Skull Island: Reign of Kong - General Discussion

[shiekra38]

Wow had no idea guess they have no problems with delaying projects lmao

Yes, everyone made a huge deal out of the Gringott's issues, but Test Track was by far the worst debut of an attraction ever in Orlando, IMO..

Delays are to be expected with an attraction like this..Universal was smart and didn't release a date yet luckily

 

[Thisguynamedlee]

Yes, everyone made a huge deal out of the Gringott's issues, but Test Track was by far the worst debut of an attraction ever in Orlando, IMO..

Delays are to be expected with an attraction like this..Universal was smart and didn't release a date yet luckily

I wasn't aware of the gringotts issue either haha I'm just not In the loop

 

[Teebin]

I wasn't aware of the gringotts issue either haha I'm just not In the loop

Stay on this site and we will get you in the loop really fast!

 

[Edward1990]

someone in the orlando informer universal community on facebook said today theve started taking the wall down little by little

 

[shiekra38]

someone in the orlando informer universal community on facebook said today theve started taking the wall down little by little

:whoo:

I know this doesn't mean softs will happen immediately, but it will be nice to see everything opened up finally

 

[Teebin]

Doesn't Energy and GMR use guide wires? Kong uses wi-fi and has no physical guidance.

RFID tags are physical guidance. The vehicles use multiple forms at the same time.

 

[Badgeking]

I get that UC wanted to be advanced and go with a massive trackless ride system but I just have to wonder why? Why spend the money to create a trackless ride when this could have easily been done with a driver like the Safari at AK or the tram tour at UH. Seems like so many problems could have been avoided if the ride didn't have this trackless system. Trackless rides are a great concept and they can do some cool things, but I don't think they should be used just for the sake of using them. If they want to go trackless, it needs to be to enhance the ride as a whole like Pooh's Honey Hunt or Phantom Manor where multiple cars are in the same room crossing all around each others in ways a track would never be able to do. A single path through a show building is not the best use for this tech and I feel like the money could have been spent on big physical sets and AA's.

It makes a lot of sense now why Supercharged has come to a halt. If they were intending to use the same trackless ride system but on a much larger (and hopefully faster) scale, I can see why they are putting the breaks on that idea until they can figure out Kong.

 

[JT308]

I get that UC wanted to be advanced and go with a massive trackless ride system but I just have to wonder why? Why spend the money to create a trackless ride when this could have easily been done with a driver like the Safari at AK or the tram tour at UH. Seems like so many problems could have been avoided if the ride didn't have this trackless system.

Maybe because they went trackless they created this problem, but I really wouldn't trust actual drivers considering the layout this ride has. One simple mistake and there could be costly damage to the attraction, whereas KJ drivers have a little more wiggle room. Due to the tight turns, the ride vehicles rear wheels operate independently of its front ones, and I'm not sure how you'd be able to drive a vehicle like that. If UC wanted a real driver from the beginning the layout could've been altered, but wider turns would've probably had an affect on how much there is in the building. (If I'm completely wrong about this let me know).

 

[Thisguynamedlee]

Stay on this site and we will get you in the loop really fast!

I Appreciate all the inside info and love on this site and as for why people keep asking why are they spending so much money on trackless ride system is probably to get all the kinks out and be the fondation for many future rides such as F&F and possibly Mario kart

 

[Skubersky]

I wouldn't even venture a guess at when this attraction will soft open. It could be July 15 for all I know now.

I hope not, media preview is June 22-24.

 

[Ryan]

RFID tags are physical guidance. The vehicles use multiple forms at the same time.

Ah ok, I thought that was merely to keep track so it stops if goes out-of-bounds (as a failsafe) wasn't aware that it needs it as well for actual guidance.

I have a bad feeling that the ride will suffer from a lack of a live guide. That was still the thing that made me really excited about it from HateToFly's original post way back, and bummed that they were replaced by hardly-seen robots and (I presume) voiceover. That personal touch almost always makes a difference.

 

[epcyclopedia]

Ah ok, I thought that was merely to keep track so it stops if goes out-of-bounds (as a failsafe) wasn't aware that it needs it as well for actual guidance.

I have a bad feeling that the ride will suffer from a lack of a live guide. That was still the thing that made me really excited about it from HateToFly's original post way back, and bummed that they were replaced by hardly-seen robots and (I presume) voiceover. That personal touch almost always makes a difference.

Ironically, the creatives back in the day would agree with you. Nowadays, they see it as insulting that those pesky kids wont stick to their exact "perfect" spiel.

 

[Kungaloosh1937]

That makes absolutely no sense.

Sorry mis-typed. Meant to say there will come a time when it is standard that dark rides will no longer have tracks and trackless is the norm.

 

[ThemeParks4Life]

Ah ok, I thought that was merely to keep track so it stops if goes out-of-bounds (as a failsafe) wasn't aware that it needs it as well for actual guidance.

I have a bad feeling that the ride will suffer from a lack of a live guide. That was still the thing that made me really excited about it from HateToFly's original post way back, and bummed that they were replaced by hardly-seen robots and (I presume) voiceover. That personal touch almost always makes a difference.

No live guide is probably for the best, the quality of them is so hit or miss.

 

[Tylereapple]

Not sure if this was posted already, but the walls were pushed back today.

 

[Ryan]

No live guide is probably for the best, the quality of them is so hit or miss.

To me the risk is worth it. If the guide isn't working then they shouldn't be there in the first place. 90% of the time you get some great, truly unique entertainment.

 

[IzzyB]

I am fine with trackless, I think a driver would be a mistake and tracks would look odd and out of place. But this is not new tech. Energy is trackless and there was really no reason to move away from how energy works other than the "cool" factor. In the end they both will look the same in that they both will have no guides driving them or tracks. So why not just use proven tech? Why go with wifi when you know in the past you have had major issues with it? That part makes no sense to me.

Also, is the great movie ride trackless? I wasn't sure if the guides actually drove or not.

 

[deathcab4cutie]

Ellen and movie ride are trackless they follow a wire that's in the cement

 

[Ryan]

It's the same system as Energy but the guides can control the speed of the vehicle due to the actor-driven show scenes.

Although in GMR you aren't riding on sunshine.

 

[kearns96]

Also, universal creative reportedly swore off ever using wifi for vehicle monitoring again after building Forbidden Journey but apparently the Kong team didn't get that memo. The Journey vehicles have a substantial physical track they can't deviate from and the vehicles know their programming - it's the wifi communication that hampered the ride opening.

Gringotts also uses wifi for positioning. You can see the wifi antennas on the front of each RV (there are two on the front of the vehicles. They are white with blue LEDs on them), and the receivers are mounted under the track.