I see. What's really strange is that they don't even feel confident enough to begin limited softs. Kong was an absolute disaster of technical problems but they still opened it for the usual "technical rehearsal" period way before it was truly "ready" so they could test how it did with guests. I assume executives are... shall we say... less than pleased?
Sometimes problems out of their control prevent even softs. Not necessarily big problems, just time consuming ones.
Kong's public softs were delayed also by almost two months past internal projections.
Kong was always "Summer 2016" from the start in terms of communication to the public. It had a soft opening on June 9th which is actually Spring. I know they hit a snag right before softs due to the GPS issue but construction was actually well ahead of schedule on Kong from the start which is why that internal projection on softs was so insanely early and then adjusted accordingly. Fast was #2017 then #2018 and then #Spring 2018 and they are still struggling to make the date after what has essentially become one of the longest build schedules for a ride at Universal. This is Disney's New Fantasyland level of slowness.
As others have already pointed out, I want it to open so we (and Universal) can all move on to bigger and better things. It represents the hypothetical end to a questionable period in Universal park development and watching this thing SLOWWWWWWLY open is painful.I don't know why your so excited for this to open in the first place. It will open when it opens.Happens.
I knew it....the globalists are behind it’s delay.
There is a strange assumption these days that when someone is at all critical of something and/or passionate about something they must be a raving lunatic who needs to go outside. This is a theme park discussion thread dedicated to a specific ride. If you'd like we can all just go outside and not post anything that doesn't fit within your standards of acceptability so the forum can die a slow death like so many before it. Active discussion and debate is the entire point.
It's cool. It's hard to gauge emotion via text only so I get it. I didn't mean to sound angry if it came off that way.
Actually when it comes to capacity, another ride in the same park might not close until the new one opens. Happens all the time, so I can see why some of us may be thinking that this time 'round.
Not all projects. Just the USF projects. But I don't believe that to be the case. Even if F&F opened today, I wouldn't expect the next closure until late August. Now which will it be? Shrek or Fear Factor?
