Yeah but according to this picture, it’s more like a kneeling position and there’s bars that go over top of the back of your knees.
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I think this picture makes it much more clear how different it is from FOP and where the issues might be. Not so much Pooh body although I'm sure there will be some, but the thigh leg length might be an issue as there doesn't seem to be much flexibility in how you place your leg like FOP. Also if your calf just below your knee is wide it might not click, again not much flexibility.
Uh, Guardians isn't hard to get? Since when? Maybe at 1 it lasts a bit longer but at 7 am, it is still HARD to get. Maybe you don't try often since you can't ride without prepping? We do ride, 2 times a day for ever Epcot reservation, 3 when there are Deluxe hours. So I've ridden 20+ times, going back to preview day and haven't seen a single woozy or sick person. Only person sitting on bench at the stairs was someone who bailed and didn't ride not because they were motion sick but scared of coasters (they were in line in front of us and I heard their entire debate on to ride or not ride, saw them use the chicken exit)
So no, it's not the horrific hurl machine that many make it out to be.
Goodness folks here got to realize negative, especially negative Disney, gets more clicks than saying, oh, it ran fine and no one had any issues.
Clicks are what these bloggers and whatnot get paid for. They use words to get clicks.
Everyone breathing adult knows this. Or should.
Well I assume you are responding to me just above.
- It hasn't been hard for me to get, I've gotten it every single time at 7 and 1. I've seen MANY daily reports of availability for a longer time at opening instead of the once gone in minutes and lasting hours in the afternoon. Anything open over an hour is not hard to get. Easier than some FP+ used to be. Also if someone is consistently riding 2-3 times per day, it's not hard to get.
- "Maybe I don't try often because of prepping?" Taking medicine the night before has NOTHING to do with how often I try and how often I ride. And as I said we have no issues with riding it anymore but at first I wasn't planning to return due to how I felt.
- I have seen woozy sick people every single ride, perhaps if you are not looking around and observing you wouldn't see it. And really it doesn't matter what you didn't see, I know what I did see, I know what custodian told us.
- "Horrific hurl machine" ... no one said that. There are people that get sick, some throw up, some are woozy, some are nauseous. ALL the people who experienced it or saw it are not lying and not saying for clicks. I don't even read vlogger/blogger/sloggers. I only read average folks posts. They are just sharing their experiences for others.
Again, your experience does not make everyone else's untrue. I personally would rather tell the truth so folks are prepared if that is something they think will bother them. I think everyone should try it and decide for themselves but if they think there is any chance perhaps "prepping" can't hurt to avoid any issues.
Yes. It's going to come down to each individual person and how they are proportioned. I think this debunks the whole "no one over a women's size 14" thing though.
1000%
I appreciate the discussion - even negative - as it gives me a planning perspective. For example, if I were prone to motion sickness, I might try to schedule GofTG for later in the day, or take motion sickness meds. If I was still larger, I might plan for the potential that I MIGHT not be able to ride Tron. But I'm a Disney planner, and don't leave much to chance for my trips. So I appreciate these Boards and the information.
What I'm confused about is the sense that EVERY guest can/should fit on EVERY ride. We have height limits for the sake of safety - not as much at Disney parks - but they exist. The large thrill/coaster park near us has pretty strict height/size limits for more thrilling rides, and it never occurred to me that anything but safety was the reason. Yes, they built the cars identical in size (which makes sense from a budget and engineering perspective) to the other Disney Tron ride - and it still took years to get this ride running. We have several members of our family who are
DAS users, and certain rides/attractions don't work for them. I have several family members who are super tall/larger and certain rides don't work for them. My neck/back used to give me issues, and certain rides didn't work for me. I used to weight 100 pounds more than I do now, and certain rides didn't work for me then. I still can't ride anything that spins. Not every ride is going to work for every guest. I feel like Disney has a limited number of "high" thrill rides, so Disney guests haven't experienced these limitations much before (you can also take most bags on Disney rides, which is definitely NOT the case at most amusement parks/thrill rides), so this is a newer issue for Disney.
I agree that not every person can ride every ride for the reasons you state or because of fears they may have or physical issues they may have or issues that are counter to their reasons for a DAS.
BUT in this case Disney built identical vehicles for a location where most the people are more petite than most and one for a location where most the people are much bigger than most. And you are right, they put budget over the guest experience and that is their choice to do.
What I think they could have done was put the bench seat on ALL the trains, that would not have cost them more, they had all those designs/parts. They could anticipate that they were ruling out a larger number of people from riding the cycle so the bench would be more in demand.
My son is a DAS user at Disney & Universal. You are right there are some rides he can't ride (at Universal). He shouldn't be excluded from riding something because Disney has not prepared and did not put in a good system to give him access. There is a big difference where the guest has made that decision to not ride vs Disney has dropped the ball on accessibility of the line (not the ride).
Bottom line very poor planning that was totally predictable.
