KBrylczyk

See, this is why I specifically mentioned new animatronics in my post, ya dingaling.

I'm extremely curious about these Jurassic World upgrades. The initial retrofit was, IMO, terrible and unnecessary. I'm not saying that because I'm a purist, I'm saying that because they "upgraded" a ride that in no way needed upgrading aside from new animatronics. Adding screens in lieu of awe-inspiring, wide-open environments and larger-than-life dinosaurs towering above you was a disgrace. Hopefully this new animatronic won't be a "blink and you'll miss it" cameo and we'll be able to get a bit of an action sequence.

This thing looks like an old school B&M and I hope it rides like one. They've proven they can go back to basics in the past (Dark Knight at SFNE) and it's looking like they're about to pull it off again.

I'm interested to see what changes she has in store.

Me too, because I want Nevadans to be allowed back, dammit! I've gotta ride Rise Of The Resistance before SoCal burns to the ground.

Wait til you see how tall Elitch Gardens' Boomerang is!

I gotta say, I think the absolute lack of discussion about anything Nintendo-world related, rides or otherwise, in the weeks since it has opened says much more than any forum ever could. Overall it seems to be going over like a big, wet fart. Then again, us westerners are much more vocal in our opinions than the local Japanese population, so it could be amazing and we're just not hearing it because of Covid preventing worthwhile travel. Judging by what I've seen, though, I'm leaning hard into the big, wet fart option. Edit - So I've been away from everything for over a month due to family issues and it looks like it never actually opened to the public yet? It was just videos taken during the press preview that were posted on the original opening date, per their media restrictions, I guess?

The unemployment line.

This might be the most accurate post in TPR's history. I'm glad they're completely rebuilding from the ground up. They've needed to for years now and they won't get a better opportunity than this to just wipe everything and start fresh. There's no need to integrate or grandfather-in older rules or make exceptions for people. Everyone is back at square one and I'm excited to see the new structure.

The PR announcement idea is pretty stupid, but at the same time I'm kinda half-expecting to hear about the train dangling upside-down in the twist-and-dive in a few months.

The Tropicana entrance to the 15 is never just "a quick hop" unless it's 3am on a weeknight. Stop talking crazy, man.

Wait this thing is still in the cards? I figured it went the way of the Orlando Skyplex.

Indoors with a police chase theme? I get the feeling this will be a trackless ride similar to RotR or Runaway Railway, which is awesome!

I was thinking back to my Halloween-less Halloween this year and how much it sucked, but it reminded me of the brilliance of The Hanging at Knott's and Bill & Ted's Excellent Halloween Spectacular when Universal still gave a shit. Unfortunately Bill & Ted are, AFAIK, dead and gone in the parks and The Hanging has fallen off a cliff, quality-wise, for 2018 and 2019. Damn shame.

No, dude, they're adding OmniMAX screens to be more like Horizons.

Do go on... Seriously, though, does anyone think Alan Schilke hasn't looked into this element as a real thing?

Does Nemo make you think? Soarin'? Frozen? Your argument has been invalid for well over a decade. EDIT - After seeing your other responses I honestly don't know if you truly believe what you're saying and are therefore silly beyond reality, or you're just trolling.

Guardians and Horizons don't have anything to do with each other, though. Do you mean tear down Mission Space?

The High School Musical Parade and show at Hollywood Studios would park directly in front of The Great Movie Ride. Parade down the main street, park, few songs, parade out.

Blizzard Beach is excellent, I'm glad they're giving it the TLC it needs. Everyone talks about Summit Plummet but IMO Slush Gusher is the scariest slide. Summit Plummet just gave me a mean wedgie and beat up by back. Slush Gusher had me going so fast before the final dip that I launched into the air and landed back on the slide. It was probably only like 3 inches but in the moment I swore I was flying into the stratosphere.

Remind me why Tron is going to the Magic Kingdom and not Epcot? Aesthetically it seems like one hell of an oversight.

I just started watching the actual presentation, I'll update this post with my observations below - Oh look, Universal once again created a ridiculously small bottleneck right at the entrance again! Great thinking! The bottleneck somehow gets even smaller, we're talking like 1/3rd the size of the initial bottleneck. Why? Hell if I know. The first look at the entire world upon entering the land is impressive as hell! I'm realizing they should have named this land Super Mario World because there are zero other Nintendo IPs at work. These wristbands are a great idea on paper, but I'm sure they'll prove to be a horrific idea in practice. The park's medical department is going to see an influx in hand and wrist injuries if they're encouraging guests of all ages to slam their wrists into objects to interact. Expanding on the wristband games, the POW Block game is cute but holy hell it'll be such a killer for traffic flow. So many people are going to stop and watch or get in a line to try slamming their wrists into a block. It'll be like a lazy man's DDR machine quarter lineup. Alright that illusions in the underground area that makes you shrink size is fun. Caramel Peach or Mushroom flavor options for popcorn. I think I'll stick with Caramel Peach. Toad's Kitchen looks pretty funky. The food options weren't showcased outside of quick photos but they all looks super cute. I'm curious if it's an entirely digital interaction with Chef Toad and his cronies in the kitchen. No sign of wait staff at all. Mario Kart took six years to develop. Still no sign of the ride system. Mario Kart isn't dueling. Both sides are "Team Mario" and you're up against Bowser as he's designed this track specifically to finally beat Mario. Overall the land looks stunning and the detail is incredible, I just don't think the execution with all of the interactive elements is going to make for a fun time in a small land with one of the most crowded locations in the world. I had hoped the disaster of Harry Potter Land's capacity limits would have taught USJ a lesson or two but it seems more like they're doubling down on the problems created there. I hope I'm wrong but I doubt it.