TOC3 Round 1: Alice in Wonderland vs. Monsters Inc. Ride & Go Seek vs. Harry Potter

[Chris]

Alice in Wonderland vs. Monsters, Inc. Ride & Go Seek vs. Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey

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 will remain open for three days, closing on Thursday, July 29, 2010.


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



Alice in Wonderland



Monsters, Inc. Ride & Go Seek



Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey

[CoasterheadMatt]

Man I still haven't ridden Potter yet but I don't want to watch a POV of it because I want to be surprised when I eventually ride it in about 3 weeks.

[Tomas]

I actually watched a lot of POVs before riding, I was surprised through the whole ride!

[Chris]

Man I still haven't ridden Potter yet but I don't want to watch a POV of it because I want to be surprised when I eventually ride it in about 3 weeks.

Guess this will be a tough one for you then

[CoasterheadMatt]

Guess this will be a tough one for you then

Lol yeah but I'll probably vote for Potter just because I'm a huge Harry Potter fan & I haven't been on any of the three rides in this round. Sweet I just found out this was my 100th post lol.

[Chris]

Lol yeah but I'll probably vote for Potter just because I'm a huge Harry Potter fan & I haven't been on any of the three rides in this round. Sweet I just found out this was my 100th post lol.

It's tough - I'm definitely going to vote for Potter because it's one of my favorite rides hands down, but I think Alice in Wonderland is one of the best classic Fantasyland dark rides Disney has ever done, and Monsters, Inc. Ride & Go Seek look delightful. Everything here deserves to move forward.

[Chris]

This poll is now open! Vote away!

[Tomas]

It really helps that I got to ride HP before this poll opened. It is such an amazing ride, and like I said before the actual sets inside the atracttion were just so detailed and gave me the impression of being really big. Everything is like 5 feet of your face, the spiders, dementors, etc.

Great ride, that sums it up.


(In the poll, I can't see the Monsters Inc logo)

[Jeff]

This is a very hard one. I've heard how good Forbidden Journey is, but watching Monster's Inc, it looks so well done too. I will vote for Monster's Inc. here I think.

[Ben]

All three of these rides are great and worthy of progression.

Alice is worthy because of its classic Disney and Dark Ride charm with blacklight sets, flats, and doors in-between scenes (something severely lacking in modern day dark rides).

Monsters Inc. is a unique take on the interactive ride with a scoreless game that allows the rider to unveil new characters and sets that are film accurate and detailed.

Potter is a revolution for the industry with a new vehicle/track system that allows for unique movement through an elaborate show building with an attempt at immersive multimedia elements mixed in with practical sets.

For me I think that Potter should move on because of its unique take on the Dark Ride. Unfortunately for those who have not been able to ride, there is not a way to capture an accurate POV video because of the dark sets, video portions, and vehicle motion. These elements do not translate well to video and it is a shame that the ride can only be experienced in person. However, this is also an element that helps to bolster its position as a phenomenal ride. It is truly a journey that one must take in order to understand.