E.T. Adventure General Discussion

[Magic-Man]

Um, Fast and Furious?

Haven't ridden it yet, but I doubt anything can be worse than Simpsons. Most disappointing, garbage ride I've ever been on by a wide margin.

 

[Mad Dog]

.....now that I think about it, that sounds like Mario Kart.

Mario Kart will be much much more high tech I believe......Back when it looked like the original SLOP was still in play, I posted the specifics of the ride and some scene descriptions on a couple of threads, I believe the first Hollywood SLOP thread and maybe the Shrek thread. That was about two years ago. But I'm too lazy to go back on those threads and look for those posts. I'm operating from my memory at this point in time. Theoretical capacity was supposed to be 1900 to 2,000 an hour with a apx. 4 minute ride. They were booking with those RV's .

 

[AlexanderMBush]

Haven't ridden it yet, but I doubt anything can be worse than Simpsons. Most disappointing, garbage ride I've ever been on by a wide margin.

Mario Kart will be much much more high tech I believe......Back when it looked like the original SLOP was still in play, I posted the specifics of the ride and some scene descriptions on a couple of threads, I believe the first Hollywood SLOP thread and maybe the Shrek thread. That was about two years ago. But I'm too lazy to go back on those threads and look for those posts. I'm operating from my memory at this point in time. Theoretical capacity was supposed to be 1900 to 2,000 an hour with a apx. 4 minute ride. They were booking with those RV's .

If I'm not mistaken, it was on the Future of Shrek 4-D thread, as it was shortly after Alicia accidentally leaking the layout images on a video.

I really don't know. :shrug:

Personally speaking; I honestly would wonder if it could be possible. Especially as like Twister, remove whats inside and you do have a shell of a large building.

It's a smilar mentality I'm...having with another attraction: MIB, as both ET and the Men are both pretty large for what they could both contain.

If ET goes sooner due to the ride system no longer being physically possible to do major changes, I'm...not as angry about it.

 

[Lucky Planet]

Haven't ridden it yet, but I doubt anything can be worse than Simpsons. Most disappointing, garbage ride I've ever been on by a wide margin.

please, please please ride fast and furious as soon as you can

 

[WebHead1138]

If E.T. has to go I wouldn’t mind a boat ride type attraction. USF desperately needs a water ride again.

 

[Coolbfitz]

USF desperately needs a water ride again.

 

[truejonas]

Um, Fast and Furious?

Fast and Furious is terrible from a story/ride experience, but Simpsons was the closest I've gotten to throwing up on a ride. None of the other UO rides trigger my motion sickness quite like Simpsons. (I'm also not a Simpsons fan, so that doesn't help.)

 

[BBPH]

ET is precious and needs to stay as long as possible end of.....

 

[soma27]

Two questions, as I got to ride this again last week for the first time in 5 years:
- When did they bring back the interplanetary passports to have ours names recorded? That was missing on multiple trips in the past, figured it was a goner.
- We watched the Botanicus animatronic (queue avatar pic) in the queue, and could have sworn he also said our names. Were we dreaming? It was early, so the ride was not crowded, we were the only ones in actually standing there, and the workers could tell we are into it. Was it a trigger they could hit, or a figment of our imagination?

 

[Mad Dog]

The passports were gone for apx. 6 to 12 months while they installed new name software. They've been back for a few years now....No, Botanicus, one of my fav AA's, doesn't do the real name thing.....and yes,Figment is in Imagination at Epcot. .....joking on that last part.

 

[jrn14]

Are both sides of the load running? When we were there it was only one side and the line took forever!

 

[Mad Dog]

Are both sides of the load running? When we were there it was only one side and the line took forever!

Part of that may be how busy the parks are. When I was there in May they ran both sides, except for early mornings when they only ran one side.

 

[Andysol]

Yeah. Some of the stuff looked like it would be a blast....and fun as all hell. Four minutes of helter skelter fast paced all out fun through nine practical sets....imteracting with AA driven RV's in a couple of the scenes....and AA's everywhere.

Ya - it was basically Antarctica... but not crappy.

 

[Matthewmon]

Was there 3 weeks ago waited in line 45 minutes and none of my family enjoyed the ride. I remember liking the ride a lot 20 years ago as well as my family...so much so that I made sure this was the first ride my wife and son rode at universal. Also my son loves the movie ET. This time there were multiple audio warnings to keep arms and legs inside the ride vehicle during the ride that totally take you out of the ride mentally and ruin it. Also didn't hear ET say my wife or childs name. We didn't ride it again and don't plan to when we go back in 5-6 years so obviously fine if they get rid of it now.

 

[Mad Dog]

This morning during NBC's broadcast of the Macy's Parade (which pales in comparison to Universal's Holiday Parade featuring Macy's) ,Comcast aired an Infinity commercial that featured ET. ET revisited his earthly friend who was now grown with his own family. The commercial was one of the best Holiday commercials ever, as good as the best Coca cola Polar Bear Holiday spots. It really tugged at the emotions. Pure Synergy for Comcast/Universal :toast:....I don't think ET at USF will be going anywhere for a good while.

 

[BBPH]

We have also had a new Christmas advert for Sky TV (Comcast) with E.T.

EDIT: It’s the same advert

 

[Mike S]

This morning during NBC's broadcast of the Macy's Parade (which pales in comparison to Universal's Holiday Parade featuring Macy's) ,Comcast aired an Infinity commercial that featured ET. ET revisited his earthly friend who was now grown with his own family. The commercial was one of the best Holiday commercials ever, as good as the best Coca cola Polar Bear Holiday spots. It really tugged at the emotions. Pure Synergy for Comcast/Universal :toast:....I don't think ET at USF will be going anywhere for a good while.

Link? Or is it the same one that’s posted?

 

[Mad Dog]

Link? Or is it the same one that’s posted?

Same commercial, although the one I saw on NBC was for Comcast Infinity....so I guess they're using it for other Comcast owned groups....That, along with it being prominent in the Lagoon show, is ample evidence that it's still a beloved property by Mgt.

 

[Nick]

Same commercial, although the one I saw on NBC was for Comcast Infinity....so I guess they're using it for other Comcast owned groups....That, along with it being prominent in the Lagoon show, is ample evidence that it's still a beloved property by Mgt.

I mean.... it’s ET.

 

[Mad Dog]

I mean.... it’s ET.

Not only beloved....but still prominent and timeless.