Universal Orlando Resort (USF, IOA, Epic) Discussion Thread

[coastercrazy216]

I will be very upset if this ride is anything like G-Force at Drayton.

[mcjaco]

It's never an update from Adam, without Blue Man Group photos!

 

Nice work.

[jamjar]

Can anyone tell us who don't live in the US whats on the HWRRR text-thingy?

much appreciated

[chef kitchen]

Man, this is a good looking coaster. All of the twist and turns look like they're going to be fun.

[Jds03]

At first I really didn't have much interest in this ride, mostly because of some of the epic failures Maurer Söhne came up with before but also because it seemed like a Orlando Tourist Magnet type ride, but now that I've seen some of the actual track work I have to admit, this ride is really impressing me.

[alpengeist04]

I believe that the "double take" and "treble clef" alone will make this a fun ride.

 

Thanks for the update, Adam. ...Much appreciated.

[tomtom]

Can anyone tell us who don't live in the US whats on the HWRRR text-thingy?

much appreciated

 

It says:

UO:Visit

www.hollywoodrockit.com for more on our new ride: Hollywood Rip Ride, Rockit!

 

It also says that I will get 5 alerts a week.

[Kalepi_Konei]

The magic box reminds me of Charlie The Unicorns "Magic Z." It's so mysterious and wonderful.

 

[Justin]

So this ride for sure! Has at least two stories to it...? Interesting.. Great photo TR!

[King_K.]

Well, technically the castle is to be built UPON the top of the box, so the structure is gonna be massive.

[Coaster Sim. Fan]

Thanks for the picture update. this ride seams to be coming along nicely. Have they said when this ride might possibly open?

[PointeBreak]

Better be around May! I'm going there with my family - it's my enthusiast parents' wedding anniversary.

[thunderguy345]

WOW! Working fast!

[RCFreak]

the epic failures Maurer Söhne came up with before

 

Like which ones?

[NewsPlusNotes]

^ That's sorta what I was wondering when I read that as well. Maurer Sohne seems to really be one of the 'hot' designers right now, and it certainly doesn't seem like they've epic-failed on anything. Unless there's something I'm missing?

 

Rockit's pacing might be weird because of all the blocks but an epic fail that does not make, at least in my opinion.

 

Mike

[CanadianCoasterFreak]

I really want to try this one out! looks great, maybe not the best coaster, but It was family oriented more and the whole social viral thing is so cool! I'm heading down to florida this summer to try this one out, manta maybe as well.

[niiicolaaah]

the epic failures Maurer Söhne came up with before

 

Like which ones?

 

How about G Force at Drayton Manor, which placed #349 out of 358 on Mitch Hawker's steel poll this year?

 

Actually, that's the only terrible Maurer Sohne ride I can think of.

[cfc]

Drayton's G-Force is one of the worst rides ever, thanks to the X Car restraints and that funky, inverted lifthill.

 

However, Formule X, a launched X Car coaster, is a great little ride. So, I'm glad that Universal decided to get away from B&M (as much as I like their rides) for this project.

[CoryPa77]

According to some people, Universal wanted B&M for this initially, but they weren't going to be able to meet Universal's need date by a long shot. Although, I'm kind of wondering if Maurer can meet that date now? Still, I'm really excited about this ride, especially the first half!

[jedimaster1227]

As of today, much (if not all) of the ride's track has appeared in the vacant storage lot. This track includes some larger pieces of at least one of the brake runs as well.

[ECZenith]

Eeek! It looks like the Potter box could possibly be larger than my beloved Indy box! I can't believe I'm this excited about a ride where a) I don't like Harry Potter at all, and b) we don't really know what it is yet... Still excited though, with visions of Kuka arms dancing in my head.

[JT3000]

The interior work is being guarded carefully, so much so, that Universal will supposidly only bring in track pieces after hours.

 

The track was already installed a while back. Besides, it's not that interesting.

[Guest]

this is suppose to open before manta

[King_K.]

I've heard that they'd like to have it up and running by Grad Bash, and the permanent stage should be up in time to coincide with the beginning of Mardi Gras'.

[pianojohn]

Some pics from today Friday 1-9-09