Soooo, I rode Fallon and it was as bad as I imagined it would be. The queue is alright but when a ride is announced I expect a good ride, not just a good queue. The 3D was fine but I didn't laugh once during the ride. It was awkward, actually. It wasn't thrilling either, just dull. I can't see this lasting more than 5 years: it's already dated even before opening. This just exists to be a huge piece of synergy for Comcast and NBC and Creative didn't put any effort whatsoever to make an original experience. The facade is alright, but they didn't even themed the whole building. To be honest, if I had to choose, I would pick Twister over Fallon any day. Twister was fun in a campy way. This is just plain terrible, a cynical and ill conceived mess.
I love Universal but they need to get their crap together. They're doing lazy ride after lazy ride in recent years. Minions is a rehash of a ride which system didn't worked in the first place. Transformers is a carbon copy of a 15 year old ride and, somehow, Creative thought that to improve it they should use more screens and less physical sets. Diagon Alley is spectacular but Gringotts was a huge wasted opportunity (why not do a simple thrilling journey through the vaults instead of another screen ride...). Kong was also a major disappointment (same reason as Gringotts, SO MUCH POTENTIONAL!!). Now they've done Fallon which is godawful and soon Fast & Furious that is arguably the worst part of the California Tram Tour. You know what's more fun than simulated speed? ACTUAL SPEED. If we keep applauding laziness and mediocrity, they'll keep doing the same thing forever (which is a tragedy because Universal can do so much better). I think that what keeps my faith alive is Nintendo (that looks like it's going to be amazing). So we'll see.