EpcotServo's Updates #2.27- Close Encounters of the Third Visit

[EpcotServo]

Heyyooo! Time for another Universal visit, this time an afternoon at Universal Studios and CityWalk to ride Alien Attack & E.T. before seeing PAUL. (Which is great, by the way.) Got a few pictures, so do a few clicks to see them!

UNIVERSAL

-Since the entirety of the human population was in Potterland, Universal Studios was nice and empty in the morning. Any crowds there were sucked up by the coaster, leaving the best rides empty!

-Speaking of best rides, Revenge of the Mummy

-Imhotep was working!

-This is a line of news, about a theme park.

-Was going to ride JAWS, but they were taking a boat offline and the line was stopped. Never seen that before!

-Men In Black Alien Attack is a really awesome ride. I feel like this has been forgotten. MIB and Midway Mania are the best possible interactive rides. Need not make any more. They have both bases covered.

-Seriously, I know many newunifans are PotterPeople, so I need to stress that you should go ride Alien Attack. It's pre show, queue, ride, shop, building...Awesome.

-Universal is loud. So loud. Universal is like me when I think someone isn't paying attention to a good movie...I turn up the volume.

-And I think it would go...something...like this:

-YOU'RE ON A UNIVERSAL RIDE!!! IT'S AWESOME! YOUR SOULS!!! LOOOK AT THE FIRE!!! ISN'T THIS AMAZING! LOUD NOISES!!!!

-Speaking of which, The Simpsons Ride is still pretty good. A good walk-on ride like BTTF was. Don't wait for it, because there are a billion pre-shows as it is.

-E.T. has a ridiculously cool queue. Why isn't the ride as good?

-One of E.T.'s homeworld aliens, which are nightmareish hellspawn creatures with demented faces that look like they've been dragged from the underworld, and make even Cthulu, lord of darkness, look cute, was missing.

-As long as it's missing, it may save children from seeing the horror...the horror.

-There's only one thing left to do...PUSH THE RED BUTTON!

-Not into Mardi Gras, but the Studio Store has a REALLY nice dated AP pin for it, fellow Passholders. Ask for it by name!

-The Rip Rider Coaster stops and gets cycled a bunch, doesn't it?

-Watching Star Trek: The Next Generation...Hold on.

-Where was I?

-Ok, yeah, I'm done.


So that's about it, on to the pictures!

Enjoy!
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[sillykid]

Servo quick question, Pic 26 I miss hoolywood did they put up a facade? Luv the updates, been 3 or 4 years since we been there. Don't ever remember seeing the Hollywood hills.
Thanks in advance

 

[Matpez]

Servo quick question, Pic 26 I miss hoolywood did they put up a facade? Luv the updates, been 3 or 4 years since we been there. Don't ever remember seeing the Hollywood hills.
Thanks in advance

It's trick photography. The "facade" is a small mural you place your camera in front of. They are showing you how a camera can make you believe something based on it's angle.

Does that help? It's hard to explain, but it isn't really there.

 

[MKCP 1985]

Always enjoy your photo updates - thanks!

For several years, the issue pops up now and again about how Men in Black is such an awesome ride. Would someone please explain why it is perceived to be so greatly superior to Buzz Lightyear Space Ranger Spin?

I know the Men in Black aliens are full scale mannequins/figures while buzz aliens are cutouts, so beyond that obvious comparison, because on the other hand, Buzz has nonstop action from start to finish, which Men in Black lacks.

 

[DarrenLevesley]

Great Pics , cannot wait till I go back in September!

 

[spectromagic04]

Awesome pictures!:sohappy:

 

[EpcotServo]

Servo quick question, Pic 26 I miss hoolywood did they put up a facade? Luv the updates, been 3 or 4 years since we been there. Don't ever remember seeing the Hollywood hills.
Thanks in advance

It's trick photography. The "facade" is a small mural you place your camera in front of. They are showing you how a camera can make you believe something based on it's angle.

Does that help? It's hard to explain, but it isn't really there.

Yep, it's a bit of movie magic you can try in a few spots at Universal. Just take a look on the corner across from the makeup show, bring a camera, and give it a try!

Always enjoy your photo updates - thanks!

For several years, the issue pops up now and again about how Men in Black is such an awesome ride. Would someone please explain why it is perceived to be so greatly superior to Buzz Lightyear Space Ranger Spin?

I know the Men in Black aliens are full scale mannequins/figures while buzz aliens are cutouts, so beyond that obvious comparison, because on the other hand, Buzz has nonstop action from start to finish, which Men in Black lacks.

Huh? It's not even on the same level. Buzz is just a super short slow gallery of flat targets with a barely-there queue and annoying music. The guns stink, you can barely aim them, and it's mostly always in horrible shape. And nonstop action? What about the old dreamflight engine tunnel with no targets, and the superspeed tunnel with faded film and only two targets?

Men in Black is on a whole 'nother level. It's an E-Ticket, with a great building, a killer pre-show with a giant queue chock full of detail, cool vehicles, awesome guns, animatronics, and a much longer ride with real sets, movie-like action, and an explosive finale. I like both, and they both have faults, don't get me wrong, but Buzz is to Alien Attack as Pooh is to Expedition Everest. No competition.

 

[jonnyc]

Men in Black is on a whole 'nother level. It's an E-Ticket, with a great building, a killer pre-show with a giant queue chock full of detail, cool vehicles, awesome guns, animatronics, and a much longer ride with real sets, movie-like action, and an explosive finale. I like both, and they both have faults, don't get me wrong, but Buzz is to Alien Attack as Pooh is to Expedition Everest. No competition.

True Dat. Plus my thumb feels like Mike Miller's after a scrimmage with Lebron's vest everytime I come off BLSRS.

 

[spock]

It's trick photography. The "facade" is a small mural you place your camera in front of. They are showing you how a camera can make you believe something based on it's angle.

Wow! I've been to Universal Orlando more times than I can count, and the only one of these I ever remember seeing was the one of the space shuttle that you could do with the BTTF building. I had no idea there were any others throughout the park. Does anyone have a list of all of them? I definitely want to look for these the next time I go.

 

[EpcotServo]

Wow! I've been to Universal Orlando more times than I can count, and the only one of these I ever remember seeing was the one of the space shuttle that you could do with the BTTF building. I had no idea there were any others throughout the park. Does anyone have a list of all of them? I definitely want to look for these the next time I go.

It's just those two. I recall there also being a New York one long ago that was removed...not sure though. (On the existing part, not the removed part.)



And thanks for the kind words everybody!
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