| # | Author | Message |
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| jmuboy
Fri 10/17/2008 9:31p | So what exactly is the ride and go seek? What is this ride and what does it do? |
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| Malin
Sat 10/18/2008 1:07a | Lee has a full discription of the ride in Issue 10 of Tales from the Laughingplace. But to sum it up its a dark ride where Guest carry flashlights, using them to find Monsters. |
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| oc_dean
Sat 10/18/2008 1:21a | If you've been on the Monsters Inc. attraction in DCA ... picture this as a more advanced version of it. |
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| Malin
Sat 10/18/2008 2:07a | And with the Monsters hidden in the dark, reason why you have the flashlight. Its hoped this dark ride will like Buzz have repeat vaule with Guest wanting to ride often to see how many Monsters there can spot or tag. |
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| Anatole69
Sat 10/18/2008 3:58a | If by more advanced version, you mean one that doesn't suck, then yes the Tokyo version is something to look forward to. lol.
- Anatole
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| davewasbaloo
Sat 10/18/2008 4:03a | The one in DCA does not suck, in fact we really like it. |
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| Malin
Sat 10/18/2008 5:28a | *** If by more advanced version, you mean one that doesn't suck, then yes the Tokyo version is something to look forward to. lol. ***
Its still a lot better than Superstar Limo!!! |
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| Anatole69
Sat 10/18/2008 11:30a | Having never riden superstar limo I can't say definitively, but from having seen the video I can say I actually kind of liked it in a campy way. haha.
- Anatole |
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| Anatole69
Sat 10/18/2008 11:34a | re Monsters Inc sucking: I actually had a longer reply in my original post and then edited it out just to be provacative. haha.
So if by more advanced you mean better and more articulated ride animatronics, and also hopefully a little more consistent ride theme (taxis that fly through 4th story windows???), then my understanding of the advanced publicity surrounding the ride is that is will be more advanced.
There, does that make everyone less worked up over my first comment? lol.
- Anatole |
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| leemac
Sun 10/19/2008 5:56a | <<So what exactly is the ride and go seek? What is this ride and what does it do?>>
Ride & Go Seek! is basically a souped-up dark ride. Guests hold flashlights which they use to "tag" the monsters when the power is switched off in Monstropolis by Mike. The attraction uses both black- and white-light scenes and guests point their flashlights at objects to see if there are monsters hidden behind them. So in one scene the monsters are hidden in lockers and as you shine your flashlight on each locker either a monster will appear or not. The monsters are fully-dimensional AAs. I can't remember the exact count but it is something like 80. The sets are also gigantic - the main street in Monstropolis is reproduced in the main vault of the building and the sets are three stories high (ie. taller than DL's Main Street). It is a tremendously infectious and enjoyable attraction. You don't have to play along to enjoy it either - you can just sit back and enjoy the scenes and watching others feverishly trying to find monsters.
As Malin said we had a full interview with the show producer in Issue 10 - it also had set models and the mock-up of the locker room scene that was used to get OLC to sign-off on the concept. |
