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Forgot about Shrek! Theater is more poorly themed than the Shrek theater :ack:
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It is easily 90% plain black walls. There's only a little bit of wood on the back of the theater.
The theater looks like it belongs at a regional park where it's film gets changed every season. It's easily the most off the shelf biggest POS Universal has ever built.
Of all the weird things to complain about, it looks very similar to the actual Studio 6B just slightly smaller (The studio looks a lot bigger on TV than it actually is). The real studio has the small section of wood grain and above that (where lighting equipment is) is all black, just like the ride. You may not like it, but it's spot on.
I would imagine it will be more like a Disaster, where you experience it once or twice on a trip, since each experience (with live acts queue) is going to take 30 minutes or so. That doesn't really lend itself to a lot of repeat rides since it occupies a large chunk of time. So, it's more of a total attraction then just a ride per se like a SpiderMan or Transformers where it's 4 minutes at a clip.
It is easily 90% plain black walls. There's only a little bit of wood on the back of the theater.
The theater looks like it belongs at a regional park where it's film gets changed every season. It's easily the most off the shelf biggest POS Universal has ever built.
Disaster, the practical ride that everyone says they miss, but nobody ever did
I imagine they were going for a more realistic tv studio feel...The audience parts are normally ugly...A good example of where hyper-real theme can actually be a bad thing
Yes, I've been in a few TV studios that were really bad. Seats on scaffolding type structures, etc., just about everything showing besides the stage itself. They're generally not like the ornate old time movie theaters or Broadway theaters. They're made to be "functional", not necessarily pretty.Disaster, the practical ride that everyone says they miss, but nobody ever did
I imagine they were going for a more realistic tv studio feel...The audience parts are normally ugly...A good example of where hyper-real theme can actually be a bad thing
They were going for the "no effort" feel IMO. I swear, it's like a theater at a regional amusement park. You can see the fans hanging from the ceiling with no effort to hide them. It's just upsetting that the ride turned out like this...
Yes, I've been in a few TV studios that were really bad. Seats on scaffolding type structures, etc., just about everything showing besides the stage itself. They're generally not like the ornate old time movie theaters or Broadway theaters. They're made to be "functional", not necessarily pretty.
I've been on the tour as well and it definitely surprised me how different it looks not through the TV. In reality, there is MUCH MORE hanging from the ceiling. If they wanted to be realistic they would need to hang a bunch more lights and TVs from the ceiling.
This picture is the same studio 6B, but from a previous host (not sure which). The stuff mounted up top is the same as it is now though.
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That's unfortunate...I have yet to ride (hopefully next week)...I do know Universal has a "nobody looks up" mentality with a lot of things...perhaps theming budget was spent on the pre-shows :shrug:They were going for the "no effort" feel IMO. I swear, it's like a theater at a regional amusement park. You can see the fans hanging from the ceiling with no effort to hide them. It's just upsetting that the ride turned out like this...
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You know what? I genuinely like Shrek. I think as far as the movie goes, it's almost up there with T2. Most of the jokes land well and the 3D is used as well as it can be for a theatre.
Sure, it's not themed that well but I'd take mediocre theming and a good film over good theming and a mediocre film.
The apparatus for Soarin' isn't themed at all, and I'm not complaining. Just metal and seats in front of a dome screen with clearly discernible edges.
Look up the next time you're in Tough to be a bug, Voyage of the Little Mermaid, Mickey's Philharmagic. You can see the fans hanging with no effort to hide them. I think people are being overly critical for no reason on this.They were going for the "no effort" feel IMO. I swear, it's like a theater at a regional amusement park. You can see the fans hanging from the ceiling with no effort to hide them. It's just upsetting that the ride turned out like this...
Look up the next time you're in Tough to be a bug, Voyage of the Little Mermaid, Mickey's Philharmagic. You can see the fans hanging with no effort to hide them. I think people are being overly critical for no reason on this.
That kinda talk gets you banned, sir.
That's a really great point. Cant' forgive one while bashing the other. (If you bash both, then this doesn't apply )
I do think we're kinder to attractions that we're more familiar with as a whole.100%. There's definitely areas where judgement is warranted, but this ride has really brought out some pitchforks.