The Incredible Hulk Roller Coaster

[Vyrus]

Please! Rep will be awarded from me too!

Anyway, I have been tracking the news about Hulk's rust problem and this is what has been discovered so far (links are provided):

Forms (Topic of disscusion)
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Orlando United (Of Chorse!)
Florida Thrills
IoA Central (This is there Hulk section)
Amusment Insider (More of an responce to the Screamscape article)

Articles
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Screamscape
Behind the Thrills (One of the co-owners wrote this)

I will still be looking aroud and updating this list as the news spreads...

Way to Go RnR :thumbs: our fearless repaint hulk group leader starter person

I'm hoping that the HRRR and the Hulk get it on with the Hollywood Dream and Pineapple Express and out re-born is the The Hulk. Since the ride is currently called The Incredible Hulk Coaster, a rename after a retrofit would be cool and just call it Hulk or The Hulk officially.

 

[universal chris]

Well this answers just about everything. Just found this news article:

"Hulk Coaster to be dismantled and replaced by Ironman Dark ride"

You can read it here at the TEA's website:
http://www.themeit.com/ioa/hulk_replacement/

thats not going to happen

 

[Rock'nRoller]

Well this answers just about everything. Just found this news article:

"Hulk Coaster to be dismantled and replaced by Ironman Dark ride"

You can read it here at the TEA's website:
http://www.themeit.com/ioa/hulk_replacement/

Link is broken on my computer from some reason, but I highly doubt that will happen.......

Way to Go RnR :thumbs: our fearless repaint hulk group leader starter person

I'm hoping that the HRRR and the Hulk get it on with the Hollywood Dream and Pineapple Express and out re-born is the The Hulk. Since the ride is currently called The Incredible Hulk Coaster, a rename after a retrofit would be cool and just call it Hulk or The Hulk officially.

Thanks for the title! Anyway, I still think The Increadible Hulk Coaster is fine name as it is....They just need to re-paint / re-furb it!!!!

 

[Vyrus]

Well this answers just about everything. Just found this news article:

"Hulk Coaster to be dismantled and replaced by Ironman Dark ride"

You can read it here at the TEA's website:
http://www.themeit.com/ioa/hulk_replacement/

As good as your info has been in the past Teebz, I doubt this would come to fruition. There are MUCH older steel coasters in the Orlando and Tampa alone, Kumba being one of them, that has been cleaned up and refurbished. And it would be silly to demolish the once #1 steel coaster in the world for a dark ride.

--- Update ---

Link is broken on my computer from some reason, but I highly don't think that will happen.........



Thanks for the title! Anyway, I still think The Increadible Hulk Coaster is fine name as it is....They just need to re-paint / re-furb it!!!!

But think about, if they re-do the coaster then in the launch hill instead of the crazy "I think its going to work!" lines, we can hear something along the lines of:

"I just have to control it"
"I can control it"
"Just don't make me angry"
"You're making me angry now"
'HULK ROAR'

and...launch.

 

[Rock'nRoller]

^ Thats a good Idea! But, do you think this would be better?

"Everything looks good"

"I just *pause* have to control it now"

"Just don't make me angry"

*Warning Sirens Go Off*

"Warning, *Something to be warned about* "

"You're making me annnnnngggggggggrrrrrrrrryyyyyyyy"

'HULK ROAR'

and...launch.

 

[mantaguy]

How are we making him angry? I like it the way it is now.

 

[universal chris]

How are we making him angry? I like it the way it is now.

me to

 

[Rock'nRoller]

me to

Oh-well. Just an idea....Now lets go :focus:

 

[mantaguy]

Oh-well. Just an idea....Now lets go :focus:

I'm thinkin' the Hulk could use a re-paint.

 

[Teebin]

T'was a joke... was just hoping a few would bite into it. I thought the link to the TEA would hop you all up and get you sputtering.

Otherwise, this thread is like watching paint dry, and dry and dry.

If Universal had planned on the amount of kooks buying junk merch in the WW and stocked beyond "disney" comprehension then they could have built 19 hulks by now. Alas, even I did not think there were that many HP kooks out there looking to part with their money to buy crap made in China. If I were to spend a few hundred bucks.... I know where to get the real deal and signed no less. Already have one of those items and it is signed and no one on earth has it. (Universal and WB is going "wah wha what?!?!?!")

So, Hulk will be painted sometime in the next 20 years. A few trains might come loose and pop off the track sending many to their deaths in the mean time... but it will be thrilling and terrifying! And that is what IOA promises. Stop worrying about it.

 

[hulkman]

T'was a joke... was just hoping a few would bite into it. I thought the link to the TEA would hop you all up and get you sputtering.

Otherwise, this thread is like watching paint dry, and dry and dry.

If Universal had planned on the amount of kooks buying junk merch in the WW and stocked beyond "disney" comprehension then they could have built 19 hulks by now. Alas, even I did not think there were that many HP kooks out there looking to part with their money to buy crap made in China. If I were to spend a few hundred bucks.... I know where to get the real deal and signed no less. Already have one of those items and it is signed and no one on earth has it. (Universal and WB is going "wah wha what?!?!?!")

So, Hulk will be painted sometime in the next 20 years. A few trains might come loose and pop off the track sending many to their deaths in the mean time... but it will be thrilling and terrifying! And that is what IOA promises. Stop worrying about it.

hhahhahhahhahhahha :rep:

 

[Vyrus]

The problem with the Hulk is not that it needs to be painted, it needs to get a chemical treatment and remove the rust. Look at Kumba, it was brown dank and nasty. After the chemical scrub it received the original color shone right through. So that along with new wheels on the coaster and it should be good to go.

Speaking of which, I definately believe the Dragons went through the same chemical scrub when it went down for 3 weeks in February in order to have it look pristine for WWoHP.

But mark my words, since the Hulk is front and center when you walk into the park, they HAVE to wait until a really slow time of year to do it. Such as Jan/Feb time frame.

 

[universal chris]

The problem with the Hulk is not that it needs to be painted, it needs to get a chemical treatment and remove the rust. Look at Kumba, it was brown dank and nasty. After the chemical scrub it received the original color shone right through. So that along with new wheels on the coaster and it should be good to go.

Speaking of which, I definately believe the Dragons went through the same chemical scrub when it went down for 3 weeks in February in order to have it look pristine for WWoHP.

But mark my words, since the Hulk is front and center when you walk into the park, they HAVE to wait until a really slow time of year to do it. Such as Jan/Feb time frame.

how about september october

 

[Rock'nRoller]

how about september october

October is HHN. September would be only month left (Unless they can put Hulk down on the last week of August) that they can re-furb / re-paint Hulk.

 

[universal chris]

October is HHN. September would be only month left (Unless they can put Hulk down on the last week of August) that they can re-furb / re-paint Hulk.

that would be fine

 

[Lombards64]

If they change Spider-Man in any way, I will never go to Universal again. Not kidding. And Hulk does not need on-ride audio. It'd be a pointless addition that adds nothing to the story line.

Does anyone even know what Hulks storyline is? Or care for that matter? It would be nice if they could make it more easy to follow or explain it more, but a story isn't necessary for the ride. Anyway, maybe they're letting it rust on purpose to turn it gray, which was the Hulk's initial color in the comics! All nerdism aside, yes it needs a serious referb.

 

[Rock'nRoller]

Does anyone even know what Hulks storyline is? Or care for that matter? It would be nice if they could make it more easy to follow or explain it more, but a story isn't necessary for the ride. Anyway, maybe they're letting it rust on purpose to turn it gray, which was the Hulk's initial color in the comics! All nerdism aside, yes it needs a serious referb.

Again, welcome to the site. To answer your question, the storyline is about Bruse Banner trying to use the Gamma Ray excelerator (your train) to some how get rid of the Hulk. We enter and go along with him into the tube when things go wrong and he turns into the Hulk and we go along for the ride....Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!

 

[Lombards64]

^Yeah, I found it out through multiple ride thorughs. But if someone is just going on for the first time and has no knowledge of the ride besides it's a roller coaster, it will totally go over their heads.

 

[Vyrus]

^Yeah, I found it out through multiple ride thorughs. But if someone is just going on for the first time and has no knowledge of the ride besides it's a roller coaster, it will totally go over their heads.

Thats why you pay attention to the monitors in the queue line and listen to what is being said. Then you catch the ride's story line.

 

[Rock'nRoller]

Thats why you pay attention to the monitors in the queue line and listen to what is being said. Then you catch the ride's story line.

Exactly! :thumbs:

Is Hulk Painted yet?

NO!