cheezbat
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Idk...I like Antarctica better than what I've seen from videos so far....and that's saying something.
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sonoma15
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Yeah, definitely not as bad as Antarctica... from what I’ve seen on Twitter it’s just average, not that bad or not that good, which is honestly fine and you wouldn’t even have to wait long for it anyways because of virtual line. The only major problem I have with it is that it adds on to the list of majority-screen rides at UOR, otherwise it’s a fun family filler attraction
JoeCamel
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And we hope they stay true to the pronouncement it is the last of the screenz. It should be from what future plans I know of.
raven
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Meanwhile over at Disney, screen-based rides are still being created...yet no one seems to mind because it’s Disney.
matt9112
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I agree people are complaining about a filler capacity driven attraction. sorry I dont want every ride to have hour or two waits *caught disney* stuff like this is a necessary evil. I odnt want everything new to be an E ticket.
lazyboy97o
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The idea that an attraction of this size is filler is just silly. Even then, that doesn’t mean anything to the quality of the content. C Tickets are smaller in scope, they’re not the crappy rides for suckers to waste time on.
OG Runner
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How much cooler would F&F have been if they had used a ride system, similar to Star Tours, instead of one that was chosen?
Remember Disney tried using the same ride system a while ago having both Star Tours and Body Wars and they ended up
shutting Body Wars down.
You say that like Fallon is the worst thing ever. I can't stand Jimmy Fallon or his "humor" and even I think it's a decent ride, just redundant.
NRJ wasn't screen based, though it incorporated a few novel use of screens (multi-planar).
Slinky Dog Dash and Alien Swirling Saucers aren't screen based. TRON light cycle and TRON racers won't be screen based.
The screens for the Falcon ride will be novel in that it will be interactive. The screens for MMRR will be novel in that it will be projection mapped onto physical sets and 2.5 D. The screens for Battle Escape are being enhanced with huge physical sets and AAs.
That's why they don't mind screens at Disney. They're varied, mixed-use, and sometimes no screens at all.
Weather_Lady
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Just curious, for those in the know or who have experienced the duplicate attraction: is F&F worth experiencing for a family that has never seen any of the movies, or will it be too confusing?
If UOR wants to make a state of the art screen based ride as good FOP, that's fine with me. A 360 Tunnel screen ride on a giant bus, isn't going to win them any awards.
Yeah, I want to take a moment to emphasize why Flight of Passage is so great.
- every single frame of the ride video is beautiful and looks amazing
- the ride is 100% devoid of theme park cliches
- the main purpose of the ride is to stir up your emotions, not give you generic thrills. (Would Universal ever take 30 seconds out of a thrill ride to pause and reflect on the beautiful scenery?)
- despite this, it's one of the most thrilling simulator rides because the piston-like dropping movements actually produce a sensation that feels like you're really swooping and diving.
- instead of being "hey, remember all these famous elements from the hit movie Avatar?" It's "hey, come see this beautiful world. It's the world of Pandora from Avatar - maybe you've seen it?"
It is downright artfully done in every aspect. Universal is apparently incapable of writing anything other than "You're here to do thing but suddenly bad thing happens and now you're under attack and chaos ensues!"
- every single frame of the ride video is beautiful and looks amazing
- the ride is 100% devoid of theme park cliches
- the main purpose of the ride is to stir up your emotions, not give you generic thrills. (Would Universal ever take 30 seconds out of a thrill ride to pause and reflect on the beautiful scenery?)
- despite this, it's one of the most thrilling simulator rides because the piston-like dropping movements actually produce a sensation that feels like you're really swooping and diving.
- instead of being "hey, remember all these famous elements from the hit movie Avatar?" It's "hey, come see this beautiful world. It's the world of Pandora from Avatar - maybe you've seen it?"
It is downright artfully done in every aspect. Universal is apparently incapable of writing anything other than "You're here to do thing but suddenly bad thing happens and now you're under attack and chaos ensues!"
OG Runner
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I rode Flight of Passage in January, and everything you say is spot on. It was amazing.
It does have the queue from hell, if you don't have a fast pass, but I actually saw a kid
coming out of the ride, practically shaking with a smile from ear to ear, saying that was
fantastic!
It does have the queue from hell, if you don't have a fast pass, but I actually saw a kid
coming out of the ride, practically shaking with a smile from ear to ear, saying that was
fantastic!
Disneyhead'71
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See, here is my problem with FoP. I simply don't care for the IP. The ride is great, but my feelings for the IP leaves me kinda meh.
That doesn't bode well for F&F since I actively loathe the franchise.
That doesn't bode well for F&F since I actively loathe the franchise.
raven
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Then don’t ride it. I can go on and on about a ride that I never rode as well but that’s not going to make it go away.
But these are STILL screen-based rides. Both Kong and F&F have physical sets as well and Kong even has an impressive AA.
As for Flight of Passage I thought it was extremely over rated. I waited 4 hours to ride a subpar attraction based on a movie from 2009. The queue was amazing but the ride itself, in my own opinion, was old technology with good lighting.
I've still never even seen Avatar and I love Flight of Passage. It hardly even feels like an IP-based ride to me because it's just a bunch of pretty visuals.
OG Runner
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I would imagine that is why they have more than one ride in the parks. Not every ride is for everyone.
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BrianLo
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Speaking of bias...
Many of us have already ridden this though, in Hollywood. I think the immediate reaction has come from many people disappointed that the ride experience generally was unchanged from something we previously thought wasn’t good.
Being filler doesn’t mean an attraction needs to be bad though. Look to 20k leagues, or even Hogwarts Express for a Universal attraction example. They are second fiddle but both still great experiences.
This in Universal’s mind was the headliner though, Fallon was the filler. I’m glad some people are just happy with mediocrity (not you who genuinely enjoy it) - but there are literally other posters who are celebrating it being average like that’s a good thing.
The Hollywood version is literally filler on a tram tour.
But some rides are objectively better than others. Flight of Passage is objectively better than Fallon, even if some people (who are huffing paint) might enjoy Fallon more.