Also, is this donkey in the preshow interactive in that he talks to audience members personally or is it all scripted/prerecorded?
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Great to hear! Makes visiting the attraction much more tolerable (no offense). I was going to just walk the queue in my next visits to just take Potter pictures but I guess I'll have to stick around for the pre show too (maybe somehow leave once the actual show starts).
For now, yes. They don't know if Donkey in preshow is going to be permanent or not yet.
Donkey in preshow was a bit odd. It did offer entertainment, but it also takes up a lot of real estate inside the preshow room. There were employees in the room with him (not themed ride operators) monitoring the new addition and I can only guess making sure all goes smoothly. Donkey is only speaking during the loading of the room. If you walk in towards the end of the load, you miss him altogether. I think they tried to mesh this together, but I need some convincing. This feels alot like V.I.C.
And Donkey is no longer available at the waffle cart outside the attraction which I think is a mistake. I can imagine we will see this revised.
And Donkey is no longer available at the waffle cart outside the attraction which I think is a mistake. I can imagine we will see this revised.
I think until the construction calms down and there's room for the Waffle Cart on the Shrek side of the street, it might be wiser for crowd flow that he moves inside. Based on that rendering from the events website posted a few months back, the cart will be right next to the entrance (look to the very left of the picture).
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Agreed, we have seen that addition to the side of Hogsmead entrance. It looks ripe for Donkey. I hope it is, I don't really care for him inside the theater. Its an annoyance.
But that's where Hippogriff and its queue is supposed to wind through, accentuated by a large forest. I'm just puzzled here.
If you look at the aerial posted a few weeks back, the Shrek queue is being built and there's still a respectable patch of land for Hippogriff tucked back there. It's going to be tight just like Japan and Florida right next to Forbidden Journey so the path out of the exit shop will be a pinch point.
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We've updated the Shrek 4D article with clearer images: http://insideuniversal.net/2014/12/shrek-4d-reopens-with-modified-entrance-and-queue/
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So it looks like some of the old extended queue wasn't used, and the support beams seem to indicate that this part at least is permanent. Crazy how you at one point basically going into Wizarding World... this is happening now in 2014. Man if only USH got thru to WB on a technicality and was able to sell Butterbeer in that location.
Excited to see what they come up with as a more permanent entrance.
Excited to see what they come up with as a more permanent entrance.
The fact that they went with pines for foliage suggests a lot. Also, I can't imagine that eyesore of a show building with that weird protrusion making it twice as tall as necessary won't get a paint job or even a facade refacing.
I miss the Shrek shortcut. I still remember when the shortcut ended at the WarLord Tower before Blast Zone! So many memories.
Jon Fu
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The modifications continue. Universal has replaced the tent of fun with the pole of fun...it's more environmentally friendly.
