Tom Morrow
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So then these are replacing both parade building houses?
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[Rumor] Rip Ride Rockit Possibly Closing
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JoeCamel
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They are replacing the current sprung tents which have been in place for 20+ years I think?
Since 2006. I'm assuming their age has something to do with this, because otherwise couldn't they just... move them? I swear being portable was supposed to be part of their appeal.
Tom Morrow
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Yeah, that is odd to me. Why not just put the new tents in the same place as the old ones?
I think the idea is that they want to expand the park eventually, possibly for Pokemon, so they've placed the new ones farther out.
JoeCamel
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A lot of the back end offices and functions are moving south to open up this area of the park for expansion
Andrew25
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For this year, they are only replacing the parade houses. The sprung tents will continue to be utilized.
Wouldn't surprise me to see them install two additional new tents next year to fully replace the older tents. Seems like this back area will finally give HHN its own dedicated area without worry of getting in the way of theme park expansion
Wouldn't surprise me to see them install two additional new tents next year to fully replace the older tents. Seems like this back area will finally give HHN its own dedicated area without worry of getting in the way of theme park expansion
JoeCamel
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Saw they have 13 new floats to house so parade building will be full
Sorcerer Mickey
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Love how the focus of the thread about Rip, Ride, Rockit shifted to construction of parade float spaces. What a legacy to leave behind.
There has to be more going on there. Those are biiiiiiiiiiig buildings.
JoeCamel
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They still have to store the other parades
networkpro
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- In the Parks
- Yes
You can literally feel the love ooze out from every tangent posted. IMHO it was a pretty fun ride in its early years with a larger soundtrack selection and not as rough as an Arrow coaster.
maxairmike
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This is pretty much it for me. It got too rough too fast, along with some other issues, for me personally (and I’m one that is generally very tolerant of rough rides). It wasn’t all that great of a ride to start with anyway, so along with other issues…meh, good riddance.
Tom Morrow
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Lol - "Rip Ride Rockit might close next year!"
"But in other news, we have new tents to talk about!"
"But in other news, we have new tents to talk about!"
ToTBellHop
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My back hurts less after a night sleeping on the floor of a camping tent than it does after one ride on Rip, Ride, Rock it.
some other guy
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ToTBellHop
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Central Florida chiropractors have been rocking it.they don't specify exactly _what_ is getting rocked or how
Andrew25
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Part of me hopes Fast & Furious never reopens after its 3-month refurbishment later this year.
*Not really a refurbishment, it gets very low ridership, especially when USF is closing at 5PM for HHN nearly every day for 2 months.
TheDisneyParksfanC8
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The rumor of HRRR closing was dropped on the IU forums by a user named Tomfoolery. Tomfoolery is actually someone who likely works at the Universal marketing department who was planted on the forum to drop updates to the fans. for example he said the F&F coaster at USH was pushed back to 2026 and the next day Universal officially announced it.
Alicia Stella, an insider who doesn't work at Universal directly, said recently that plans have shifted to prioritize SNW expansion at EU Pushing Pokemon at USF to 2030 now.
Alicia Stella, an insider who doesn't work at Universal directly, said recently that plans have shifted to prioritize SNW expansion at EU Pushing Pokemon at USF to 2030 now.