Incredible Hulk Coaster Refurb

[Mad Dog]

August 17th softs
September 1st grand opening in time for Labor Day weekend.

My source?

Got you down for those dates.

 

[BJCool]

 

[captainmoch]

Man... can IOA open at night yet? So much beauty in that park after dark...

 

[Mad Dog]

Man... can IOA open at night yet? So much beauty in that park after dark...

I want to "double like" that comment. :thumbsup::thumbsup:

 

[yankees13]

If that's accurate, I'm gonna have to hope I'm there at the right time for softs. My last day in Universal is the 30th, so hopefully it's running at a decent pace by then.

 

[Galaxy Defender]

Hulk has missed majority of the summer. I think Universal will do everything it can to up and running before Labor Day weekend. A grand opening just before then would be a great way for them end the summer season.

 

[Blaw923]

I love the push lately for parks running at night.

Getting rid of all those strollers is going to be amazing !!!!

 

[Joel]

Man... can IOA open at night yet? So much beauty in that park after dark...

:agree:

I want to "double like" that comment. :thumbsup::thumbsup:

:agree::agree:

 

[DragonSlayer]

My new pet peeve to follow the Sapphire Falls parking sign: The train he's holding is almost lined up with the track, but isn't perfectly orientated and isn't actually connected to the rails like it looks like it should be. Universal are really messing with my neat requirements recently

 

[SandiestPirate]

Man... can IOA open at night yet? So much beauty in that park after dark...

Both Universal and IOA are open til 10pm right now. So thats over an hour of darkness in the park.

 

[SandiestPirate]

My new pet peeve to follow the Sapphire Falls parking sign: The train he's holding is almost lined up with the track, but isn't perfectly orientated and isn't actually connected to the rails like it looks like it should be. Universal are really messing with my neat requirements recently

The train off the track not being lined up peeved me too. I liked it better without the recently installed piece behind the car.

 

[IzzyB]

I don't understand kids having phones to begin with.

I always said my kids would get a basic flip phone when they started after school activities or going out without us. Basically being able to contact us if needed because pay phones don't exist anymore. Only issue you can't find flip phones and with the new plans they are just as expensive as smart phones. We ended up upgraded my mom to a smart phone for this exact reason. So now I totally get the 13 year old with a smart phone.

 

[Galaxy Defender]

Have team members been trained yet?

 

[Scott W.]

Have team members been trained yet?

This raises an interesting point. Have the controls been switched to something newer or since the coaster is basically the same as before, they're reusing the old system?

 

[GAcoaster]

TMs have been training for MONTHS now. I imagine that this was a case of delays and back and forth on getting things signed off by Marvel. With every theme park project I've ever seen that involved rights and approvals by license holders always seems to be delayed or right down to the wire getting approvals and doing revisions that the license holder required.

 

[therealscotty]

I've heard from *sources*, who I trust entirely, seeing as we worked with them on this project, The main reason for delay is exactly that, The control/ride systems.

They had planned right up until recently to use the existing system with a nice new control board. however due to issues with the launch tunnel show scenes, this couldnt be done.
Correct me if im wrong but the existing launch tunnel show scene was triggered by an actual sensor on/near the track that detected the train was about to enter the tunnel, for the new scene, this could not be done as the onboard audio starts as soon as the train is dispatched and this needs to line up with the audio in the tunnel/effects.

A new system has been installed and all effects are currently being programmed/timed, best visible example of this is the water jets, they are the same jets, same system, different computer controlling them and therefore timings need to be re tested/inputted, the new trains and speed would mean this would of HAD to have been done on the old system anyway.

I also understand that because of recent issues with the launch scene, the trains speed/launch speed is being changed as of this week. An example of this is the re-testing with dummies in the past few days.

 

[Galaxy Defender]

Hulk starts at 6:50. Water is back and jets are testing.

 

[Teebin]

I've heard from *sources*, who I trust entirely, seeing as we worked with them on this project, The main reason for delay is exactly that, The control/ride systems.

This sounds very very plausible. Another project that was supposed to be a piece of cake.

 

[Galaxy Defender]

This sounds very very plausible. Another project that was supposed to be a piece of cake.

Universal sets an aggressive schedule to get projects done. Unfortunately, sometimes things go wrong. I appreciate them for trying to get projects done so quickly.

 

[Scott W.]

Universal sets an aggressive schedule to get projects done. Unfortunately, sometimes things go wrong. I appreciate them for trying to get projects done so quickly.

Even though we've been given a preview for the queue, I'm expecting some major things going into this if it's taken a year.