Hardcore Arcade Gaming and

Waking up early Monday morning, we waited a couple of hours before the sun rose, and headed straight out to Disney Quest. This turned out to be a bad idea in several ways. First of all, it was not possible to buy tickets for Disney Quest on the hotel, and they didn't really know what the prices were. Second of all, we were so tired and drowsy that we didn't realize at the moment, that we were being tricked by a taxi driver claiming that the trip to downtown Disney was going to cost $30 and that it would be a 20 minute long trip. He turned out to be a nice guy, and I at least felt comfortable around him. When we arrived at downtown Disney, we realized that the place wouldn't actually open in at least two hours, and that we would probably just have to either find some place to eat or go shopping. It was windy outside, so we first went to the big Lego shop at the other end of downtown Disney. Whilst waiting we also checked out the closest Disney shop, to see if we could find a gift for the little princess at home. The shop proved to be overwhelmingly big, and finding the right gift was hard.

Tickets for Disney Quest were easy to get, and waiting outside the arcade for more than 10 minutes wasn't necessary at all, as there were only another about 20 people in the queue. The place was huge! Disney Quest is a 5 story tall arcade with games ranging from Donkey Kong and Mario Brothers, to Tekken 5 and Guitar Hero 3.  Because the arcade is something extremely big, I thought I'd just review the best surprises and the worst disappointments. Pirates Of The Caribbean and CYBERSPACE mountain are the two rides that are actually worth waiting in line for. The pirates of the Caribbean ride isn't actually based on regarding movies, but is rather a 3D interactive adventure, in which your goal is to shoot down enemy ships to get their gold. You work as a team, and I guess the team can have 7members maximum considering there being 6 canons and 1 steering wheel on each boat. In cyberspace mountain you make your own rollercoaster.  After you have made your rollercoaster, you get to drive it, within a machine that sort of looks like a barrel. The graphics of the on-screen ride were underwhelming, but it was still a lot of fun. What you should absolutely not wait in line for however, is the Virtual Reality game Ride The Comix. The graphics are poor, the controls are inaccurate and unresponsive, and the helmet you have on York head is extremely heavy. It feels tired and outdated, and the other Virtual Reality game there is not much better. In the Magic Carpet ride, all you do is fly a magic carpet to find Genie hidden somewhere in the palace, and stop the evil Jafar. The controls here are a bit more responsive, and the few square centimeters of screen that you could actually see, seemed to have okay graphics. Whatever you do, don't try any of these two rides: you are better of playing on your Wii. Most Retro arcade games were fun to try out, but the games that really stood out were the racing games, and the shotgun-dinosaur game. Need For Speed Carbon was as good as made for the arcade with a wheel, two pedals and a boost button. There was also a NASCAR game there, with 20 seats for one game. This was a fun experience, but compared to modern games it showed off it's age with insane physics and cars flying around the track in a matter of seconds. Overall the arcade was extremely much fun, even though it needs an overhaul. The nice taxi driver picked us up at 5 and brought us home.