ReelJustice
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I'm incredulous as to the dissent being directed towards this attraction. Looks like the best non-Potter attraction since Spider-Man.
Im with you. My money is on a bat on the top of the templeMy money is still on the bats, at the very least. Hopefully a bug too
I agree 100%. But whenever I see the dissent I'm always reminded of the line from Casablanca, "round up the usual suspects". Some folks are just negative oriented.....As an example of the You Tube video judging crowd. There's a staff writer on a certain popular Theme Park site that's always criticizing the attractions at Universal Orlando. Too many screeeenz, too much 3D, not enough AA's etc. But, by his own admission, he's never been to Orlando. Not Universal or even WDW. Always says he'd like to get around to getting there some day though.I'm incredulous as to the dissent being directed towards this attraction. Looks like the best non-Potter attraction since Spider-Man.
Yeah, I'm kind of betting on the worm creature too. Its too cool not to have it.Well Teebin mentioned a new animatronic that he just found out about being here also. So I'm guessing three total with Kong. Hoping for a bat, Kong, and a dinosaur but it will probably the worm creature.
I'm incredulous as to the dissent being directed towards this attraction. Looks like the best non-Potter attraction since Spider-Man.
I don't want this thread to go into the screeeennnnzzz debate again but I would much rather ride Spiderman, transformers, FJ, and Gringotts than Disneys dark rides filled with AAs.
I think a major factor here is that Universal just doesn't have the budget Disney does. I think it costs a lot more to build an animatronic heavy, thrill ride like Dinosour at Animal Kingdom than it does to build a screen heavy thrill ride like Kong.It’s not that I don’t like 3D or screen-based rides, as I’ve enjoyed all of them, pretty much, with Spider-Man being my favorite ride of all time; I’d just like it if it didn’t feel (to me) like Universal reflexively jumps to those techniques rather than coming up with attraction concepts that could be achieved by more physical, practical means. I don’t think that’s an unfair or unreasonable desire.
I think a major factor here is that Universal just doesn't have the budget Disney does. I think it costs a lot more to build an animatronic heavy, thrill ride like Dinosour at Animal Kingdom than it does to build a screen heavy thrill ride like Kong.
Because most people, AKA not hyper critical theme park fans, see this and go, "Oh wow that's cool!"
I think a major factor here is that Universal just doesn't have the budget Disney does. I think it costs a lot more to build an animatronic heavy, thrill ride like Dinosour at Animal Kingdom than it does to build a screen heavy thrill ride like Kong.
yeah, maybe, but only hyper critical theme park fans even watch this stuff.
It's made for us. Screw "them".
This was a story on io9 and ComingSoon.net today. The Kong stuff is definitely being sent out to non theme park sites
I think a major factor here is that Universal just doesn't have the budget Disney does. I think it costs a lot more to build an animatronic heavy, thrill ride like Dinosour at Animal Kingdom than it does to build a screen heavy thrill ride like Kong.
The "screenz" argument is kind of invalid when you think about the story and experience that UOR is trying to create with their rides.