Behind Disney's most INTENSE ride Mission Space at EPCOT 

Hey man! Looks like around the 8:35 mark you may have missed an audio clip, causing some distortion, and a slight jumpscare if you're not expecting it, not sure if it's intentional or not!

@@TheWindowsInstall ah, I see. I did intend to play the sound cause I don't have a clear shot of the restraints that I hadn't already used. In hindsight I should have faded it in.

@@AmusementLabs No worries, just wanted to make sure. Love your content, man!

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Interesting: I see that in this ride Disney did use the same equipment to provide three different ride experiences and two different adventures. Excellent! So, I wonder why they don't do the same thing for rides like Star Tours and the Millennium Falcon ride in Galaxy's Edge. Seems like a no-brainer way to increase park re-visits.

They were updated last year actually! 4k screens with new 4k footage done by ILM

@@Simon83O79 really? I was just there in march and couldn't tell the difference

Simon Binnie they still look horrible.

12: :47 agreee

I was on the ride the first year it opened and even then didn’t like the screens or the CG. Good video just not my favorite ride.

This works👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

It does. I am a student pilot who has flown aerobatics. This ride simulates 2.5 G or 2.5 times your own weight. Just like flying, the best thing to do is to keep looking forward and KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN.

I closed my eyes and felt icky! Thanks for the tip

The eye movement is called Nystagmus...

@@johnnymoran180 Thanks for the correct English translation. I'm not a native English speaker, so I thought I got the name correctly at first.

That’s a cool idea! But unfortunately, the ride has motion sensors that detect anything that moves or isn’t supposed to be in there at all, even if it’s a small candy wrapper that fell on the ground under a capsule, the sensors will detect it and will not let the ride start until we personally go find it and get it out.

I mean, not unfortunate😅 it’s how we keep the ride from starting if someone gets stuck inside. If the sensors detect anything moving that isn’t in a capsule the doors won’t even close

The ride is pretty sure equippped with many safetly systems and probably some IR cameras outside to see weird IR radiations outside ride. We know the camera in dark needs IR light to see something, but it will confuse some systems and put ride to halt. Another idea is try get camera with very high sensitive and big sensor, to see something. A normal GoPro camera might not enough for it due small sensor. I know for example Sanyo VPC-HD1000 has big sensor, so it can see bit more than our human eye. You need find camera with big sensor, and make sure it has manual settings to crank up brightness for example.

I assume when you say, 'outside of the cabin' you are referring to how the capsules and centrifuge look - what the employees see. (I don't know if it's still this way, but I was among the original riders in 2003 - when there were no green/orange different experiences). As you are waiting in line, you can see the apparatus through the window, and the employees moving around. The lights are on 'outside the cabin' - if I understand your question.

@@bayleethielemier3565 Here's a better idea, contact Disney and ask them for a personal demonstration for several hundred dollars with the lights on. They'd be happy to let you record it.

What do you mean?

@@StrawberryNinjaNibbles innit

@@StrawberryNinjaNibbles That the people didn't know their limits. Uhhh, doesn't get any clearer than that

@@StrawberryNinjaNibbles Some people have issues with g-force or small spaces and try to ride anyway, and then have a bad personal experience.

@@michaelpeele5739 to be fair I don't think most people know their G-tolerance off the top of their head

Yeah, when my editing software got to stitching it together it was really working. The fan sounded like a plane ready for take off. 😅 It's like 5 different video tracks and 2 audio tracks all at once.

Amazing job.

I do believe the model (NICE model btw) is spinning a lot faster then the actual ride would spin. It's spinning faster then that scene in Moonraker. Just an observation.

captchaossega you get the point though

I have syncope problems & lower blood pressure so I can pass out or come close to it kinda easily sometimes (like on airplane take offs, those spinning swing rides at carnivals, standing up too fast lol etc.) and something that helps me a lot is a technique I learned about from fighter pilots. They can experience quite a few G’s, so what they do to prevent passing out is basically rapidly clench/tighten their abdominal muscles and then keep them tightened for a bit (remember to make sure to breath! It can be easy to hold your breath when first trying this). This technique raises your blood pressure, keeping blood perfusion to your brain adequate, thus preventing loss of consciousness. Pilots have specials suits that do this automatically for them now (tightens around them) but they are still taught this skill in case the suit were to ever fail. Ever since I have learned about this I do it every time im feeling like I might pass out and it works like a charm (also make sure to stay hydrated. That always helps) You can also look up videos for more detailed instructions on how to do it Granted, I’m not a doctor or anything and don’t know you so take what I’m saying worth a grain of salt. But, the fact that you said you felt like you might pass out vs just being dizzy tells me it might’ve been due to what the G’s were doing to your blood pressure vs motion sickness. Just thought I’d share it case it may ever be helpful :)

Maybe when I went in Orange, they forgot to make it spin? LOL

_Side note: I was sitting next to a kid who was no more than 6 and she had a blast._ Well natch, 2.5 G's aren't going to make her that much heavier! But if you weigh over 300 lbs (like me), then weighing 825 lbs might kill you.

@Tyler Tremallose they might have slowed it down a bit to avoid killing any more paying guests.

this would have been me 🙃

My first ride was after a leisurely supper and several glasses of wine at Le Cellier...maybe not the best plan ever... ^_^

@@fabiowilson3720 Was it good both ways though ??

The Smugglers Run ride in Galaxy's Edge made me sick.

Agreed! Funny because most people dismiss the 400 signs before riding...including myself! lol.

@@BahamaLlamaCoral lol yep me too, the signs are there because they mean it folks.

The same thing happened to me. I managed to stay calm but I felt like pounding on the door to have somebody let me out too. Glad to know I was not the only one I'm sure there's tons of others. that ride was crazy.... My son who is 17 got off the ride and said, "wow... that was advanced". Lol.... It's funny now... I was terrified at the time. In fact I think I have ptsd because of it. 😑

Oh gosh you were that person. There’s always someone that ruins the experiences for everyone else. How embarrassing. It’s just a ride

i stuck my leg in the door and shouted to let me out… they did. i have to say not my proudest moment but the rest of my family went on it, they two of them ended up sick and one of them was totally fine. i’m glad i got off 👍

They aren't going to shut the entire ride down and ruin it for everyone else just because YOU'RE scared. Suck it up buttercup, it's just a ride.

There have been 3 deaths on this ride, not 2.

so does the green side spin or not?

How many people threw up on a given day thanks to mission space😂

No

So why do we feel magnetism on mission space so curious it was very intense!

I've always wondered if the cabins have small, hidden cameras inside to watch for people needing immediate, medical attention.

I pretty much enjoy it too, though I admittedly tend to emphasize with people who pine for the days when Horizons ran in that particular spot. I remember riding that once as a kid, but I wasn't quite sure what to make of it in stark comparison to those who wish it was still there.

Wow so you get motion sickness but this ride you're fine , do you always ride the tame mission/ slower spinning one ?

Nah dude. It's hands down the best ride. Some of us just built different

YAS. i’ve never panicked more in my life.

This happened to me too.

Why? Do you feel a lot of g’s?

@@GMoney-B i love roller coasters adrenaline and all that, but this just felt trapping, i literally felt like i was about to die, u feel like ur cheeks are melting, it’s just horrible but that was my experience

@@GMoney-B Like an insane amount. People have died.

The buttons do nothing. If you don't press them you still get the same experience.

Joe Watts Shhhhhh don’t ruin it.

SEND THIS MAN TO SPACE

@@joewatts6016 you're still supposed to press them, it's like a game

@@b-chroniumproductions3177 Yes you're supposed to press them, but there's no penalty if you don't.

I'm telling you, the mainstream public is sleeping on universal and Disney. They understand how popular they are, but they don't understand how much they have been and will continue to innovate the theme park industry.

it makes some people physically ill, like a carnival ride. i’m sorry, when you’re strapped in and ready to go and the ride warning says “don’t close your eyes if you are feeling disoriented and dizzy” its a terrifying and panicking thing to relay. HELL NO to this ride. oh and remove the attitude. people are allowed to feel a certain way about a certain ride.

There's no attitude toward the rider unless they don't appreciate the intricacies of the engineering involved in making the ride. If they're feeling some kind of way they shouldn't ride. They are warned several times before actually boarding.

@@steph2tdf *If they're feeling some kind of way they shouldn't ride.* How will they know until after they ride it?

@@nickiula1632 geeze, chill. Why get so offended by some random person on the internet, lol.

Me too, it's been a bit of a mystery to me since 2013

I mean don’t they show you? Last time I went they had a video where they showed a 3D model including tilting cabins and the spinning of the cabins.

Same for me both on Test Track and MS

id avoid it dude lol i love coasters and this fkn wrecked me....like dead lol

That.... never occurred to them to have a backup plan to replace that with a little less disruption? Im sure it would be disruptive regardless... but maybe?

Sort of - it's was a mechanical issue rather than electrical - electrically, it's a very, very basic system. Notice on the hub of the "Gravity Wheel" - that's logo/emblem from Horizons!

That suuucks. It had to have gone down prior to 2018 Fall because I visited early 2018 and it was working

YAS! IT WAS HORRIBLE! I rode this (green) the first time when I was twelve (26 now) and had a blast. When I rode this again at 17, I had THE worst case of claustrophobia and was PRAYING for the ride to end. It was awful! :(

Agree that was worse part, the cabin is so tiny and your sealed inside... it’s horrifying. Plus you know your spinning. It’s a brilliant design and makes people sick - ummm just like a real space mission. The problem is it too good.

We got that a lot as mission space cast members, we would hear people screaming to let them out once the capsules closed all the time. It’s a tighter fit than most people expect. As long as the ride hasn’t started yet, which usually takes a while cause we have to close all the capsules, if we hear you screaming to get out we will let you out

@@bayleethielemier3565 Whichever one of y'all let me out last December (after I was screaming bloody murder and punching down the door--) GOD BLESS. I literally don't know what would've happened if the ride started. It's so scary to think about omg. Thank God for super attentive team members

I expected it more like the Star Wars ride. It was a bit closer of a screen than I initially assumed.

Really. I think you might be in the minority there. I'd do it just once, but probably just prefer the orange team.

@@AmusementLabs My brother and I love this ride. I'll never forget the first time we rode it in 2018 and how excited we were after the lift off because of how realistic it felt. Neither of us get sick from it and would absolutely ride something twice as intense haha!

I’m with you. This ride is nothing

The moon slingshot feels pretty cool, but I agree. It's really just intense for a few seconds at the start. As for avoiding dizziness, keeping my head straight seems to do the job

I think there are some people who just aren't nearly as affected by fast but smooth movement. I'm one of them; Orange track only kind of felt like something, and I had similar reactions to riding an enterprise (those spinning rides that tilt vertically) and the parts of steel roller coasters that aren't drops or launches-I rode Rock'n'Rollercoaster twice and had to be told that it goes upside down.

First year, me as well. I was in the college program and got to test ride when it was extremely intense. Great memories. Love this video.

I just rode Mission Space a few hours ago. The G force is still impressive but the lines have thinned out. People would rather wait an hour to ride Frozen these days.

@Unbolted Alarm same dude same

@@guidedmeditation2396 for me line was still an hour all day for orange mission

@@guidedmeditation2396 ?? We went in 2018 and the line was 2 hours for orange, on a weekday!

Lmaoooo but actually though you can here the screams😂

Should of just said deadliest lol

I love big roller coasters, the faster and bigger the better, but my goodness. When I rode in one of the swinging carts for the first time (as an adult) my fingers were crammed into the mesh sides and I couldn’t stop screaming (like shrill terrified screaming) at the top of my lungs... will never go on it again lol

pal-a-what?

@@mayganphynix8267 It used the be Mickey’s Fun Wheel, it’s the giant Farris Wheel in California Adventure.

Yeah that is my take away. Graviton never made me sick when I was young but this definitely made me queasy. I'm glad I did it but I'm also glad I didn't need (barely) the bag I grabbed just in case. IF I'd had a full stomach or it had lasted another minute or two I'd have put that bag to some good use.

Yeah, well part of the floor, just under the cabins. It's essentially like 3 rings and only the second one drops out of the way.

Former Mission space cast member here: haha yes no one knows the floors actually drop, I remember being told how to evacuate people from the ride if there was an emergency like a fire, we have to press the E-Stop, which is almost never used, and the cimulators will stop mid air and we have to get everyone out with ladders because the floors would be too far down for anyone to jump out. Mostly though if we need to stop the ride there’s a different way so that the ride will just slowly go back to its original position with the floors up, but for a real emergency like a fire, that would take too long. It’s been a few years so I might be rusty but that’s what I remember💁🏼‍♀️

@@bayleethielemier3565 I’m really scared of roller coasters should I go on this ride?

@@bobfrogs5990 hey! Sorry for the late reply😄 I feel ya I’m also very scared of roller coasters, but I have ridden mission space and worked there, and I don’t mind the ride. I guess, to answer your question, it depends on what exactly you’re afraid of when it comes to roller coasters. If you’re afraid of heights or falling off the tracks or your seatbelt somehow coming loose, I can assure you you’ll have the opposite concern at mission space. Since the ride is a tightly enclosed simulator with hard and tight restraints holding you down, we typically had worried guests getting claustrophobic and feeling too constricted in the capsules, so I promise you won’t be thinking about falling out or about the height, you can’t see anything at all outside of the capsule, you can barely even tell which way you’re moving when the ride is moving. To help those guests worried about claustrophobia I used to let them get in the capsule, then I’d close the capsule for a few seconds and open it back up, then I’d ask them if they still wanted to ride now that they know how it would feel for them inside, you can always ask a cast member to do that for you. If you get in and we close the capsule and you realize it’s too enclosed for you, the sooner you scream for us to let you out the easier it’ll be for us to figure out which capsule you’re in and let you out. But once the ride starts, we will not stop it unless there’s an emergency like a fire. We can hear faint screams if they’re loud enough when the ride is in motion but we can’t actually hear if someone really needs help, and at that point we are focused on the next group coming in. On the other hand if you are like me, and you don’t like the way roller coasters make you feel, when they drop, make a sharp turn, go extremely fast, and give you that pressure feeling in your stomach, you miiiiiiiiiight not like mission space, or you might love it! It’s difficult to describe the feeling mission space gives you. The ride does not drop you, so you don’t feel like you’re dropping or falling. However, the ride spins extremely fast, but you don’t feel yourself spinning like on the teacups. Most people don’t even know it spins at all. The ride is designed to simulate what it feels like if you’re taking off into space on a rocket ship. You’re pushed so hard against you’re seat that you can’t lift your head off the seat due to the pressure. Similar to the feeling of being pushed back into your seat when a plane is taking off, but much more intense. And you experience this kind of pressure three times in one ride on mission space. It spins super fast, then stops and gently rocks around, then spins super fast again, and so on. Due to this motion, and having tv screens in your face showing a rocket taking off, many people feel dizzy, disoriented, or car sick. If this happens, do not close your eyes, and do not look around. Look down from the screen and focus your eyes on just one of the buttons in front of you and don’t look away from that button until the end of the ride. That should help. Personally I liked the ride, as long as I don’t feel like I’m dropping I’m fine. I’m not really a ride person at all so I wouldn’t voluntarily go on mission space by myself but if I was with friends who wanted to ride I’d ride with them, I don’t mind it. Biggest tip don’t ride mission space after you eat. I’d wait like an hour after eating😅 and ride mission space BEFORE you go eat at the new space restaurant right next to it lol. Also pay attention to the warnings, pay attention to the videos, and listen to the cast members. The queue is fun and distracting and very well themed but make sure you listen to the cast members and ask them any questions you may have, they want to help you and they want to make sure you’re comfortable. I hope that helped!

@@bobfrogs5990 I’m sorry if I scared you haha😂 in my opinion it’s really not that bad, but I want to make sure everyone is comfortable with it because everyone has different tolerance levels for rides! I had a friend who loves roller coasters, rides every roller coaster at six flags, and rode mission space and had to go back to the hotel and lay down for the rest of the day because of the headaches it gave him. On the other hand I can’t stand roller coasters but I don’t mind mission space at all. So mission space is not a roller coaster but it is intense. If you have anymore questions or concerns I’d be happy to help!😊 so sorry for making this so long lol

Oh my god I found you! The person who felt the same and spoke my mind, high five!

Same dude

I thought that was the greatest thing when I was first on this attraction when I was 6 years old.

There is a lot of videos with that theme

Tea_with_ Pukie Shut up tea bag

Right?! Seeing him just automatically makes me think “Space!” since he was in Apollo 13.

I'm still a Gary fan as the host for this attraction, but at least Gina Torres has some decent sci-fi experience.

They had to put a black person in because they hate white people

I belong to a coaster club and we sometimes get to stay after the park closes to the public. On one such occasion, as the employees were still going through the usual safety warnings (keep arms and legs inside the car, etc.), people started acting out just the opposite, like sticking their arms and legs out as far as the restraints would allow. It got pretty ridiculous, and pretty funny. The park employees were totally into it, too. Eventually, it got so extreme that the safety spiel took longer than the ride! Good times! Sounds like you and your brothers would have fit in perfectly.

Yeah, the building is very non descript. I think most people think it's a coaster or something cause of space mountain.

@DDog52. I am the same way. My first time I had no clue how it worked. I made it out ok without getting sick but needed to sit down for awhile afterwards to clear my head. I was toast for the rest of the afternoon. I was in my late 30’s my first time. I would not ride it again now.

I love spinning rides but this one was way too much for me. Like u have to hold very tight and dont close ur eyes or you will be sick.

It was the color you should’ve rode on.

Me tooo

Same here! Love this ride and always did

I’m extremely prone to motion sickness and have never got it on this ride. So strange, it seems to be the opposite for most people.

@@madisonhausinger5437same

God Robfrey try holding it out in front of you! Curious to see which way it goes

Just make sure to ride on the green side, otherwise the centrifuge will cause the lanyard to 'stick' to you lol.

Thank you. I just do it for fun and to add to my portfolio. 🙂 I also love getting some use out of my little printer.

Perfect description! The launch is intense and a challenge and then the gorgeous reward after. I really loved this ride. 👍🏻

I wouldn't call it a 'spinning ride' as such...it reminds me more of the ride I've seen in King's Dominion and some carnivals where you get in this big cylinder and are pinned against the wall,

Same. Didn’t get motion sickness at all on this and I usually do.

And that's at only like, 2.5 Gs. The astronauts on the Apollo missions would have experienced a peak just under 4 Gs at the end of the first stage, and as I understand trained fighter pilots can pilot at aircraft 5-7 Gs without a suit, and up to 9 Gs with G-suit.

@@reaganharder1480 Also for alot of people this is their literal first experience in a G themed ride like this. I finally went back on it recently after like 15 years and its the same good old ride BUT its definitely not for everyone. I would NEVER put my grandparents on this thing. It would be way too much

If you are ever in Vegas, try the Big Shot on top of the Stratosphere hotel. Really fun at night.

yea going on after lunch is the absolute dumbest thing you can do lol xD

There's real acceleration - that's how the G load increases. from 1RPM to 16.2 in about a turn and a half for the ride.

Wait smugglers run SPINS?!

@@Zoe-ge5id I think it’s closer to how Carousel of Progress moves you from scene to scene but you only really notice at the beginning when it moves to let the next set of riders load in and at the end when you’re getting ready to unload. The ride vehicle itself doesn’t rotate, just the platform it’s on.