Nintendo partnering with Universal to make attractions.

[Schmidt]

Theming at the level of ripsaw falls . Have you rode either ride?? The theming in the entire Donkey Kong area is excellent, and is among some of the best work either Universal or Disney has ever put out. Sorry that one awful POV ruined your opinion of an entire land before you even got a chance to experience it for yourself!

Thanks for sharing your opinion and enthusiam. I think you will find that it won't resonate with most people.
Nintendo world is fine but its not even UNIVERSALS best work. Thats crazy talk.
MONSTERS AND POTTER will be the stars of the park. Nintendo land is fine though.

If you want to compare DK to anything then 7 dwarfs is the direct competitor. As far as theming goes 7 Dwarfs is by far superior to a brick building painted in Gold. Not even up for debate. DK is more comparable to an indoor dreamwork coaster in my opinion. Dk's budget is relatively small in the scheme of theme park rides.

 

[celluloid]

The biggest issue is that it will inevitably have several-hour long queue waits and it's simply not that level of attraction.

The Mario section of the land looks great and I actually think the Yoshi ride is charming for what it is (and it should have minimal wait times).

I do hope they take a different theming approach with Luigi's Mansion.

if Japan is any indication, Yoshi will not have low wait times. I went to Universal in 2021 on an off season day and we waited over an hour and a half for it.

 

[celluloid]

From the Nintendo Direct video there was a part where they showed the station, and it looked like about 15 seconds between dispatches. At 4 people per car x 4 dispatches a minute, that's 960 riders per hour. It really needs to be at least 50% more than that.

I am so happy to have booked Helios.

 

[sonoma15]

Thanks for sharing your opinion and enthusiam. I think you will find that it won't resonate with most people.
Nintendo world is fine but its not even UNIVERSALS best work. Thats crazy talk.
MONSTERS AND POTTER will be the stars of the park. Nintendo land is fine though.

If you want to compare DK to anything then 7 dwarfs is the direct competitor. As far as theming goes 7 Dwarfs is by far superior to a brick building painted in Gold. Not even up for debate. DK is more comparable to an indoor dreamwork coaster in my opinion. Dk's budget is relatively small in the scheme of theme park rides.

It visually looks way way better than Seven Dwarves in my opinion, but I've always preferred jungle/adventure theming the most. Adventureland is my favorite land at MK by far! The Orlando Donkey Kong will be even more impressive than Japan's, and will even have a real waterfall! I think my opinions will resonate with the majority of people and it already has. People love Donkey Kong at USJ and I've already seen a lot of people call it the best ride in the park or the best ride in Super Nintendo World!

 

[ToTBellHop]

if Japan is any indication, Yoshi will not have low wait times. I went to Universal in 2021 on an off season day and we waited over an hour and a half for it.

Oof

 

[DarkMetroid567]

if Japan is any indication, Yoshi will not have low wait times. I went to Universal in 2021 on an off season day and we waited over an hour and a half for it.

Universal’s omnimovers having lower capacity is still so insane to me. What were they thinking?

but yeah imo yoshi is not worth more than 10 minutes. The view of SNW is not particularly any good and even with the slow speed the ride feels short.

 

[JackCH]

I do hope they take a different theming approach with Luigi's Mansion.

Has there been any indication as to what Luigi's Mansion would be? Just a traditional Dark Ride?

 

[celluloid]

Universal’s omnimovers having lower capacity is still so insane to me. What were they thinking?

but yeah imo yoshi is not worth more than 10 minutes. The view of SNW is not particularly any good and even with the slow speed the ride feels short.

It definitely needed more dark ride scenes. I feel like Suess Trolley has better show scenes(that were likely largely designed in 1999)

 

[J4546]

Would be cool if Luigi Mansion was an old school omnimover or something similar to Mystic Manor.

id be down with that, hopefully its better than MK regardless

 

[Disneyhead'71]

Villian-con is a proof of concept for Luigi's Mansion. Not the screen stuff but the tracking and targeting tech.

 

[andre85]

Villian-con is a proof of concept for Luigi's Mansion. Not the screen stuff but the tracking and targeting tech.

I feel like Mario Kart's AR tech would have been a much better fit for Luigi's Mansion, especially with how the tech has that inherent transparency that's PERFECT for ghosts. Shame they probably wouldn't want to reuse it for another SNW attraction...

 

[Rich Brownn]

If you look at the forcast for the parent corporations bread and butter operations, Comcast Cable, its not very cheery. They road the peak of the wave a bit too far before diversifying and its losing its inertia.

Their bread and butter isn't video (most of that goes to the suppliers and stations anyways). It's the internet (and to a lesser extent phone). Thats where the profit is.

 

[Rich Brownn]

You are overlooking Epcot and Disney Sea and even Islands of Adventure. It’s either 3 or 4 out of 7. With possibly the worst state a resort has ever been in as it looks to add its newest gate.

Which I’ll again reiterate



The company knows this. Which is why there is already chatter for imminent additions and attendance limiters being put into place. I think it’s enough and they are probably miscalculating.

Since EPCOT opened with WoM, Earth, Living with Land, and Mexico boar ride (and on occasion UofE when it worked) thats 5 maximum (most often just 4). The rest didn't come until later

 

[networkpro]

Their bread and butter isn't video (most of that goes to the suppliers and stations anyways). It's the internet (and to a lesser extent phone). Thats where the profit is.

I didnt say that at all. Thier cable operation is what I said. Yesterday they were warning of a Q4 net drop of 400K internet customers.

 

[J4546]

I feel like Mario Kart's AR tech would have been a much better fit for Luigi's Mansion, especially with how the tech has that inherent transparency that's PERFECT for ghosts. Shame they probably wouldn't want to reuse it for another SNW attraction...

i agree, if they used that vr for a luigis mansion on an omnimover that coulda been sweet, shame they used it for a slow moving meh mario kart attraction. Im still hopeful that EU is a great park though

 

[celluloid]

Since EPCOT opened with WoM, Earth, Living with Land, and Mexico boar ride (and on occasion UofE when it worked) thats 5 maximum (most often just 4). The rest didn't come until later

Exactly. EPIC is a dang strong(er) new park line up and I don't know why people are on its opening day set like it should have what a park ten to fifteen years old will have.

 

[celluloid]

Please God no! That tech is suspect nor is that kind of tech revolutionary. Villain con is a major fail on all fronts for me. The only thing that is decent are the screens and I don’t want that either.

Luigi will be using a different format. Don't worry there.

Villian con was a prototype, but not for that.

 

[Disney Analyst]

I know it’s not their style… but I’d love them to not gameify Luigi’s Mansion… give me a highly themed dark ride… Universals “Haunted Mansion”.

Okay bye.

 

[Centauri Space Station]

Since EPCOT opened with WoM, Earth, Living with Land, and Mexico boar ride (and on occasion UofE when it worked) thats 5 maximum (most often just 4). The rest didn't come until later

UOE didn’t work?

 

[BrianLo]

Since EPCOT opened with WoM, Earth, Living with Land, and Mexico boar ride (and on occasion UofE when it worked) thats 5 maximum (most often just 4). The rest didn't come until later

Well yes fair, Imagination! was slightly behind opening day. But there was chatter one of the Epic majors wasn’t going to make opening day either, that seems to have settled. I wouldn’t exactly fault Epic for that either.

Either way 4/5 dark rides is > 3. Which was after all the point. If we want to throw the coasters in the mainline attraction camp, it is equivalent.

If we were missing any of the three dark rides attractions we’d all probably agree it would be below our minimum hopes.