Well, you should tell Mike over here to keep his dumb comments to himself.Guys - let's not provoke. That doesn't help either.
Well, you should tell Mike over here to keep his dumb comments to himself.Guys - let's not provoke. That doesn't help either.
Well, you should tell Mike over here to keep his dumb comments to himself.
Yes the SFX is dynamic...Gringotts was Intamin and classified as the" First Special Effects Coaster/Dark Ride Hybrid"...unfortunately it is more of a prototype...All that to say, I'd rather see Dynamic do the FF dark ride
Well, Yoshi won't be very thrilling from all accounts so why can't HP have a tamer ride as well?Looks like some dueling dragons came out in the last page....
Anyways, whatever they do. They need to do it before third park starts construction. I however really think they need a high thrill family ride rather than a safe family ride. Remember Universal keeps pushing grown up vacations in their ads. Not bring your toddler to the park commercials.
Well, Yoshi won't be very thrilling from all accounts so why can't HP have a tamer ride as well?
So there can absolutely never be a calmer moment? We're restricted to only the dangerous events described in the books? We can't use the parks to expand the story? Ok then.Because a book about a wizard whose parents were killed by a evil wizard and continues all 7 years with him trying to be killed by same wizard isn't tame at all. The wizarding world was always dangerous, beautiful and fun but dangerous. Doing a tame ride kinda goes against everything in the book minus the Hogwarts express and the Threstal drawn trolleys but even Threstal drawn trolleys are dark because the only reason you can see them is if you watched someone die.
So there can absolutely never be a calmer moment? We're restricted to only the dangerous events described in the books? We can't use the parks to expand the story? Ok then.
HP attractions should be based in the exiting and thrilling journys that are seen in the movies and books. A thestral carriage ride isn't gonna do it for guests, it's gonna be a half roller coaster half simulator half 3D thrill ride that people will enjoy. The park could expand to the forbidden forest, but the attractions should be based on the thrilling encounters that are what guests would want.So there can absolutely never be a calmer moment? We're restricted to only the dangerous events described in the books? We can't use the parks to expand the story? Ok then.
I wasn't talking about Azkaban. The Forest could be a tamer experience while still having an element of danger. Remember, there used to be a ride that sent you to hell that anyone could ride. Still exists on the west coast.Because the books never had a truly calm moment that makes for a ride outside 4 things in a way that fits Hogsmeade and Hogswart(riding a hippogruff, hogwarts express, the boat ride to the cave where potter saw dumbledore die, and the threstal carts to the castle) . The London side would be where the tame rides could be as the story made the wizard city life fun and safe as there truly is nothing beside the ministry elevators and the knight bus so you could truly make up anything you really wished. Lastly its nots Universal who has to be like we can do whatever we want but you forget JK Rowling has to approve. Using the parks to expand the story can end up contradicting the story complete. Like oh yea lets go into the forbidden forest and have a tame ride when the forbidden forest was forbidden for being too dangerous which is why Draco had a fit in the first book and Potter and friends had to sneak into the forest. She is protective of her property she isn't going to greenlit something just because Universal is trying to get a family ride. You can't make a ride about the worst people and ride through Azkaban and be like lets make this tame, that entire thing is about the worst people.
Edit: Went on 3 tangents: One staying true to the story because of JK Rowling. Two, Why Azkaban can't be a tame ride. Three, why forbidden forest can't be tame.
Let me rephrase it this way. Why do you feel the need for a tamer experience for Potter? Fallon, Kong, F&F and Nintendo are all recent and upcoming attractions with minimum height limits "36 inches". I think its ridiculous to push for more attractions for those who fit that instead of Universals main audience is tweens teens and young adults which also happens to skew male. You already have enough upcoming attractions to feel the void of lack of height requirements and you are getting rid of a somewhat high thrill ride so you should keep it a somewhat high thrill ride
Just cuz u mentioned hippo. I think we need to change the hippo seats and make them a bit bigger to make the ride for all ages. The hippo cars in USJ and USH have specifically two seated row, and the chairs look really comfortable. All we have is a small book with some fish net over the bar. The ride would be much more enjoyable with better seats.As a massive fan of the series as well as a theme park enthusiast, I'm gonna go for broke here and suggest that we can have a balance. Flight of the Hippogryph makes sense as is but the theming could certainly be upgraded. A more elaborate ride with a few more thrills could do a fair amount to add to the park.
While we remember the thrilling moments in the films we often forget that the larger wizarding world featured a number of perfectly safe aspects. Many of those make up the larger immersion factors in the parks - the shops and Hogwarts, etc... I think if you want a Forbidden Forest ride you have a few options and none of them have to be incredibly thrilling nor do they require toddler level tameness. We could keep the Flight of the Hippogryph and make a new ride or expand the current one to fit in with a more immersive environment. There are a fair number of options going forward and I'm certain Universal is figuring it out.
Because there's already two thrilling major HP rides and a third with that kind of work and budget behind it that's more accessible wouldn't hurt anyone.Let me rephrase it this way. Why do you feel the need for a tamer experience for Potter? Fallon, Kong, F&F and Nintendo are all recent and upcoming attractions with minimum height limits "36 inches". I think its ridiculous to push for more attractions for those who fit that instead of Universals main audience is tweens teens and young adults which also happens to skew male. You already have enough upcoming attractions to feel the void of lack of height requirements and you are getting rid of a somewhat high thrill ride so you should keep it a somewhat high thrill ride