I have no issue with screenz, but more with the same gimmicks being overused and also the same simulator-systems being used to simulate an experience that is already there. I'm not really big on Transformers, and mentally I feel it's because the ride feels familiar. I want to like it, but I don't get impressed because somewhere in my brain i'm thinking "I've seen this, I've felt this". I feel like in Fallon's case, even in Minion's case, it's different. Simulator theatres usually provide a different experience, but when it comes to darkride/simulator combos; you really need something other than a freefall gimmick, and the same ride system. It becomes tiresome.
You don't see 2 rapids-type ride, there's only one log-flume, I don't see why we need repeated simulator-systems. I don't care if a ride is taken from the Hollywood tour, it's not an excuse to mimic that ride system because the other was taken from Hollywood aswell with the same 360 tunnel effects. . I mean in the old days, Hollywood had the sideshows on the studio tour first, but when Universal converted them into attractions for Orlando; the whole ride systems were manufactured uniquely to each ride's story. Nowadays if something comes from Hollywood, I feel Universal Orlando feels the need to make the ride a tram of some sort because Hollywood use's that. I mean, sure both Kong and F&F have very similar effects in Hollywood, but maybe that means you have to design a separate attraction that embodies the same plot for Orlando. Jaws literally was transformed into a boat that goes through a variety of scenes and is nothing like it's counterpart in Hollywood. Kongfrontation was a total different experience from the bridge that leaned with the helicopter crash. Earthquake because a show! I mean you can make rides entirely unique, even if the story is borrowed from a sister park. You don't have to make the attraction a carbon copy because the difference between Hollywood and Orlando is that those attractions in Hollywood are short scenes because they're all on one attraction. UO has individual attractions where the expectations are much higher for payoff. You don't want to wait 2 hours for a ride that is just one scene that is built up abruptly; you want an elaborate ride that pays off in the end because you literally had an adventure. Sorry for the run on sentences, I've just got a lot on my mind for this topic, and don't want to forget it.
Anyways. for Transformers, I just feel like the ride was placed in Hollywood because Hollywood doesn't have Spiderman, but I also can't blame Universal for adding it to the lineup because I believe there was demand. That being said though, I don't mind The Simpsons, I don't mind that at all, and that's all screens. It might get me sick from time to time, but I don't mind it It doesn't bore me. I don't mind Terminator which is basically just a movie with actors, but I enjoy it. The reason I'm not engaged in these dark ride/simulators is because even the story for the ride feels like a carbon copy of something else, just with different set pieces and characters and scenery. The practical effects seem placed randomly rather than apart of the scene. To clarify, Spiderman and FJ both have practical effects that add to the ride's story in a way that feels effortless. In Spiderman, the transitions from screen to practical is so effortlessly smooth; you don't stop and think to yourself.,"oh that's screen" or "oh that's practical". Instead you just ride the ride smoothly without noticing. On Kong though, whenever a practical effect happens, you're like "oh yeah that's an animatronic" or "that's a screen", and this is because there isn't a smooth enough transition to merge these elements. Transformers lacks in this care in detail as well, so does Gringotts. Gringotts does try though, it's just the constant braking to watch a screen is a little bit tiresome. I think it's balance that Universal just needs to start working on. I mean we're in 2017 now, can't we just have a ride that can have both screens and AAs in perfect harmony like we have with Spiderman?