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Skull Island: Reign of Kong - General Discussion

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illumination said:
Is anybody else freaked out at the thought of if a person were to run out in front of the ride vehicle somehow? I hope there's a good safety measure in place if the vehicle encounters an object or gets too close to something. That thing is HEAVY.
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No.
 
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illumination said:
Is anybody else freaked out at the thought of if a person were to run out in front of the ride vehicle somehow? I hope there's a good safety measure in place if the vehicle encounters an object or gets too close to something. That thing is HEAVY.
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Pretty sure that would be pretty hard to do, but I'm sure they have safety features. It's really no different than someone running out near the tracks of dragon challanege or something.
 
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illumination said:
Is anybody else freaked out at the thought of if a person were to run out in front of the ride vehicle somehow? I hope there's a good safety measure in place if the vehicle encounters an object or gets too close to something. That thing is HEAVY.
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It has built in sensors that are monitoring for obstacles on the track. There is more to this story, but I am opting to shut my trap at this time. ;)
 
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Teebin said:
It has built in sensors that are monitoring for obstacles on the track. There is more to this story, but I am opting to shut my trap at this time. ;)
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Well, something runs in front of the truck during the ride, now what is it???
 
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Imperius said:
Well, something runs in front of the truck during the ride, now what is it???
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The vehicles stop dead independently and sends an "obstacle" message to computers.
 
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Teebin said:
The vehicles stop dead independently and sends an "obstacle" message to computers.
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So "something" is in the way and either shows on screen or projected?
 
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Yea, I don't buy that.
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Buy it.
 
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Buy it.
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Well that's incredibly dumb. UOR's terrible ops strikes again!
 
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illumination said:
Is anybody else freaked out at the thought of if a person were to run out in front of the ride vehicle somehow? I hope there's a good safety measure in place if the vehicle encounters an object or gets too close to something. That thing is HEAVY.
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If someone is dumb enough to run out in front of that thing they kind of deserve to get run over.
 
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If someone is dumb enough to run out in front of that thing they kind of deserve to get run over.
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Let Social Darwinism prevail.
 
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Just a clarification, shock absorbers do not suspend a vehicle the springs do. As this has motors at all four wheels with independent steering it may have some very stiff springs with limited travel but shock absorbers are not the reason it moves the way it does.


I saw they built the outdoor path then dug it up again and added contour, maybe that was intended but I think it is as Teebin posted that they tried it flat and decided that would not give the motion they wanted so they added the dips. Lots of infrastructure was added when the opened the path back up, all the conduit to the control building went into a trench at the apex of the turn and they covered it back up while they made the change. Maybe this was the plan but it looked like a change in design to me.

I think these have an airbag suspension with no shocks, it is not being inflated and deflated to change the vehicle attitude nor are there hydraulics involved. If there were they could have overcome the problem with the approach to the doors.
 
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Well that answers my question if a squirrel or raccoon were to run out in front of the car what would happen..
 
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I got all wet for you people. I took some pics - but the website says they're too big to upload from my iphone so.. oh well. Nothing particularly new from what i could tell, but the overcast nature of the rainfall allowed the colors and detail of the rockwork to be better seen rather than the usual harsh backlight.
 
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Well that answers my question if a squirrel or raccoon were to run out in front of the car what would happen..
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Or the Universal Cat? ;)
 
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I got all wet for you people. I took some pics - but the website says they're too big to upload from my iphone so.. oh well.
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You could try uploading them to Imgur: The most awesome images on the Internet and linking it. You don't have to have an account or anything to upload pictures.
 
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Or the Universal Cat? ;)
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That little cat will never die. Always try petting it whenever I see it strutting around JP, never comes near. Was probably trained to not hang around with tourists, that or he/she thinks it's a dinosaur :D
 
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I've seen a cat in The Simpsons Ride queue late at night before.
 
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Some of you require a bit of background regarding the pussies of UOR. There is more than just one:

Save Loews Cats! - Alley Cat Allies

Controversy is brewing over treatment of feral cats at Universal Studios hotels - tribunedigital-chicagotribune
 
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JoeCamel said:
Just a clarification, shock absorbers do not suspend a vehicle the springs do. As this has motors at all four wheels with independent steering it may have some very stiff springs with limited travel but shock absorbers are not the reason it moves the way it does.


I saw they built the outdoor path then dug it up again and added contour, maybe that was intended but I think it is as Teebin posted that they tried it flat and decided that would not give the motion they wanted so they added the dips. Lots of infrastructure was added when the opened the path back up, all the conduit to the control building went into a trench at the apex of the turn and they covered it back up while they made the change. Maybe this was the plan but it looked like a change in design to me.

I think these have an airbag suspension with no shocks, it is not being inflated and deflated to change the vehicle attitude nor are there hydraulics involved. If there were they could have overcome the problem with the approach to the doors.
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Yes sorry, when i say shock absorbers, my intention was general vehicle suspension.

The video Teebs posted a while back of the shipping vehicles shows a great snapshot of the undercarriage of the chassis and how rigid it actually is.
 
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Teebin said:
Some of you require a bit of background regarding the pussies of UOR. There is more than just one:

Save Loews Cats! - Alley Cat Allies

Controversy is brewing over treatment of feral cats at Universal Studios hotels - tribunedigital-chicagotribune
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A lot of hotels have this issue. Marriott hotels will catch them, get them fixed, and then release them back on their property. Or at least the places I have been to that have them. They tend to hang around where they can get food. But they do run and don't really like to be pet. They want your food and nothing more from you.
 
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