It's high buttocks. I love that unexpected ending, so to speak. A little slight stinging feeling like if you scratched you back with your fingernail. The old "Honey I Shrunk the Audience" had a similar effect when they released the lab mice (in 3D) and I always found it hilarious to see the reaction of the crowd when it felt like there were mice brushing against your legs. That was worth the whole show.
It's too bad that things like that bother you. I feel that it is mostly imagined. There isn't that much released and really, it's just an odor it isn't like someone was throwing rocks at the audience. When it comes to kids. I agree, sometimes there is no telling what will upset them, but, I do believe that they take their cues from their parents. If the parents take it to seriously, so will they. I just told them that you don't always know what is going to happen, but, it is all just for show, nothing is going to hurt you. It is done for fun and laughter. It always seemed to work.
For me it's my most favorite:
1. ITTBAB
2. HISTA
3. The Muppets
4. Toy Story
5. Philharmagic ****
I really like Philharmagic, but, for some reason, to me, it always seems blurry or maybe more precisely, foggy. Whatever it is, it seems to damper my enjoyment of it by leaps and bounds.
Tough to be a Bug is the only attraction I have experienced at WDW that I consider offensive. Here is why - it should be for kids, it really should be. But the story line is scary, dark and intense. The effects are scary. My memory of the ride was the wailing of kids drowning out the soundtrack.
I find this whole thread very strange. Different children (and adults) are frightened by different things. If you had to close down every attraction because it scared some kids, I'm not sure anything would be left open.
You do the attractions you think your family will enjoy. Some of them you can even leave if they start and your family isn't having a good time (ITTAB is one of the ones you can exit). Others you finish and don't do again.
I guess OP maybe you should defend closing down an attraction that many enjoy, because it scares a few. And then defend why Expedition Everest is still open. And Test Track, and The Seas With Nemo and Friends, and Spaceship Earth......
We took DD (age 7) in there for her first visit thinking it would be 'fun'. She lasted 2 minutes. She's refused to go back and I'm not going to push it (she is now 14). We count that as one of our 2 "mistakes" for our first trip (the other was Dinosaur).
I am writing our trip report from our last minute trip last weekend. We did Tough to be A Bug for the first time ever this trip. Here is my premise:
I have been going to WDW since I was 9 and I am 46. I have memories of great attractions long gone and attractions I wish were still there (Mission to the Moon/Mars >>> Stitch). I have not liked attractions (Mission:SPACE to me was a clear miss given the intensity). But Tough to be a Bug is the only attraction I have experienced at WDW that I consider offensive. Here is why - it should be for kids, it really should be. But the story line is scary, dark and intense. The effects are scary. My memory of the ride was the wailing of kids drowning out the soundtrack.
Disney does some great, amazing stuff but this is the first attraction I can remember ever that I would tell someone to never, ever do. Mission:SPACE is one that I would recommend with caution. But this one is simply an avoid.
Defenders?
If everything was "It's a small world" I would have stopped going long ago
Offensive? Pretty strong statement.
It SHOULD be for children? Only children? Why?
And I would argue that the story line is not scary at all. But some of the elements certainly can be. That is probably why there are signs warning of it, and announcements prior to the show to the same effect. So if you as a parent have a child who might be frightened by some of these things, why did you allow the child to stay to watch the show?? There are many attractions at WDW with the potential to frighten certain children. Snow White's ride scared the bejeesus out of DD1. HM terrified DD2. Should those attractions have been banned? I've heard the crying kids during ITTBAB too. But I blame the parents, not the show.
When it comes to kids. I agree, sometimes there is no telling what will upset them, but, I do believe that they take their cues from their parents. If the parents take it to seriously, so will they. I just told them that you don't always know what is going to happen, but, it is all just for show, nothing is going to hurt you. It is done for fun and laughter. It always seemed to work.
The last time I went to the parks, there were signs all over the attraction, warning of darkness, and scariness. If you know your kid doesn't like that, don't wave your hand in the air and go "Oh, they'll be fine!" Maybe it's for older kids, and adults... But that's ok... Not everything has to be for little kids.
My girls were 2 and 4 our first trip and unfortunately we were some that had to carry out screaming children! And it was only made worse when my 4 year old saw the CM coming at us with a flashlight to help, she thought it was a giant bug coming towards us!!! not only did it terrify them, we couldn't get my oldest to enter any theater for a couple of years! I take total blame for this one, I was not the researcher on our first trip that I am now! We have never tried it again! I just asked them, now 9 and almost 12 if they would be willing to give it a try in August and they both said NO! My youngest even said that she doesn't want to do it because of the smell! I don't remember a smell at all but she insists that it smelled bad! It's amazing the memories that stick with them!