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Skull Island: Reign of Kong - General Discussion

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Are parents afraid of their children these days? Sometimes it sure seems like it.......:shrug:
 
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Teebin said:
Speechless. Did you ask her why she was at WDW or why she was terrified by giant fake plants? Mental illness is a worse problem than I thought.
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As someone who suffers from mental illnesses let's not throw that around joking. :thumbsup:
 
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The only ride I've ever been terrified of at any age was Alien Encounter.

And I'd give anything to be able to experience what that ride did to me on the first go round again.
 
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testtrack321 said:
As someone who suffers from mental illnesses let's not throw that around joking. :thumbsup:
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I knew I was walking down the wrong street with that word... :(
 
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i dont see universal backing down and making it kid friendly thats unlike universal
 
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i dont see universal backing down and making it kid friendly thats unlike universal
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That's true. Creative wanted to keep the initial ride profile of FJ. It was Warner Brothers who mandated it be turned down.
 
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i dont see universal backing down and making it kid friendly thats unlike universal
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Oh I don't think they will either. My thing is just they should have put a height restriction on it so parents will research it more. With no height restriction most families will just let their kids go on it without another thought. I would also hope the line itself is family friendly so that kids don't get nightmares from just getting to rider swap. I also think it makes it easier on families to say your not tall enough vs. it is too scary. But that is just me.

And yes, some parents are scared of their own children. I am not. My daughter was not happy this morning when I said no to something. She started having a fit. I told her she can have a fit and get no TV tonight or she can stop having a fit and still get TV. The fit stopped.
 
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there is no way the line is gonna be kid friendly its gotta match the tone of the ride so the queue is probably gonna be scary
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Edward1990 said:
there is no way the line is gonna be kid friendly its gotta match the tone of the ride so the queue is probably gonna be scary
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Should be interesting then.
 
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I'm sorry if you don't know that a ride based on KING KONG is going to be terrifying then there is something wrong with you! It's Kong for god sake not Barney.
 
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darkridelover said:
I'm sorry if you don't know that a ride based on KING KONG is going to be terrifying then there is something wrong with you! It's Kong for god sake not Barney.
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I don't think any one is arguing that it's not necessarily for kids.
 
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Next Big Thing said:
I don't think any one is arguing that it's not necessarily for kids.
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Yes, agreed. We don't think it is for kids. But you would be amazed at the dumb tourists out there. Also, I went on Kong when I was young and honestly I barely remember it and don't remember being frightened on it. It does sound like the tone of this ride will be more scary than the original ride. So honestly based on the tone of the ride I remember as a kid I might consider taking my brave little daughter on this. Based on what is being said here, I will ride it first without her. So I can see that too. JP is about Dinos and can be scary, yet I see many kids on that, but again, the way people are talking here Kong will be much scarier. So if a child goes on JP with no issues and then the parent takes them on this and gets scared like crazy, does it make that parent stupid?
 
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I haven't been following this thread very closely, but is there an ETA for softs? My dad's coming down in May and is hoping to ride.
 
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TheGentTrent said:
I haven't been following this thread very closely, but is there an ETA for softs? My dad's coming down in May and is hoping to ride.
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Way to early to tell....

But possible. *Take with grain of salt though
 
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BriMan said:
Way to early to tell....

But possible. *Take with grain of salt though
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I figured as much. Oh well, we'll see what we see. Thanks.
 
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For people who don't know kong, the first thing that comes to mind with it is the Empire State Building scene and that's pretty much it. Nobody (I know atleast) really talks about skull island, shame too because that's easily the best part. The original King Kong was one of my favorite movies as a kid even though I was scared of it, maybe I was just a weird kid.

To me if there is no height restriction or anybody letting them know this ride will freak you out beforehand, there will definitely be a TON of complaints. Even though it's facade is spooky, it's a theme park. People will go in it knowing what it is or not. Also when the word "scary" is thrown around at a theme park it's usually on how many drops or flips it has, might be a confusion there too. Don't think they'll make it less scary but If it's as scary as people are making it out to be, there can't not be a reaction.

Also if that crazy parent that said tough to be a bug is child abuse is reading this. I will buy you a universal ticket just to see your reaction on kong, I mean it
 
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For people who don't know kong, the first thing that comes to mind with it is the Empire State Building scene and that's pretty much it. Nobody (I know atleast) really talks about skull island, shame too because that's easily the best part. The original King Kong was one of my favorite movies as a kid even though I was scared of it, maybe I was just a weird kid.

To me if there is no height restriction or anybody letting them know this ride will freak you out beforehand, there will definitely be a TON of complaints. Even though it's facade is spooky, it's a theme park. People will go in it knowing what it is or not. Also when the word "scary" is thrown around at a theme park it's usually on how many drops or flips it has, might be a confusion there too. Don't think they'll make it less scary but If it's as scary as people are making it out to be, there can't not be a reaction.

Also if that crazy parent that said tough to be a bug is child abuse is reading this. I will buy you a universal ticket just to see your reaction on kong, I mean it
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I think it has already been established that the height restriction is 32" or so.
 
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Next Big Thing said:
I think it has already been established that the height restriction is 32" or so.
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So basically keeping lap babies off. My not even 1 year old is almost 32". At her 9 month appt she was 29.8", I imagine at her 1 year appt she will be close to 32". So by 18 months she would be more than tall enough to walk on and ride this ride. :lol: Who wants to be with me when I scare the crap out of her? Actually in reality she won't be scared. Kids don't really learn to be scared until around 2 or 2 1/2.
 
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its actually 34 inches is the height requirement its gonna be similar to jaws i think that ride didnt have a big height restriction either and that ride scared tons of kids
 
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Universal has been in the business of scaring the crap out of people since 1913.
 
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