StageFrenzy
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@marni1971, @HTF any idea on how many RVs Gringotts is running. Are we at 75% yet?
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Gringotts
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HTF
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I asked while I was there the other day and the max is currently 6 that have been running at any time. 5 has been the most common from what the TM was saying during our 2 hour breakdown wait.
maleficent1997
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I went 2 days ago and the queue was 65 mins from 12 until 3. I went single rider and got on in 6 mins. I would advise doing the full queue as single rider misses out the whole queuing experience
StageFrenzy
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So I rode Gringotts for the first time yesterday! Queue and other experience A+. Loading area awesome, I don't know why universal doesn't do the separate load and unload though. The ride I would give a B-. It has its moments but falls flat some of the time. The music at the end feels a little too self congratulatory, The fact that they are blasting it at over 120 db doesn't help either. The only other nitpick that I have about it. Is the merge point for the two elevators. It's not that bad but it's a little hectic there if you're in the right elevator.
Mike S
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The music at the end also seems like it ends too early. A bit of awkward silence as you go to unload.
ratherbeinwdw
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I've read everything I can find on the AP, but nowhere does it list early entrance. Do you know where I can find that info?
Nick Wilde
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In the September AP Passport. for AP holder appreciation month, (September), They offered EPA on weekdays.
https://www.universalorlando.com/Theme-Park-Tickets/Annual-Passes/Benefits.aspx#epa
Nick Wilde
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It's also only for Preferred/Premier. Power Passholders can't use this feature.
Works for Power as well. Weekdays in September.
Ranch Dressing
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Im at the Studios right now. Wait says 50 minutes but it was just under 30 for Gringotts. Im a little surprised how it seems a little on the slow side. Now would be a great time to be here.
All of Orlando is slow apparently the last week. Soarin a dropped to 15 one afternoon....
Also helps that the attraction is becoming more bedded in.
StageFrenzy
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I am assuming they are running 5 RV's, because when I returned to load the RV went to the opposite load station.
5/6 last I heard. Should be 8/9 by Christmas all being well.
GLaDOS
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They're up to 7.
Nick Wilde
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Woohoo
Nick Wilde
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Went to Uni Sep. 22nd. Had EPA with AP, so at DA, it was a ghost town. Had a 15 min wait for EFG. Did EFG for the first time and claiming it's a "high-speed roller coaster" is insane. There is 1 coaster element where you drop 15 feet and do a few turns. The rest is a simulator, along with the other "coaster element," which, if you pay enough attention and look hard enough, you can tell you're hardly moving and it's just a bunch of wind in your face. I can hardly tell what anyone is saying in the ride, and the ride was EXTREMELY over-hyped. That being said, it was still an action-packed motion sim, I'm usually not a fan of those, but it was good enough to land on my to-do list from now on.
StageFrenzy
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I feel like that is a pretty spot on review, as far as overhyped at least it delivered more than Antarctica at SW. What did you think of DA?
cheezbat
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Gringotts is very good for what it is. Is it Mummy or Forbidden Journey level thrill? No. It starts off with a bang and ends leaving you wanting more. My only complaint is how quickly it ends and how anticlimactic the ending seems. I wish they would've incorporated something more thrilling in the ending.
Still a top ten ride...and one of my 5 must dos at the Uni parks.
Still a top ten ride...and one of my 5 must dos at the Uni parks.
Rode Gringott's 3 times on a short trip (Saturday, Monday, Tuesday, if you must know). I thought it was great. Calling it a coaster is, of course, overselling. It does have coaster track, so perhaps it technically qualifies, but it's really an advanced simulator (like Transformers) that happens to run on coaster track instead of some other kind of track. The coaster elements are used well, but anybody expecting a coaster will be disappointed in that aspect.
The ride actually got better each time I rode it, because I picked up the plot more. There is so much happening all around you that focusing on the dialogue and plot the first time through is really hard. But the second and third time, I was able to do that more, and I found myself discovering more enjoyable stuff each time. It's really well done in that, if you know the books, there are interesting tie-ins that make the experience richer, and if you don't, those references aren't intrusive.
They had it operating at a good clip when we rode. Don't know how many carts they were running, but the line Monday and Tuesday was about 30 minutes at 2-3 in the afternoon. Saturday night it was a walk-on, but that was a special case.
The ride actually got better each time I rode it, because I picked up the plot more. There is so much happening all around you that focusing on the dialogue and plot the first time through is really hard. But the second and third time, I was able to do that more, and I found myself discovering more enjoyable stuff each time. It's really well done in that, if you know the books, there are interesting tie-ins that make the experience richer, and if you don't, those references aren't intrusive.
They had it operating at a good clip when we rode. Don't know how many carts they were running, but the line Monday and Tuesday was about 30 minutes at 2-3 in the afternoon. Saturday night it was a walk-on, but that was a special case.
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