Talk:Rock 'n' Roller Coaster

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While browsing the wiki planning a return trip to Disney World, I noticed there was not an article for a few of the major rides, so I contributed this one on the Rock 'n' Roller Coaster. There's certainly a lot of room for improvement and expansion, but I hope it's a good start. --JoshW 21:05, Mar 14, 2005 (UTC)

• Outstanding. I'd noticed many omissions in the rides also but hadn't taken the time to add them. I hope you don't mind my editing. --DynSkeet 16:08, 29 Mar 2005 (UTC)

The "Trivia" section was duplicated, so I removed one of them.

I have noticed that many users have been debating whether or not to include http://www.rocknrollercoaster.com in the external links. I was the first to add that link. Many people have removed it because it is just a fan site, but i believe that it has a place on here. The official disney site for this attraction isnt very helpful. --Jumboshrmp 15:51, 20 Jan 2006

Contents 1 Ride Experience Description 2 G-Force: Approx. 5 3 Title? 4 The Shocker

[edit] Ride Experience Description

The description of the ride should be what the visitor experiences, not what is actually going on. Disney goes to great lengths to build story into each of their rides, therefore there should be a distinct separation in "fact" vs "fiction" when listing the ride experience. an example: "Guests visit fictional G-Force Records" vs "Guests visit G-Force Records". Of course it's fictional. As fictional as the Hollywood Hotel isn't really a hotel or haunted.

But for purposes of the story, you want to say that "Guests enter the Hollywood Hotel's lobby" and not "Guests enter the fictional Hollywood Hotel and see a room designed like what a hotel lobby would look like."

Would you say that a description of Tom Sawyer's Island, "guests can play and hide in a fictional fort" or that in Space Mountain, "guests pretend to be launched into space"? SpikeJones 17:04, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] G-Force: Approx. 5

Is there an actual valid and verifiable source for this statement? The unofficial fansite lists the G-Force at somewhere "between 4 and 5" but I find this less than authoritative. --Hetar 06:48, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Title?

Isn't the actuall name of this ride "Rock 'n' Rollercoaster", not "Rock 'n' Roller Coaster" ---WBHoenig 21:35, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

RCDB has it listed as Rock 'n' Roller Coaster, if that helps. SpikeJones 21:48, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

I'm pretty sure its "Rock 'n' Roller Coaster starring Aerosmith", just look at the logo: . --22:35, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] The Shocker

The triva section claims that Tyler makes the "Shocker" gesture during the pre-show. When does he supposedly do this? I find it hard to believe Disney would let something like this slide by. I was on this ride just a few days ago, and I don't remember seeing him do that. I do recall he makes a pointing gesture right before his limo drives off, but it didn't look like the "Shocker" to me. Ace-o-aces 19:56, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

It may not look like the Shocker to you, but I did verify "a unique hand gesture, similar in style to The Shocker such that I could see it being called that" existed in the video in June 2006 (it's towards the end, before they climb into the limo). Oddly enough, while I was waiting for Tyler to make the motion, people standing next to me in line pointed, laughed, and commented on the Shocker's existence in the video as well. SpikeJones 01:31, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

He does the gesture in question across his forehead when he says something to the likes of, "wait! I've got an idea!" and then he tells the manager to get all of the fans backstage passes. Honestly I'm not sure if Tyler ever really meant for it to be the 'shocker' or not - when the ride opened in July '99, which meant that the video was filmed a few months before that - the shocker was not the popular thing that it is today. Comthought 17:34, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

Still... the way it's done makes it look to me as if it's intentional. IIRC, it starts out with Tyler shading his eyes to look into the crowd, then slowly (and, I'm assuming, knowingly) morphs the gesture into The Shocker. Looks delibrate. SpikeJones 23:20, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

Well, given the uncertainty as to wheather or not it was intentional, We should change the wording to reflect that uncertainty. Something like "Tyler makes a gesture that looks like the shocker, but it is not clear if this is intentional. Ace-o-aces 20:24, 15 September 2006 (UTC)