I went on Revenge of the Mummy today! Even though it isn't even finished, I think that it is an amazing ride, and it may be my new favorite ride ever! I'm sure there's lots of reviews out now that it's open, but here are my thoughts:
The lines were really short! I don't think people know that this is open yet. It was no more than 30 minutes when I was there. (One time it said 40 min, but it was actually more like 20) They also have a single riders line open.
I don't like the lockers. Even if you had the tiniest little bag they said that you had to store it in the lockers. The lockers are confusing and there isn't much room to walk around in the locker area.
The cast members (or whatever they are called at Universal) are amazing! They were all carrying around coffee and saying, "Where's Brendan Fraiser? He needs his latte!" And then later they were saying how Imotep was going to steal our souls and things like that.
The line is amazing! It is also very long. First you go through a whole building where a movie is playing and Mummy movie stuff and props are on the walls. I didn't see much of the movie because the line was short, but I did see Brendan Fraiser looking for a latte and an old lady from the movie Polterguiest talking about how the place is haunted and stuff like that. They show clips of the movie and have interviews with the director, etc. Later they don't play the movie anymore and you get to a room with Egyptian pictures on the walls and such. There's a place where you put your hand and I think it makes the lights get brighter (?) and then they have video you can see of people in line, a blue stone thing that lights up, a piece of gold that you reach at and it hits you with air, and a bridge that has air coming out of it. Then you go up some stairs and get to the ride.
The ride starts off in a dark room with skeletons. One skeleton on the left is wearing an Islands of Adventure shirt which is very obvious. On the right side there is a mummy, I guess. I thought it was going to move but it does not. As you turn the corner you see a guy that was in the pre-show video, Reggie, and he is wrapped up like a mummy and moving around, telling you how you need to find the madgi symbol. Suddenly the mummy next to him light up and says that you will never get out. (Or something like that, I'm not good with details...it was hard to hear what they were saying sometimes).
Soon you find yourself in another room. This room is filled with gold. Imotep talks to you on a screen and lots of mummies pop out at you. Then you go under a door that is closing. This is better to do in the front because if you sit in the back you can already see that it stops before it can close on you.
The next room is one of the best parts of the ride. It's a small room and bugs come out in front of you. Suddenly you go backwards which is an awesome feeling. Next you turn around while Imotep is talking to you and now you are facing a tall hill. You go up the hill and then you launch into the coaster and right into Imotep's mouth which is filled with green smoke.
The coaster part is lots of fun. It feels like it is going pretty fast, I'm not sure exactly how fast it goes though. While you are doing the coaster portion of the ride lots of mummies are around.
There is sort of a fake ending next. Lots of people thought this was the end of the ride and were pretty surprised. There is a window with a ride worker in it. She talks, but then Imotep comes back and the window is broken. If you are sitting towards the front you get wet. Whenever I sat in the back I didn't get wet at all. Then it gets hot when the whole ceiling is set on fire! Then you go down an awesome drop and there is another coaster portion of the ride!
This coaster part of the ride is shorter than the first, I think. There are more mummies and Imotep blows smoke at you. Then you go through another opening and the ride is sadly over.
Brendan Fraiser tells you that you all did is great job. Then he says he would have enjoyed his interview better if he had a coffee. Then a mummy hand hands Brendan his coffee and Brendan screams and the screen goes blank. Throughout this video the words are on the screen.
I'm definately not the only one who loves this ride! I went on it about 5 times and each time I heard people throughout the ride saying, "that's awesome!" or "that's wicked!" At the end each time everyone clapped really loud and I heard a lot of "that's the best ride!"
I can't wait to go back when the ride is 100% done! The only things I don't like are the lockers and it does seem a little short because the ending is pretty fast. But it's still an A+++++ ride!
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The lines were really short! I don't think people know that this is open yet. It was no more than 30 minutes when I was there. (One time it said 40 min, but it was actually more like 20) They also have a single riders line open.
I don't like the lockers. Even if you had the tiniest little bag they said that you had to store it in the lockers. The lockers are confusing and there isn't much room to walk around in the locker area.
The cast members (or whatever they are called at Universal) are amazing! They were all carrying around coffee and saying, "Where's Brendan Fraiser? He needs his latte!" And then later they were saying how Imotep was going to steal our souls and things like that.
The line is amazing! It is also very long. First you go through a whole building where a movie is playing and Mummy movie stuff and props are on the walls. I didn't see much of the movie because the line was short, but I did see Brendan Fraiser looking for a latte and an old lady from the movie Polterguiest talking about how the place is haunted and stuff like that. They show clips of the movie and have interviews with the director, etc. Later they don't play the movie anymore and you get to a room with Egyptian pictures on the walls and such. There's a place where you put your hand and I think it makes the lights get brighter (?) and then they have video you can see of people in line, a blue stone thing that lights up, a piece of gold that you reach at and it hits you with air, and a bridge that has air coming out of it. Then you go up some stairs and get to the ride.
The ride starts off in a dark room with skeletons. One skeleton on the left is wearing an Islands of Adventure shirt which is very obvious. On the right side there is a mummy, I guess. I thought it was going to move but it does not. As you turn the corner you see a guy that was in the pre-show video, Reggie, and he is wrapped up like a mummy and moving around, telling you how you need to find the madgi symbol. Suddenly the mummy next to him light up and says that you will never get out. (Or something like that, I'm not good with details...it was hard to hear what they were saying sometimes).
Soon you find yourself in another room. This room is filled with gold. Imotep talks to you on a screen and lots of mummies pop out at you. Then you go under a door that is closing. This is better to do in the front because if you sit in the back you can already see that it stops before it can close on you.
The next room is one of the best parts of the ride. It's a small room and bugs come out in front of you. Suddenly you go backwards which is an awesome feeling. Next you turn around while Imotep is talking to you and now you are facing a tall hill. You go up the hill and then you launch into the coaster and right into Imotep's mouth which is filled with green smoke.
The coaster part is lots of fun. It feels like it is going pretty fast, I'm not sure exactly how fast it goes though. While you are doing the coaster portion of the ride lots of mummies are around.
There is sort of a fake ending next. Lots of people thought this was the end of the ride and were pretty surprised. There is a window with a ride worker in it. She talks, but then Imotep comes back and the window is broken. If you are sitting towards the front you get wet. Whenever I sat in the back I didn't get wet at all. Then it gets hot when the whole ceiling is set on fire! Then you go down an awesome drop and there is another coaster portion of the ride!
This coaster part of the ride is shorter than the first, I think. There are more mummies and Imotep blows smoke at you. Then you go through another opening and the ride is sadly over.
Brendan Fraiser tells you that you all did is great job. Then he says he would have enjoyed his interview better if he had a coffee. Then a mummy hand hands Brendan his coffee and Brendan screams and the screen goes blank. Throughout this video the words are on the screen.
I'm definately not the only one who loves this ride! I went on it about 5 times and each time I heard people throughout the ride saying, "that's awesome!" or "that's wicked!" At the end each time everyone clapped really loud and I heard a lot of "that's the best ride!"
I can't wait to go back when the ride is 100% done! The only things I don't like are the lockers and it does seem a little short because the ending is pretty fast. But it's still an A+++++ ride!
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