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Sounds like a perfect way to create the effect of a single laser shot rather than a continuous predictable beam. Makes for a much more chaotic and unpredictable moment that would no doubt have head's ducking. Plus taking it all so many steps further with the ricochet effects, audio and everything else going on.. wow this thing smokes! Thanks for the insight @Gazza

I'm also curious about the laser effects in the ride that look more true to how they are seen in the film's and not just the old school fog and a light beam gag

When I hear @joz is impressed with a new ride, now I know I am not over-reacting😀

No idea @Gazza but this ride brings so much of the "still can't figure out how they did it shit" - the likes we haven't seen at Disney since what.. Indiana Jones? Can someone tell me, is the Kylo Ren Sabre cutting through the ceiling a real on-ride effect or was that just CGI'd to make the ads look prettier?

I already know the track layout for the most part. The bit between the ATTS and the big finale has remained largely a mystery till now. I find with these blockbuster type rides you only partly spoil it watching online when it's so multi-sensory, really nothing like being there in person!

I am sooooo tempted to watch (and probably will give in) oh why do we spoil these things for ourselves! - just the other day I started watching the leaked finale to Rise of Skywalker, now I known too much. Damn you beautiful Internet!!

@Baconjack100% however the current DW Park Management strategic program is one not seen in most Parkz' Chatter's entire lifetimes! Of course this is not a problem just for DW. To survive, any Theme Park must keep evolving, or like anything else living and loving in this world, eventually would be forgotten and die. If anything MW will be the next Major Park due for major Capital boost, as I have suggested before. We should start to see early stages/ announcement of that in the 12-18 months (fingers crossed!) Before they even get to 6 Flags MW, the Wet Elephant in the room down the road need's millions spent on paint, plussing, upgrades, facilities and Guest comfort (such as heat cooling path resurfacing) and then millions more on new slides. Fortunately slides come a lot cheaper than Coasters and Dark rides do! SW, will no doubt continue copping increased backlash over it's Dolphin and Captive Animal programs in coming years. Fortunately their current investment strategy is moving back to rides that will help with public profile, along with their core Marine Rescue program. Further to that SW will need to continue developing things like University relations that will aid the Park's evolution. Bringing greater focus to the ethics surrounding the Science/ Environmental/ Sustainability and Educational aspects of their Marine life program and of course the Animal's well being. -This is something that all Zoological type Park's need to be doing or otherwise face ultimate demise. Theme Park Golden rule; "Evolve to meet the demands of a changing World along with a commitment to it's People that will ensure it's success and ongoing existence".

For those fortunate enough to have already experienced it, all indications are Disney has pulled off something truly ground breaking that will leave People's heads spinning and wanting to get back in line. Register the link below to watch it's official opening tomorrow.. After wild speculation, 15 minutes should be the total duration - that's assuming no down time, which no doubt can and will be caused by the ride's multi-experience nature and unpredictability of Guest's speed of safe transition point to point. With so many transition points, I envisage likely stoppage areas will be mainly the Initial ship launch, departure from the Holding Cells aboard the Trackless portion, the base of vertical accents from ATT fighters and awaiting entry to drop shaft back to Batuu. All possible delays of being caused (potentially) by unfreed blocks to the next section and of course proximity sensor failure (which the ride will no doubt have shit loads of). Sooooooo many blocks, and 'trim station' like hold up points, this thing will be every true Theme Park Lover's wet dream come true... I'm going to hold off for May to visit Disneyland and give em time to iron out the bumps myself. Who else is excited? Personally I Can't f*cking WAIT!!!!

... so all this plussing makes me wonder how many more ex MW peeps migrated to DW joining Greg Yong? (A lot of the good ones it seems!) The Park has not looked this good in years and with what 2020 has in store, dare I say probably not since decades ago when Longhurst walked.. Impressive stuff!

Hopefully soon we will see the infamous "DW Spaghetti junction" FINALLY removed - only taken, what 20+ years (and counting!)

Thanks for Clarifying A-Lexi-B, I got the Americas part right 🙄... I do enjoy the Black hole and the Park needs more slides with reasonable capacity, not less. Especially with how good WWW is looking.

Yup. I believe they came from an American waterpark. I recall riding an exact same version at the now closed WnW Orlando, unsure if it's the same one.

What a great idea putting kiddie rides in a Pavilion like that.. MW are you watching?

That's good to hear! What's showing on them?

If that's the case it would also be a cheap way to have a new Holiday attraction to promote this Summer. With so much happening at DW and no chance Vortex will be open in time, it might be something for VTP's to think about.

Is @Slick referring to the WWW pass? New but I don't see the value given price and validity for just a few months. I guess it's not so much about selling the Water Park pass as it is more to promote the value of the main one ?

Disneyland California on my 12th Birthday... -Waaaaaay back when Star Tours was the latest Ride and the site for Splash Mountain was only just being cleared. California Adventure was of course still the Disneyland Carpark!

Or even better, do both!

@AlexB I recalled bumping into others when it was going, people kicking off walls etc and risk of crashing in to someone smaller than you and them getting injured/kicked in the head (potentially). Look, honestly I really don't know the real reason why they got rid of it because these kinds of accidents can happen in practically any water park ride. Regardless of the reason, keeping the Spa baths there year round is just plain stupid. They belong in Hotels - not Water Theme Parks - especially not in the way WnW presents them. They look shit and are not even decent spas! Bring back the Whirlpool I say!

Thanks @themagician yeah I suspect it was a combination of cost/upkeep and like you said, the chaotic nature of potential injury may have got their Lawyers a tad worried 🙄. Shame because it was great for those not keen on riding traditional water slides and any Kidult with happy Childhood memories of making Whirlpools in back yard pools.

^ it was actually once kind of fun when the spas were covered over and the thing operated like a Spinner ride. I only got to ride it once (years ago) and remember every Winter it became the boring Spas we see today. One Spring the Whirlpool ride never came back. Anyone know why they stopped it? Something to do with safety issues or too expensive to maintain?

It does certainly look that way - especially when you see so much love and attention going in to WWW + with the addition of new Slides and possible Night Show location for Summer. I believe they haven't 100% made up their minds on what to do with the LR yet, given the current "closed for maintenance" advice. Baring in mind it's condition and undoubtedly high Insurance cost, it's fair to assume this will be the next one to go.

Wow.. not sure what to think. It just looks so.... Busy? + the scale of it all seems a little odd.. unless the theme is meant to be something like Gulliver's Travels and we're all supposed to be Giants riding a mini Galleon?!? I hope the restraints are more comfortable than Buzzsaw because they look kind of similar and I detest that ride for that one reason.

∆ Pretty impressive doing Jetpack stunts from the Fountain, given it's shallow depth and no margin for error! The Cave of Waves is really an enviable back drop for a night show and much better than Main st for a bunch of reason s: * Loads of surrounding viewing area. * Opportunity for food truck outlets * Rope off the back half of the pool, allowing some Spectators to sit in the Water for the show. * Utilise the deeper half of the pool for the Jet Pack stunts and other effects. * Utilise the facade itself for laser projection effects, fog machines etc. * Rear of the Cave of Waves to Launch fireworks. * Guests can simply exit the Park via WWW gates after the show. It's fantastic that DW are trying different Holiday entertainment each time around and with Cosentino possibly coming back, should be a great Summer for them.

Glad to hear they are all over it with SV but it seems they are still struggling with maintaining reasonably efficient Operations. The switchbacks out front are pretty narrow, maybe they would be better to provide the Guest in front of you with a time wait card (assuming there is a Q) so you could just hang around the front and later be admitted directly in, once that person hands the card back upon their entry. Time wait cards were used in my old MW days. The original Ops Manager hated keeping People waiting. Not sure if they still do this kind of thing. Judging by how long some waits get nowadays, I'd say not.