all of those that I can get.
We were told that the fastpass line would be about 30 minutes. That was more than likely because of the earlier downtime. Most of the wait was outdoors. Once we got inside, it didn't take too long at all. The ride appears to be pretty high capacity, due to the omnimover-type loading. The indoor queu wasn't all that impressive. It looked nice because, well, it is new, but I felt that they could have done more to entertain. There is one cool scene with a giant etch-a-sketch though. Once you are there, you are very close to being loaded.
We then boarded the ride vehicles, which were very cool, IMO. Pretty roomy too. Entering the ride, my first impression was, "Wow, they didn't really skimp here." There was lots of moving targets, the sets were more elaborate than anything in Pooh, and in essence, they put some work into this one, IMO. I would be able to go into more detail except that I was busy shooting everything.
(I need to ride again and just look around)
Speaking of which, I like the fact that the guns light up when scoring a hit, but I didn't think they aimed very accurately. As someone who is a pretty good shot, I had a hard time adjusting to the sights. Or... maybe I'm just sore that Matthew beat my score
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The spin control of the vehicles is cool. Make sure you remember it is there. We did a lot of shooting before we remembered "Oh, that's right, we can spin!" Finally, I was pretty surprised at the length of the ride. It seemed longer than any of the other dark rides. It did go into creep mode at one point and these futuristic barriers came rising out of the floor surrounding the scenery. (I have no way of knowing if it did the same thing in every room) You could not shoot while in creep mode, much to my dismay (I had some serious points to catch up, damn it)
Once we exited the ride, we were surprised to find out that you can email a picture from the ride to yourself at, (are you sitting down?) NO CHARGE! Although, imagine all of the email addresses they are accumulating this way. I didn't see any sort of "we won't share your address" disclosure. We tried to use this feature but our picture never showed up on the screen. There were many blank spots on the screen that said "Image not available". I'm assuming they still have some bugs to work out here.
Overall, we were pleasantly surprised. The ride was longer, and the queu shorter, than we had expected. It was more elaborate than we expected and, I have to admit, a bunch of fun. I saw a repeatability factor that I did not expect. I'm not saying everyone will adore this ride but you may just find that your competitive side comes out more than you anticipated. All in all, I think they did a good job. Thumbs up and a snap.
