Disneyhead'71
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I'm still trying to figure out where I can find roadside tourist traps that build hundred million dollar attractions.
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Skull Island: Reign of Kong from construction to opening
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lazyboy97o
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Skull Island: Reign of Kong's shortcoming exist completely independent of Kongfrontation and Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey.
And who has said anything close to that?
rawisericho
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You watching on youtube is nothing like experiencing itI rode the **** out of it, but it's time has passed, like Jaws. Sad to see the old stuff go, but comparing things today with things from 20 years ago is silly.
I rode Jaws a month before it closed and felt it still held up, I feel like Kong would've too.
I'm sorry, I'm just sick of the screens, not every ride needs them. I believe e that FJ is the best theme park ride on the planet and the screens work there just fine but UC is doing it to death with the AASM formula. Kong is a ride that just begs for animatronics.
Disneyhead'71
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Sorry, the comment about Kong that I was referring too was in the 4th gate thread. I got confused, but here is the quote.
Musicman20
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I rode it twice in October. Once on the day they shut for the Hurricane (just managed to sneak on before the line shut) and once on a busier day and just queued for a while.
The theming and queue are absolutely top notch. Not WWOHP, but fantastic.
The ride was better the second time. The first time, it was bad weather so we didn't go outside.
The trucks are great. I couldn't hear the driver all the time but it's a great feature. The way the truck moves is pretty mindblowing.
The screens? Well, I quite like Transformers and I like screens if they work well. I do think it would have been incredibly hard to have those dinosaurs etc as AA's fighting as frantically as that. I do however think they needed a section in the middle with more AA's and theming
I do like the fact you have two sides; both different. I watched different sides on different rides.
Isn't it basically parts of the Hollywood tram version but expanded?
The AA is outstanding at the end. Would I have liked to have seen more of Kong? Yes. But the detail of that head is something else.
I do miss the old ride. Out of all the Universal attractions from the past I miss that the most.
7.5 / 10
The theming and queue are absolutely top notch. Not WWOHP, but fantastic.
The ride was better the second time. The first time, it was bad weather so we didn't go outside.
The trucks are great. I couldn't hear the driver all the time but it's a great feature. The way the truck moves is pretty mindblowing.
The screens? Well, I quite like Transformers and I like screens if they work well. I do think it would have been incredibly hard to have those dinosaurs etc as AA's fighting as frantically as that. I do however think they needed a section in the middle with more AA's and theming
I do like the fact you have two sides; both different. I watched different sides on different rides.
Isn't it basically parts of the Hollywood tram version but expanded?
The AA is outstanding at the end. Would I have liked to have seen more of Kong? Yes. But the detail of that head is something else.
I do miss the old ride. Out of all the Universal attractions from the past I miss that the most.
7.5 / 10
Tom Morrow
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This forum is still the only place I've seen where people are going out of their way to defend that this is actually a great ride. Everywhere else, ranges from "bad" to "good or okay but heavily flawed"
Difference of opinion.
Tom Morrow
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I know, but WDWMagic now has the mindset that Universal can do no wrong, so let's use them to shame Disney because we are unhappy with Disney's decisions, and I suspect that this is a reflection of that.
I think it's the consensus that F&F will be a whole lot of wrong.
If WDWMagic thinks Universal can do no wrong, why is this thread (and several others) filled with scathing reviews? And I don't know what you've read elsewhere, but most people who like the ride aren't shaming Disney by doing so. There's no connection between the two.
Tom Morrow
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I meant in the main WDW subforums on here, Universal is often used as the example of "doing it right" when they have something to complain about with Disney now. Several posters defending Kong in this thread also quick to point out how WDW hasn't given us a true E-ticket like this or something innovative for years.
Most of the people who praise Universal in the WDW section don't even post in the Universal section. Many of them are no doubt making those comparisons just to get a rise out of people.
I don't know why, because if someone wants to criticize WDW, they already have plenty of ammo without having to use other parks' attractions. Replace "They haven't given us an E-ticket like this in years," with "They haven't given us an E-ticket in years," and voila, same great taste, no extra fat. Then Kong becomes unrelated to that discussion, as it should be.
Personally, I'm one who thinks the reaction on this site has been overly harsh. It's not a great ride, but few are. Now if the damn thing would just stop breaking down...
Disneyhead'71
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Don't you know everything is about Disney? Give a good review to Toothsome's and your slamming Disney. Like a new Universal ride, you hate Disney.
Well, I'll give my direct opinion of the 3 biggies 2016 offerings.
Kong, a solid E Ticket attraction.
Mako, a smooth as silk airtime machine in a market that didn't have one.
Frozenstrom, pretty and vacuous. Like a Kardashian.
danpam1024
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PERFECTION!
BrianLo
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It's partially a victim of the growing discontent at Universal Creative.
It does several things very well that UC hasn't been the best at necessarily.
1) It is an actual expansion of the park, without subtraction.
2) It properly adds a little variety to a corridor of rides that needed to be broken up.
3) They did a fantastic - and mostly complete - job with a facade!
4) It's a very accessible ride.
But on the whole it is another same-ish addition to a resort (primarily the fault of the Studios side) that has very little breadth in their recent attraction types. It is a great addition to IoA in terms of variety, but not necessarily the best for UOR as a whole.
It is also partially punished by its follow up acts - conversion of two more attractions (Twister and Disaster) in USO to hybrid simulators.
The creative additions have largely turned into:
1) Use a cool new vehicle
2) Make it a hybrid simulator
3) IP du jour
4) A narrative that consists of narrow escapes followed by more narrow escapes. No longer do we have the 'pleasure' of a tranquil build until something goes terribly wrong - we now start the ride with things going wrong and follow it with more things going wrong.
5) A refusal (or unwillingness?) to hide the seams. Whether that be facades, room transitions or literally the screens themselves.
6) Make it 3D
7) Their worst flaw of late, failure to keep things moving smoothly and dynamically.
It does several things very well that UC hasn't been the best at necessarily.
1) It is an actual expansion of the park, without subtraction.
2) It properly adds a little variety to a corridor of rides that needed to be broken up.
3) They did a fantastic - and mostly complete - job with a facade!
4) It's a very accessible ride.
But on the whole it is another same-ish addition to a resort (primarily the fault of the Studios side) that has very little breadth in their recent attraction types. It is a great addition to IoA in terms of variety, but not necessarily the best for UOR as a whole.
It is also partially punished by its follow up acts - conversion of two more attractions (Twister and Disaster) in USO to hybrid simulators.
The creative additions have largely turned into:
1) Use a cool new vehicle
2) Make it a hybrid simulator
3) IP du jour
4) A narrative that consists of narrow escapes followed by more narrow escapes. No longer do we have the 'pleasure' of a tranquil build until something goes terribly wrong - we now start the ride with things going wrong and follow it with more things going wrong.
5) A refusal (or unwillingness?) to hide the seams. Whether that be facades, room transitions or literally the screens themselves.
6) Make it 3D
7) Their worst flaw of late, failure to keep things moving smoothly and dynamically.
KathyJetson
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If we use express pass for this will we miss a lot of things in the queue?
Disneyhead'71
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Yes. And the queue is pretty good.
KathyJetson
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Thanks we'll try to do it then
Magic Feather
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Although, if you have young ones, I would suggest against it, as they have scareactors that jump out at you in one portion of the queue. But if you don't, go for it! It is beautiful.
KathyJetson
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I have a 13 year old. I haven't told him about that part he'll love it!