Finally got to ride this and I truly loved it. Honestly in my top 10 of the resort, maybe even top 5. The way effects happen and entire rooms change in an instant with such effortlessness is jaw dropping. It was the perfect length and for what it is, a decent amount of thrill. Personally, I prefer it over Rise since with that one, I expect some thrill and it never quite delivers the rush I want from it. Of the two main west coast new rides going head to head though, I gotta edge it out to Mario Kart for the extra element of slightly more thrill and a bit of interactivity.
With that said and comparing it to other attractions out of the way, this ride feels so tailored made to my interests. Just walking up to the queue, I was already giddy. Then entering the theater as a queue was such a genius touch. Honestly, if that was just a walkthrough, I'd love it in itself. Then the screen explosion really blew my mind -- such a simple special effect but done in an effective way that'll leave plenty of kids wondering how it was done -- and I'm sure quite a few adults.
I loved the train aspect in the beginning and how everything goes off the rails. The animation on the walls and the singular characters is wonderfully bright and vivid. On top of the physical elements existing in the ride, everything blends together seamlessly. It is beyond state of the art and I have no idea how they even did some scenes or how they even began to think of how to pull them off -- some stuff is just WILD.
If I had to nitpick, I wish the dancing scene was a variable scene kinda like Radiator Racers with the wheels vs. the paint job. While it's one of my favorite parts of the ride, it does stand out for being so different from everything else and in its own way, feels like a derailment of the derailment itself. If we were to accidentally join another area that did something else and lasted for the same amount of time, that really would give this ride such a neat edge to make it feel like "it's different every time you do it."
Can't wait to do it again and I am very excited for this to join ToonTown's legacy. It fit perfectly aesthetic-wise, it just has the presentational feeling of being fairly new compared to everything else. Hopefully it won't stick out too much for its newness once the land reopens.
Solid 'A' in my book.