TalkingHead
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Hearing a diehard fan call it “solid” doesn’t exactly suggest that this place is going to move the needle for UOR.
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Universal Epic Universe (South Expansion Complex) - Now Open!
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Jrb1979
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Diehard fans are very different than your average guest. I'm sure your average guest will think it's a great park.
Disney Analyst
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Epic really needs some C to D ticket dark ride experiences. That would make it a more fleshed out park.
Where is the ET? Men In Black? Cat in the Hat? Secret Life? It’s a shame universal has basically abandoned rides like that.
Where is the ET? Men In Black? Cat in the Hat? Secret Life? It’s a shame universal has basically abandoned rides like that.
DarkMetroid567
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Because it is such a bad value given its capacity. I’d probably be nicer to it if it had Peoplemover lines, but it realistically only will if the park is dead.The person hates Yoshi's Adventure so I cannot take the post seriously...
Thank you sharing.
I think TMs would be less receptive to it if they had to wait longer than 5 mins for it.
They’ve all abandoned rides like that, unfortunately. But when you see the reactions to things like Stark Flight Lab, and hell, even WEB Slingers, it’s easy to figure out why the parks only aim for heavy hitters.
I find it... "interesting" that supposed team members, who are the only ones seeing the park so far, are openly posting such negative reviews online... 
Men In Black is an E ticket in a massive building. Not quite comparable to the others you mentioned.
rd805
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I fully expect the 2 shows will be amazing experiences, and I have no doubt I'm going to love Ministry of Magic ride as well. NOT worried 
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I'm also a sucker for meet and greets, so if i get a picture with Toad or Frankenstein, you know those are going on instagram lol.
.I'm also a sucker for meet and greets, so if i get a picture with Toad or Frankenstein, you know those are going on instagram lol.
Disney Analyst
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I find it... "interesting" that supposed team members, who are the only ones seeing the park so far, are openly posting such negative reviews online...
Men In Black is an E ticket in a massive building. Not quite comparable to the others you mentioned.
I love Men in Black, but it's at best a D Ticket. But we don't need to be pedantic, that wasn't my point. My point was the type of attraction missing from the EU roster.
I'm not being pedantic. You can call it whatever you want, especially since Universal never used ticket books, but by using MIB as an example, you're effectively altering your own suggestion to say Epic Universe needs more large-scale, headline attractions, because that's exactly what MIB is, one of USF's headliners. Its popularity (and maintenance) may have waned over the past 25 years, but its scale has remained unchanged.
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Disney Analyst
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Okay we differ on how we see MIB, at most MIB is a slow moving, but detailed, dark ride to me. No where on the scale of what I consider an E-Ticket, but a fantastic ride.
If we remove that attraction example from my post, can we get back to what I feel is missing from EU?
Misted Compass
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I agree, though I think Mario Kart fills a similar role to MIB. In no case would I put it at a higher "ticket" than MIB.
The only other rides that aren't E-tickets or flat rides are Fyre Drill (which you'd need an extra set of clothes for) and Yoshi (which seems to move at a snail's pace).
Disney Analyst
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I agree re Mario, but it falls short for me due to the AR mess of it. And it’ll be treated like an E-Ticket due to it being the anchor for the land.
Yoshi could fill the void, but it’s so short and basically a peoplemover.
Jayspency
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- In the Parks
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Berk WILL be the best land in the park. Mark my words.
BringMeTheHoriz
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When MIB opened it absolutely was an E-ticket. It’s just that the Overton Window on what’s considered an E-ticket has shifted over the decades. I firmly believe a ride like MK will be viewed similarly in twenty years, if not sooner. Because when you boil it down, MK is basically the same thing as MIB just with the AR glasses.
I think in the case of Epic, if we don’t consider Mario a D ride right now, the indoor C and D ticket attractions you’re looking for are actually their shows.
I rode Monsters twice in a row within 10 minutes and could’ve rode it a third time. If I attempted that at FBJ I wouldn’t make it past the first scene of the second ride without a bio spill.
They never used ticket books like Disney did, but they use the A through E ticket terminology internally to describe an attraction’s creative direction during development, and its standing in the park post-opening.
At this point those terms are considered an industry standard
It’s the one that impressed me the most.
TalkToEthan
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TalkToEthan
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Exactly!
Baloo124
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Well this is disappointing.
Moth
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You're preaching to the choir here. I've always been team "Berk is the true gem of EU, Dark Universe will disappoint".