All things Universal Studios Hollywood

[Rich T]

Go to Disneyland then, or Knott’s Spooky Farm (weekends during the day) for that type of Halloween, it still exists, HHN isn’t for everyone.

In the interest of saving money, I'll just continue my annual tradition of buying a bunch of candy and then eating it myself while watching Abbott and Costello meet Frankenstein. And yelling, "SCRAM!" at the front door if anyone knocks.

 

[Phroobar]

Sigh. I remember when Halloween wasn't about slashers, chainsaws and R-rated films. I remember when It was about skeletons and green-faced witches and sheet-ghosts and Tootsie Pops and cheap Ben Cooper masks and Charlie Brown getting nothing but rocks. I remember a more innocent Halloween. I remember because I'm oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooold.

There is a Ghostbusters maze and a Frankenstein meets the Wolfman maze at Universal.

 

[planodisney]

Mario Kart

That’s a pretty big show building. So is this Nintendoland actually just a Mario Kart ride or is there a larger plot not in this photo?

 

[Phroobar]

That’s a pretty big show building. So is this Nintendoland actually just a Mario Kart ride or is there a larger plot not in this photo?

Hollywood only gets Mario Kart. There is another plot in front that I hear is food and shops for the ride. The queue for Mario Kart is upstairs in the main building.

 

[Phroobar]

There is a complete sound stage between Mario Kart and Transformers that they use for the Stranger Things maze. I wonder if it will become another ride? It use to be where Backdraft was done.

 

[planodisney]

That sucks. It was originally rumored to be Donkey Kong as well. So no Nintendoland, just a new ride. They are increasing their ride count with this and Pets which is much needed for this park.
You have to think USH management is pretty let down by the choice of Pets as the IP for that ride. I don’t think we will be seeing clones of that elsewhere. I’ve heard the new Universal Epic park Yoshi ride will feature the same tech.

 

[Phroobar]

That sucks. It was originally rumored to be Donkey Kong as well. So no Nintendoland, just a new ride. They are increasing their ride count with this and Pets which is much needed for this park.
You have to think USH management is pretty let down by the choice of Pets as the IP for that ride. I don’t think we will be seeing clones of that elsewhere. I’ve heard the new Universal Epic park Yoshi ride will feature the same tech.

From what I hear the Pets ride uses the same ride vehicle as the Super Mario Yoshi ride where you are kind of "riding" the character. It's possible that Donkey Kong could go in the Backdraft soundstage or even the Mummy coaster building. However I thought the Mummy was going to be another Potter ride.

 

[Anjin]

Yoshi is trash. I would never want to ride a Yoshi unless I got to do this:

 

[Professortango1]

From what I hear the Pets ride uses the same ride vehicle as the Super Mario Yoshi ride where you are kind of "riding" the character. It's possible that Donkey Kong could go in the Backdraft soundstage or even the Mummy coaster building. However I thought the Mummy was going to be another Potter ride.

I think Donkey Kong uses outdoor segments and USH can't have an outdoor coaster on the lower lot because the noise would constantly interfere with filming.

 

[Phroobar]

This should be a pretty cool scene for the Ghostbusters maze.

There really needs to be a Ghostbusters ride.

 

[TROR]

Weird to have a maze based off a comedy but it’s a nice looking maze. I like the Slimer effect.

 

[Rich T]

...There really needs to be a Ghostbusters ride.

Sally Corp. kind of beat them to the punch by opening their Ghost Blasters rides in parks all over the U.S. So, now that everyone has ridden a dark ride where you shoot at ghosts to "purge" the grounds, a Ghostbusters ride should be non-interactive, which I think would be great. I also think it should be an original story set just after the first film. Set it in one big location the team has arrived at and let the ride designers go wild with surprises, new monsters and family-friendly jump scares.

 

[Rich T]

New news/rumor about Nintendo Land in Japan: Guests will wear magnetic electronic bracelets that interact with setpieces and characters all over the land, as well as the Mariokart and Yoshi rides. You get points for every interaction, and then you can transfer those points to games you're playing at home on the Switch (and/or the next Nintendo console) for bonus items (or something).

Yeah, it's gimmicky, but I think it's also a clever optional way to make the land feel like a living game. I wonder if we'll get any kind of scaled down version of this for Hollywood (Epic Universe will get it all and more, I'm sure).

 

[Phroobar]

New news/rumor about Nintendo Land in Japan: Guests will wear magnetic electronic bracelets that interact with setpieces and characters all over the land, as well as the Mariokart and Yoshi rides. You get points for every interaction, and then you can transfer those points to games you're playing at home on the Switch (and/or the next Nintendo console) for bonus items (or something).

Yeah, it's gimmicky, but I think it's also a clever optional way to make the land feel like a living game. I wonder if we'll get any kind of scaled down version of this for Hollywood (Epic Universe will get it all and more, I'm sure).

Over at Star Wars land, we can translate boxes. Oooo.

 

[malice]

There really needs to be a Ghostbusters ride.

One exists at Motiongate Dubai and it’s embarrassingly bad.

 

[TalkingHead]

One exists at Motiongate Dubai and it’s embarrassingly bad.

If you think this is bad, I’d hate to hear what you’d say about Midway Mania.

 

[BubbaQuest]

... and then you can transfer those points to games you're playing at home on the Switch (and/or the next Nintendo console) for bonus items (or something).

Yeah, it's gimmicky, but I think it's also a clever optional way to make the land feel like a living game. I wonder if we'll get any kind of scaled down version of this for Hollywood (Epic Universe will get it all and more, I'm sure).

Definitely gimmicky, but I also thought the same way about Amiibo. Until I started buying them . Could be really cool to ride Mario Kart at Uni, come home and tap your wristband to your Switch to open up new stuff. Total fanboy speculation here, but imagine if you could import your ghost times from the ride into the game and then drive next to your ghost at home (and vice versa).

 

[The Grand Inquisitor]

New news/rumor about Nintendo Land in Japan: Guests will wear magnetic electronic bracelets that interact with setpieces and characters all over the land, as well as the Mariokart and Yoshi rides. You get points for every interaction, and then you can transfer those points to games you're playing at home on the Switch (and/or the next Nintendo console) for bonus items (or something).

Yeah, it's gimmicky, but I think it's also a clever optional way to make the land feel like a living game. I wonder if we'll get any kind of scaled down version of this for Hollywood (Epic Universe will get it all and more, I'm sure).

Basically what Disney promised for Galaxy's Edge but failed to deliver. But don't forget we can translate Aurebush( who really cares).

 

[Suspirian]

Weird to have a maze based off a comedy but it’s a nice looking maze. I like the Slimer effect.

They've made stranger choices before

 

[RobWDW1971]

Basically what Disney promised for Galaxy's Edge but failed to deliver. But don't forget we can translate Aurebush( who really cares).

Hey, you can also make a static droid's head rotate six inches! Maybe the next billion dollars will get us to this level of sophistication...