General Discussion - Hagrid's Magical Creature Motorbike Adventure

[darkridelover]

Sad, but the same happens every time Universal opens a new attraction. There's a 'segment' of the Disney social media fan base that views with disdain, any attraction that doesn't have the mouse's name on it.

I will say this, sometimes people on here, myself included, looks at everything Disney does with the same disdain. Something I personally am actively working on. We all benefit from each company successes. I am hoping Star Wars makes a huge impact on Disney's bottom line, and that impact influences the amount of resources put into Fantastic Worlds.

 

[Mad Dog]

I will say this, sometimes people on here, myself included, looks at everything Disney does with the same disdain. Something I personally am actively working on. We all benefit from each company successes. I am hoping Star Wars makes a huge impact on Disney's bottom line, and that impact influences the amount of resources put into Fantastic Worlds.

Just speaking for myself, when it comes to parks and attractions, I love Disney, and always hope their new lands and attractions work out well. My personal issues with Disney tend to be towards their management philosophy that embraces too much pre planning, via restaurant reservations and the fastpass system, their hotel resorts being significantly overpriced, and their overall entertainment cuts. But when it comes to attractions I hope for the best, and like I do with Universal, if it's good I'll laud it, but if it's bad like F&F, I'll criticize it....But an attraction as overwhelmingly considered excellent like Hagrid, it's just sour grapes if overt Disney fans criticize it as an attraction. Sure there's inconsistencies in the initial technical runs, but that's true with all new attractions, whether Disney, Sea World, Universal or Regional parks.

 

[devinp267]

I will say this, sometimes people on here, myself included, looks at everything Disney does with the same disdain. Something I personally am actively working on. We all benefit from each company successes. I am hoping Star Wars makes a huge impact on Disney's bottom line, and that impact influences the amount of resources put into Fantastic Worlds.

Why do you look at Disney with disdain though?

 

[Skold]

This Dis vs. Uni thing is not new and, unfortunately, is only getting worse. For whatever reason (social media, sports, etc.), tribalism, us vs. them, is becoming the norm in many aspects of life. Which sucks in the case of theme parks, because both companies do them well.

 

[OhHaiInternet95]

This Dis vs. Uni thing is not new and, unfortunately, is only getting worse. For whatever reason (social media, sports, etc.), tribalism, us vs. them, is becoming the norm in many aspects of life. Which sucks in the case of theme parks, because both companies do them well.

For real. This isn't a sports rivalry, for god's sakes.

 

[devinp267]

This Dis vs. Uni thing is not new and, unfortunately, is only getting worse. For whatever reason (social media, sports, etc.), tribalism, us vs. them, is becoming the norm in many aspects of life. Which sucks in the case of theme parks, because both companies do them well.

The only positive is that it really does keep the opponent on their toes for the most part. But i love both and it is really fun to sit back and watch the outcomes i love it. But sometimes i say to myself is disney building for competition or to just say here we did something, now give us your money.

 

[Nick]

Let’s steer off the Disney vs. Universal topic. It’s tired and the comparison games just sort of need to stop.

 

[Teebin]

I guess we don’t know yet how smoothly today went? I love to hear that they have more trains on track and the lines are becoming more manageable.

 

[tjjwelch]

I guess we don’t know yet how smoothly today went? I love to hear that they have more trains on track and the lines are becoming more manageable.

I’m not at Universal currently, but the weather at Disney is HORRIBLE and looks to remain that way all day

 

[Parkscope Joe]

I guess we don’t know yet how smoothly today went? I love to hear that they have more trains on track and the lines are becoming more manageable.

Heard they're running more trains today after testing and were running pretty well.

Oh I'm sorry I mean it's literally a gulag and Universal should be sued, my bad.

 

[HalfGlass]

Ride was posted at a 5 hour wait at 11am, but got on in 3. When I got off the ride at 2, it was quoted at 120, so things are progressing very well. The ride broke down a few times (once while on it), but the staff let those who were on the breakdown re-ride (which I took full advantage of).

It’s been down pouring here for like 3 hours now so it’s been closed for a bit...

This is my first day at the park with the ride open, so I don’t have a true point of comparison, but based on these boards, I’d say it’s getting better each day. :thumbsup:

 

[Henry93]

 

[Parkscope Joe]

That's a bad take.

 

[devinp267]

That's a bad take.

Lol..i dont even get it. And he rarely is opinionated, maybe this is why.

 

[Teebin]

Neither do I... poor misunderstood bio....

 

[Nico]

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I don’t get it.

 

[WAJAS]

How long is the wait from the preshow?

 

[Alicia]

How long is the wait from the preshow?

The entire inside queue. Up to 2 hours, but likely less when things are running well.

 

[Tobias]

That's a bad take.

An considering I've been hearing reports from people the past couple days that TM's are explicitly saying the usual technical rehearsal jargon, this makes bio's comment all the more befuddling.

 

[rhino4evr]

Who knew Bio was a troll this entire time. Lol.