This makes me sick from that article
Ticket price: $30.74
Parking price: $3
Hell yeah But I'm even more sick thinking about gas and food prices back then...
Hell yeah But I'm even more sick thinking about gas and food prices back then...
When I got my first car in 1998 gas I was paying $1.09 a gallon here in the West Palm area :bang:
Cheapest I've paid in my lifetime was 79 cents, in South Carolina of course Cheapest I've ever paid in Florida is about what you have paid Mike.
I find the screen argument tiring now. If Spider-Man, Forbidden Journey, and Transformers haven't changed your mind, I don't know what to tell you. There's so much more that can be done with projection technology than robotics. I'd much rather the money be put into ride vehicles.
The limitations are more a function of cost and access than true walls that cannot be penetrated. It's just like using models and sets or hand drawn animation versus digital animation in films. Or hand drafting plans versus CAD and BIM. This isn't to say that digital cannot be impressive, but at the same time it has become ubiquitous and far more accessible. This has created a romance around the non-digital techniques because fewer people have a familiarity with the skills needed, where as plenty of people screwing around with iMovie thinks that gives them a true taste of film editing and production. But there also many people with talent out there as well. Visual effects companies come and go like the wind because there are probably too many people in the field. A theme park is also not the only place to see the wizardry of industry leaders like ILM or Weta Digital.The problem is, somewhere along the line, audio animatronic technology reached its peak. Jack Sparrow, Ben Franklin, Wicked Witch etc is the best they can do. That's the limit.
Projection technology and digital animation still have room to grow (who knows if there's a limit?) Just wait until they can do 3D without glasses on a massive scale!
I think that screens mixed with practical effects and sets would make for a fine ride.
That said, I would love Universal to give us a ride that utilizes 3D screen technology that is not dependent on glasses. That would allow for even more suspension of disbelief.
Everything I've heard about the Hogwarts Express indicates that they are using a never before seen glasses free 3D tech. I'm really eager to experience that.
I think that screens mixed with practical effects and sets would make for a fine ride.
That said, I would love Universal to give us a ride that utilizes 3D screen technology that is not dependent on glasses. That would allow for even more suspension of disbelief.
Everything I've heard about the Hogwarts Express indicates that they are using a never before seen glasses free 3D tech. I'm really eager to experience that.