Skull Island: Reign of Kong - General Discussion

[martymcflyy85]

Are we overestimating the "scare" factor?

 

[IAmFloridaBorn]

Are we overestimating the "scare" factor?

I think we are trying to estimate it lol.

 

[Floridaguy34]

i dont think we are overestimating the scare factor seeing how on the website kong is listed as best for teens and adults

 

[Mad Dog]

i dont think we are overestimating the scare factor seeing how on the website kong is listed as best for teens and adults

Good analysis. The other factor of the attraction, movement thrill, doesn't appear to be limited to a teen/adult demographic. So it must be the scare factor that is causing Universal to do the teen/adult recommendation.

 

[Frank Drackman]

Just on the topic of kids and scary rides, I was five when I first went to the MK in '71. I rode Mr. Toad w/ my mom (my dad and older brother went in a car ahead of us). I tried to get out of the car when we were heading head on into a train.

Took my parents some time to convince me to ride It's a Small World.

I think it is cool in the sense that it is one of a handful of memories I still have from that first visit so long ago.

On to Kong, just seeing what we can see of the entrance, I think the Kong sculpture is pretty intimidating...I just think it might of scared off a five year old me, give me an idea that I might not want to ride, far more so than the facade for Mr. Toad would even give my parents reason to think it might not be a ride I would enjoy.

 

[Mad Dog]

Could you see a kid who's afraid to sit on Santa's lap looking at the Kong entrance and just break out crying and screaming, total meltdown. Universal might have to pay to keep a child psychiatrist on Kong queue duty.

 

[Floridaguy34]

haha its gonna be hilarious especially when the parents flip out at the team members

 

[Mad Dog]

haha its gonna be hilarious especially when the parents flip out at the team members

Just dress the team members as headhunting cannibals. Then the parents will be too scared to say anything.

 

[Floridaguy34]

that would be totally awesome

 

[Cole]

haha its gonna be hilarious especially when the parents flip out at the team members

I would love to work at this ride, not only because it's gonna be amazing but the reactions are gonna be hilarious (especially in the queue)

 

[SeventyOne]

I think stitch is child abuse but to each their own

I've seen more terrified kids in Stitch than any other ride. Didn't they raise the height requirement for that very reason?

 

[Teebin]

I would think they will begin running the ride vehicles on the outside track very soon. Sometime in the next 4 weeks. Perhaps they will wrap them in plastic to cover the theming. Let's see if I am right!

 

[Floridaguy34]

i dont think the track is ready yet

 

[Scott W.]

I would think they will begin running the ride vehicles on the outside track very soon. Sometime in the next 4 weeks. Perhaps they will wrap them in plastic to cover the theming. Let's see if I am right!

Something similar to testing cars with the weird black and white patterns printed on the plastic so we can all lose our minds trying to figure out what it really looks like.

 

[Mad Dog]

Something similar to testing cars with the weird black and white patterns printed on the plastic so we can all lose our minds trying to figure out what it really looks like.

How about pictures of mice, ducks and crickets being eaten by Kong.

 

[awhen]

From today. I'll pick through a little more carefully later and see if I can find something else interesting. I'll also have a few ground shots later. These are little wider angle than I normally do (14mm DX format) and I've done some cropping and rotating, so take that into consideration if judging any sizes or distances.

 

[NashvilleTrio]

Those pictures are amazing! Thanks.

 

[Teebin]

The best of any pictures ever taken awhen! Damn, they are following the plans to a minute detail!

That extended queue is baffling me. The queue return of that queue walks within two feet of the ride path. Is that stonework high enough to hide it from view?

The big doors are opened inward are they not? These wide shots are somewhat more helpful than the zooms as those distort depth and makes it appear the darkening doors are two feet behind the big doors... which is impossible.

Back to my first statement. This the first mega attraction that I have ever heard of to not only NOT cut anything but have ADDED stuff over the past year!!! Really everyone... have you ever heard of such a thing?

 

[*Q*]

Back to my first statement. This the first mega attraction that I have ever heard of to not only NOT cut anything but have ADDED stuff over the past year!!! Really everyone... have you ever heard of such a thing?

The way that some of you have talked about the development of this attraction makes it sound like everyone within Universal randomly collectively said, "Eh, let's just go f***ing crazy with this one."

 

[Mad Dog]

The best of any pictures ever taken awhen! Damn, they are following the plans to a minute detail!

That extended queue is baffling me. The queue return of that queue walks within two feet of the ride path. Is that stonework high enough to hide it from view?

The big doors are opened inward are they not? These wide shots are somewhat more helpful than the zooms as those distort depth and makes it appear the darkening doors are two feet behind the big doors... which is impossible.

Back to my first statement. This the first mega attraction that I have ever heard of to not only NOT cut anything but have ADDED stuff over the past year!!! Really everyone... have you ever heard of such a thing?

They know they have a mega attraction, so take no chances and built it to it's maximum potential. Plus with Disney's new expansion moves, Universal needs to make the most of this window of opportunity.