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Rich T

Rich T

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PiratesMansion said:
…Kong is plussed in ways that I think are interesting, but the meat of the ride is the same. Whether or not you will feel it's sufficiently plussed depends on how much you appreciate what has been added before or after the part you could do in Hollywood.
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Just a reminder that recently Kong at IoA had the 3D permanently removed and the outdoor section has been closed for a long time. With 3D and the outdoor portion, I thought it worked well enough and was worth a short wait in line. Now…

Still has a great, creepy queue and the impressive AA, but don’t wait more than 1/2 hour for it.

(Also, the different AA truck driver/narrators add an interesting element to the ride that I don’t think has been done anywhere else. Another reason to check it out if you enjoy those kinds of details.)
 
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Professortango1

Professortango1

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Rich T said:
Just a reminder that recently Kong at IoA had the 3D permanently removed and the outdoor section has been closed for a long time. With 3D and the outdoor portion, I thought it worked well enough and was worth a short wait in line. Now…

Still has a great, creepy queue and the impressive AA, but don’t wait more than 1/2 hour for it.

(Also, the different AA truck driver/narrators add an interesting element to the ride that I don’t think has been done anywhere else. Another reason to check it out if you enjoy those kinds of details.)
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How did they take out the outdoor portion? I thought the cars had to circle around to enter the show building?
 
Rich T

Rich T

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Professortango1 said:
How did they take out the outdoor portion? I thought the cars had to circle around to enter the show building?
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There’s a sort of “B Mode” shortcut that takes the trucks directly from the load area to the first indoor scene without ever going outdoors. I would love to know what the heck is the deal there, and what the long-term plans for that ride’s space are.
 
Professortango1

Professortango1

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Rich T said:
There’s a sort of “B Mode” shortcut that takes the trucks directly from the load area to the first indoor scene without ever going outdoors. I would love to know what the heck is the deal there, and what the long-term plans for that ride’s space are.
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Wow. The outdoor portion was the most impressive aspect for me. Well, the silver lining is that the absence of this helps reduce the build up to a lackluster experience.
 
ThemeParkTraveller

ThemeParkTraveller

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Rich T said:
There’s a sort of “B Mode” shortcut that takes the trucks directly from the load area to the first indoor scene without ever going outdoors. I would love to know what the heck is the deal there, and what the long-term plans for that ride’s space are.
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I wouldn't be surprised if Kong was replaced with another Jurassic attraction in the future. Its placement always felt odd, being a single ride sandwiched between two unrelated lands.
 
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AlexMBush

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In a small but interesting thing; seems USH is using SS12 for HHN this year (outline for a house has been spotted, as has a facade). Perhaps with the production issues going on in LA, maybe USH is trying to take an opportunity that they can get right now to use the lot for the parks benefit?
 
eddie104

eddie104

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AlexMBush said:
In a small but interesting thing; seems USH is using SS12 for HHN this year (outline for a house has been spotted, as has a facade). Perhaps with the production issues going on in LA, maybe USH is trying to take an opportunity that they can get right now to use the lot for the parks benefit?
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I was worried for a second because I had forget this was a USH thread. 😂

Also the terms half day and full day are so overused and have no value anymore.
 
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Phroobar

Phroobar

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ThemeParkTraveller said:
I wouldn't be surprised if Kong was replaced with another Jurassic attraction in the future. Its placement always felt odd, being a single ride sandwiched between two unrelated lands.
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The IOA Kong ride was suppose to be Jurassic Park jeep ride. It would include a encounter with a T-Rex that would spin the jeep around and then chase it. The jeep would go over rope bridges like Indiana Jones and fall down a tree. Velociraptors were suppose to jump on the jeep. They thought it was too expensive and too similar to the River Adventure ride.
 
denyuntilcaught

denyuntilcaught

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Phroobar said:
The IOA Kong ride was suppose to be Jurassic Park jeep ride. It would include a encounter with a T-Rex that would spin the jeep around and then chase it. The jeep would go over rope bridges like Indiana Jones and fall down a tree. Velociraptors were suppose to jump on the jeep. They thought it was too expensive and too similar to the River Adventure ride.
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It's always the velociraptors.
 
Stripes

Stripes

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Henry Mystic said:
I remember talks about Rise potentially having blasters shoot beams through the air. That didn’t fully happen, but to say magic will be used on physical sets in MoM is an understatement.
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I believe you are referring to this patent?


The quality that impresses me the most with Rise of the Resistance is that the theming is 360 degrees. No matter where you look, there’s theming. And the scenes are all well lit. You can see everything around you in every scene. There‘s no black spots.

I think part of the reason WDI didn’t do what Universal is doing here is because they wanted a 100% immersive experience. And I applaud that decision. It was super innovative. And I think it was the first time I’ve ever heard people get off a ride and exclaim that it was an incredible “experience“ as opposed to an incredible ride.

Nonetheless, I think that if it works, this effect will be pretty cool. The technology is essentially dynamic projection mapping similar to what’s been done on the Tokyo Frozen attraction (Anna unfreezing, staircase being built using Elsa’s powers).
 
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Disney Analyst

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Stripes said:
I believe you are referring to this patent?


The quality that impresses me the most with Rise of the Resistance is that the theming is 360 degrees. No matter where you look, there’s theming. And the scenes are all well lit. You can see everything around you in every scene. There‘s no black spots.

I think part of the reason WDI didn’t do what Universal is doing here is because they wanted a 100% immersive experience. And I applaud that decision. It was super innovative. And I think it was the first time I’ve ever heard people get off a ride and exclaim that it was an incredible “experience“ as opposed to an incredible ride.

Nonetheless, I think that if it works, this effect will be pretty cool. The technology is essentially dynamic projection mapping similar to what’s been done on the Tokyo Frozen attraction (Anna unfreezing, staircase being built using Elsa’s powers).
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Rise is the only attraction ever to make me cry when I got off last week, and it took me time to console myself, haha.

And on one ride the group behind us exclaimed “that was the best ride I have ever been on!”
 

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