danpam1024
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No, the tracks do not have a "drop". there is nothing to at Disney to compare to. Not like Star Tours OR Dinosaur.
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Rides at Universal
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I am excited to try the rides! I'm always nervous to try new rides without knowing exactly what to expect but I think I'm just gonna have to go for it! I think I'll try Men in Black, Despicable Me, Spider-Man, and Transformers. The Harry Potter rides sound a little too extreme for me. I appreciate all the input!
Bairstow
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You should really ride the Harry Potter rides.
...but if you don't, at least go through the queues. A lot of the best stuff about Forbidden Journey happens before you ever get on the ride vehicle.
Both of the queues are set up to allow you to exit without riding without creating any fuss.
Journey actually offered this as a semi-advertised attraction in its own right- the "castle tour."
...but you really should just go ahead and ride them.
Disneyhead'71
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I don't think Gringott's would be a problem. The coaster itself is less intense then 7 Dwarfs Mine Train. Forbidden Journey is more intense, but there are no drops of any kind. Just a lot of getting tossed around by a robot arm similar to Sum of All Thrills at Epcot.
Yeah, Gringott's is not that intense. I would say that Transformers is harder on the body than Gringotts because of bad ride design. If you are okay with doing Transformers than Gringotts should be no problem.
raven
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Not sure why Universal Team Members simply won't answer the question "Is this a simulator ride?" when a guest asks. We've run into this all over both parks the first time we went and they wouldn't answer the question. We had people in my party who get motion sickness very quickly and easily and we were just trying to get a simple answer to see if was an attraction we should skip. Let's just say that we had to find out the hard way and other guests around us we not very happy.
Well, simulator ride to me means the prehistoric technology star tours/back to the future ride shuttle where they just put you in a box and rattle the box around without actually moving while you watch something on a screen inside the box. You really only see that at Star Tours and some museums now.
Pretty much all the rides at Universal they put you in a small car/carriage and then that moves on a track past objects/buildings and then in some cases gigantic movie screens.
Eckert
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What do they say? You make it seem like they just stare at you silently.
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Bairstow
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They usually just defer directly to the sort of description you read in the guide maps. Universal employees are weird about discussing technical ride details. I've had one stonewall me when I asked her whether Transformers takes place over two levels.
raven
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They gave a rehearsed answer describing the attraction. When talking about motion sickness it isn't that difficult for an employee just to say "you might want to sit this one out."
That would be very difficult actually. People get motion sickness on all sorts of attractions, even ones you might consider tame, and it's impossible to know a complete stranger's limits. It's the guest's call to make.
They don't answer those sorts of questions because theme park rides aren't tech demos. That's a lot like going up to a CM and asking, "Is there a human in that Mickey costume?"
raven
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Really? So they can't describe a ride to an inquiring guest that might have health issues? Sounds like a Universal problem to me.
I'm certain they would be more than happy to accommodate for actual health issues, although "Theme park rides make me hurl" sounds more like a guest problem than a health problem, or a Universal problem for that matter.
Regardless, even if no one were standing there to help you, that's precisely what the signs posted in front of every ride are for.
(An accurate depiction of ride safety signs)
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raven
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You aren't understanding my point. If a guest asks specific questions about an attraction they need to be answered. Not just told the standard memorized spiel or have someone point to a sign. It isn't that difficult to simply answer someone.
Someone just got a bad interaction.
Training is similar to Disney and all top notch guest service. Safety, Courtesy, Show. Efficiency. Attractions Attendants are trained this way. But as said, it is difficult to judge a vague question. Many answer the best they can.
Training is similar to Disney and all top notch guest service. Safety, Courtesy, Show. Efficiency. Attractions Attendants are trained this way. But as said, it is difficult to judge a vague question. Many answer the best they can.
You could just watch the ride on youtube beforehand to see if it is too intense for you if you really want to be on the ball with these health issues.
raven
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OR employees could just answer a question honestly when asked.
Eckert
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Disneyhead'71
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You would still complain.