Experienced Fury yesterday for the first time in years. I was not at all impressed with the changes that have been made. Can anyone gives me a rough history of the changes through the years? What happened to the water tunnel - that was such a neat effect? Thanks
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Poseiden Fury history
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EpcotServo
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WHY WOULD ANYONE SEE IT THEN?
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Seriously...I want to see video of this. You just walk through a blue tunnel?
Anyways, the story changes happened early on in the park's history. The orginal was so much better. They changed it because they thought Guests didn't like the fact that Poseidon was a bad guy, so they did a cheap story about the joke that is DARKANON and made Zeus into Poseidon.
I don't know. I refuse to see it in its current state. The Darkennon crap was bad enough. Now it's just pointless.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bm4mLR1Qmk&feature=related
EpcotServo
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EvanAnderson
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I really don't mind that show. When it had the water vortex, that was always the coolest part. I loved walking through and hearing people react to it who have never seen it before. Now that it's gone, it's pretty embarrassing on Universal's part.
What sucks is Universal's explanation for it being gone. "Doing it to save money." It's a special effects show. The whole theme of the show is that you go DEEPER into the ocean, hence the water vortex. Them turning off a VITAL story element to the show is like saying "Spiderman costs too much to have the vehicles move around and bounce and spin, so it'll just go through on a straight track with no other movement."
Also like when they decided to eliminate the 2nd track at Men in Black. Wow. What a horrible idea. The main thing from a creative perspective is that the entire 2nd half of the ride is meant to have you "dueling" against the other vehicle. From the scanners that have you line up to face the other car, to the scores with Will Smith, to meeting the Coach or getting the Suit, up to the Final Ranking. Also, to have guests wait in an hour line, to get to the load platform and see an entire fleet of vehicles just sitting there, not running, looks REALLY bad. It makes Universal look very cheap, and with these decisions, they earned that reputation.
I don't know. It just seems like those who make these decisions have never been on any of these rides. It's like they just went over how much everything costs and took out all the extreme "reds" as they could. Harry Potter better not get budget cut like this. I doubt Rowling would allow it.
What sucks is Universal's explanation for it being gone. "Doing it to save money." It's a special effects show. The whole theme of the show is that you go DEEPER into the ocean, hence the water vortex. Them turning off a VITAL story element to the show is like saying "Spiderman costs too much to have the vehicles move around and bounce and spin, so it'll just go through on a straight track with no other movement."
Also like when they decided to eliminate the 2nd track at Men in Black. Wow. What a horrible idea. The main thing from a creative perspective is that the entire 2nd half of the ride is meant to have you "dueling" against the other vehicle. From the scanners that have you line up to face the other car, to the scores with Will Smith, to meeting the Coach or getting the Suit, up to the Final Ranking. Also, to have guests wait in an hour line, to get to the load platform and see an entire fleet of vehicles just sitting there, not running, looks REALLY bad. It makes Universal look very cheap, and with these decisions, they earned that reputation.
I don't know. It just seems like those who make these decisions have never been on any of these rides. It's like they just went over how much everything costs and took out all the extreme "reds" as they could. Harry Potter better not get budget cut like this. I doubt Rowling would allow it.
I believe their official line was "Universal is green." They would never publicly admit to being too cheap to keep the pumps running, so they went with the environmental angle. Meanwhile, the Hulk still requires its own miniature power plant in order to launch without blacking out the entire neighborhood.
Epic Epcot
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I think it has do with maintenance costs.
EvanAnderson
Active Member
Yeah, you have less staff to pay, and the other track was literally turned off, so it didn't have any power running through the bus bar or vehicles.
EvanAnderson
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The thing with Hulk is that the launch is required for that ride to run. They had no choice but to keep the launch operational.
You'd lose the best theming in the park if that happened. Besides Hogwarts, Wizarding World isn't on par.
Jasonflz
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From the exterior or Interior.
Also, and don't jump on me for saying this, I would love to see a Percy Jackson attraction/show in this space. It could be fully relevant, and amazing if done right. Moreso, the theming could match the current theming.
Timekeeper
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Illusion
The original attractions featured one of the most mind-blowing illusions featured in any theme park attraction. The guests traveled through the water vortex from showroom #2 into a very large finale showroom full of special effects. At the very end of the show, there are bright strobes then blackness. When the lights turn back on, the audience is back "inside" showroom #2. There is a moment of astonishment (until guests are able to decipher exactly what happened). The illusion worked because showroom #2 and its finale replica (a shell lowered around the audience from above, where it remained hidden from view) looked exactly alike. When the changes were made, the effect was COMPLETELY lost because showroom #2 was greatly decorated with props and artifacts, while the look-alike remained free of decor (as required by the way in which the shell is lowered from above, it would not have been able to be decorated in the same way as showroom #2).
The changes completely and utterly defeated the purpose of this amazing illusion that seemed to be at the heard of the show attraction. I only wonder how the creator(s) of the original feel about this. :brick:
The original attractions featured one of the most mind-blowing illusions featured in any theme park attraction. The guests traveled through the water vortex from showroom #2 into a very large finale showroom full of special effects. At the very end of the show, there are bright strobes then blackness. When the lights turn back on, the audience is back "inside" showroom #2. There is a moment of astonishment (until guests are able to decipher exactly what happened). The illusion worked because showroom #2 and its finale replica (a shell lowered around the audience from above, where it remained hidden from view) looked exactly alike. When the changes were made, the effect was COMPLETELY lost because showroom #2 was greatly decorated with props and artifacts, while the look-alike remained free of decor (as required by the way in which the shell is lowered from above, it would not have been able to be decorated in the same way as showroom #2).
The changes completely and utterly defeated the purpose of this amazing illusion that seemed to be at the heard of the show attraction. I only wonder how the creator(s) of the original feel about this. :brick:
Figment1986
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It is completely possible. some people claimed it was turned off due to construction with Rockit and potter happening simultaneously.
Well is dragons wasn't down they could close hulk for a few weeks while they repaint and maintain... sadly that wont happen.