Mad Dog
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Maybe 2024 and, for sure 2025, are the years to vacation at Universal....2023 not so much....This seems to be the 'pause and get ready for better future things' year.
According to Reddit it’s still covered by that big green box. Either they’re really making big changes here or they just decided to pull the plug on good ol longneck. It’s just bad show heading into the busy summer season. Fingers crossed they do something soonAny update on the current status of the lagoon scene?
According to Reddit it’s still covered by that big green box. Either they’re really making big changes here or they just decided to pull the plug on good ol longneck. It’s just bad show heading into the busy summer season. Fingers crossed they do something soon
I mean, that's also an unacceptable option.Either they’re really making big changes here or they just decided to pull the plug on good ol longneck.
I mean, that's also an unacceptable option.
We shouldn't have a lagoon scene with nothing in it, either.
Yeah if anything change it to a voiceover of Dr Satler talking about botanyEspecially with the normal narration still playing...
Anyone have a recent POV? Curious to see the state of the rest of the animatronics.
Yeah, this version would lend itself better to a retheme than Hollywood IMO. It’s bigger and emptier, meaning that they have more space and less existing infrastructure to work around. Hollywood’s was tighter and smaller, but had more effects and animatronics crammed in. That means that they were probably pretty confined with what they could doSo watched a video of the ride to see the difference between this version and USH
This ride is "bigger" and would kinda like to see how they would improve it if they did upgrade the ride..
Maybe that’s why the ultrasaur’s missing!When Hollywood removed the hadrosaur and the baby, I heard their parts were shipped to IOA, but I don't know how true that was. would be cool if they added a fixed neck and a baby to the area since there is nothing on the right side.
On the other hand, Creature shop is making some new dinosaurs, hopefully, they are added to JWRA. As I've said in many threads, the dinosaurs are embarrassing at this point.
Do you mean Ultrasaur? I think Hollywood kept it’s Hadrosaur.When Hollywood removed the hadrosaur and the baby, I heard their parts were shipped to IOA, but I don't know how true that was. would be cool if they added a fixed neck and a baby to the area since there is nothing on the right side.
On the other hand, Creature shop is making some new dinosaurs, hopefully, they are added to JWRA. As I've said in many threads, the dinosaurs are embarrassing at this point.
Yeah, I meant Ultrasaur. Was the USH Ultra working well before she was removed?Do you mean Ultrasaur? I think Hollywood kept it’s Hadrosaur.
Much better than the IOA version. They were two almost entirely different animatronics. The Hollywood one had a much more realistic range of motion and didn’t have the crooked neck. Even in its later years it still looked 10x better than the IOA version. If they sent them both to IOA like you said simply installing the Hollywood ultrasaurs would be a great temporary fixYeah, I meant Ultrasaur. Was the USH Ultra working well before she was removed?
1000% agree, the ride and land would lose a ton of charm if completely rethemed to JW. I think it’s really awesome to have a classic attraction themed to JP along with a coaster themed to JW. None of the islands are completely consistent in their sense of time and place, I never got the argument that the whole land must be rethemed because of Velocicoaster.The idea of JPRA receiving an update should not rely upon a new JP/JW movie/tv show, the ride is in really bad shape when it comes to what should be the "thesis" attraction of Jurassic Park.
I know, the state of the ride makes this a tough one. I think the land itself is better with the JP theme, especially the discovery center, but the marquee attraction is falling apart by the day. The land is great and sets high expectations just for its major e-ticket to disappoint. It seems like uni would only spend money to fix the attraction if it was given a JW retheme, but then you’d lose the charm of the land. In a perfect world they’d overhaul it and keep the JP theme, but uni seems to be pretty stubborn on that one1000% agree, the ride and land would lose a ton of charm if completely rethemed to JW. I think it’s really awesome to have a classic attraction themed to JP along with a coaster themed to JW. None of the islands are completely consistent in their sense of time and place, I never got the argument that the whole land must be rethemed because of Velocicoaster.