So I've been thinking about the best way to describe how I feel about this ride and why I'm disappointed by it. It comes down to my expectations, which I realize were too high. The original talk of it being Spider-Man/Transformers meets Mummy got me excited, even though I knew the coaster portions were not going to be on Mummy's level of intensity. But the ride feels more like 90% Transformers and 10% kiddie coaster to me. The issues don't come down to the ride using screens, but more that the entire experience is just another version of the Spider-Man/Transformers with some kiddie coaster elements thrown in as a twist. They even do the whole same get splashed with a little bit of water thing you see in Spidey and Transformers. I swear if the ride ended with us falling from high up and being saved I would've been mad lol. You can really tell they wanted this ride to be more kid friendly than FJ and Mummy are, it feels toned down to me. The idea of mashing an experience like Spidey/Transformers onto a coaster sounds awesome, this ride just really feels like it just flirted with the idea.
Don't get me wrong, it is a damn good ride and a lot of fun. I just don't see it being the greatest ride ever and IMHO despite being 15 years old....Spider-Man still reigns supreme in UOR. It broke new ground and still to this day is an awesome experience and the whole being raised into the air by Doc Ock's anti-gravity gun effect is still the best one in the resort. They tried to make Gringotts unqiue by throwing the whole coaster track and elements into the ride but it was severely under used and the ride felt like more of the same to me in some ways. I'd still give it an 8/10, I just feel let down that it didn't live up to the hype for me. It probably falls into the 3-5 range as my favorite ride at the resort right now.
