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Skull Island: Reign of Kong - General Discussion

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belloq87 said:
Understood, and I don't doubt you. The whole thing, however, just sounds very odd to me. Will this make JP the only land in the park to not have entrance iconography at both sides? I’m trying to think of all the others off the top of my head, and I can’t think of any that are lacking. But I guess this really isn't a discussion for this thread, either.
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When Hogsmeade took over Merlinwood, we lost one of the Griffin statues indicating the starting point of Lost Continent from the Jurassic Park side.
 
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I know this has been discussed before, but I was just browsing the Universal website and noticed Kong was the only ride that was described as "best for teens and adults". Rides like Hulk and Dragon challenge were only "best for teens"... just a testament for the intensity of Kong.
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I love to hear the kids screaming on rides it just adds to the realism. I was gutted when Disney got rid of Alien Encounter :devil:
 
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frenchy2475 said:
I love to hear the kids screaming on rides it just adds to the realism. I was gutted when Disney got rid of Alien Encounter :devil:
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also like alien encounter.They should also add kongs shout so if you get lucky and the timings right you will hear a kid screaming or crying followed by the shout of Kong which would make most people stop in their tracks before entering
 
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Or the sound of Kong burping after he devours an unruly screaming kid. :lol:
 
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deathcab4cutie said:
also like alien encounter.They should also add kongs shout so if you get lucky and the timings right you will hear a kid screaming or crying followed by the shout of Kong which would make most people stop in their tracks before entering
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Interestingly enough, the UC lead on Kong was also one of the creative leads for Alien Encounter back in the day. Mike West worked on the first version of Alien Encounter prior to the rewrite. I had a blast with him in the theater watching him throw watermelons at the floor and using a cut off Zephyrhills water jug bottle to create some of the binaural audio. Imaginineering brought in a much younger guy to "punch up" the original storyline to make it less funny, and more terrifying.
 
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shiekra38 said:
Pretty sure that is the score that plays their all the time created for the JPRA/Camp Jurassic area...sorry to be a buzzkill haha
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Is it? Doesn't sound familiar to me.
 
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deathcab4cutie said:
also like alien encounter.They should also add kongs shout so if you get lucky and the timings right you will hear a kid screaming or crying followed by the shout of Kong which would make most people stop in their tracks before entering
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If you scream in front of the ride you hear Kongs awesome roar. Talk about interactivity.
 
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Just to settle the issue of the origins of the music playing in that clip from near the Kong site, it's from John Williams' score to THE LOST WORLD. It comes from the second half of a cue called "Hammond's Plan."

With respect to Kong, I'll bet we'll get a loop comprised of cues from James Newton Howard's score to Peter Jackson's 2005 version, rather than newly-orchestrated pieces, but we'll see!
 
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belloq87 said:
Just to settle the issue of the origins of the music playing in that clip from near the Kong site, it's from John Williams' score to THE LOST WORLD.
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I just double checked and you are absolutely correct. I am surprised they felt compelled to add later scores to JP IOA. It really wasn't required and gives a far darker tone to the park than was the original idea. Do they still use the original original calypso style track written for IOA in JP?
 
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it could be that it played in the past but once they removed the archway the theme also went away till they could find a new location for the speakers
 
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Teebin said:
I just double checked and you are absolutely correct. I am surprised they felt compelled to add later scores to JP IOA. It really wasn't required and gives a far darker tone to the park than was the original idea. Do they still use the original original calypso style track written for IOA in JP?
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When I was last there in October, I didn't notice the calypso version of the main theme. I did notice, however, a TON of LOST WORLD score throughout the land, including lengthy unreleased tracks that aren't even on the soundtrack album. I'd say there's more LW music in there now than anything else.
 
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Do they still use the original original calypso style track written for IOA in JP?
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It plays in front of and behind Discovery Center. Easiest to catch it on the lagoon side where there are less distractions.
 
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Here's a shot from today with the marquee in place. Theming coming, I suspect.
 

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Mad Dog said:
Good points. in reference to that, I recall reading that when they did the Media day run for 7 Dwarfs Coaster, one of the media reps came close to having her raised hands hit the top of one of the tunnels as the car went through. Someone had measured wrong. They shut down the ride for about a month while they redid the entrance tunnel.
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Here's a video of it testing for anybody curious.

 
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It's crazy how "done" this is and yet we're still a good 4-5 months out from opening
 
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Here's a shot from today with the marquee in place. Theming coming, I suspect.
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I really like that sign. I hope it's staying white with the black text.
 
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Was there an alien encounter interaction thingy at the facade? Can't remember. The calypso music still plays around thunder fall Terrance sometimes, love that track. Not digging the sign, kinda just looks slapped on, is it finished?
 
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I really like that sign. I hope it's staying white with the black text.
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Pretty sure it's going to be made to look like a wooden sign
 
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is it finished?
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Doesn't look like it.

Nothing around it is painted, including the rockwork it's on
 
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