Nintendo Coming to Universal Parks

[JungleSkip]

Donkey Kong and Mario Kart have me just so hyped. I don't know which one I'm more excited for

 

[fryoj]

Good job. :thumbsup:...I would bet money that's DK. Between the fact of it's location (surely isn't coincidental), the look of the track, and it being forced off the internet.

Well whoever forced them off really aren't going to like that I still had the tweet in the cache on my phone. lol

Here the other 3 pics.

 

[JungleSkip]

So this REALLY lines up with what we saw in the one CAD photo the guy on twitter posted. Low to the ground, probably some launches in there.

 

[Alicia]

Looks to me like tests of different moves and not a final track layout... but definitely jives with the idea of it being a mixed dark ride/coaster experience.

EDIT: Upward track waves look to be where the cart will appear to jump the track, moving up and then down a trough.

 

[fryoj]

Looks to me like tests of different moves and not a final track layout... but definitely jives with the idea of it being a mixed dark ride/coaster experience.

EDIT: Upward track waves look to be where the cart will appear to jump the track, moving up and then down a trough.

Oh this is definitely just a test track/proof of concept. S&S has done this a lot over the years.

 

[Mike S]

Looks to me like tests of different moves and not a final track layout... but definitely jives with the idea of it being a mixed dark ride/coaster experience.

EDIT: Upward track waves look to be where the cart will appear to jump the track, moving up and then down a trough.

Hopefully it’s all indoors. The illusion of what they’re trying to accomplish could be completely ruined if it goes outside.

 

[Alicia]

Hopefully it’s all indoors. The illusion of what they’re trying to accomplish could be completely ruined if it goes outside.

Indoors that's dressed to feel outdoors of course.

 

[Mike S]

Indoors that's dressed to feel outdoors of course.

Nah, I was thinking caves like the first DKC.

 

[JungleSkip]

Hopefully it’s all indoors. The illusion of what they’re trying to accomplish could be completely ruined if it goes outside.

Nah, look at the CAD picture again. They'll be able to pull off outdoor portions and complete the illusion.

 

[Alicia]

Nah, I was thinking caves like the first DKC.

Yea, that too. Jungle, caves, pits of doom, and AAs! Woohoo!

 

[Alicia]

Nah, look at the CAD picture again. They'll be able to pull off outdoor portions and complete the illusion.

This? This is nowhere near the final concept. Not even close. (Thankfully.) This kinda looks like roller coaster tycoon, with all the empty space around it. Bleh.

 

[JungleSkip]

This? This is nowhere near the final concept. Not even close. (Thankfully.) This kinda looks like roller coaster tycoon, with all the empty space around it. Bleh.

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It's obviously a proof of concept, for sure. I'm just saying they can easily pull off an outdoor scene or two. IMO they'd be dumb not to. Imagine how hyped people would get seeing a mine cart jump a gap as they walk up to the ride.

 

[Alicia]

It's obviously a proof of concept, for sure. I'm just saying they can easily pull off an outdoor scene or two. IMO they'd be dumb not to. Imagine how hyped people would get seeing a mine cart jump a gap as they walk up to the ride.

Oh, people will see the carts as they approach the entrance to the ride... Just not so sure the entrance is actually outside, so much as it's appearing to be.

Either way, the ride will not be visible from Mushroom Kingdom at all, not until you go through a warp pipe to DK Country. Then the ride will be visible from the mini-land's courtyard.

 

[JungleSkip]

Either way, the ride will not be visible from Mushroom Kingdom at all, not until you go through a warp pipe to DK Country. Then the ride will be visible from the mini-land's courtyard.

Right.

 

[anihilnation]

It's obviously a proof of concept, for sure. I'm just saying they can easily pull off an outdoor scene or two. IMO they'd be dumb not to. Imagine how hyped people would get seeing a mine cart jump a gap as they walk up to the ride.

Much agreed, jumping the gap is the best advertisement, it simply begs to be seen from the outside, and it would not be too hard to cover the track so that nothing is visible.

 

[Mike S]

It's obviously a proof of concept, for sure. I'm just saying they can easily pull off an outdoor scene or two. IMO they'd be dumb not to. Imagine how hyped people would get seeing a mine cart jump a gap as they walk up to the ride.

It would have to be from the side without the boom arm for the illusion to work. It would have to be hidden from on ride POV as well.

To me it just looks like it would be immediately obvious how it’s done when put in daylight.

 

[Alicia]

Much agreed, jumping the gap is the best advertisement, it simply begs to be seen from the outside, and it would not be too hard to cover the track so that nothing is visible.

Even in the leaked (early) art you see a cart jumping track near entrance. (Also, I think that mini play area may have survived to the final version. But not sure.)

 

[JungleSkip]

Even in the leaked (early) art you see a cart jumping track near entrance. (Also, I think that mini play area may have survived to the final version. But not sure.)

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I'm really hoping the play area/net climb area survived.

 

[Mike S]

Even in the leaked (early) art you see a cart jumping track near entrance. (Also, I think that mini play area may have survived to the final version. But not sure.)

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You also see the boom arm and the “real track” pretty clearly proving my worries of an outdoor section potentially shattering the illusion.

 

[Alicia]

You also see the boom arm and the “real track” pretty clearly proving my worries of an outdoor section potentially shattering the illusion.

Not so sure this is actually outside. It could be fake jungle backdrops in a showbuilding with controlled lighting, so may not be so obvious.