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Originally posted by SlamminSammy
I still say it has to be a drop-tower, even if it's underground. Freefall/weightlessness cannot be simulated in a virtual enviroment.
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Promise it's not a drop tower.
Promise, promise, promise, promise.
Seriously. It's not. It's 4 centrifuges. I can't believe you people are going to make me find the photo.
www.wdwmagic.com , forgive me for leeching this:
This is a satellite photo that clearly shows four circles, each for a centrifuge. You can see the Mission: Space construction site between the yellow dome (The Wonders of Life Pavilion) and Test Track on the right.
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It would also make sense for a ride sequence to be: take an elevator down "to the shuttle", shoot up as take-off, shoot down for weightlessness, rise up to simulate thrusters, and then you're at the space station. Get "beamed" back to Earth and then proceed to the gift shop.
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It would make perfect sense - IF you're talking about Six Flags over Anywhere. That's how Six Flags, Cedar Fair, etc., handle their theming.
Suit #1 - "Hey, our new S&S Combo tower shoots riders up and down."
Suit #2 - "Hey, the Space Shuttle goes up and down!!!!"
Suit #1 - "

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Opening Day: "Mommy, mommy, let's go ride Mission: Space"
At Disney, thankfully, they still do things a *little* bit differently. At least, on most occassions.
I can't say for sure that Mission: Space will live on in the tradition of other great, story driven Disney attractions, like Pirates of the Caribbean, or Haunted Mansion, or Spaceship Earth. I can say, though, the centrifuge pods will rotate around the center axis, and will also have at least one other axis of rotation - and they will contain a video screen. There exists, at least, the opportunity to tell a real, compelling story - and make it something much more than a thrill ride.
Did I mention yet that it's *not* a drop tower? Disney, as rich as they are, would just as soon dig a 200' deep hole as they would green-light a copy of DisneySea for Orlando. It ain't happenin'.
Sadly, they'd build up first.
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Matt, you finally have a point

That works reasonably nicely, actually.
Let's see what Dave has to say about it, though.