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On our last Mom and Daughter trip, Mom and I flew out to California to spend a week at Disneyland. And, since Disneyland is so easy to navigate, we had time to do extra things. We ate ice cream at Salt and Straw, went to Knotts Berry Farm, and...hit up The Void Disneyland California. (read more)

I have to start by telling you that I've never done anything like The Void in Disneyland before. Yes, we have a Playstation PS4 VR unit, but that's the extend of my virtual reality experience. I tend to shy away from VR experiences, be it rides or otherwise, simply because it has a tendency to make me a bit nauseous. If you read my review about The Ultimate Nights of Adventure you'll know that I actually had to leave Universal Studios because I was so absolutely motion sick from their rides. (Thankfully, Pandora doesn't do that to me).

So, before we go further, let's talk about that. 

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Shockingly, I didn't consider my sensitive stomach (or sensitive brain, maybe?) before booking our Wreck It Ralph The Void tickets. I tend to be okay with our PS4 VR, so I figured it would be the same or even better since the technology is obviously going to be more cutting edge. However, when I started writing this blog post and saw how many people searched for things like, "The Void Disney Springs motion sickness", and "The Void Star Wars motion sickness", I realized I ought to add a paragraph.

Thankfully, I don't have anything to report. I did not get the least bit motion sick. I never felt disoriented, my stomach never felt gross, I never got a headache, and I felt like the movement of my head, hands, etc. were seamless with the movement of the screen in my visor. 

So, if you experience motion sickness, chances are you'll be okay. Now, I did not do The Void Star Wars Disneyland, but I would imagine the dynamics and fluidity are the same.

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I'll take you through our experience, start to finish, so if you don't want to have things spoiled, please don't keep reading. I have also made a video, so if you'd like to hear me talk about this experience, you can watch it below.

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We started our experience at The Void Downtown Disneyland around 2:30 on a Wednesday afternoon. We were early, our appointment being at 3:00 p.m., but we took a chance and asked if they could squeeze us in. We'd been in the parks all morning and were more than ready to go back to the hotel and take a nap.

The staff were very helpful and were able to get us in right away. A woman at the front desk indicated that we should go stand at a far wall near a blackout curtain. Once we got there we were met by another employee who would be the one guiding us through The Void VR Disneyland. 

​He lead us back through the curtain and reminded us that we were not allowed to take photography of any sort. Sadly, you won't see any interior pictures, but that's okay, it won't be a total spoiler when you break the internet with Ralph and Vanellope.

Once we were through the curtain he immediately brought us to a row of lockers. There we deposited all of our stuff, including fanny packs, cell phones, etc. You don't want to bring anything in with you because you're really just not going to have any place to carry it, unless you can fit it in a pocket. 

He did give us the key to the locker, and I did put that in my pocket. He then gave us some cards with little characters on them and asked us to choose a character for each of us. These were not Wreck It Ralph characters, which is sort of what I was expecting. Instead they were just random, mostly solid color characters. 

I picked yellow, mom picked pink, and the guy took the cards and scanned them into a machine, which printed out wrist bands for each of us to wear.

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Once we'd put all of our stuff into the lockers, the employee lead us over to a row of gear. It was all hanging from the ceiling. There were two or three rows with 8 sets of gear on the front and back of each row, a VR headset and a haptic vest hanging from a hook. I'm going to put a picture below, but it's not my picture (remember, no photography), I just borrowed it from The Void's Facebook page.

If you don't know what a haptic vest is, it just means you wear the vest like a life jacket and if you get hit with something in the game you actually feel it. It's very cool.

He had us stand with our back to the vests and shrug them on before fastening the clips and some straps. We then put the VR helmets on, but we left the visors up so we could still see our guide. He did warn us that the haptic vests were quite heavy, so we were prepared when he unhooked them and let them rest entirely on our shoulders.

It was about 20 pounds of weight, just so you are aware.

Once we were done with that he led us into another room with a large screen. He scanned our wrist bands and that brought up a video where Wreck it Ralph and Vanellope are talking to us about the adventure we're going to have, how we're going to break the internet, etc. 

That finished and we once again followed our guide to a door that led into a small cube shaped room, no more than 4 feet x 4 feet. I believe the entire experience takes place in these small cubicles, moving you from one to another, each set up differently, while making you feel like you've gone all over the place. 

It was awesome.

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I believe this experience is made for parties of four, meaning you can have two people or you can have four people. The reason I say this is because the room we first loaded into came with instructions from the employee.

"There will be four red circles on the ground, two in each room. One of you needs to stand in the close room, the other in the far room."

This is because we were going to be playing a game against each other during the first part of the experience, and it wouldn't have worked if we were on the same team.

He also told us that we could check out score at any point by raising our left arm so we could see our wrist in our VR unit. Kind of like you're looking at a watch. I loved this part of things and so did my mom, because we're both very competitive, so it was great being able to turn your wrist, see the screen pop up, and talk some smack to your partner. 

We didn't do a lot of talking, we were so immersed in the whole world, but we did have bragging rights afterward. 

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I know I'm going to miss parts of this when I tell you everything that went on, but that's only because so much was happening that I can't possibly remember all of it. 

The first part of the game put my mom and I on opposite sides of a room. We both had a control panel in front of us and we needed to use a tank to shoot aliens out of the sky. The first person to a certain number of points was the winner.

I was the winner. :) 

The cool thing about this was that I was expecting the control panel to interact with my hands somehow. I was NOT expecting there to actually be a control panel I could touch, buttons I could push, etc. 

Really that was one of the best parts of the whole thing. If there was something in the room that you felt like you should be able to touch, you could touch it. 

Control panels
Windows
Doors

After the first part where we played the game, we were ushered by Vanellope into another room where rabbits had kidnapped Ralph. The rabbits were wreaking havoc, the room was on fire, and you could actually feel the heat from the flames. 

There were four rifles on the wall, and I sat there for a minute going, "What am I supposed to do?" Then I reached out, not expecting to hit anything, and grabbed hold of a rifle. 

So cool!!

I think two of the rifles shot pancakes and syrup, and the other two rifles shot ice cream sundaes. 

You were now holding a rifle and making your way through the experience. You could see the rifle in your hand in your VR helmet. I really cannot relay how well done it all was!

We made it through the rabbits and were ushered on by Ralph and Vanellope. 

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I can't say for sure that I'm telling you everything that happened, as a matter of fact you can almost guarantee I'm not because I can't remember it all, but after we saved Ralph we followed Vanellope out of the building onto the roof of a skyscraper, just like in the movie. 

There were buildings everywhere, cars flying all over the place, etc. It looked JUST LIKE the movie.

So cool!

Vanellope told us that Ralph was coming to get us out of there, so we had to walk along the outside of the building to get to where he'd pick us up. 

It was freaky. You could see down, into nothingness. The wind was blowing hard, just like you were outside on top of a tall building, and the only thing between you and certain death was a glass railing. 

Even though I'd gotten that far in the game, I was still more than a bit shocked when I reached out and was able to rest my hand on the railing. It made everything seem more real, which is great because it gets your adrenaline going, but not so great because you're about to have to walk off that building onto a flying car that Ralph is driving.

Vanellope precedes us, using her technology to open a TINY ramp off the side of the building and into the floating car. So you've now got to walk off the building, onto the TINY ramp, and into the car.

Don't look down.

Or do, it adds to the fun. 

​Mom and I are not fond of heights, but we agreed that it was thrilling to have this be a part of the experience. I haven't felt that nervous on some of the scariest roller coasters I've been on. 
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Once we got on the car, Ralph whisked us away to safety, and our experience came to an end. 

Our employee met us in the room, verified that we had a good time, and ushered us over to a wall where we were able to take this super cool picture. I love it so much!

Our employee then helped us off with our gear and gave us time to get our stuff out of the locker. Once that was done he led us out the curtain again and back to the front of the store, where he left us with the woman we originally talked to at the desk.

She showed us this picture and gave us the option to purchase it. I believe it was $10 for the digital, $10 for a print, or $15 for both. I got only the digital because I knew I wouldn't hang a print in the house or anything, but I would use the digital for this blog post and for my yearly Shutterfly book I give out at Christmas.

There was no pressure though, so if you don't want the picture, it's not going to be a big deal. 

Now let's talk tickets and discounts.

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You can purchase tickets to Wreck It Ralph The Void Disneyland or Wreck it Ralph Void Disney Springs just by clicking on either of these links:

WRECK IT RALPH THE VOID DISNEYLAND
WRECK IT RALPH VOID DISNEY SPRINGS

To my knowledge, the only two experiences available at either location are Star Wars and Wreck It Ralph.

THE VOID DISNEYLAND PRICE - The site lists both Star Wars and Wreck It Ralph as "starting at $34.95", so I would imagine the price might change depending on time of day, time of year, etc. 

THE VOID DISNEYLAND COUPON CODE - The only coupon code I could find was a "four for three" deal, code 4FOR3. It does say *not available at all locations.

I'd go ahead and try to use the code, but if it doesn't work, I would Google something like "The Void Disneyland Coupon Code" and see what comes up. You never know, they might be running a special.

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Your children need to be at least 48" tall to enter The Void, and it is recommended that participants be at least 10 years old. 

Depending on the theme, it could be very loud, scary, intense, etc. They will also need to be able to wear the VR headset and adjust it accurately so they can see everything going on around them. I mention this because my nine year old still moans and groans about not being able to see right out of our PS4 VR headset sometimes. And every time, I help him get it right. 

​The last thing you want is a frustrated kiddo in a dark/loud/scary place.

One thing we love about Disneyland is the close proximity of the parks to each other and to Downtown Disney. It's easy to head out of the park for lunch, do The Void, and then go back to the parks if you like, or go nap at the hotel. 

Still, the thing we don't go to any Disney park without is a good, solid, Touring Plan, so if you don't have one set up for your next trip, be sure to click that link and take five minutes to plan your perfect day. It saves you tons of time so you can be the person riding the rides and meeting the characters, instead of being the person standing in long, hot, awful lines. 

If you've done The Void, especially the Star Wars one, I'd like to know since I'll be back at Disney in January and it's on my "to do" list. 

Have fun breaking the internet!
​Ty