https://blog.universalorlando.com/whats-new/fast-furious-ride-details/
most social media comments on this are predictably negative.
most social media comments on this are predictably negative.
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Fast & Furious- Supercharged details officially released
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disneygeek90
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Virtual Line? Again? Every time I go on Jimmy the groups are incredibly confused and the whole process feels disorganized.
This IP doesn't interest me either. I haven't seen any of the movies.
This IP doesn't interest me either. I haven't seen any of the movies.
According to Theme Park University even the ride layout will be nearly identical to Kong.
This is an easy contender for laziest major attraction ever conceived and I have no doubt it will be one of the most panned.
This is an easy contender for laziest major attraction ever conceived and I have no doubt it will be one of the most panned.
disneygeek90
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People in the Facebook comments were saying it would be like Spiderman or Transformers and I was wondering what the heck they were looking at. What a lazy Kong duplicate. With probably an even worse IP.
lazyboy97o
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Nothing says Fast like a lumbering truck.
It's also the exact same footage from the Hollywood tram tour version, which, unlike the Kong 360 scene that at least looks good and is cool, looks completely cheap and awful.
Universal, you can clearly do better than this.
Universal, you can clearly do better than this.
champdisney
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You know, a Fast and Furious attraction would be cool if people actually got to ride in a sports car. Rather, we’re in a party bus in a Rock N’ Rollercoaster-esque plot having to deal with Cryese Gibson.
Also, what’s the deal of them glorifying this as an original story when it clearly isn’t.
Also, what’s the deal of them glorifying this as an original story when it clearly isn’t.
Yeah. I don't understand who this attraction is supposed to impress. Even the biggest diehard UOR fans are tired of 3D screen-based rides. I haven't really enjoyed their last two attempts, Kong and Fallon either, but at least with Kong, the concept of riding on a truck makes sense, and the 360 sequence is well done. Fallon had a limited space to work with and no one was expecting much from a Jimmy Fallon themed ride anyway. But this? People, especially F&F fans are going to expecting an actual fast ride in sports cars.
Basically this will not meet literally anyone's expectations and the best we can hope for is a really good queue.
Basically this will not meet literally anyone's expectations and the best we can hope for is a really good queue.
JoeCamel
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It is meant for the higher ups who ordered it built based on box office. They got what they asked for and I suspect the GP will like it more than they did Disaster in it's waning days.
I have my doubts. The public's reaction to Kong and Fallon have been mixed at best (despite what UOR's official statements and PR department say). This is even more of the same, and almost definitely worse, and not at all the appropriate style of ride for the subject matter.
Not really. While it definitely isn't the experience it could've been given the strength of the IP, I always see at least half the truck come off Kong smiling, and even if some of us think it's a ludicrous concept for a theme park attraction, people are audibly enjoying themselves on Fallon. It's important to remember that whatever reaction you've seen online represents a small sample size in the grand scheme of things, and people with a negative review to share are more likely than others to share a review at all.
This? This is probably going to suck, but the GP will eat it up and we'll be stuck with it much longer than we should be. But that's life.
JoeCamel
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The attendance numbers don't lie. Double digit increases year over year while the ones down the road show declines? I think they know what they are doing despite the disappointment of us fans.
Take care of yourself so you can come 5 years from now, you won't recognize the place.
sedati
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It's new, so I'll definitely want to try it out at least once. Screen fatigue is real, but I try to judge each ride on its own merits. The IP doesn't interest me much, but I've learned that often has nothing to really do with my enjoyment of a ride.
Based on my recent experience I'm more concerned with how this line will operate as both Fallon and Tapu Tapu were are biggest frustrations on the Universal end of our trip (and I'm including break-downs in that assessment.)
Hopefully this will be a lesson learned and will work as advertised. Otherwise, I'd prefer a good old fashioned slow moving, organized line over a hip new stagnant, disorganized series of holding pens any day.
Based on my recent experience I'm more concerned with how this line will operate as both Fallon and Tapu Tapu were are biggest frustrations on the Universal end of our trip (and I'm including break-downs in that assessment.)
Hopefully this will be a lesson learned and will work as advertised. Otherwise, I'd prefer a good old fashioned slow moving, organized line over a hip new stagnant, disorganized series of holding pens any day.
TwilightZone
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I'm surprised people were expecting more or better. It always seemed to be a clone of the hollywood one from day 1 to me. I was able to piece this together by universal's laziness as of late.
The GP does not eat up all these 3D attractions like we assume. Almost everyone I talk to who isn't a theme park enthusiast has the same thing to say about Universal: "Harry Potter world is great, the rest is cool and all but its all kind of the same and got tiring after a while."
The attendance has been increasing every year since Potter, it has little to nothing to do with the additions of Kong and Fallon.
I was hoping there would at least be some new unveiled surprise that makes it stand out in some way. But no, instead its exactly as lazy as we expected.
I think a lot of people are experiencing 3D fatigue, at USF especially, but that's not the same as disliking the attractions themselves. Redundant or not, they've been crowd pleasers. F&F may be the straw that breaks the camel's back, but Universal won't think there's a problem until the GP starts telling them so en masse, which has yet to happen. If this project doesn't crash and burn & they learn the error of their ways, we can only hope they coincidentally start shifting their focus towards other types of experiences.
Disneyhead'71
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Saving that for Mario Kart.