The Simpsons Ride Refurb 1/12-2/2 2017

[ThemeParks4Life]

I was looking at Universal's hours and noticed The Simpsons Ride goes down for refurbishment tomorrow. Anyone know what it's for?

 

[UNIrd]

Hopefully video and audio upgrades and some of that FJ wind blowing to help nausea. The air in there has always sucked a little bit.

 

[Mr. EPCOT]

Futurama overlay! :clap:

 

[JoeCamel]

BTTF confirmed!

 

[bob albert]

Does anyone know what the current projector is? I imagine an upgrade to the new imax laser might be an option. Well unless it has to be barco but the screen is essentially an imax.

 

[deathcab4cutie]

didn't they just refurb this

 

[JoeCamel]

Does anyone know what the current projector is? I imagine an upgrade to the new imax laser might be an option. Well unless it has to be barco but the screen is essentially an imax.

From Wikipedia: Don't know how accurate it is

Ride mechanics[edit]
The four-minute ride[3] uses 85-foot IMAX Dome screens and Sony Projectors.[16] There are 24 ride cars, each seating eight people,[8] and approximately 2000 people can ride it per hour.[17]The projection system uses four overlapping Sony SXRD 4K resolution projectors on each dome,[18] using custom-made semi-circular fisheye lenses to project undistorted images at a rate of 60 frames per second (in comparison, most feature films project at 24 frames per second).[8] The video is projected onto two dome screens which are made of 416 panels (each 4 feet by two feet) and are approximately 80 feet tall and 85 feet wide. The animation in the ride uses computer generated 3D animation rendered by Blur Studio and Reel FX,[19] rather than the traditional 2-D

 

[Parkscope Joe]

I was looking at Universal's hours and noticed The Simpsons Ride goes down for refurbishment tomorrow. Anyone know what it's for?

Long overdue repairs, replacements, upgrades, and more. Nothing guest facing.

 

[wizwit]

Fans would really help.

 

[Pat0070]

BTTF confirmed!

BTTF? I tried searching the boards to look for the abbreviation explanation and couldn't find this one. Little help please.

 

[JoeCamel]

BTTF? I tried searching the boards to look for the abbreviation explanation and couldn't find this one. Little help please.

Back to the Future

 

[Ryan O]

Back to the future he's joking around about it reverting back.

 

[deathcab4cutie]

id be happy with a tree house of horror overlay

 

[DK745]

I didn't find out about this until today when I got there. Sucks since I'll miss it this whole trip then. Oh well at least I've done it before.

 

[Mike S]

Long overdue repairs, replacements, upgrades, and more. Nothing guest facing.

Always nice when things actually get fixed.

 

[tankart150]

When will MIB ever go down for a quality refurb?

 

[Yabbadabba Doh]

So they are taking the whole ride down? I thought the point of the two screens was they could use half and service half when necessary.

 

[TheGentTrent]

So they are taking the whole ride down? I thought the point of the two screens was they could use half and service half when necessary.

There could be some queue and exterior work that requires a full closure

 

[krazykat]

The exterior needs some touching up. The blue has been fading for a while now.

 

[Mike S]

The exterior needs some touching up. The blue has been fading for a while now.

It's supposed to be blue?

I thought it was purple :saywhat: