| DL Trip Report May 22, 1998 New Tomorrowland Opening Day! |
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Moonliner
I love the look of the Moonliner. Having never seen the real thing, I was very excited to finally get up close. I was a bit disappointed with the Coke machine though. I was expecting something really elaborate, with steam coming out, and the bottle really firing out of there. Instead, the CM had to load it first, then it just sort of popped out. I presume budget cuts got to this one too.
Innoventions
While still not open, nor turning, Innoventions looks great. Looks like the place with all the sponsors is the best looking one. The sign is very cool, I must say. There were members of the media all over this place, on the second floor, and out in front on the first.
Observatron
It appears that this too fell victim to budget cuts. If you've ever seen the original WDI concept art (seen here on The Happiest Page on Earth), you would be surprised to see how it turned out. The music rarely worked, the movements were slow, and the lasers are non-existant, replace with just plain old lights. I've heard that the music is good, but I never really heard it.
Everything Else
Before I go on, a few other notes. Everything seemed to go down today ("101"). We were stuck on the Matterhorn twice, in two different places, on the same ride. First, it broke while we were waiting to go up the lift hill, right at the bottom. When they fixed it finally (false alarm fire?), we were the first to go, and sure enough, at "zone 11", we got stopped on the brakes. We waited until they come and let us free. The Rocket Rods broke, as I mentioned, and the rolling ball on Indy was malfunctioning. Space Mountain also went 101.
