Race From Atlantis- as fast as you can
Written: May 09 '01
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Pros: the free pre-show/ride lead-in, the setting
Cons: The ride and the employees
The Bottom Line: The Strip it's self is the adult's Disneyland, but things like $10 coasters and this mind-dumbing ride are only cool if you've never done anything fun in your life.
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| kittenkatt's Full Review: The Strip |
While enjoying a fabulous dessert at the Cheesecake Factory in the Forum Shops of Caesars, we notice a commotion going on out in the main rotunda. Lucas, our tremendous bartender, informs us that that's the pre-show for the "Race for Atlantis" IMAX ride. Now: given his excellent service thus far, it should have been noted when he rolled his eyes after he made this statement. Afterwards, we hung about till the next top of the hour to catch the next show.
The preshow is indeed fantastic as far as free shows go, with fire, and ice and wonderfully done animatronic actors. It's dramatic and the sound and effects are very well done. At the end of the show when the robot man on the thrown wearily tells you to hear the rest of the story by shelling out $10 a pop and riding the IMAX ride, well, it only seems logical.
Now, they make this IMAX ride sound like the adventure of a lifetime. It's exciting, it's fast-paced, it's got a plot, and it's got the largest IMAX dome in the world!!! The rest of my party is into record-making thrills (See Cedar Point), so it was not a possibility, but a foregone conclusion.
We shuffle back into the dank hallway past the video games and Dippin' Dots (the ice cream of the future!), and pay next to a truly lovely fountain with four realistic and beautiful sculptures, and are told to "(sigh) Follow the arrows to the chariot room to begin yer journey (sigh)", by the morose ticket taker.
Then you proceed through an amazingly detailed treat for the eyes that involves fountains and lasers and waterfalls and ships- don't get too excited, it's just the line queue.
At the end, you hit a dank little box of a room where a toga-ed high schooler apathetically passes out 3D goggles and ushered the 6 brave souls up for the journey. This poor kid made Stephen Wright seem frenetic. "Watch the show with the rules, ok, yay, you're all on the blue team, yay, uh huh." The pre-ride rules show was funny, but almost uncomfortably so. And really didn't explain as much of the plot as it led on about.
Then you are led by a new horribly bored teen into a double-chariot shaped seating compartment below a half-domed screen. This is so contrived it's sad. Then the ride begins!! The headsets are a bright spot, as sound can be heard through them as well. The ride, however, consists of a decent 3D movie that is way too short for $10, and a few stomach-cramping lurches of the "chariot". And no sooner do the legions of the morose come to collect you off of the ride than they are asking you to pay more and ride it again!
Save the $10, hop over to the Stratosphere, and ride the Big Shot. It's much more worth it.
Recommended:
Yes
Best Suited For: Couples
Best Time to Travel Here: Mar - May
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kittenkatt
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Location: Washington, DC
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An avid traveler, I am known for straight shooting and being rather picky :)
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