Universal Delays Open of HRRR

[DisneyBoi1215]

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Universal Delays Open Of New Roller Coaster

Posted: 8:52 am EDT April 23, 2009Updated: 8:59 am EDT April 23, 2009
<!--startindex-->ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. -- Universal Orlando has delayed the opening of its new roller coaster ride.The Hollywood Rip, Ride and Rockit roller coaster will not open to the public until sometime this summer.Initially, Universal planned to open the musical ride this spring. The theme park is also releasing new details on the roller coaster.The ride will tower 167 feet high, some 17 stories tall. The ride is expected to hit a top speed of 65 miles per hour.

 

[jonnyc]

Well this won't affect me, as at the moment i'm not going again till 2012 cry, but does anyone know what has caused the delay?

 

[DisneyFreak1228]

I'm gonna go with the fact that the lift hill's still not done, and at this point, they won't have enough time to finish it AND calibrate all the technical stuff that needs to be done (not to mention to get all the show ready clearance a ride needs before it can be opened to guests) in order to make the original Spring opening date. So rather than rush it to get it open by then and have 5 million problems during the summer (Problems = Downtimes = hundreds of really angry guests) they're going to do what they can to try to fine tune it as perfectly as possible so as not to have as many downtimes as are usually associated with new rides. Unfortunately, though, as with any ride system, they're never perfect, and there are still going to be problems.

 

[marni1971]

They found a design issue with the lift hill which is being corrected but will take some time.

 

[Chape19714]

As I just posted in another thread....Lift Hill is now in place.