Harry Potter and the Escape from Gringotts

[MLevell]

While I do believe that guests are more cognizant of how often they are putting on and taking off glasses than they are of looking at a screen, the solution is building more rides that don't require 3D Glasses not removing them from the rides that were designed to utilize them.

 

[Cygnus]

So today's leadership change with Uni Creative. Sounds awfully coincidental with the glasses experiment. Minions was a disaster, and the attraction isn't very good on the small USF screen without the glasses. Hope it's so bad on Gringotts that they cease the experiment.....Fear Factor empty, no parade yet, no nighttime show yet....damn, K. Irwin is really pinching pennies, even
with record profits.

Creative is separate from UOR operations.

 

[Nico]

So today's leadership change with Uni Creative. Sounds awfully coincidental with the glasses experiment. Minions was a disaster, and the attraction isn't very good on the small USF screen without the glasses. Hope it's so bad on Gringotts that they cease the experiment.....Fear Factor empty, no parade yet, no nighttime show yet....damn, K. Irwin is really pinching pennies, even
with record profits.

Is it really pinching pennies if they’re rebuilding the front of the park, Kidzone, and a whole new park with infrastructure? Or are they spreading out new offerings based on Epic’s opening and we just don’t have the schedule.

Removing the 3D glasses is definitely a bandaid to Studios perception. But I agree, no one says too much 3D, they say “too many screens.”

 

[DodgsonHere]

The only positive I can think of that would come from this is better visibility of the actual physical sets and caverns. I think they’re lost on most people when wearing dark 3D glasses. Some of the caverns and vaults are pretty impressive.

 

[UniversalRBLX]

So today's leadership change with Uni Creative. Sounds awfully coincidental with the glasses experiment. Minions was a disaster, and the attraction isn't very good on the small USF screen without the glasses. Hope it's so bad on Gringotts that they cease the experiment.....Fear Factor empty, no parade yet, no nighttime show yet....damn, K. Irwin is really pinching pennies, even
with record profits.

I pretty much spent last year (I know it got pretty annoying) sounding the alarm bell at UO Operations from parking, security, food & beverage, etc. Since January, there have been lots of improvements at both parks that seem to reverse course. New food booths are being installed (hopefully with better options) and the parks are starting to fix some areas that were looking a bit dated. Toon Lagoon looks the best I've ever seen it.

Hoping we are getting that nighttime parade + new nighttime show package for next year... that will really give Universal an edge and hold USF's popularity through 2026 at least.

I'm really hoping this Gringotts rumor is more of a test of new technology after hours, rather than an actual implementation.

 

[TheGentTrent]

So today's leadership change with Uni Creative. Sounds awfully coincidental with the glasses experiment. Minions was a disaster, and the attraction isn't very good on the small USF screen without the glasses. Hope it's so bad on Gringotts that they cease the experiment.....Fear Factor empty, no parade yet, no nighttime show yet....damn, K. Irwin is really pinching pennies, even
with record profits.

Darned Fast and Furious: Supercharged. First they get rid of the glasses, now every other 3D ride is vulnerable.

That truly is the ride that keeps on giving.

 

[Ken96]

Conversely I think it would help Supercharged to add 3D like it was intended.

Gringotts might actually be okay without it. Especially since the sets are so good.

 

[SpatulaShack]

Conversely I think it would help Supercharged to add 3D like it was intended.

Gringotts might actually be okay without it. Especially since the sets are so good.

Agree to adding 3D to Supercharged but Gringotts would not be okay without it. The entire final act would flat out not work anymore. Most immersion from that scene is created by a combination of the curved screen and 3D. You can't just remove 3D from Gringotts without severely hindering the experience.

 

[Joel]

I wear glasses, so anything in 3d is annoying for me, but I do think this ride works better in the original 3d format. So many scenes would just not play out, as Alicia mentioned.

 

[SpatulaShack]

Please tell me this "experiment" to remove 3D from Gringotts is officially dead!? It's been a while since we heard anything.

 

[Alicia]

Please tell me this "experiment" to remove 3D from Gringotts is officially dead!? It's been a while since we heard anything.

Either the tests they did yielded less than desirable results, or maybe bringing it to light caused them to change their minds? Either way, happy to not see any movement on it.

 

[Scott W.]

Has the 3D been removed?

 

[UniversalRBLX]

Has the 3D been removed?

Still 3D from my last ride on Wednesday.

 

[Alicia]

I think 3D on this one is safe. It probably didn't work out well in 2D in testing I am thinking.

 

[belloq87]

This attraction, whatever my overall feelings about it may be, would be unfathomable in 2D. Human characters would look 20 feet tall!

 

[Alicia]

This attraction, whatever my overall feelings about it may be, would be unfathomable in 2D. Human characters would look 20 feet tall!

Me talking about Dom back in the day and now Kate.

 

[Lucky Planet]

oh no I couldn't imagine this In 2D. that would be rough, and the ending would be kind of ruined.

 

[Steeb]

I managed to ride this for the first time (and multiple times after that!) last week and I genuinely can't help but feel it is very underrated. It really is up there with Rise of the Resistance for me. Genuinely incredible.

 

[GAcoaster]

It was an absolutely ground breaking ride. I feel like it always is overlooked because it just doesn't seem as impressive as the other rides in WWHP to most people.

 

[Mad Dog]

I've loved Gringotts since I first rode it. I generally ride it a half dozen, or more, times every vacation. It was knocked a lot when it opened, probably because coaster fans expected a high thrill coaster, instead of the hybrid attraction that it is. It seems very popular even now. I've often overheard first time riders amazed at how good, and fun, the attraction is. It's definitely one of my top five Universal Orlando attractions...But, RotR in it's full 18 minute experience, in my opinion, is a few notches above Gringotts ride and it's pre shows. RotR is just a magnificent sum of its individual parts. Though, that's no knock against Gringotts. Gringotts is an excellent attraction (plus its queue and pre shows).