Disney Quest
Disney Quest, situated at Downtown Disney West Side, offers guests five floors of arcade, virtual-reality, and many other games and attractions. It could be described as a highly-innovative super high-tech arcade, but even that would be an understatement. When guests enter Disney Quest, they board an elevator which takes them directly to the fifth floor. The elevator ride is like an attraction in itself though, since on the way up, guests watch a humorous film starring the Genie from Alladin who introduces Disney Quest. When guests disembark, they find themselves at the Ventureport, the crossroads for all of Disney Quest's adventures. Like the Magic Kingdom's seperate lands, Disney Quest has four distinct zones: Explore Zone, Score Zone, Create Zone, and Replay Zone. Explore Zone takes guests to exotic and ancient locales and is my favourite area of all since it has some of the most amazing experiences ever. The attractions include:
The Virtual Jungle Cruise, where four guests board a raft in front of a large screen. They accurately control the raft using sensor-laden paddles as they travel down a prehistoric river on-screen. The raft feels like it's really floating and amazingly bounces and jolts to the action and you might even get a little wet!
Alladin's Magic Carpet Ride, where guests don virtual reality helmets for a trip through Agrabah in search of the Genie.
Pirates of the Caribbean: Battle for Bucanneer Gold, an amazing game in which 4 guests take control of a pirate ship. Played on 270° surround screen, one guest steers the ship while the other three shoot cannons in an effort to sink other ships to capture treasure.
Treasure of the Incas, where guests guide camera-mounted remote-control cars through a maze under the floor by watching it's progress on a TV screen.
Score Zone features many current arcade games ranging from pinball to racing games and everything in between. There are also a few one-of-a-kind experiences in this zone including:
Mighty Duck's Pinball Slam, where several guests step aboard their own giant joystick to guide their pinball around a giant screen.
Ride the Comix, where guests battle super villians as they fly through a 3-D comic-book world.
Invasion! An ExtraTERRORestrial Alien Encounter, pitting guests against space creatures to save stranded colonists.
The Create Zone, where guests can let their artistic side loose in a variety of wacky and engaging activites, including the Animation Academy, where guests learn the secrets of Disney animation, and Songmaker, where guests can compose and write their own songs and have them burned onto a CD. The most popular attraction in the Create Zone is CyberSpace Mountain, which lets guests create their own roller coaster with loops, twists, and drops, and then lets them ride it aboard a simulator! The Replay Zone is home to a whole slew of original classic arcade games such as Pac Man. By far the best thing in the Replay Zone is Buzz Lightyear's Astro Blaster. In this ride, guests board enclosed bumper cars equipped with a cannon. The floor is littered with balls and if you drive over one, you can shoot it from your cannon to hit other cars, causing them to spin out of control. This Zone also features several Disneyfied skill games that give you tickets for doing well. These tickets can be exchanged for small toys or candy. For food at Disney Quest, guests can choose between Food Quest, which serves salads, sandwhiches, burgers, pizza, and more; and the Wonderland Café, serving desserts and drinks along with a one-of-a-king Internet-based attraction. Exiting Disney Quest, guests pass through a gift shop selling a wide variety of Disney Quest merchandise.
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