Kongfrontation has been gone over a decade and it's now even more depressing

[danpam1024]

I hope that Uni does less of this "everything is a screen" effect. Transformers was a letdown on that front, and I have worries about Gringotts. To do a new Kong attraction with no Kong AA would be a wasted opportunity.
As a part of an attraction, like Spider-Man or Transformers, screens are great, but they can hardly constitute an entire attraction.

I made sure to put that in my last survey LOL!

 

[marni1971]

I like Twister.

It didn't do bad either. Box office alone was nearly $500 million.

 

[SJN1279]

I like Twister.

It didn't do bad either. Box office alone was nearly $500 million.

Sadly it replaced Ghostbusters......which was way cooler. If Universal is big on merchandise, they should remove Twister, and create a new Ghostbusters attraction. Imagine a beefed up Toy Story Mania themed to catching ghosts.....would be amazing!

 

[marni1971]

Lots of IMHO around here!

IMHO the Ghostbusters show was corny, dated and rather embarrassing with ancient effects.

 

[SJN1279]

Lots of IMHO around here!

IMHO the Ghostbusters show was corny, dated and rather embarrassing with ancient effects.

Cow on a string anyone?

 

[StageFrenzy]

Cow on a string anyone?

The cow gets more laughs, than some jokes at the laugh floor! I love the cow!

 

[Robin Of Loxley]

Kongfrontation will be forever missed in my book. It was the single attraction which I looked forward to the most when I first visited USF as a kid. I hope the new proposed Kong attraction can do the classic monster justice.

 

[TubaGeek]

I like Twister.

It didn't do bad either. Box office alone was nearly $500 million.

I dig the main show room, but watching the preshow with the dying dad, let alone the bordering-on-a-coma Bill Paxton... ugh... It just ain't worth having to go through that preshow.

 

[marni1971]

Cow on a string anyone?

Is purposely badly done.

Thats why it is plastic. To look obviously false.

 

[Skunk]

I was thinking about this recently. The terrible thing about these lost rides is that they are gone now, and they were tangible. Hollywood can reboot a movie, but you still get to keep and cherish the original just as it was when you were a child. Once theme park attractions are gone, they are gone (except you Captain EO, thank you Disney). You can look at pictures or video, but it will never capture the experience of being there. I've lost attractions I loved from all of the major theme parks, but I don't think it's ever more true than in the case of Universal Studios Florida; other than E.T. and to a lesser extent Earthquake, virtually every single attraction that was in the park in the early 1990's is either gone or replaced. In a lot of cases, they rebuilt things with something "better"; but they can't replace those old attractions. I'll cherish their memories forever.

 

[Skunk]

Captain EO????? ROTFLOL, that movie is so dated and there are so many things that are just over the top... I tell everyone to go see it for a good laugh(I don't say the laugh part). That era is right in my wheel house and it is so early 80's. My kids didn't even recognize MJ. LOL> The sparkle spandex, the hair, everything is so time warped. MJ acting all tough, LOL. The high pitched less then manly voice as he gives out commands. LOL. Sorry EO is just to much for me, it's enjoyable but kind of in a Rock Horror type of way. It's like his Bad video way back when, that was a joke too, MJ as a tough guy just doesn't work never did.

I was never terribly crazy about the attraction, I was just citing it as pretty much the only example I can think of where a "lost" attraction came back (maybe Tiki Room too?), and I really appreciated that. Thanks for rotflcoptering all over my post though.

 

[Scuttle]

I found it hard to believe they would ever close this back in the day. Anyone who visited the original Universal Studios Florida knows that giant ape reaching for the tram was synonymous with Universal. He WAS the Universal Studios Florida paraphernalia. The signature attraction. My favorite one there by far. There is now a generation unaware that colossal world of graffiti-covered New York streets was ever there. Screw Jaws, THIS is the one that needed to be saved.

Easy there! Lol Jaws was incredible.

 

[Scuttle]

I wish they would've kept it too, but it's popularity was waning and Uni needed a place to put a new ride. At least Mummy is a worthy replacement. I would've been far more upset if they replaced it with something like Twister or a show.

This is so true. Is it safe to say Mummy is quite possibly the most underrated attraction in Orlando?

 

[flynnibus]

Is it safe to say Mummy is quite possibly the most underrated attraction in Orlando?

Yes - that flame room alone puts most other attractions to shame

 

[Glasgow]

This is so true. Is it safe to say Mummy is quite possibly the most underrated attraction in Orlando?

Yes, the ride is short but the queue is amazing and there are several relatively unique effects jammed in there. Due to space restrictions i dont think this attraction ever lived up to its full billing but i think its a wonderful attraction nonetheless.

Kong wasnt bad either

 

[StageFrenzy]

Yes, the ride is short but the queue is amazing and there are several relatively unique effects jammed in there. Due to space restrictions i dont think this attraction ever lived up to its full billing but i think its a wonderful attraction nonetheless.

Kong wasnt bad either

The ride isn't that short, I'd say it is the avg. length of a modern attraction.

 

[Glasgow]

The ride isn't that short, I'd say it is the avg. length of a modern attraction.

I agree, but I'd say that's the most common criticism of that ride, justified or not.

 

[Scuttle]

The ride isn't that short, I'd say it is the avg. length of a modern attraction.

Agreed, wait until we ride 7DMT. Mummy isn't that short.

 

[Knothead]

It seems the longer you sit at Finnegan's the shorter the Mummy gets.

 

[StageFrenzy]

It seems the longer you sit at Finnegan's the shorter the Mummy gets.

experience talking?