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Old Aug 12, 2005 | 12:53 PM
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As everyone knows DisneyWorld is full of big rides and simulators...

If anyone who has been on Mission:Space @ Epcot will know what i am talking about but on it they simulate G-Force and, in all honesty, its the most G-Force i have ever felt in my life, so its not just psychological...

My question is: How do they simulate G-Force without it actually moving from a fixed spot?
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Old Aug 12, 2005 | 12:56 PM
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hi
what was florida like ? asi am thinking of going for xmas
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Old Aug 12, 2005 | 01:00 PM
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oh my life... soooooooooo hot!!! Oh and rained every day with awsome thunder and lightening....

Deffinatly go, everyone should go at some point i think...

Just hope u dont have a flight like we had this morning... We had to keep our seatbelt on half of the way...
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Old Aug 12, 2005 | 01:04 PM
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Good time???
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Old Aug 12, 2005 | 01:21 PM
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Good time???
err..... was okay i guess...




























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Old Aug 12, 2005 | 01:30 PM
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So its good out there? im off next Friday until Xmas, then back to weeks then back out there till June
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Old Aug 12, 2005 | 01:38 PM
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Rhys, we expect a lot of bikini shots of Florida chicks the upcoming 12 months.
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Old Aug 12, 2005 | 01:38 PM
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PMSL....if the flight was that bad this morning, im glad i werent in your suitcase
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Old Aug 12, 2005 | 01:39 PM
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Its REALLy hot at the moment and is supposed to rain at least once every day for the next 40 days!!
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Old Aug 12, 2005 | 01:40 PM
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Florida was full of old people in the year or so I spent working out of Port Canaveral...............

Even the security guards were about 900 years old. Like Yoda....................



"Aresst you, I will. Yeee-sss....."




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Old Aug 12, 2005 | 01:40 PM
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Andreas i will do my best

Shell which part did u go to altogether?
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Old Aug 12, 2005 | 01:54 PM
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We stayed in Kissimee, Orlando
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Old Aug 12, 2005 | 02:05 PM
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Hi all. Mission space in Epcot is based on a centrifuge like the type of thing fighter jet pilots are train to withstand G forces in. It has 8 carrages based around a central hub. Each carrage can pivot to different angles ... this changes the feelin of the G force throught your body. The faster it spins the harder your puched into your seat. when it eases off you feel weightless.

Awsome ride aint it !!!!
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Old Aug 12, 2005 | 02:09 PM
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it spins round a centre point, but you can't tell theres any side movement coz your eyes can't see it so your brain doesn't register it against the centrigual force!

its pretty cool, i felt well rough when i got off!! i was the engineer as i recall
that test track one is cool too

May is the best time to go, we went and it was really hot but zero rain and no hurricane risk also its dead, the most we queued for any ride was Jaws at universal about 35 minutes. Everything else was either 5 minutes or straight on

Kracken is the best at seaworld IMO - wished i'd have gone busch gardens though
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Old Aug 12, 2005 | 02:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Shell
My question is: How do they simulate G-Force without it actually moving from a fixed spot?
Pretty sure its real G-Force,the pod that your are sitting in spins around

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Old Aug 12, 2005 | 02:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Doh
i felt well rough when i got off!! i was the engineer as i recall
that test track one is cool too
Hmm me too...... felt like maybe its the engineer's stressfull role

Or maybe I'm just a big :gayflag: and dont like simulators too much

Test Track was mint so was everything else
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Old Aug 12, 2005 | 02:29 PM
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Quality ride that one
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Old Aug 12, 2005 | 02:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Doh
May is the best time to go, we went and it was really hot but zero rain and no hurricane risk also its dead, the most we queued for any ride was Jaws at universal about 35 minutes. Everything else was either 5 minutes or straight on
Last time i went it was may, it was Spring Break tho, so it was busy but not as busy as the last two weeks..

The rock and roller coaster was one of the best for me, Kracken wasnt running when we was at sea world on Tuesday... But Journey to Atlantis is ACE!!! and them Splash Gysers, where you can splash people as they come out of the drop are the best, could have stayed there all day splashing people!!!
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Old Aug 12, 2005 | 02:37 PM
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Remember to check out if you go to seaworld or busch gardens the free beer hospitalty bar! Mmmmmm bud
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Old Aug 12, 2005 | 05:23 PM
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F**KING AWESOME RIDE!!!

Ended up going on it loads of times there.

Apart from that I think Epcot is shite!
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Old Aug 12, 2005 | 08:05 PM
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Anyone been on the new ride at Busch Gardens?

That is something else, especially if you get to the top whilst the thing is still wobbling about.

Stopping 200Ft up and looking straight down, just waiting for them to release the thing!

Mark
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Old Aug 12, 2005 | 08:07 PM
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Originally Posted by markyrsfocus
Anyone been on the new ride at Busch Gardens?

That is something else, especially if you get to the top whilst the thing is still wobbling about.

Stopping 200Ft up and looking straight down, just waiting for them to release the thing!

Mark
Yeah seen that, its like Oblivion but a LOT higher and a full coaster! I expect i will go on it seing as i will be living over the other side of the road
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Old Aug 12, 2005 | 08:42 PM
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Is that a permanent move?

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Old Aug 12, 2005 | 09:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Fil
Remember to check out if you go to seaworld or busch gardens the free beer hospitalty bar! Mmmmmm bud
free beer gutted missed it
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Old Aug 12, 2005 | 10:23 PM
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Loved each time I have been. 4th time next year with a bit of luck
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Old Aug 12, 2005 | 10:46 PM
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Sign up for the beer school in the hospitality area.

I did it a few years back, and came out legless.

In Sea World, there is a huge bar behind the free beer pumps, and they let you sample the beer there before going for the presentation. In the presentation we had another 7 bottles.
I didn't know this, so I knocked a load back at the bar, and was wrecked. We had to stay until midnight just to let me sober up.

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Old Aug 13, 2005 | 05:31 AM
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Going on september the 15th cant wait now !!! Love american ladyz
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