Fast & Furious- Supercharged details officially released

[captainkidd]

How was a test track type attraction out of the cards this boggles my mind.

Agreed. Honestly, I think they have a budget to stick to, and that's all they're willing to do. I was disappointed with Kong the 1st time we rode it, but loved it the 2nd time. It's a ride that all comes down to wear you sit. Middle of the truck on either end is great. Front of truck is a waste of time.

I really do wish Universal would start ponying up for some real rides.

 

[WDWTank]

It should've been a slot car attraction, tourists are going to assume it goes "fast"

 

[FoodRockz]

The ride vehicle says everything. Ugh.

 

[sedati]

Has anyone been on the Hollywood version? How well are they able to convey speed?

 

[Tom Morrow]

Has anyone been on the Hollywood version? How well are they able to convey speed?

Picture the part of Kong: Skull Island at the beginning of the 360 segment, where the truck is moving fast.

In other words, not very well.

 

[BrianLo]

Looking for an upside... um... well, people riding this won't be in line in front of me at other attractions...

Except they went with the silly virtual queue again, meaning most people who would have been housed in a queue will still be in front of you at other attractions.

I think the real upside is that the front of the attraction clearly carries through a strong theme... a dumpster inside and out!

 

[JoeCamel]

Except they went with the silly virtual queue again, meaning most people who would have been housed in a queue will still be in front of you at other attractions.

I think the real upside is that the front of the attraction clearly carries through a strong theme... a dumpster inside and out!


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Yeah but what if Mikey is in the dumpster?

 

[MisterPenguin]

"The gloves are off" indeed!

 

[sedati]

Picture the part of Kong: Skull Island at the beginning of the 360 segment, where the truck is moving fast.

In other words, not very well.

Not bad either- a rumble and fans can do a pretty good job. It makes for a good quick effect in Kong, but it seems hard to picture for an extended amount of time. That said, I always loved the effect used in Earthquake where they made what was actually a short subway tunnel sequence seem longer and faster.

 

[Horizons '83]

Too bad, this park really could have used a stand out attraction (outside of Diagon Alley of course)

 

[c-one]

Not bad either- a rumble and fans can do a pretty good job. It makes for a good quick effect in Kong, but it seems hard to picture for an extended amount of time. That said, I always loved the effect used in Earthquake where they made what was actually a short subway tunnel sequence seem longer and faster.

Earthquake convinced and scared the hell out of me as a kid. Wish I had another chance to ride it after age 7.

As I wrote this post I realized they're replacing one Rock attraction with another. Is that a first in celebrity theme park land?

 

[JoeCamel]

Earthquake convinced and scared the hell out of me as a kid. Wish I had another chance to ride it after age 7.

As I wrote this post I realized they're replacing one Rock attraction with another. Is that a first in celebrity theme park land?

You want Earthquake head west. It re-opened today in H'wood

eta: no this is not the first. Not even the second

 

[FlordIAN]

Great, another motion simulator ride, JUST WHAT UNIVERSAL NEEDS! /s (Seriously, Transformers, Simpsons, Shrek, Minion Mayhem, the god awful Race Through New York, even at IOA, with the admittedly awesome Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man and the AWFUL Reign of Kong), and now we are likely going to get a generic turd of a ride, too bad because I would have loved a Fast and The Furious themed racing coaster. But I guess Comcast wants to get off as cheap as possible

 

[sedati]

Great, another motion simulator ride, JUST WHAT UNIVERSAL NEEDS! /s (Seriously, Transformers, Simpsons, Shrek, Minion Mayhem, the god awful Race Through New York, even at IOA, with the admittedly awesome Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man and the AWFUL Reign of Kong), and now we are likely going to get a generic turd of a ride, too bad because I would have loved a Fast and The Furious themed racing coaster. But I guess Comcast wants to get off as cheap as possible

So, are you putting the "god awful" Race Through New York above or below the "AWFUL" Reign of Kong? I found Fallon dizzyingly bland- not bad, but not worth the wait and far too similar to what's already there. I thought Kong was miles better than Fallon. It's a good ride. Not a great one, and it also suffers from being compared to what's already there.

 

[FlordIAN]

So, are you putting the "god awful" Race Through New York above or below the "AWFUL" Reign of Kong? I found Fallon dizzyingly bland- not bad, but not worth the wait and far too similar to what's already there. I thought Kong was miles better than Fallon. It's a good ride. Not a great one, and it also suffers from being compared to what's already there.

Both rides suck and are far too generic and bland, that's Universal's biggest problem nowadays

 

[JoeCamel]

Both rides suck and are far too generic and bland, that's Universal's biggest problem nowadays

Sounds like we know what you won't be getting for Christmas this year.

 

[FlordIAN]

Sounds like we know what you won't be getting for Christmas this year.

Transformers and Spider Man have the exact same ride track

 

[JoeCamel]

Transformers and Spider Man have the exact same ride track

Not really, one has elevators

 

[lazyboy97o]

Transformers and Spider Man have the exact same ride track

That isn’t even close to being true. All of the Transformers rides follow the site constraints of Universal Studios Hollywood.

 

[JoeCamel]

Transformers and Spider Man have the exact same ride track

No matter how many times you say it won't make it true. Click your heels three times and see how far it gets you. Bye