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Trackless tech is overrated
It's a neat gimmick but not the end-all-be-all that some make it out to be.
Trackless tech is overrated
If it is done well (Symbolica Efteling) it really adds to the ride experience. It can make re-rideability and unique aspects like the "dancing" in the big hall a lot of fun.Trackless tech is overrated
Early blue sky or pitch. Wasn’t approved. Went for more immersive concepts.
But when I first saw that I liked how the trackless cars had different paths and crossed by each other in the main scene multiple times. Love when rides do that.
The Omnimover is a great ride system. I’m surprised it took Universal as long as it did to build one and they still don’t seem to have completely cracked it; don‘t know about Yoshi but I seem to remember doing the math on SLoP’s ride time and number of vehicles and it worked out to like 1,100/hour. Hopefully one day they’ll build an awesome 2,000/hour people-eater since all the development costs for the ride system should be paid for already.Lately Universal has been creating multiple rides utilizing the same ride system. When this didn't get greenlit, SLoP moved to omnimover (same as Yoshi)... And even the original MoM ride, which was rumored to be trackless, may have moved to another new system as well. So, I guess, bye bye trackless systems from Universal for a bit. If it doesn't fit the buy one get one deal, it doesn't get made. :shrug:
The Omnimover is a great ride system. I’m surprised it took Universal as long as it did to build one and they still don’t seem to have completely cracked it; don‘t know about Yoshi but I seem to remember doing the math on SLoP’s ride time and number of vehicles and it worked out to like 1,100/hour. Hopefully one day they’ll build an awesome 2,000/hour people-eater since all the development costs for the ride system should be paid for already.
At Universal, I would agree. They’re mostly building lands in general.Sadly, I think the day of a single c ticket being built are long gone. We'll only see these types of rides as part of a full land.
At Universal, I would agree. They’re mostly building lands in general.
Although are we classifying then Mknsters ride as C/D ticket? Just clarifying, I always figured it was
An E ticket attraction but maybe I’m just getting myself confused.
This is all very trueI just mean in general. Potter changed everything. The expectations of a new ride have grown significantly since 2010.
The only current franchises that are viable for full lands are ones that have been stuck in the rumor mill for ages (LOTR/Star Trek) or Nintendo/Dreamworks properties waiting on EU to open. Even if they have the budget, they can't make a land out of anything.The parks might be better off returning to the standalone route for the time being post-COVID if that’s the only way they can afford to build anything.
The only current franchises that are viable for full lands are ones that have been stuck in the rumor mill for ages (LOTR/Star Trek) or Nintendo/Dreamworks properties waiting on EU to open. Even if they have the budget, they can't make a land out of anything.
Dune might be the only new franchise that would warrant a full land, and the jury's still out on how well it does.
Ultimately, Universal needs to make new franchises instead of one's that originated in 2010 or earlier, lest the franchises they have left to exploit dwindle in number. They have two animation studios suited to that task, yet one, despite their amazing Netflix shows, is only making movies from the most popular of their shows (Spirit and Boss Baby). The other has spent most of the decade making five Despicable Me movies. Meanwhile Disney and Pixar pop out new potential franchises every one to two years.NBCU seems determined to turn BSG into a multimedia franchise, and I have to imagine there's pressure to use their own IP. Maybe that's come up in Blue Sky?
Ultimately, Universal needs to make new franchises instead of one's that originated in 2010 or earlier, lest the franchises they have left to exploit dwindle in number. They have two animation studios suited to that task, yet one, despite their amazing Netflix shows, is only making movies from the most popular of their shows (Spirit and Boss Baby). The other has spent most of the decade making five Despicable Me movies. Meanwhile Disney and Pixar pop out new potential franchises every one to two years.
Good point, although Up was 2009. Disney picked up the slack though with Tangled, Wreck-it-Ralph, Frozen, Big Hero 6, Zootopia and Moana.I agree with what you're saying, but just as a quick correction: Illumination actually produced about the same number of original, non-IP movies as Pixar during the 2010s, four non-IP movies to Pixar's five (Pixar: Up, Brave, Inside Out, The Good Dinosaur, Coco; Illumination: Despicable Me, Hop, Secret Life of Pets, Sing). It just feels like less because Pixar was producing sequels to multiple movies, whereas Illumination was mostly focused on the Minions franchise.
I take it you mean Mystic Manor?At the same time, I think the current ride systems are a necessary step, and they're enjoyable in their own right. Phantom Manor is a fantastic transitional proof of concept, if nothing else.