Leigh L
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Oct 8, 2019
The acting by the CMs I find really made my experience. The First Order people were menacing and felt like we were really prisoners. Hoping I can go again in March or April and this time won't be recording everything (not for YouTube, just for my personal rewatching). Note, I watched with eyes and just ensured the camera was facing the right way so I experienced it myself not through my phone. The whole ride was fantastic, but I did NOT expect the drop when we escaped the Star Destroyer. But was fun.
I agree!! The CM's acting was such a fab part of the experience. The people in our group got realllly quiet after we were captured and shuffled in like we were really prisoners (we rode it 2x during our trip and it was the same both times). The First Order CMs were spot on and definitely menacing. One of the days we were evacuated twice off the ride and the CMs stayed totally in character as they escorted us out. Since one of the times was "inside" backstage and took a little while to get us out of the building, they were yelling in First Order fashion to put the phones away NOW. It was great! Even while disappointed we were being evacuated, they still kept it as a good experience as best they could under the circumstances while simultaneously getting their point about not filming backstage across. It still felt as if we were still in the story. The second time it was the Resistance that evacuated us out but that was much faster so not really much "storytelling" since we were already outside and the exit was nearby. We also felt the Resistance CMs as we got into the first and the final ride vehicles were incredible too as they explained what was going on.
Later on in that day when the ride was more stable, we got to the point where we were waiting to go into the cell and one of my DDs was paying more attention to the CM in the other group and leaned over to quietly say to me "That one over there is so funny" (she was SO on target as a First Order person could be) and the CM running our prisoner group must have heard her and yelled at her in the same fashion. haha.