All things Universal Studios Hollywood

[Phroobar]

I wonder if we get a Yoshi ride too. It's not much of a ride. It's just an outdoor omnimover and two minutes inside.

 

[milordsloth]

I wonder if we get a Yoshi ride too. It's not much of a ride. It's just an outdoor omnimover and two minutes inside.

Hollywood is only getting the Mario Kart ride.

 

[Phroobar]

Hollywood is only getting the Mario Kart ride.

which makes me wonder why outside of budget cuts.

 

[D.Silentu]

Supposedly it was more of a reallocation. The word is that the Yoshi funds became the foundation for The Secret Life of Pets ride. Count me as a bit surprised that the land is not opening this year.

 

[Phroobar]

Supposedly it was more of a reallocation. The word is that the Yoshi funds became the foundation for The Secret Life of Pets ride. Count me as a bit surprised that the land is not opening this year.

That's good. I'd rather have SLoPs.

 

[The Grand Inquisitor]

I’m glad we finally got confirmation!!! Here’s a video of what the ride is like in Japan

 

[Phroobar]

I’m glad we finally got confirmation!!! Here’s a video of what the ride is like in Japan

So it is a slow dark ride with AR graphics covering up the scenery while you throw mushrooms at stuff.

 

[Too Many Hats]

It's such a bummer to me that this will be occupying precious real estate at USH. IMO it looks jaw-droppingly terrible. The IP has so much potential and yet this is the ride they decided to build?

 

[socalifornian]

Costcos had an 11(!) month pass for a little while at $149. Has 35 more available days than the California Neighbor Pass for the same price

 

[The Grand Inquisitor]

The Super Nintendo World store is finally open! According to the Universal forums the Mario Kart ride in Hollywood will be officially called Mario Kart: Grand Prix. In Japan it's called Mario Kart: Koopa's Challenge.

 

[socalifornian]

So it’s part of the Shell Cup then? need one more after Orlando

 

[D.Silentu]

Glad to hear it, I prefer our name.

 

[socalifornian]

Some nice progress

 

[Phroobar]

I hope it has all the cool animated characters on the buildings like Tokyo has.

 

[BasiltheBatLord]

I hope it has all the cool animated characters on the buildings like Tokyo has.

I think it will, although I am kind of concerned about long-term maintenance. I've visited SNW in Japan twice, once right after opening and again about 7 months later and there was a noticeable difference in show quality with the outdoor characters. A couple things weren't moving, some things were missing and others were in B-mode and not functioning like they were at opening. And this is in show quality-conscious Japan after less than a year.

You'd think they would plan for this stuff when designing, but...

 

[Phroobar]

I think it will, although I am kind of concerned about long-term maintenance. I've visited SNW in Japan twice, once right after opening and again about 7 months later and there was a noticeable difference in show quality with the outdoor characters. A couple things weren't moving, some things were missing and others were in B-mode and not functioning like they were at opening. And this is in show quality-conscious Japan after less than a year.

You'd think they would plan for this stuff when designing, but...

I wonder if it just comes from bad engineering or contractors cutting corners when weather proofing those characters. Maybe water got into the mechanism that moves them around? They are probably overly engineered just like Disney does.

 

[socalifornian]

Ours will probably have the same problem ToonTown has with bright colors, hopefully not much more with our mild weather

 

[mickEblu]

I would be a billion times more excited for this land if we were getting the DK mine cart coaster and had we not already seen the Mario Kart ride from Japan

 

[Phroobar]

I would be a billion times more excited for this land if we were getting the DK mine cart coaster and had we not already seen the Mario Kart ride from Japan

At least it is dark ride. USH just got it's second one with SLOP.

 

[mickEblu]

Are Transformers and The Mummy at USH long for this world? Putting a DK coaster in that area with the jungle theme would make sense and be the perfect transition between Super Nintendo land proper and Jurassic World. We’d lose the generic buildings for real placemaking. Of course I’d prefer additions and not replacements but I’d sign off on this.