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If this happens, Uni really working fast to throw away the good will they accumulated.
The loss of those streetmosphere performers in PoE is really unforgivably bad... somehow it stings worse then all the other, seemingly more meaningful cuts.Epic is becoming, in the shadows, a "Thank You Shanghai" counterpart to what Disney did when funneling money into Shanghai ....This again, is not a good look for nickel and dime Universal...... Heh, I was looking for Reign of Kong on my paper map. No luck. No paper map. Then I went to ask one of the IOA entry citizen actors where Kong was. Couldn't find them either. So I walked back to Sindbad theater and Poseiden's Fury to look for a actor to ask where Kong was. No luck there either, both areas were closed. Finally I tried Tune Lagoon Theater. No one there either.
If they can't afford to staff people to clean glasses, then they probably shouldn't be spending billions on a new theme park.Probably another cost cutting move.
Probably a combination of labor saving, but more so replacement of the 3D glasses that are quite expensive to replace. I don't see this as anything other than a cost saving thing, but of course Universal mgt. will try to subterfuge and say they're bowing to the requests of less 3D. Diversion, that's their M.O., at this point in time. But, guess what Universal park mgt. , we're not all stupid 'minions'..If they can't afford to staff people to clean glasses, then they probably shouldn't be spending billions on a new theme park.
I'm very frustrated. They can't (or won't) get the ride fully operational, and now they've stripped out the element designed to help make the screens feel more immersive. It's an incomplete experience. I hope this "test" produces disastrous feedback.
And I'm going to keep saying it: if Universal's internal surveys are telling them that people don't like 3D*, the solution isn't to remove 3D from the rides designed to utilize it. The solution is to build more dark rides that aren't screen-heavy to increase the variety.
*I think what that really means is people are sensing a preponderance of screen-based rides, not specifically 3D.
Universal has confirmed on twitter that this 2D test will last until March 9th.