The motion simulator ride inside the Great Canadian Midway has had a rocky history. It started out as the Fun House Express Ride, then it became the FX Thrill Ride, then it became Cosmic Coaster, and now it is FX Ride Theatre (I might have the two FX names mixed up). They have only shown a couple of movies, and they are all in 2D. In fact, I think it is still the only motion simulator in Niagara Falls that is not 4D.
Last Thursday I went and saw their latest movie, Time Riders. It is “hosted” by John Cleese. He has created a time machine, and the story is you end up traveling through time. As you stop at different times, you end up being trampled by a woolly mammoth, facing underwater sea creatures, and going into the future into space.
The video is well done, but it just seemed to lack some excitement. It also seemed short (but I can’t remember for sure how long the other rides were). I suppose the ride caters to a particular audience. If you like these sorts of motion simulators, then you’d probably enjoy the ride.
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Sounds like another quality first class niagara falls attraction that is sure to overwhelm any tourist with a feeling of value for thier money.
I went on this ride when it was fun house express shortly after it opened, it was only 5$ US at the time so I thought it was a bargain. Once you have seen one of these films you have seen them all though, I wouldn’t go to another motion theater unless I was in a theme park and I wasn’t paying extra for it.
I prefer interactive simulations and most of these theaters are just passive, in that the rider or riders do not interact with the ride or scenes in any way.
They had a briefing room when I went there and their setup wasn’t ideal as they kept sending guests up as the briefing was going on so if you got there late you ended up missing most of the briefing which was not much more than 10-15 min of Please keep your hands and feet in the ride at all times and hold the safety bar.. etc.
The actual simulation was ok and I thought it was well done for the time, remember I went there a few years ago but its obvious that things have advanced a bit in both video games, and television displays so what was nice then may not seem so good now because of the way graphics and televisions are advancing. Its very possible that someone who is used to Xbox360 or PS3’s high definition graphics would write this off as very lame and outdated.
It was just ok though and very forgettable really, it definitely wasn’t anything that wowed me. I am also interested more in these attractions than the average person so I tend to anticipate things a bit more and try to figure out whats going on around me more than I watch the actual film lol!