ToTBellHop
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It’ll be a fun coaster as long as it’s not too whiplashy. Launches are all the rage in Central Florida!
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Jurassic Park Rollercoaster Coming To Universals Islands Of Adventure?
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No Name
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I’m no supporter of Tron or Guardians’ egregious boxes. But the difference is that the rides themselves will also thrill through storytelling rather than purely through the ride mechanism. That’s a big part of what separates amusement parks and theme parks.
Tony Perkis
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Just like anything ”_________ Twitter”, it’s a group of people who Stan something so hard that it’s cringeworthy.
Sirwalterraleigh
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Launches make complete sense in Florida...
They allow for compact layouts, shorten ride times, and are more conducive to being placed indoors to control the temperature/weather.
Disney could use another launch or two...or three
Sirwalterraleigh
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No Name
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Lirael
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I think the main difference between this and Tron is the objective. It's one thing for Universal to be like "yeah, controlling sight-lines and immersion isn't a goal, we're just making this as thrilling as possible with the available space and theme" whereas Disney is "oh we totally care about immersion and uh *checks cheat sheet* sight-lines! We think we're solving all that by hiding our coaster in an ugly, basic, boxed space we gave no thought to." Disney fails more because they set out to do something and failed at it, Universal, apart from specific lands, has always been more lax with immersion and sight-lines.
I feel that so long as it doesn't turn out this coaster ruins an experience of already established immersion at Universal (aka inside HP part) it'll be a success, and we can't be sure it will ruin anything inside HP for now, as there's no basis to assume that from the pictures so far. Whereas we can already see how the ugly box is ruining the scene over at MK, and what we need is proof that it won't.
I feel that so long as it doesn't turn out this coaster ruins an experience of already established immersion at Universal (aka inside HP part) it'll be a success, and we can't be sure it will ruin anything inside HP for now, as there's no basis to assume that from the pictures so far. Whereas we can already see how the ugly box is ruining the scene over at MK, and what we need is proof that it won't.
Jon81uk
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Gringotts is entirely indoors? There are no sightline issues?
I do love that view of the mushroom kingdom over waterworld at Universal Japan though, the framing is just wonderful.
Sirwalterraleigh
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lazyboy97o
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It’s not. There is queue before entering the bank lobby that goes downstairs with clear views of backstage areas.
Jon81uk
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Ah okay, I must have visited on an exceptionally quiet day as the queue went barely round the corner from the bank lobby.
No Name
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One of them we already know everything about, and the other is evidently more than a track. They don’t need to have opened yet.
Sirwalterraleigh
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No Name
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Nope, you don’t need any of them to open to understand the very basic difference in quality between Cosmic Rewind and Velocicoaster.
Sirwalterraleigh
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No Name
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Everest is a stellar ride and I don’t see your point.
Sirwalterraleigh
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No Name
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Well you’ve completely lost me there.