Universal's Epic Universe General News & Discussion

[Mad Dog]

Bad day today. There's been four or five, non weather related, attractions down at one time or other ,throughout the day. Some very high stand by times.

 

[Alicia]

Per my friend who is at Epic today and just rode monsters, the preshows currently aren't running. They really seem temperamental depending on the day as there's been reports of them running recently too. Realllllly hoping they are up on Thursday/Friday when I'm there!

Yea I know someone there today too. It’s a shame. Preshows seemed to work for about a week, but down again today.

I presume they’re working on a b-mode for walking monster, as if that goes down they close both preshows. Whereas they have a backup plan for when Vic is down.

 

[Rhian]

When we entered the room after Ygor’s talk there was an audible "awww" from someone behind use when they see the walls around Victoria. There was a happy cheer when Frank showed up and did his thing but it’s clear people really want to see these AAs, and like me want to bring people to show them too.

Having them down more often than not lately puts a damper on the experience. I’m sure they’ll get it sorted but in the meantime it sucks it’s happening.

 

[OrlandoGuy]

It really does suck to hear about the issues, but also kind of feels inevitable? It was to the point where during my first ride I was actually starting to cringe every time a new AA popped up, because my dork brain just kept worrying about how maintenance was gonna keep up.

I wonder if a fix could be reprogramming them to move less. Off the top of my head, first Frankenstein, Phantom, last Frankenstein, and last Dracula are making complex motions and only get the distance between ride vehicles to “rest.”

And then I wonder well would that nerf the experience to the point that it’s just worth it to deal with the occasional breakdown.

It’ll be really interesting to see where it all nets out over time.

 

[jwbitterman]

This is probably old news but people at the park the other day were convinced APs for Epic would be offered after HHN.

 

[GA-MBIT]

I remember there being some pushback when I brought it up, but back around Previews I had a similar fear about how Monsters might age longterm. It's an incredibly impressive attraction, but most of the time I only hear people talk about what animatronics weren't working, as opposed to all the cool ones that were.

Bad day today. There's been four or five, non weather related, attractions down at one time or other ,throughout the day. Some very high stand by times.

Mario World was shut down for multiple hours today due to a Fire Alarm evac.

 

[Jake S]

I've been on record on this board as being in favor of creatives pushing the limits technologically in theme park attractions, however, it stinks that there may be so many core issues during a trip taken fewer than six months after a brand new park opens. I'll be very disappointed if these pre shows aren't working when I'm there at the end of the month.