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Disaster Transport has the ptoential to become a great ride. Their first mistake is calling it a coaster. Technically, it is, but when people queue up for an indoor roller coaster, they expect Flight of Fear from Paramount, not Space Mountains little cousin who tries way to hard to be just like Space Mountain (Which isnt all that fast-paced of a ride to begin with.) The theming is second rate, but has the ability to have so much more. First off, its like you are in some kind of space travel place. I dont get it, because the in the first entry room, there are pictures of posters depicting tips ot Atlantis, Paris, and Rome. It doesnt fit the theme of space. After a series of rooms having no specific theme, guests enter Maitenence Bay 1, where there is a large, obviously fake reactor tube that lights up and whirs like a lawn mower. After being led through countless other rooms, (while listening to people all around you, and often yourself going "The ride must be right around this corner..." But it never is.) you are finally hereded up stairs to some little room where ONE person is loading the cars, checking the seatbelts, and hitting the button to send them off. Yet they still give a thumbs up to the other non existent co-workers. People oftn complain that the ride is boreing and short. Its not that I dont agree, but its not entirely Cedar Points fault. You see, Disaster Transport was originally called "Avalanche Run." It is a bobled coaster, meaning there is one lift hill and the rest of the ride has to be downhill at a fairly pointed angle, or the ride could just stop. Therefore, the weight of the people in the car affect the ride time. All that CP did was cover Avalanche Run in a building and add a space theme. Its stillt he same ride in the same spot. As I said, its a bobsled coaster, so it cannot go UP any hills other thean the first one, and since theres only so much room in that building, it has to spiral a lot and moved downards while staying in a very small vicinity (hence the many many tight helixes.) How to improve this ride? one word: Themeing... A gift bestowed deeply upon Universal and Disney, but stolen from Cedar. Why is this Raptor dragging us through the air? If it were at Disney or Universal, wed find out exactly why in a technologically advence, story-line ridden preshow. But here? We are invited into some big building that plays no significant role in the ride except to house it and are ushered past signs of space trips... to paris... Mixed themeing is a no no! If this ride could recive a story line to compliment its name (which holds such promising possibilies) this ride might be worth it. Suppose your asked to tour a space flight facility when something goes wrong and a comet is headed for a space station. The touring facility announces that they will need you to go on a secret mission to the Space Station to save the astronauts. Add quicker loading time and a preshow to control crowds and your all set! Your on your way to save sum astronauts! Its that simple people! Try thinking of ways to make rides better instead of just sayin how stupid they are!
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