- Sep 15, 2012
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I'm craving more info on Gringotts. 3D seems basically confirmed but is the motion base rumor still going?
What is?
Are we positive Nassal is doing the expansion? I'm just wondering why their website still says: "The Nassal Company is proud to have been a supplier to Universal Orlando Resort® and to have helped bring The Wizarding World of Harry Potter™ to life."
Because Nassal is forbidden from talking about upcoming attractions and additions. Uni legal went bonkers 5 years ago when vendors began putting up project artwork long before the WW even opened. I have had communications with a few designers about how hard legal came down on them. It was so unnerving for them then, that many of them will not post their old artwork even now, long after the park has opened.
I believe the Hogwarts Express track is now complete.
Almost
I was wondering how much info is actually known on the Gringotts bank ride. Is it supposed to rival FJ? What kind of ride will it be? (Sorry I haven't read all the 821 pages of this thread).
It is supposed to be a ride similar to all of the slow or still scenes found in mummy, except it will have 3D. In this, it will be a longer seeming ride, with bigger sets and probably many screens that at best (if they get it right), you won't know are screens. Caverns that go on for impossible distances, and canyons that slope hundreds of feet below your track. There will probably be a few mini coaster moments and hopefully a good number of break runs, returns to magnetic control and perhaps even short stops.
The last three sentences are both my expectations, interpretations of inside info and my hopes. There remains a small chance that it will still not rival Spider Man for many. Alas, most don't and can't come close.
I thought I read something about how the Kuka arms will be used on the ride. It would be quite a feat if Universal put them on roller coaster track, but I think my source was most likely wrong.
I don't think this attraction will be nearly as good as FJ, because FJ's queue is simply amazing. While Gringott's queue may be cool, it can't hold a candle to walking through Hogwarts. I personally think that while this entire expansion will be very awesome, the original HP land will be definitely the better of the two IMO.
I thought I read something about how the Kuka arms will be used on the ride. It would be quite a feat if Universal put them on roller coaster track, but I think my source was most likely wrong.
I don't think this attraction will be nearly as good as FJ, because FJ's queue is simply amazing. While Gringott's queue may be cool, it can't hold a candle to walking through Hogwarts. I personally think that while this entire expansion will be very awesome, the original HP land will be definitely the better of the two IMO.
It is supposed to be a ride similar to all of the slow or still scenes found in mummy, except it will have 3D. In this, it will be a longer seeming ride, with bigger sets and probably many screens that at best (if they get it right), you won't know are screens. Caverns that go on for impossible distances, and canyons that slope hundreds of feet below your track. There will probably be a few mini coaster moments and hopefully a good number of break runs, returns to magnetic control and perhaps even short stops.
The last three sentences are both my expectations, interpretations of inside info and my hopes. There remains a small chance that it will still not rival Spider Man for many. Alas, most don't and can't come close.