Mission:SPACE

[spaceman]

anyone going to epcot, this ride is a must do.
avoid test track..waste of time.
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tragic that the kid died on it, but goddamn this ride makes videogames seem so dull now 🙁

 

[lancestorm]

Is the ride already back up? I thought a kid died in it a week or so ago.

 

[Spooner]

I think it's too short and wasn't all that impressed.

 

[spaceman]

Originally posted by: lancestorm
Is the ride already back up? I thought a kid died in it a week or so ago.

it was back up the next day apparently.
i was on it last week, so its definitley back up.

 

[spaceman]

Originally posted by: Spooner
I think it's too short and wasn't all that impressed.

you are hard to please.

 

[HeroOfPellinor]

I remember the old one at Disneyland where everybody sat in a circle and looked down at a circular screen that showed what was supposed to be below the ship as you took off and landed on Mars.

 

[LeonarD26]

I thought this was a great ride.... ver intense

 

[BlackAdam]

Mission: SPACE is definately one of, if not the best Disney rides ever built. All those who visit Walt Disney World must visit this attraction. I could only dream that Disney would build the ride or a variation of it at the Disneyland Resort, so I could ride it more often... not just once every few years and such.

 

[SeminoleMarine]

Originally posted by: BlackAdam
Mission: SPACE is definately one of, if not the best Disney rides ever built.
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Right up there with Alien Encounter. Too bad so many people whined about it that they shut it down. They said it wasn't fit for the Magic Kingdom. They may have been right, but why not put it in MGM where it belonged?

 

[spaceman]

MISSION SPACE!!!! i want a mission space pod so bad 🙁

 

[DT4K]

Originally posted by: HeroOfPellinor
I remember the old one at Disneyland where everybody sat in a circle and looked down at a circular screen that showed what was supposed to be below the ship as you took off and landed on Mars.

LOL, I remember that ride too. It was old and dated when I went on it in like 1980. Mission to Mars !!!!!!!!= Mission:Space.

Yes, it was tragic that a child died on the ride. I was very sad to hear that. But in all likelihood, the child had an unknown medical condition that was aggravated by the physical intensity of the ride. Millions of people have been on this ride and less than a dozen people(all over the age of 50 I think) have had to go to the hospital with chest pain or other issues. All of them ended up being fine. Disney engineers inspected the ride and determined that it was operating normally, so it was reopened the next day.

Yes, it is very intense, but I think Soarin and Rock N Roller Coaster are better.

 

[BD2003]

Which is the one where the alien escapes from the little pod? That ride was awesome, even though its not a ride per se.

 

[bobeedee]

Originally posted by: SeminoleMarine

Originally posted by: BlackAdam
Mission: SPACE is definately one of, if not the best Disney rides ever built.
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Right up there with Alien Encounter. Too bad so many people whined about it that they shut it down. They said it wasn't fit for the Magic Kingdom. They may have been right, but why not put it in MGM where it belonged?

Was at Disney last year-couldn't get the 13 year old off the ride (Mission Space). I was pissed about Alien Encounter too. It was kind of obvious that Alien Encounter was going to go. I remember being there a few years ago, listening to the terrified smaller children screaming and crying in the dark and saying to my wife on the way out "This ride is history".