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It was not a rumor. When the ride was announced, Universal said the ride would have “stunning robotics” aka Animatronics.
Here is the press release for the attraction in 2008:
Where were you sitting on the train? If you sit in the last two rows, the fog completely engulfs you and if you sit in the front two, you barely notice the fog.
I know there has been some discussion about that random straight track/block before the “dive drop”. What if that section of the ride is where the "rotating" element comes into play, and you take the "wall stall", and boost launch into the "dive drop" backwards. Then while in the dive drop the...
They are going to have to be very creative with this ride if they want a large queue, two-sided lockers, and metal detectors in this space. Which is why I think the ride is going to be using Virtual Queue during peak demand.
Having 4 launches is also an effective way of getting a lot of blocks on the ride without slowing the pace of the ride down.
Based on what has leaked, and if the trains are 4 car trains, it looks like each side of the dual station will have a separate load and unload. So this ride should be...
The reason they are holding where they are is to allow Team members, particularly VIP tour guides, to go ahead of their guest and collect the visors for them. If the visor distribution room is full, they will cut through the Single Rider queue and pick up from the Single Rider visor distribution...
I noticed the problem with people not using the far left lane after cap distribution during soft opening and my last visit a week ago. I think a simple elevated sign saying "use both lanes" would fix the issue.
I think the earliest you can expect an announcement (if they green light it) for Hollywood's version of DK is when the Japan version opens.
If you look at the recent history of announcements, they seemed to announce an expansion/addition to SNW at the opening/groundbreaking ceremony of an SNW...
This is what the water bottle refill fountain looks like in the Mario Kart queue. It's located just as you exit Mount Pol and just before you enter Bowser's Castle courtyard queue.
On the topic of the process of entering the park. On my visit last week, I noticed that when your AP is scanned for entry into the park, on the screen facing the TM, there is a spot for it to display a photo of the pass holder. Same with the Express queues, when a TM scans a Platinum Pass, a...
They need to run less vehicles on the ride.
This ride really suffers when there is a delay of any kind with the ride and lately, you can be stuck in a scene for several minutes at a time due to a back-up at one of the stations. The delays just kill the game play and the AR cohesion, as when...
Hogwarts Express and a secondary entrance at the end of City Walk for guest that didn't want to take the train.
I'd be surprised if USH gets Diagon Alley at this point. I think the thing that we need to watch is the Harry Potter stuff at Epic Universe. Since the new ride there is using...