- Jun 21, 2016
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For whatever reason I thought everyone was talking about size, not height.
Your post is spot on- 100% agree.
Villain-Con Minion Blast (General Discussion)
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Your post is spot on- 100% agree.
Not just height, but anyone who doesn’t like fast rides or shaky rides too. This is a park with several coasters and multiple simulators after all. But yes, more things without height restrictions is a win for Universal.
- Jul 24, 2018
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It's funny - I always wondered how they had room for an HHN house in 1 of the Shrek theaters.
Now they built a 5.5 minute long ride in that space. Maybe it's a much larger than I thought.
Now they built a 5.5 minute long ride in that space. Maybe it's a much larger than I thought.
- Oct 1, 2010
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Curious, has there been any ride at any Universal park that has done that, specifically holiday overlays or more randomization than Kong's different voiceovers? I know fans have speculated the same thing for both HRRR and DreamWorks theater out in Hollywood and we've seen nothing other than Rock the Universe songs and then one song at HRRR being changed? I want you to be right but fool me once...
- Jul 13, 2018
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They should turn SLOP into a moving walkway. My poor six ft 2 knees...
I though that too when I saw how the queue was laid out. But then again @Alicia said they used both the theater and backstage space as well. Though I wonder if it has the ride or the queue or both that extended into the backstage portions.
- Jul 8, 2019
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Sometimes spaces are bigger than they seem and sometimes they’re smaller than they seem (I’d say Stitch’s Escape is an example of smaller than they seem, which is why it’s so hard to figure out what to do with that).
If they can fit an HHN house in a sprung tent or MIB tent then one Shrek theater was nothing. Having a mostly exterior queue for this helps being able to squeeze it into the remaining space. So does not having something like a ride vehicle maintenance bay, and I’m guessing the “loading platform” is a lot smaller than a TSMM or DCA Spiderman ride.
- Jul 24, 2018
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I wouldn't be surprised if they get some "kid blasters" which aren't functional, but make noise/light up and are lighter specifically for little ones who won't necessarily understand that they're not really doing anything. That way the littlest guests can still have fun. When my nieces were here the older ones got interactive wands and did all the Potter stuff and my sister bought the youngest a wand that lit up and made sound and she was perfectly happy to play with that doing the same thing her sisters were.
The old, give a kid the unplugged game controller routine.
- Sep 3, 2022
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I’m happy for my kid to just watch me shoot from my chest height, how selfish
- May 6, 2019
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They just have to decrease some reticle effects, it gets to crowded with power ups at the end.
HRRR came out when NBCUniversal still owned Universal Music but since Comcast no longer get Universal Music with the purchase we are one of the few parks that doesn't swap out music (USJ version of HRRR swaps music out almost quarterly)
Has anybody made a video with the blaster on the car park walkway saying this ride sucks yet?
- May 16, 2022
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I liked Villain Con, it’s not the best but it’s fun. Only thing I wish they’d change is the space between dots. Too many people blasting the screens at once, from what I understand it’s all Wi-Fi synced so it creates really bad lag. Plus all the cursers (if that’s what you even call it) from all the other blasters are kinda confusing and you have to pay attention to where you’re at and when you’re in a room with 15 other people it’s just a lot. It’s chaotic fun, but I like it. I just hope they make a few changes. There was one point of it where everyone was just blasting the screen all at once and you couldn’t even see what was happening because it was just fiery explosions happening every second again, chaotic fun.
- May 26, 2010
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It sounds like the solution to multiple problems (latency/lag, crowding/fear of smacking into people during gameplay) is to put fewer people onto the conveyor belt at once. Initially seems like a simple solution until you remember that adversely impacts capacity, but the trade off might be worth it if everyone has a better experience. They’d still likely need to tweak the game to accommodate fewer players in a scene at any given moment (ie fewer hits of a villain to trigger a powerup).
