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Skull Island: Reign of Kong from construction to opening
- Thread starter Mike S
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RMichael21
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Most likely either from the Flyers or from the viewing platform of Camp Jurassic, which is no longer netted off.
AliciaStella
Active Member
Awesome behind the scenes report from Jim Hill posted: https://disneydish.bandcamp.com/track/behind-the-scenes-at-reign-of-kong-and-diagon-alley
Spoilers?
danlb_2000
Premium Member
I scanned through it and there isn't much about the ride itself, he said Universal is still holding back on the ride details.
Bairstow
Well-Known Member
In my opinion, yes.
I got to where he started revealing specific details about some of the effects/features in the queue and had to stop listening.
This is neither here nor there, but it drives me crazy the way Len Testa keeps pronouncing "KUKA" as "kukla".
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Sped2424
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Agreed holy mango's that looks real
TyTrap
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So according to information I've gathered from this thread, no live actors will be used in this ride. The skull island natives will be on screens in the queue, the drivers of the vehicles will just be voices (someone on here said animatronic when you are viewing the front of the vehicle). So I'm guessing the 3 characters you meet in the ride will be holograms like Christopher walken in the disaster ride or maybe we discover they've been killed. I just want my animatronic King Kong and I'll be happy lol.
Nland316
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I remember reading a rumor in early ride speculation about your driver possibly being grabbed by the Kong animatronic using KUKA arm technology. I thought it sounded like an absolute killer idea if they were able to pull it off. Anybody got any insight whether the effect, or something similar will be used at all??
WDWFREAK53
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Good Lord that mountain backdrop is perfection! Wow.
Actually I think the natives at least are live actors.
Timekeeper
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I was surprised to see so much KONG merch already in the parks and even the CityWalk kiosks. The large mug with the stone-like texture is kinda cool.
TyTrap
Well-Known Member
On that Jim Hill podcast, he said he walked through the queue and the natives peaking out through the trees was achieved by a screen effect.
WDWGuy
Active Member
Extremely impressed with the information shared by Jim Hill on the Disney Dish podcast regarding Kong. This could very well be Universal's best attraction ever. I was there raising bananas in the air the day KONGFRONTATION closed and I hope to be there within the firs month of the new attraction opening to the public.
Well I didn't listen to that.
GLaDOS
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They've been casting Natives. There will be live actors somewhere in the attraction.
Timekeeper
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TyTrap
Well-Known Member
i would be surprised if this isn't opened by Memorial Day weekend. My guess is all of April will be spent training the staff for ride operation. i'm sure ride testing is if not constant happening at some point during the day or night. A commercial promoting the ride will probably be filmed before opening. I know they've been keeping the opening date a secret but I don't think the wait is going to be much longer. If there is any indication to this it would be their YouTube channel posting videos about the ride along with the myth explorer mockumentary.