A tamer Mission: Space is on the way

This is the truth. They did it with TOT on multiple occasions.

Exactly. ToT and M:S were both built with the future in mind.

However, the purpose of the ride is to simulate a space shuttle launch and journey to Mars. I understand that there cannot be real space shuttle g's, but there needs to be some extreme g's to make it authentic. Really, to me, that was the purpose of riding the ride. I do not know how I'd feel about riding a forceless ride. It seems to defeat the purpose.

Disney has already advertised it as an extreme thrill ride. The amount of warnings that were given on the ride were enough to make me think twice about riding it and I'm in good physical health. There is only so much Disney can do to make sure that the right people are riding. I hate to sound insensitive because the loss of a life is certainly tragic, especially at a place like Disney that sells fun and joy, but Disney is not obligated to do anything more than what they've already done. Toning down the ride really is not the answer.

do not know how I'd feel about riding a forceless ride. It seems to defeat the purpose.

fatman: this isn't about liability, or safety. It's only about broadening the presently-too-small audience of a $100M blunder.

The rest of my family wouldn't ride it BEFORE anyone died on it. And these aren't shrinking violets: they count Magnum and Raptor among their favorites.

http://cse.umich.edu/

Well, technically, nobody has died *on* the ride. Both fatalities have been "after riding."

Disney has already advertised it as an extreme thrill ride. The amount of warnings that were given on the ride were enough to make me think twice about riding it and I'm in good physical health. There is only so much Disney can do to make sure that the right people are riding.
I could not agree more. I rode the ride shortly after it opened when I was at IAAPA (before the air sick bags and air conditioning vents on your face). The warnings were so intense it was almost annoying. My boss chose not to ride and I was not as bright. I don't spin well anyway, but the ride did make me feel woozy for a while. I rode it again about six months later and I already saw some programing changes. The ride was shorter and less intense.
This is a good solution for the folks who are less thrill seekers. It will also help Disney deal with the latigiousness of the society and ergo their some of their guests.

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The ride didn't initially have the air vents on the face? Wow. That would be awful.

I don't see why this change is controversial or disheartening to anyone. For those who like the ride as it is, there will be no change. For those who couldn't enjoy riding before, now they have a chance to experience the attraction in their own way.

I predict that wait times will be uneffected because a certain percentage of people will want to ride the non-spinning version. I wouldn't be surprised if the wait time for the ONE non-spinning ride is longer than for the THREE spinning rides at times.

Michael Darling said:
Do you really think that Disney spent 100 million bucks on a ride that they can't adjust the program on? I call shenanagins on you.
The programming is not set in stone. It can be adjusted, tweaked, tuned, toned down, toned up, or run in reverse, upside down, sideways, and every which way to Mars. The Imagineers aren't n00bs at this.

I'm not saying that in the future the ride cannot be changed, but what I'm saying is that if you slow down the intensity it would not sync up with the onboard movie. That would have to be changed along with the ride programming, and neither has been changed.

I don't get why you think toning down the intensity of the Gs would necessitate a change in the film/video. Just slow down the max RPM and keep the accelerations and decelerations the same length, if you catch my drift.

Say the ride has a section now there there's a 5 second increase up to 2 Gs, stays there for 10 seconds, then takes 5 seconds to slow back down. All it would take is to change the acceleration to a lower number and keep the timing the same. Do a 5 second acceleration to 1 G, etc.

Unless there's something about the mechanics of the ride I don't understand or know about....

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I always thought all the pods were connected, and rotated together on the same axis, and didn't know there were separate systems (basically 4 separate rides). So there are 4 systems x 10 pods each x 4 people each = 160 people that can be riding at once?

BTW, there's an on-ride video here:
http://www.bigfloridacountry.com/Space.htm

I remember when the ride opened, the press releases made it out to be a ride where you worked together with the other crew; each person with a different position. But I guess that's not really the case (especially since the controls do nothing?).

Also I always thought the video would be more based on real space flight, and less like some made for TV movie.

Each rider has a *position* on the crew, with associated responsibilities...

I accidentally hit the wrong button and turned off all life support systems...luckily the automatic override corrected that in time... ;)

You know, the reason my thrill-seeking daughter gives for not wanting to ride M:S is that she's afraid she'll screw up her "mission."

http://cse.umich.edu/

The Mole said:
...what I'm saying is that if you slow down the intensity it would not sync up with the onboard movie.

What the heck does "slow down the intensity" mean?

The centerfuge isn't just spinning or not spinning. It's variable speed. Decreasing the Gs pulled on the ride is simply a matter of either having the thing spin up to full speed or not spin up to full speed. Yes, things would need to be adjusted but, no, it wouldn't be terribly complex.

It could probably be done with one guy, a laptop, and a day's work (if that). It's not rocket science.

Right, all you would have to do is spin more slowly and for a shorter period of time.

Although you would think it was rocket science, the way that attraction was billed.

Michael Darling said:It's not rocket science.

Well, there goes $100M worth of theming... ;)