Mission Space

Future Guy · Post by **Future Guy** » Nov Tue 04, 2008 11:12 am

The non-spinning "Green Team" is extremely mild. It's like Star Tours Lite. My wife is prone to motion sickness, and she had no problem with it.

boilerbabe · Post by **boilerbabe** » Nov Tue 04, 2008 11:22 am

So are you saying the "green team" is lame?! Maybe we'll give it a try anyway! Any ride that has motion sickness bags makes me nervous!

Post by **js3901** » Nov Tue 04, 2008 11:35 am

I'm not sure of the "Half-throttle" or "Full-Throttle" variations. from what I understand, they reduced the G-Force from 2.0 to something like 1.8. nothing greatly noticable. That's the ORANGE team. outside of that, they dedicated 2 sims to a non-spinning version. Nicknamed the "GREEN team" the sims just lean backwards , shake, and leans forwards.

boilerbabe · Post by **boilerbabe** » Nov Tue 04, 2008 11:40 am

How confusing! So are there three versions of the ride now?! I had thought they toned the ride down due to people getting sick and I thought there was a death on there too. Maybe I'm wrong?!

agingerbugg · Post by **agingerbugg** » Nov Tue 04, 2008 11:42 am

No only two versions, green and orange. Green does not spin. Orange spins, but not as fast as it once did. Two people died after riding the attraction, no one dies on Disney property. And yes, the green team is lame.

Future Guy · Post by **Future Guy** » Nov Tue 04, 2008 12:08 pm

Speaking as a thrill ride wuss, I don't think the Green Team is "lame" necessarily, just not earth-shatteringly wonderful. It's nice if you just want to relax and enjoy the experience, without being afraid to move your head least you become violently ill.

boilerbabe · Post by **boilerbabe** » Nov Tue 04, 2008 12:19 pm

Thanks for the info. I think we'll go with the "green team". I don't want to be ill the rest of the day!!!

agingerbugg · Post by **agingerbugg** » Nov Tue 04, 2008 1:19 pm

I have really only once had an issue with Mission:Space. It was the first time I rode the ride and it was still in its original 2-g version. I rode twice in a row and was dizzy with a headache for a little bit afterwards, but that is all. I really don't think it is as exciting now that they reduced the g forces. But then I am a thrill seeker, still waiting to go sky-diving...for some reason I can't find anyone to go with me. I mean its perfectly safe being 30,000 feet in the air with nothing to keep you from smashing into the Earth but some rope and a thin piece of fabric. Oh well someday.

sherabby · Post by **sherabby** » Nov Tue 04, 2008 1:25 pm

I have never been on it. I get motion sickness.

99Soulz · Post by **99Soulz** » Nov Tue 04, 2008 3:28 pm

packwingfn wrote:I also love the whole buildup in the queue line

The buildup is great - I think it reduces the ridership by at least 10% by psyching people out of it hearing all the precautions over and over again. It got my wife to bail the first time. I then convinced her it was worth going on.....was the last time she spoke to me that day.

natatomic · Post by **natatomic** » Nov Tue 04, 2008 8:55 pm

^I love the buildup too! After you're divided into your 4-person team, and they shine a spotlight on you...that's totally my favorite part. I just feel so special.

Future Guy · Post by **Future Guy** » Nov Tue 04, 2008 8:58 pm

99Soulz wrote: The buildup is great - I think it reduces the ridership by at least 10% by psyching people out of it hearing all the precautions over and over again.

The warnings almost caused me to chicken out back in 2004, before the Orange Team/Green Team stuff. I know Disney has to cover themselves liability-wise, but it's a little comical how every few feet there are big foreboding signs that say "WARNING: If you have ever experienced vertigo, nausea, motion sickness, sleepy sickness, fear of heights, fear of depths, fear of falling, fear of not falling, fear of spinning, fear of coming to a complete stop, or fear of people who jump out at you and say BOO!, then you should go home and hide under your bed right now. We mean it. This means YOU!"

When I was a kid, the only sign you ever saw on rides like that was the one that said "You must be this tall to ride". I guess that being taller than the sign rendered you legally incapable of suing them if you got killed or something. They must have changed the law.

Post by **js3901** » Nov Tue 04, 2008 9:48 pm

Future Guy wrote:I know Disney has to cover themselves liability-wise, but it's a little comical how every few feet there are big foreboding signs that say "WARNING: If you have ever experienced vertigo, nausea, motion sickness, sleepy sickness, fear of heights, fear of depths, fear of falling, fear of not falling, fear of spinning, fear of coming to a complete stop, or fear of people who jump out at you and say BOO!, then you should go home and hide under your bed right now. We mean it. This means YOU!"

I'm currently under the influence of some powerful cold medication (yay nyquil!), so I can't put into words how funny I found this. I laughed for a good 5 minutes...

and I totoally agree on this assessment

Future Guy · Post by **Future Guy** » Nov Tue 04, 2008 11:17 pm

js3901 wrote: I'm currently under the influence of some powerful cold medication (yay nyquil!), so I can't put into words how funny I found this. I laughed for a good 5 minutes...

Hey, is anything not funny when you've got half a bottle of NyQuil coursing through your veins?

Chernabog · Post by **Chernabog** » Nov Wed 05, 2008 12:37 pm

99Soulz wrote:
packwingfn wrote:I also love the whole buildup in the queue line

The buildup is great - I think it reduces the ridership by at least 10% by psyching people out of it hearing all the precautions over and over again. It got my wife to bail the first time. I then convinced her it was worth going on.....was the last time she spoke to me that day.

That was not very nice of you 99. You'll get yours one day, ... one day!

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