VIDEO - Disney shows off Guardians of the Galaxy coaster ride system in testing

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Inside Guardians of the Galaxy Cosmic Rewind show building

Posted: Monday November 16, 2020 12:17pm ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Disney has today showed some new video of the 'Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind' rollercoaster at a testing facility.

Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind ride vehicles

The Omnicoaster is a first- of-its-kind programmable roller coaster ride system, where guests can be rotated along the ride track in any direction while traveling at high speeds. The Omnicoaster name builds upon the tradition of the Omnimover ride system in which Walt Disney Imagineers are able to turn guests in any direction and focus their attention on a specific scene or element.

The more than $400 million coaster was originally expected to open in 2021, but an opening window has been thrown into some doubt due to the COVID-19 shutdown and reduction in spending. Disney did not offer any information an opening timeframe with the release of this new video.

The new video was part of a presentation by Josh D’Amaro, Chairman of Disney Parks, Experiences and Products, as he took the virtual stage at the IAAPA Expo: Virtual Education Conference.

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montyz8115 days ago

OK. Sorry, didn't have a lot of sleep yesterday, slow on the uptake.

Giss Neric15 days ago

I think he meant odd suppository, like rectal suppository as it is a laxative ;)

montyz8115 days ago

It was a joke: https:///2025/03/guest-defecation-shuts-down-disney-ride-for-third-time-this-month-em1/

larryz15 days ago

That's an odd supposition...

montyz8115 days ago

Maybe someone defecated near it, and the fumes weakened the glass's molecular structure!

JAB18 days ago

That's not true. Tempered glass is very susceptible to focused impacts. That's why those emergency escape tools with a tiny metal point will shatter a car's window with very little force, and why a great many tempered glass PC case side panels have shattered simply by laying them on a tile floor because one of the tiles' corners was sticking up. If something hard and pointed hit it in the right way, it wouldn't have necessarily taken much force at all.

lazyboy97o19 days ago

If someone was wearing something like a metal ring and hit it in the right place, especially near a corner, it is possible to break the glass rather easily.

MisterPenguin19 days ago

The building is just settling on a sink hole.

bmr159119 days ago

Definitely not a punch, but a metal water bottle strapped to a backpack whipping around could generate a lot of power.

Giss Neric19 days ago

Shattering tempered glass requires a huge amount of force so I'm not sure if someone punching the glass is true.

bmr159119 days ago

I’m eager to hear how that happened. Someone lean on it with too much weight? A flying water bottle?

ZachPL19 days ago

Just saw this on reddit

gerararFeb 25, 2025

The VQ system has finally ended today for GOTG: CR! Standby line starts tomorrow Tuesday, February 25, 2025. The VQ system was reportedly supposed to end multiple times during some lull periods, but never came to fruition. It went through 2 hurricane closures, but nearly 3 years later after the ride opened May 27, 2022, the VQ has concluded and standby is finally here. Scatterplot of every single VQ data point collected for the past 1002 days. Here's my final update for it and wrap-up post:

Andrew25Feb 24, 2025

I for one hope that one day they can find a way to add railings within the pre-show spaces to reduce the pain point that is the funnel at the end. Ideally, it would be tiered "rows" within the preshow space where a CM then can release each section one by one instead of the mass release. I also think Disney should really enforce kicking people out of line who exit the preshow early to get a headstart.