TOC3 Round 1: Sindbad's Storybook Voyage vs. Piraten in Batavia vs. Spider-Man

[Chris]

Sindbad's Storybook Voyage vs. Piraten in Batavia (Europa Park) vs. The Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man

Remember to vote for your *favorite* attraction of the three, and in the case of cloned rides, simply pick your personal favorite to represent them all!



*This poll closed on Monday, July 12, 2010.


To assist you in selecting the attraction that most appeals to you, please view the following POV videos found on YouTube:


Sindbad's Storybook Voyage


Piraten in Batavia


The Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man

[Neon]

Bigger slaughter then the indy poll coming soon

[Chris]

Bigger slaughter then the indy poll coming soon

Speak for yourself. I am most certainly voting for Sindbad's Storybook Voyage. We need more animatronic-rich dark rides.

[CoasterheadMatt]

Spidey is still the coolest to me & that will get my vote.

[lilteezy]

"With Spider-Man nearby trouble cant be far away,You know what trouble means"

[Chris]

"With Spider-Man nearby trouble cant be far away,You know what trouble means"

Galleries crashing, apparently. Lilteezy's right. No one vote for Spider-Man, you know, just to be safe.

[greenlantern6119]

I voted for Spider-Man, although Sinbad does look impressive. What theme parks are these other two rides in? Has anyone heard of Piraten in Batavia before this poll? Spider-Man still defines what a great ride should be. My only vice with it is that crappy animation in the queue. Why not make that into CGI like the on-ride graphics are so it gels together better?

[Neon]

Speak for yourself. I am most certainly voting for Sindbad's Storybook Voyage. We need more animatronic-rich dark rides.

Regardless of your personal opinion my point is still right. Odd's are the only non spidey vote here will be you.
And while I love me some animartronics, having actually BEEN on sinbad, i wonder how you can actually say its a better ride then spidey?
To me it was small world lite, compared to what is still one of the biggest technilogical wonders in dark rides.

[Tomas]

Spider Man!...do I need to explain why?

[Chris]

Regardless of your personal opinion my point is still right. Odd's are the only non spidey vote here will be you.
And while I love me some animartronics, having actually BEEN on sinbad, i wonder how you can actually say its a better ride then spidey?
To me it was small world lite, compared to what is still one of the biggest technilogical wonders in dark rides.

small world lite, eh? Well that's interesting. It's far more technologically advanced than it's a small world. So how can I say it's better than The Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man? Let's see, Sindbad has:

*elaborate sets
*gorgous backdrops, all featuring projected skylines
*hundreds of advanced audio animatronics figures
*a lengthly ride time

Spider-Man has:
*movie screens

I've said it a million times. The Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man would be a MUCH better attraction if they'd actually interconnected the movie screens with elaborate sets, animatronics, better effects, etc - as it was hyped to be in early IOA press releases. What it is now is basically slapping a track on the floor of your local AMC theater and driving from screen to screen to see what's playing. I think The Curse of DarKastle, even though a blatent Spidy ripoff, beats it at its own game for much better integration.


And Greenlantern, Piraten in Batavia is the bizarre but elaborate Pirates of the Caribbean ripoff at Europa Park. It's a pretty highly traveled European park destination, so I'm certain I'm not the only one who has ridden it. It's kind of an odd pairing of the existing Pirates scenes, plus random almost racial stereotypical scenes of Chinese people, and it ends in a jungle. Makes sense? You basically just rode it.