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WDW Hollywood Studios: General Discussion

Watched a POV of Runaway Railway over the weekend without realising that it utilised Disney's trackless ride system (I assume it was a tracked dark ride of sorts). Very impressed, it seem to be a fun ride with plenty of vibrant colours and a good seamless mix of screens and phystical theming.

Sure it is no Rise but it was never meant to be.
 
Rob said:
Watched a POV of Runaway Railway over the weekend without realising that it utilised Disney's trackless ride system (I assume it was a tracked dark ride of sorts). Very impressed, it seem to be a fun ride with plenty of vibrant colours and a good seamless mix of screens and phystical theming.

Sure it is no Rise but it was never meant to be.
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Agreed it looks a very nice family addition.

My only gripe with this new technology is that I hope it's not over used going forwards. Those trackless dark rides are becoming incredibly similar in their feel and how you move from scene to scene. I just wouldn't want them all to feel the same.

Still nothing wrong with a tracked dark ride for me either. It's the scenes, theming and audio that make a dark ride not the cars you sit in and how they move.
 
I like how Disney have blended the screens and non-screen elements to the point where they seem to be indistinguishable.

Also - amazing how all of that fits inside the footprint of The Great Movie Ride.
 
I know it’s very screen based, but it’s so much better then the likes of Ratatouille, which just feels like it could almost be a tracked ride, where it goes from one screen to the next.

It looks like a good fun family ride, and I always love on these trackless rides when they utilise the trackless and make the cars go in what seem like completely random directions.
 
I assume it's the same system as Space Mountain in Paris. There's a great documentary called Shoot for the Moon that shows them testing it.
 
Disney have released a fun little 'behind the scenes' video which gives a bit more insight into how it works.



When I was a kid I was never encourged to take much of an interest in maths and science. Looking back, I wish I had now. I'm probably a bit late for a career in a STEM field, but for kids watching this I can imagine these kinds of video are quite inspiring.
 
Great video. Still odd they use the catch car. I don't think Xpress does (?)

Optimistic that them doing a Rock n' Roller Coaster video means it'll be sticking around for a little while longer in its current guise.
 
RnRC is a fairly average coaster, but it's a fun complete experience and a technical masterclass as far as capacity goes. It also definitely has the coolest trains ever.
 
Rick said:
Great video. Still odd they use the catch car. I don't think Xpress does (?)

Optimistic that them doing a Rock n' Roller Coaster video means it'll be sticking around for a little while longer in its current guise.
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I don't think them showing a 5 minute behind the scenes science clip on YouTube has anything to do with how long the ride will be around for in its current theme...
 
siralgenon said:
I don't think them showing a 5 minute behind the scenes science clip on YouTube has anything to do with how long the ride will be around for in its current theme...
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I don't think it's a sure fire measure, but Disney communicate very carefully.
 
I think they could easily now drop the Aerosmith tag if they wished. The ride has a big enough cache on its own. I can’t see too many people being drawn in by the Aerosmith name.

Of course they’d have to change the video and songs, but think of the $$$ they’d save. That’ll certainly encourage them.
 
Rick said:
Great video. Still odd they use the catch car. I don't think Xpress does (?)

Optimistic that them doing a Rock n' Roller Coaster video means it'll be sticking around for a little while longer in its current guise.
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I think it was to give a bit of a more powerful launch on the old LSM’s. Older LSM’s with a few power hungry exceptions had a bit of a slow start to the launch. It’s only recently with new gradient tech that the more punchy LSM’s became more readily available.
 
If you’re into Star Wars, I can imagine that’s probably quite something! It’s not really my cup of tea, personally, but I can imagine some die-hard Star Wars fans absolutely loving it!

I’ll admit I did baulk a little at the price, however; the price you quoted above comes to the equivalent of around £1,731.60 per person.

If a family of 4 were to do it, the base price would be nearly £7,000, which is nearly as much as some of our entire 10-day Florida holidays have cost in the past, with flights, park tickets, accommodation and all… in its defence, however, I guess it will be more of a “once-in-a-lifetime” experience, so the Star Wars fans it’s aimed at will probably see the price as worth it!

The question is; if it’s successful, could Universal launch a similar, Potter-themed hotel experience to combat it? I can imagine bunking in Hogwarts for 2 nights doing Potter-themed activities would be quite popular…
 
Matt N said:
If a family of 4 were to do it, the base price would be nearly £7,000,
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Four people sharing a room is only $5999 which is about £4300. Don’t forget two in a room will always be more per person than four in a room.


This is basically a cruise but without the boat, all food and entertainment is included. But it’s still probably well over twice the price of a “normal” cruise. It very much depends on dates but a 3-night Caribbean Disney cruise is about £1300 for two guests. The $4800 is about £3460 for Galactic Starcruiser. £2000 more expensive.

I would expect prices to drop slightly in a couple of years once the hype dies off.
 
This is about the closest we've seen to Westworld in modern immersive entertainment. At that price, if anybody were to accidentally leave a fire exit open during my stay, I would go ballistic.
 
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