Fast & Furious: Supercharged - General Discussion

[AlexanderMBush]

I feel like i'm excited about just about everything going at the resort. Doesn't mean I can't be less than enthused by the thought of Supercharged.

True, although to me; I just think for something like converting a Studio Tour animation, it's best that people wait and see, hell; much like the conversion of USH's KK360 3D to UOR's Reign of Kong.

 

[belloq87]

True, although to me; I just think for something like converting a Studio Tour animation, it's best that people wait and see, hell; much like the conversion of USH's KK360 3D to UOR's Reign of Kong.

The only thing is this: most with knowledge of the project have heavily implied this isn't going to be an upgrade on the level that Kong 360 to Reign of Kong was. There might end up being some cosmetic differences in the early show rooms, or some revamped ride film, but the attraction in Hollywood is basically the attraction we're getting. Or so we've been led to believe.

 

[Mike S]

What puzzles me is Disney made a big mistake with the Little Mermaid ride. It got bad reviews when it opened in California. They had plenty of time to fix it before it was built & finished in WDW. But they got arrogant and did a complete copy clone except for the queue. That bit them in the butt, & they ended up making changes to both attractions within a couple of years, which is almost unprecedented. You'd think Universal would learn from that mistake & fix F&F's negative points for the Universal Orlando side.

AFAIK they already had two of everything so by the time it opened in DCA it was already too late. Disaster! was still here when F&F opened in Hollywood so there was time to backtrack without the public being any the wiser.

Heres the thing, and it's gonna get looooonnnnnnnggggggg.......

have you been on the USH iteration? A lot of people would disagree with me here, but I place it as this;

F&F is at the position to where much like Kong, it has a lot of mistakes and flaws..for the USH rendition of them. Even though when it works brilliantly, Kong 360 at USH before experiencing Supercharged is a total shock moment, as it's honestly unique in the terms of how it enveloped you for the most part with some of the largest screens in the world. But, it has no story; and it's more in essence a technical test than anything, with it being there mainly to give the Ape some love after fire burned the great and mighty Physical Kong alive.

Now, you may be wondering; "Wait Alex, if you are going to praise Ol' Kong, why doesn't Kong 360 at Hollyood not have any practical Kong AA's?" and I will put it blunt and simple. It was made during the dark years of Universal Parks and Resorts. And considering that they had to not only buckle down on that AND Transformers for USH, not to mention bringing WWoHP for the first time and USS (which we're all from GE days), it could of been a LOT worse. And not to mention, it would've overshadow their Metropolitan Sets that at the time, was the shining piece of the renovation to that portion of the backlot.

Supercharged is at the position to where it has been said in the past (I believe even Mike Sington spoke when talking to Inside Universal) that Supercharged was an attraction developed by Orlando's Creative Team. Not, Hollywood's. I'm sure that Orlando's team had the best intentions of having it work for Hollywood, but the fact of the matter is that the studio tour is a different breed than anything at Universal Orlando Resort in terms of how they have to change daily what can work and not work, moving the story around to make it all work in the best possible manner.

With Orlando now, they don't have that restriction. They have what's probably going to be one of the largest showbuildings on property, and bringing an IP that while yes, I would rather want to see it with a different ride system than Kong (although it seems that may be somewhat the case, just not in the way we want) and with San Francisco; there is a lot of potential that the 360 screens can do, as long as they handle four specific elements right.

1.) Make a better reason to why Owen Shaw is coming after you
2.) Have most of the attraction rely on Musion and light practical effects before and after the 360
3.) Get rid of the daytime element that the USH rendition had, or; find a way to convert daytime and nighttime within the park hours
4.) Have more of the F&F characters act as they should
5.) Make those damned 360 screens taller than ROK and USH's Supercharged

Most importantly, it's best that EVERYONE has an open mind once they go into the attraction. Just because it is mediocre to lame in USH, that doesn't mean that UOR's will be worse. Infact, I am very excited about Supercharged, but I also know something in particular. This, is as I said in the past; a project to increase capacity.

I'm sure they will upgrade it (As it already seems that with adding more characters from the franchise); but here's the thing, Supercharged is not something that hardcore Universal Fans need to get excited about. Hell, I place it in a VERY similar path to comparing Spiderman and Transformers, as both are incredibly similar ride systems but have incredibly different storylines. And to me, this will probably be most apparent when people compare Supercharged and Kong. Until we get vertical construction on how tall the 360 theatre will be, I think we all need to hold brakes, and wait.

It's what I did with Fallon, and as of now; I am very excited for that. Perhaps more than F&F, but even then..we have Volcano Bay opening up in months, the potential DC Replacement, Nintendo, Secret Life of Pets and whatever happens to UOSouth in the next few years. I know it's not my place to say it, as I don't live in Orlando; but look at the projects that have a lot more excitement about it, and to not just shrug off Supercharged.

~Alex

Except the storyline for Transformers and the action is still great when compared to Spider-Man even though the latter still has the edge. The gap between Kong and F&F is much wider.

Also, I didn't know that UC had a location in Hollywood. Just that they're headquartered in Orlando.

The only thing is this: most with knowledge of the project have heavily implied this isn't going to be an upgrade on the level that Kong 360 to Reign of Kong was. There might end up being some cosmetic differences in the early show rooms, or some revamped ride film, but the attraction in Hollywood is basically the attraction we're getting. Or so we've been led to believe.

I'm getting the feeling that Kong is a project UC wanted to do and F&F is one that management wanted to do.

 

[Joel]

Anyone else not looking forward to the bashing that Uni is gonna receive for this ride? I mean, it's definately 100% warranted in the case of the ride itself, but I can see a lot of "This is proof that Uni is inferior blah blah blah" comments arising...

Not to mention that Fallon and F&F are pretty much the tipping point in the whole screenz debate to many. I personally have decided not to care about that anymore, but you just know that there's gonna be people that will say something like "F&F is such a joke... Uni can't even make a SCREENZ attraction good anymore!"

The difference is we fully acknowledge and admit these rides for what they are and move on.. not vigorously defend them for minute details that don't matter in the bigger picture of the ride sucking.

 

[Mad Dog]

F&F: The budget cost of an E ticket. The ride experience of a D ticket.

 

[GAcoaster]

F&F: The budget cost of an E ticket. The ride experience of a D ticket.

The budget of a Universal E ticket, which is the cost of what Disney pays to build a food cart.

 

[belloq87]

F&F: The budget cost of an E ticket. The ride experience of a D ticket.

I think even that's debatable!

 

[Mad Dog]

I think even that's debatable!

Yeah, first I had typed" C" ticket, but I thought that was a little too harsh and out of bounds, so I changed it to "D" ticket.

 

[belloq87]

I think I'm going to be referring to it in my personal life as the first-ever official S ticket. For "Skip."

DISCLAIMER: Yes, we shouldn't prejudge an attraction, I'll have to ride it at least once to be fair to it, etc.

 

[shiekra38]

I'll ride F&F, I'll just be grumpy about it haha

 

[Mad Dog]

I'll ride F&F, I'll just be grumpy about it haha

Grumpy & Furious

 

[SkiBum]

Grumpy & Furious

Disney trademark violation. Furious was the 8th dwarf who was kicked off set for being, well, difficult to work with.

 

[TIMtationX]

The only thing that would really upset me is if the 360 scene isn't longer than USH. It's just way too short for a stand alone ride. I'm PRAYING they filmed more footage that wasn't included in the original ride.

 

[Mike S]

The only thing that would really upset me is if the 360 scene isn't longer than USH. It's just way too short for a stand alone ride. I'm PRAYING they filmed more footage that wasn't included in the original ride.

Like Reign of Kong there's more to the ride than just the 360 scene. Even in Hollywood it's setup this way. The "more" just isn't very good.

 

[shiekra38]

The only thing that would really upset me is if the 360 scene isn't longer than USH. It's just way too short for a stand alone ride. I'm PRAYING they filmed more footage that wasn't included in the original ride.

With the Musion scene it's a good 6 minutes on the tram tour..They will probably try to pull that "longest ride ever" nonsense again

 

[Mike S]

With the Musion scene it's a good 6 minutes on the tram tour..They will probably try to pull that "longest ride ever" nonsense again

Not really nonsense when it's a fact that Kong is the longest ride when you time it.

 

[shiekra38]

Not really nonsense when it's a fact that Kong is the longest ride when you time it.

It will be nonsense when they pull it for F&F, that's what I meant..

 

[Mike S]

It will be nonsense when they pull it for F&F, that's what I meant..

Gotcha :thumbsup:

 

[TIMtationX]

Like Reign of Kong there's more to the ride than just the 360 scene. Even in Hollywood it's setup this way. The "more" just isn't very good.

I understand this, but the 360 scene is the main attraction. The setup scene shouldn't be longer than the finale, which it is.

 

[deathcab4cutie]

universal studios first 10 min attraction?