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At this point it NEEDS to have the swing launch to not be like only 40 seconds long.
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It's not even 1300ft long.
This is about the same length:
It's about a minute long and half of that includes the lift hill. Not 2 potential launches here.
Universal didn't make a Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde movie during their Classic Monsters heyday, and the characters were never really considered part of the Universal Classic Monsters group, despite being shoehorned into VAN HELSING and the Tom Cruise MUMMY as cameos. Being in the public domain, I guess Universal thought they could toss Jekyll & Hyde into those movies for some added value, but they're not traditionally part of the family.
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I don't really think it's Sleepy Hollow or Jekyll but I also think the Monsters brand is flexible enough to accommodate things like them even if they're not technically from Uni films (though if we want to be really technical, Dr. Jekyll was featured in one of the Abbott and Costello movies).
We're talking about a brand that's variably featured the Invisible Man and Phantom of the Opera along with Dr. Moreau, martians and the mole men. Part of the beauty of the Monsters is their malleability. If you told someone randomly that Dr. Jekyll was a universal monster I'm sure they'd believe you.
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That should be More than not less than. Hippogriff is 350metres
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Shuttle at 15mph? This coaster looks like it is barely 40 ft tall. It already has back to back launches lol It might as well be a dark ride at this point. Gringotts 2.0, the outdoors version lol.
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i think anything in this land will be a hit, im sure they will want to get started on the third ride asap
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Yep they need to balance this land a little more so that boat ride will be extremely important to complete.
Praying for Creature to be the spiritual successor to Jaws with Shanghai pirates boat tech and hella atmosphere...
It's going to be the Potter ride IMO
Although, a swing launch on a spinner is not something I've seen before
What makes you say that? The left side has two coasters, two e-ticket dark rides, a omni mover, and Nintendo has a ton to do outside of the rides. The right side has one e-ticket dark ride, a family coaster, a couple of flats, and two theatres.
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Yeah I think HTTYD will surprise a lot of people but I don’t think the right side will have as much traffic as the left until/unless LOTR is built.
The crowds at Hogsmeade and Diagon are almost always packed. So any side that happens to have Potter on it, will be packed most always.
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Bioreconstruct back at it again !!!
HTTYD is the real sleeper here. It's going to have an incredible reveal when you enter. It's probably the most balanced land in terms of rides with the most to boost. The sky fly looks like a lot of fun. The dining will be great. The IP is easily accessible.
Diagon probably feels busier than it is because of how tight it is and this will probably be more of the same. I'm still trying to get my head around the Potter ride but this feels like it will have the same impact as Spider-Man did when it opened at IOA.
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HTTYD seems likely to be an incredibly attractive, well-themed land that suffers from the lack of a headliner/ center piece attraction. The problem will be nowhere near as extreme, but I fear there may be slight echoes of Lost Continent.
