New Soarin'

We did not smell anything when we rode it last week

rode it at California Adventure a few days ago. I believe Roses and maybe Oranges? Maybe someone else can tell me for sure. Definitely a nice smell when we flew over the Taj Mahal

There are four smells. Roses, "dirt", something "tropical", and one more that I can't recall.

No orange smell this time.

BrerGnat;2487077 wrote: There are four smells. Roses, "dirt", something "tropical", and one more that I can't recall.

No orange smell this time.

The smell of dirt? Interesting...

baldburke;2487121 wrote: The smell of dirt? Interesting...

Yes...it's an earthy smell during a scene with an animal stampede of sorts.

I wondered this as well. I really hope we can get back one day! This was my son's favorite attraction. Earthy smell would be neat IMO!

I read an article that said the new version was supposed to be full of smells, including suntan lotion. The impression that the article gave me was that there would be smells with almost every scene. It didn't say that, but it listed off at least four or five different smells that were supposed to be part of the attraction.

It also said that since the ride capacity has increased 50%, that wait times were short enough that the interactive part of the queue had been removed. Is that the case? What are waits like?

Aw! I hope there are smells! I really loved the pine and orange smells in the old version. The "beach" smell was nice too, although I live in a seaside area and I can say for certain that the beach doesn't really smell like that...at least not at low tide. ;)

My daughter and I are heading back in mid/late Sept. We can't wait to ride this new version of Soarin'! I'm pretty sure I read that they kept Patrick's pre-show spiel. Phew! I'm glad to hear that the interactive part of the queue has been removed. It was fun the first couple of times, but after that? not so much. I turned into just an annoying reminder that we had a long wait ahead of us.

azcavalier;2487283 wrote: I read an article that said the new version was supposed to be full of smells, including suntan lotion. The impression that the article gave me was that there would be smells with almost every scene. It didn't say that, but it listed off at least four or five different smells that were supposed to be part of the attraction.

You know, we rode Soarin' at DCA on the 20th. I honestly don't recall ANY smells. Perhaps that part wasn't working (I can blame anything on the heat that day - only 111 degrees in the shade).

While I did appreciate the changes, and the scenes are beautiful, I think overall, the original has more cohesiveness to it. The new version just seems like a hodgepodge of travelogues with not much to glue it together. I'm sure I'll learn to like it more over time, but for now, I was a tad disappointed. DW and I both didn't feel we needed to go on it again, even though the line was short (very low crowds due to the heat).

Just my opinion.

Steve

We rode at Epcot last week. The smells I remember are grass, earthy, floral, and ocean.

BrerGnat;2487145 wrote: Yes...it's an earthy smell during a scene with an animal stampede of sorts.

I'm pretty sure that's definitely not what a herd of elephants smells like...

DizneyRox;2487324 wrote: I'm pretty sure that's definitely not what a herd of elephants smells like...

LOL...yeah, it definitely smells better than what it should. It's actually a very pleasant smell. I liked it.

Can't comment on the smells, but from the on-line videos there appears to be way too much CGI in this. Most of the scenes have a fake feel to them.

Altair;2487330 wrote: Can't comment on the smells, but from the on-line videos there appears to be way too much CGI in this. Most of the scenes have a fake feel to them.

It definitely looks better in person than on videos. I do find the CGI "add ons" to be distracting, and in some instances, alarming as they pop up loudly out of nowhere. Most scenes are pretty convincingly real. There is one scene, though, that is very obviously CGI. I think they should have just chosen a different location to film rather than resorting to CGI. There are so many beautiful places in the world.