I never considered myself a big Aerosmith fan. Sure, I liked some of their early hits, like Sweet Emotion, Walk This Way, Dream On and Back in the Saddle, but never bought one of their albums, tapes, or CDs. And I really wasn't a fan of their newer stuff.
But all that changed within the last few years.
I blame age.
My musical tastes have evolved, (though I'm still not a ballads guy).
With age has also come motion sickness.
What does any of this have to do with Rock 'n' Roller Coaster Starring Aerosmith at Disney's Hollywood Studios, you may ask?
Well, because of my lack of interest in Aerosmith, and because of motion sickness, I avoided riding this roller coaster for years.
What prompted me to get on?
Curiosity. I wanted to see if I could handle it. And you know what? I could!
But enough of all this! Let's go on the ride!
After walking through the queue, guests enter the offices and recording studios of record label G-Force Records. The lobby is decorated with posters, rock memorabilia, and vintage recording equipment.
You then enter a room looking into the recording studio, where the five members of Aerosmith are shown working on a recording.
The group's manager then comes in and tells the the band that they're late for their own concert.
Lead singer Steven Tyler insists that all us fans get backstage passes to the show. The band then departs by limousine, and the manager calls for a "super stretch" to get us to the concert.
We then walk through an alley into a parking garage, owned by "Lock 'n' Roll Parking Systems" where we board a waiting 24 seat stretch limo for the trip across town to the event.
After loading passengers, the "limo" stops at the entrance to a tunnel.
Music is playing and an overhead sign displays a series of several different messages before a countdown. After the countdown, the car is then shot into the tunnel at 60 miles per hour.
The roller coaster goes through a series of inversions, passing signs that represent various Los Angeles Area Freeways like Interstate 5 and U.S. Route 101.
Different Aerosmith songs play, depending on which limo you get.
The ride ends when the limo arrives at the backstage of the concert venue.
I really enjoy this ride, it is very smooth, which is why I believe it doesn't get me motion sick, and I can now enjoy Aerosmith songs in a way I couldn't before, because they're songs bring happy thoughts of a thrill ride I can actually go on!
I still haven't bought any of their recordings, and for that I apologize to the members of the band who are doubtless fans of this blog!
I own a few of their cd's and have seen them in concert - the Pump tour, one of the best shows I have ever seen.
ReplyDeleteI went on this ride once, without knowing what kind of ride I was getting on (la la la, just a roller coaster), about 15 seconds in, I knew of was in trouble. I closed my eyes and clamped my hand over my mouth.
I wobbled off the ride and walked through the store - right outside to sit down. My travel friend then got to watch me vomit into the bushes.
I still feel like I need to find the poor CM who had to clean that up and apologize to them. There was no way I could have made it to a bathroom.
Once and done, never again . . .
Oooh, sorry to hear that Gaylin!
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