Buzz Lightyear Ride

"Bhrigga J. Holla" wrote:

> its pretty much confirmed that on DL's birthday this year,Disney will
> announce Buzz Lightyear will be coming to Tomorrowland,and construction will
> start soon there after.my question is....how long did it take WDW and TDL to
> get thier Buzz rides up and running? it obviously wouldnt take as long as Tower
> of Terror is taking,when should we expect this ride to be open?
>

Confirmed by who? Buzz doesn't hold much interest to me. It's great for little
kids as are most kids rides. Doesn't take much to please them! It's not a ride
I'll be waiting with anticipation. TOT is a different story...except I'm not
looking forward to long lines.

Miles wrote,
>Buzz doesn't hold much interest to me. It's great for little
>kids as are most kids rides. Doesn't take much to please them!

Buzz is different from the other dark rides because it is somewhat interactive.
I actually enjoyed myself when I was on it at WDW... my only complaint was
that the majority of the figures (if I remember correctly) were 2D... like
plywood cutouts.

It was still a fun ride though... not something I'm on the edge of my seat in
anticipation of, but at least there's something being built there.

>It's not a ride
>I'll be waiting with anticipation. TOT is a different story...except I'm not
>looking forward to long lines.

It will be worth it.


~Ben

"I love Mickey Mouse more than any woman I have ever known." --Walt Disney

Ben wrote:

>
> Buzz is different from the other dark rides because it is somewhat interactive.
> I actually enjoyed myself when I was on it at WDW... my only complaint was
> that the majority of the figures (if I remember correctly) were 2D... like
> plywood cutouts.

Different rides appeal to different people. Most adults I know love taking their
kids on Buzz as the kids seem to really enjoy it. It's ok to me but I'm a thrill
ride fan. Disney isn't known for thrill rides but they always add the element of
illusion to most of their rides. Space mountain is not a very fast coaster, nor
are there any big drops. But the illusion of speed by use of lights, fans, tight
turns etc. makes it a great thrill ride.

> I frankly think it would be a great addition to DLand's Tomorrowland.

At this point, wouldn't even the People Mover make a great addition to
Tomorrowland?

MyKey wrote,
>Maybe you're right. I mean, "Tomorrow" is so ambiguous,

Really, so is "Fantasy," "Adventure," and "Frontier"...

Main Street, Toon Town, New Orleans Square, are all pretty specific. Critter
Country used to be until they started letting non-critters make their homes
there...

>Tomorrow-never-comes-land, which of course
>would lead to Hedonistland, which could be fun, but probably not
>Disney-like.

Well the theme of the current TL is something like "The Tomorrow that never
was..." which makes Innoventions even less fitting.


Also, the idea of "Tomorrow" or "the future" is different depending on what
part of the planet you are from. What some people in under-developed areas of
the world might look at our Adventureland and see it as somewhat futuristic...

~Ben

"I love Mickey Mouse more than any woman I have ever known." --Walt Disney

Ben wrote:

>Well the theme of the current TL is something like "The Tomorrow that never
>was..." which makes Innoventions even less fitting.

Innoventions is the "Today you don't want to deal with".


Dave, Dallas, TX

"Disneyland is a work of love. We didn't go into Disneyland just with the idea
of making money." - Walt Disney

>Different rides appeal to different people. Most adults I know love taking
>their
>kids on Buzz as the kids seem to really enjoy it. It's ok to me but I'm a
>thrill
>ride fan. Disney isn't known for thrill rides but they always add the
>element of
>illusion to most of their rides. Space mountain is not a very fast coaster,
>nor
>are there any big drops. But the illusion of speed by use of lights, fans,
>tight
>turns etc. makes it a great thrill ride.
>

I have ridden both Disneyland's and the Magic Kingdom's version of Space
Mountains, with the lights on, and there are no fans. Chalk that one up to
Disney Forklore.

I usually have 9999999 points by the time I am exiting the volcano room, so my
thumbs don't get too sore.

wallyboag@ (WallyBoag) wrote in
<20030702200545.20976.00000027@mb-m05.>:

>I usually have 9999999 points by the time I am exiting the volcano room,
>so my thumbs don't get too sore.

I don't believe you.

-- Joe

Chris wrote,
> someone who loves thrill rides can enjoy dark rides...but thats different
>fomr
>what Miles stated.he said the REASON why he doesnt like Buzz is because its
>not
>a thrill ride and he is only into thrill rides...

He said this ride was boring for him, and that he prefers thrill rides.
There's a difference.

>..so I called him out on it and
>asked him why he loves so much of what Universal has to offer since they dont
>have a single "thrill" ride.....I think thats reasonable.

I don't. I think you were trying to pick a fight.


~Ben

"I love Mickey Mouse more than any woman I have ever known." --Walt Disney