All things Universal Studios Hollywood

[Professortango1]

True but fast and furious is bad for more reasons than it uses nothing but screens. also I actually like the King Kong ride.

Kong was the biggest disappointment at IOA for us. And that was even with a Fat Pass from Forbidden Journey. Great queue, amazing facade....veeeery bland attraction.

Sure but just from a legacy standpoint, USH needs a Kong AA and having one is better than not having one. My point is, of the two, kong would benefit more from being a practical focused attraction than Back 2 the Future and that Back 2 the future in general isn’t the first IP in their arsenal that I’d choose if I was going to focus on more of a practical attraction.

If they rebuilt the Kong experience from the ground-up, sure. But they can't just plop an AA at the start or ending, unless they are building a whole new show scene. The Kong AA in Orlando is impressive, but makes the experience even more lackluster as he isn't doing anything. He's just hanging out like he's on break. I'd hate to see Hollywood have the same ending.

A Back to the Future segment could have a Delorian on a Kuka Arm, real sparks, real fire, an AA dinosaur if they wanted to go that route. Ghostbusters could have some physical ghosts, a practical Ecto-1 "drive in" and blast at the ghosts. Either way, I'm here for a physical experience to match what we lost with Kong and the tunnel of rethemes.

 

[mickEblu]

Kong was the biggest disappointment at IOA for us. And that was even with a Fat Pass from Forbidden Journey. Great queue, amazing facade....veeeery bland attraction.

If they rebuilt the Kong experience from the ground-up, sure. But they can't just plop an AA at the start or ending, unless they are building a whole new show scene. The Kong AA in Orlando is impressive, but makes the experience even more lackluster as he isn't doing anything. He's just hanging out like he's on break. I'd hate to see Hollywood have the same ending.

A Back to the Future segment could have a Delorian on a Kuka Arm, real sparks, real fire, an AA dinosaur if they wanted to go that route. Ghostbusters could have some physical ghosts, a practical Ecto-1 "drive in" and blast at the ghosts. Either way, I'm here for a physical experience to match what we lost with Kong and the tunnel of rethemes.

Yeah I wasn’t advocating for the AA to be plopped into the current situation. I think Kong needs to be rebuilt at another location and an AA needs to be a part of that. Kong at USH has the benefit of not being a standalone attraction so expectations aren’t as high. Just give us some jungle sets, the 3d action portion and an impressive AA and it would suffice. Now what motivation they’d have to do that I’m not quite sure. Haha. Or maybe even go old school and have him destroying the city again. Maybe we have enough of the jungle stuff with Jurassic World.

 

[AJFireman]

Curious if this will effect this rides enter and exit procedure slowing down riders per hour.
Universal was found at fault because they didn't stop the moving walkway for the person to exit the ride.

Woman suffered crushed spine on Harry Potter ride; jury awards her $7.25 million

An Arizona woman has been awarded $7.25 million by a federal court in California after a day of magic at the Wizarding World of Harry Potter with her grandson ended in a debilitating medical disaster.

www.latimes.com