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Aerophile ride
Here is a picture of the new ride at DTD. It is called Characters in Flight. $16 (ages 10 and up) and $10 (for kids 3-9)
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Re: Aerophile ride
Wow, I called that pricing pretty well!
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Re: Aerophile ride
Hopefully there will SOME sort of discount for Annual Pass holders or DVC members, that would be nice. We'll probably try it once.
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Re: Aerophile ride
You did do a good job at pricing it. I don't know, it does seem like alot of money for a family do go up in this for a whopping 6 minutes. I don't know if we will try it. I will have to hear the reviews and decide then.
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Re: Aerophile ride
I'll check it out on our May trip and maybe when we go in June we might give it a try.
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Re: Aerophile ride
It is a baloon ride that goes up to 400 feet and hauls 30 brave souls at a time.
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Re: Aerophile ride
Is it actually up and running now?
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Re: Aerophile ride
Prices are decent for Disney.
All of the unofficial Disney sites were saying they changed the name from Characters in Flight to Aerophile.... that was the initial name it was thought to be called. Weird.
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Allearsnet posted more photos of the dock & balloon. One interesting thing I didn't realize was that it's going to be "OPERATED by Aerophile." I wonder what's involved in operation this that Disney CMs won't be used to operate it? Is it just the physics of weight loading & dangers involved in syncronization of release & weather conditions? Or, am I misreading that & Aerophile may just be operating it financially or something?
Anyway, I know it may not be complete yet but these photos seem awfully sparse. The dock looks completely boring and where the heck is the basket that people stand in? Characters in Flight operated by Aerophile Balloon -- Downtown Disney OH and if anyone is interested in what the finished product may look like; this is the one already operating in Disneyland Paris. It kinda looks like guests are in a 'cage' type of enclosure & the loading/landing dock looks just as boring. http://castmember.com.br/news/wp-con..._aerophile.jpg http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviatio.../2/0987254.jpg http://land.allears.net/blogs/jacksp...ramagique.html Sooo, what time of day would you try to do Aerophile? I wonder if its open for sunrise? How gorgeous would that be! I think I would try for sunset.
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Mouse Meister
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Re: Aerophile ride
A nice sunset venture would be beautiful.
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Re: Aerophile ride
Prcies are right where we thought they would be....really not interested, but knowing DD, we would have to do it at least once to try it.
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Re: Aerophile ride
Sounds cool but not really worth $46-$64 for a family of four for 6 minutes? With all the balloon festivals you can get an "up and down" balloon ride almost anywhere.
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Re: Aerophile ride
I think we're going to try it in June, it will be $32 for the two of us [still hoping for a DVC or AP discount] and I think the view would be gorgeous, I'd love to take a lot of pictures up there. Although, I just showed the picture to Daniel and he was like "ummm, I'll wave to you from the ground."
He's not big on heights but I got him in a gondola going to the top of the San Jacinto mountains so this should be easier.
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