Epic Universe Ride Breakdowns/Delays

[Clive]

And as for Ministry yesterday...

• First Death Eater animatronic in archive battle not working.
• 2nd Death Eater's crate drop not working.
• PENDULUM WAS WORKING!
• Harry animatronic not moving.
• Final elevator wasn't moving, although the ride stopped briefly so I'll chalk this up to that.

Just to add another data point, all of these effects were working last Friday/Saturday (11/7 and 8).

 

[Dapale]

For monsters today (as of 11am):
- Both preshows working with all effects
- Bride + Victoria with stungun not moving
- Finale Dracula in B mode (doesn’t move towards vehicle, but animatronic moves still)

Pretty good run

 

[kingcooger]

What’s the difference in A mode and B mode for the final Dracula animatronic?

 

[devinp267]

What’s the difference in A mode and B mode for the final Dracula animatronic?

A mode he lunges way closer to you b mode is less. And I wanna say c mode lol, where he moves but there no forward motion but he reacts to the sun beam from Victoria with his Hands

 

[Mad Dog]

We rode Monsters quite a few times on Nov. 16th. All the pre shows and all the animatronics on the ride were working, with
the exception of the last Victoria. We rode it a few times again on Nov. 30th and all the animatronics were working including the
last Victoria. The spit from the Wolfman was real heavy....Maybe it was just my imagination, but the ride profile on the 30th seem
more thrilling than the ride on the 23rd. ...Anyway, bottom line, in my opinion, this is the best ride in Orlando, Disney or Universal. A
true WOW factor.

 

[Grabnar]

12/5 - No preshow for Monsters, most animatronics were working at least in B mode.

Every ride has had substantial delays, DK hasn’t come up at all. MK just came up at around 12p. Stardust is currently delayed and down.

Really incredible that we’re 9 months in and having this many issues.

 

[Mad Dog]

12/5 - No preshow for Monsters, most animatronics were working at least in B mode.

Every ride has had substantial delays, DK hasn’t come up at all. MK just came up at around 12p. Stardust is currently delayed and down.

Really incredible that we’re 9 months in and having this many issues.

Yes, sad. Sunday afternoon on Nov. 30th was eerily like that. Both rides and shows kept breaking down with the dreaded delay
posted at the attraction, and queue closed. The worst part was that the delay postings on the app were also usually 'delayed', so we'd take
the long Celestial walk to a land and find what we thought was open, wasn't. We basically walked in circles for hours, legs worn out,
and really frustrated. Fortunately, most rides were better after 5:30 as the crowd thinned out. But both shows were down for most of their scheduled showings. Really 'Bad Show'. 9 months in, this is really inexcusable....Conversely, touring IOA and USF during the vacation were a joy. Operations
were really smooth. At this point in time, Epic is nowhere close to IOA and USF as an enjoyable and entertaining theme park experience. I won't recommend Epic to anyone until they get their act together. Epic could be a really really good park, but its certainly not there yet, unless you
want to spend a small fortune for a express pass, and even then there's just not enough to do.

 

[Cwoolboy]

Not enough to do?! I spent around 2 days there and I STILL didn't hit everything!

 

[DOOMBOT]

Not enough to do?! I spent around 2 days there and I STILL didn't hit everything!

I think "Comfortably" is a key word to add to these discussions. It can take days to do everything Epic has to offer, but the issue is that that's only the case because every one of those things usually takes upwards of 30 to 200 minutes in line to experience. There aren't really any Tiki Room, Nemo, HMUS, E.T., Star Tours-type attractions that you can almost always jump right on and experience easily. If you don't want to stand in another long queue for awhile, there really isn't much for you at Epic. I think that's the complaint.

 

[devinp267]

Not enough to do?! I spent around 2 days there and I STILL didn't hit everything!

I just don’t get it when people say that lol. A full days worth everytime I went.

 

[Jake S]

I just don’t get it when people say that lol. A full days worth everytime I went.

a full day of waiting in lines, sure

 

[Mad Dog]

a full day of waiting in lines, sure

and....taking long walks looking for a ride or show that isn't in the dreaded 'delay' status. ....Epic is great exercise for sure. My calf
muscles are now epic.

 

[sonoma15]

Not enough to do?! I spent around 2 days there and I STILL didn't hit everything!

Yeah, Epic is easily a 2 day park in my opinion if you truly want to see and do everything. I can spend a full day in Nintendo alone.

 

[devinp267]

a full day of waiting in lines, sure

It’s a brand new park with very high tech aspects to it. People want boundaries to be pushed in tech this is what comes with it, then when they plop a basic or subpar attraction people dump on em and call them cheap. Everytime these parks swing for the stars there’s going to be complications. And I have been to epic 3times this year. Longest wait was ministry at 135.

 

[Jake S]

It’s a brand new park with very high tech aspects to it. People want boundaries to be pushed in tech this is what comes with it,

who are people?

then when they plop a basic or subpar attraction people dump on em and call them cheap.

yes, people should criticize crappy attractions.

Everytime these parks swing for the stars there’s going to be complications. And I have been to epic 3times this year. Longest wait was ministry at 135.

i don’t think epic universe swung for the stars. i also don’t really think it matters. i went for two days and found the park significantly lacking. glad you had a good time, but this dismissal of criticism is so lame.

 

[devinp267]

who are people?

yes, people should criticize crappy attractions.

i don’t think epic universe swung for the stars. i also don’t really think it matters. i went for two days and found the park significantly lacking. glad you had a good time, but this dismissal of criticism is so lame.

People as in this forum, and Significantly lacking is WILD when we have 15+yr old parks with less to offer, unless you mean operations on the days you visited. But I digress I hear and see more positive than negative, long lines is what there was always going to be so that argument is just moot.

 

[Mad Dog]

who are people?

yes, people should criticize crappy attractions.

i don’t think epic universe swung for the stars. i also don’t really think it matters. i went for two days and found the park significantly lacking. glad you had a good time, but this dismissal of criticism is so lame.

Yes. Absolutely beautiful park, better looking than I imagined....BUT a significant shortage of meaningful rides (MSHI and Hogsmeade lands
at IOA have more 'good significant' rides total than all of Epic). And, I'd guess the huge downtimes ( an entire park of ROTR tech issues)
on just about every attraction are way
more than Universal ever thought they'd be nine months into existence since softs began. I'd bet Universal is aware of these shortcomings
and worried the capacity issues will be affecting future guest attendance and that's why they're probably going to accelerate expansion schedules.
Universal is leaving money on the table by having to have a max attendance cap. It's kind of a Jekyll and Hyde park. It could be really good
on a day where everything operates well and attendance is in the teens and really bad when there's rolling breakdowns on a near
max attendance day. And then there's the mostly outdoor rides issue in a state with weather that's not very accommodating.....Lots of
potential, but probably a few years away.

 

[OrlandoGuy]

It’s a brand new park with very high tech aspects to it. People want boundaries to be pushed in tech this is what comes with it, then when they plop a basic or subpar attraction people dump on em and call them cheap. Everytime these parks swing for the stars there’s going to be complications. And I have been to epic 3times this year. Longest wait was ministry at 135.

Eh, does Epic really push ride tech boundaries, though?

Berk has a couple off-the-shelf rides and a pretty standard launched roller coaster. Stardust and Werewolf are also standard roller coaster models.

Mario Kart’s biggest innovation is what secures on top of your head…but even that tech has existed for years now.

Monsters marries a 10-year-old ride system with animatronics, which I can understand being problematic from a sheer coordination perspective, but Universal is evidently completely fine running the ride with animatronics out of order so don’t think that’s the issue with that ride.

The two most innovative rides here are Donkey Kong and Ministry. And what’s frustrating there is that those rides have new tech just for the sake of it…especially Ministry, which I’d argue would actually be better off with just the Spiderman Scoop vehicle.

I do like Epic a lot, but nine months later this much downtime points less to teething problems for new rides and more to some sort of systemic issue.

 

[Mad Dog]

The Dragon in the show seems very problematic the last three weeks, or so.

 

[devinp267]

Eh, does Epic really push ride tech boundaries, though?

Berk has a couple off-the-shelf rides and a pretty standard launched roller coaster. Stardust and Werewolf are also standard roller coaster models.

Mario Kart’s biggest innovation is what secures on top of your head…but even that tech has existed for years now.

Monsters marries a 10-year-old ride system with animatronics, which I can understand being problematic from a sheer coordination perspective, but Universal is evidently completely fine running the ride with animatronics out of order so don’t think that’s the issue with that ride.

The two most innovative rides here are Donkey Kong and Ministry. And what’s frustrating there is that those rides have new tech just for the sake of it…especially Ministry, which I’d argue would actually be better off with just the Spiderman Scoop vehicle.

I do like Epic a lot, but nine months later this much downtime points less to teething problems for new rides and more to some sort of systemic issue.

Correct ministry and dk most innovative in park, hence the downtimes, Also some elements of that httyd show. Also Mk is the first AR Dark ride if I’m not mistaking, and if anyone is gonna downplay what went into making everything work as well as it does in that attraction then ok I guess.