Rumor Eventual Fast & Furious: Supercharged Replacement

[Tom Morrow]

As somebody from the UK, I didn't understand most of the references in Fallon, but knew of him from Youtube clips. Still it was a fun ride when we did it and had some unique tech features (being Universal's first Virtual Queue Ride to test the system before Volcano Bay & Fast & Furios opened) Also, am I right in thinking that Fallon is quite a unique ride system, just in style of simulator being more of a tilting table rather than the standard simulator ride system?

It is fairly unique in the sense that it is one giant platform vs a bunch of individual smaller pods (like Simpsons, Despicable Me, etc). I don't think it's the only one of this type though.

 

[Poseidon Quest]

I'm not saying this is going to happen, or should happen, but consider:

1. The ride building is located in the San Francisco area of the park.
2. The bus vehicle moves onto a motion base that can rock and shake the vehicle... kind of like an earthquake.

It would fit like a glove.

 

[Pizza Moon]

As somebody from the UK, I didn't understand most of the references in Fallon, but knew of him from Youtube clips. Still it was a fun ride when we did it and had some unique tech features (being Universal's first Virtual Queue Ride to test the system before Volcano Bay & Fast & Furios opened) Also, am I right in thinking that Fallon is quite a unique ride system, just in style of simulator being more of a tilting table rather than the standard simulator ride system?

Years ago, I rode Fallon with someone from the UK and his reaction after was “Do Americans find this funny?”

 

[Pizza Moon]

Yes. We love the 80s right now. I wonder how long that will last. If that's what they want to benefit from, they should strike while the iron is hot. Start the conversion when they inevitably close this for HHN again. Why wait?

It’s because the 1980s will be like our 2030.

We’re in an era of radical cultural and economic upheaval, similar to what led to the prosperity of the era everyone seems to love today.

 

[JT3000]

It’s because the 1980s will be like our 2030.

We’re in an era of radical cultural and economic upheaval, similar to what led to the prosperity of the era everyone seems to love today.

Yeah... I'm not seeing it.

 

[Pizza Moon]

Yeah... I'm not seeing it.

You don’t get it yet and that’s fine, most have no idea what’s coming.

 

[mkt]

Outside of first aid... does anyone know what this building is? If it's some sort of general offices, maybe it can be moved to the EPIC campus and let this area expand?

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That is USF operations. You picked the one building that literally cannot be moved to Epic... not to mention that UOR - across all campuses - has a massive shortage of office space. At Epic, a brand new park, people are already working in trailers.

 

[Purduevian]

That is USF operations. You picked the one building that literally cannot be moved to Epic... not to mention that UOR - across all campuses - has a massive shortage of office space. At Epic, a brand new park, people are already working in trailers.

Maybe it can be moved further backstage then?

 

[mkt]

Maybe it can be moved further backstage then?

Sure. Eventually.

The shortage of office space is bad enough that new back-of-house construction merely helps reduce the deficit.

 

[Purduevian]

Sure. Eventually.

The shortage of office space is bad enough that new back-of-house merely helps reduce the deficit.

Gottcha, it just seems like such a prime location next to Supercharged.

 

[JoeCamel]

That is USF operations. You picked the one building that literally cannot be moved to Epic... not to mention that UOR - across all campuses - has a massive shortage of office space. At Epic, a brand new park, people are already working in trailers.

We call those "manufactured office space" trailers/mobile homes haven't been made since 1976.......
Could be worse

 

[mkt]

We call those "manufactured office space" trailers/mobile homes haven't been made since 1976.......
Could be worse

I mean, Disney and Universal both have trailers backstage that have served their functions for decades.

 

[JoeCamel]

I mean, Disney and Universal both have trailers backstage that have served their functions for decades.

There you go again

 

[mkt]

There you go again

You will pry the world trailer from my cold dead hands.

 

[JT3000]

You don’t get it yet and that’s fine, most have no idea what’s coming.

Oh I think I do, it just ain't prosperity or anything to do with the '80s. The '40s maybe.

That is USF operations. You picked the one building that literally cannot be moved to Epic... not to mention that UOR - across all campuses - has a massive shortage of office space. At Epic, a brand new park, people are already working in trailers.

Operations shares space with First Aid? Doesn't seem like a particularly large building.

 

[mkt]

Operations shares space with First Aid? Doesn't seem like a particularly large building.

Not all of ops. There are other buildings that have other ops leadership/senior leadership and support personnel, but this one is convenient because it's just a few steps away from onstage.

 

[Tom Morrow]

They specifically use a lot of "trailers" back of house at theme parks as break rooms and office space specifically because they're easy to move, should they decide to use that space for something else.