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

[themeparkman25]

^^I think we are all just used to seeing TTD and Ka, so anything short of 400+ looks short.

 

Is there going to be any themeing in the turns following the last MCBR? The track directly after the finally MCBR with the quick switches of track heading to citywalk is just in a dirt pit, can we expect to see themeing or grass? Or Furius Baco style where they just dig a hole and put the track in it?

[Speeddeamon128]

This ride seems to be coming along great. I can't wait to ride this in June.

[HatetoFLY]

^^^The pictures don't do the lift justice, if you look through some previous pages you can see one where there are guys working on the lift and those pics will give you the proper perspective. As far as any theming, it wont be six flags parking lot style or even mounds of dirt. It will be landscaped to fit into the beautiful blue man group area. Just today their were guys working on some drainage and what looked like irrigation pipes on the very eastern side of the project.

[gotdane]

^If you did actually mean to reply to my post about the lift looking like a high dive, I still think it looks tall! Don't get me wrong.

 

It's just the way the structure looks.

[SharkTums]

^I was thinking it looked like a Bungee Tower!

[King_K.]

There is a new poll on the Harry Potter site regarding which type of Dragons you would ride.

 

Either a Chinese Fireball or a Hungarian Horntail.

 

New concept art too:

 

 

http://www.universalorlando.com/harrypotter/

[coolhandluke]

^Upcharge attraction opportunity!

[matteocrepaldi]

Hopefully this will help others too. I made a quick search on google to see what those dragons look like.

 

CHINEESE FIREBALL

 

HUNGARIAN HORNTAIL

[jarmor]

I chose the horntail...

[Shellemonster]

I love seeing these new images! This is definitely my most anticipated attraction that's been annouced right now. This place looks like it will sell some cool stuff (like broomsticks), but I was hoping the shops would have a more unique look. That "chandelier" is awesome though.

 

Also, it looks like the shops will be interconnected which I don't think was mentioned before. The post office is to the left as evidenced by that writing on the wall. So if the post office is accessible, that means that there will be some interactive or animatronic things going on with all the owls in there. I have faith they will show us some very cool things later.

[jkwan]

Even though I'm Chinese, I also choose Horntail.

[King_K.]

Yup, I chose the Horntail also. I do like the look of the Fireball though. I'm guessing that they're asking this one for the Dueling Dragons re-theme.

[themeparkman25]

I think its amazing how Universal has kept the ride inside the castle completely behind doors. Would they change into the Horntail or Fireball require a painting of the coasters into their designated dragon? But then, what is the point of the poll if their is two coasters?

[triggernel]

I haven't looked back through this topic, but is the onride music going to be the same as the music on the website, just really generic?

[CoasterEricHP]

There were four dragons in the Triwizard tournament so maybe the next poll will be for the other two and those would end up as the new theme for dragons.

 

You would think that because the whole area is going to be brand new they would paint Dragons accordingly instead of having a faded coaster in the middle of brand new everything!

[gisco]

There were four dragons in the Triwizard tournament so maybe the next poll will be for the other two and those would end up as the new theme for dragons.

 

You would think that because the whole area is going to be brand new they would paint Dragons accordingly instead of having a faded coaster in the middle of brand new everything!

 

Interesting on the idea of the dragons. Fans will pick out the two most popular. Your right about the painting. Those coasters will look so out of place if they are not painted.

[themeparkman25]

But before this poll surfaced, was there even any talk about painting them? All I had heard about the future of the Dragons was that the knight stuff was to be removed from the q, but left pretty much unchanged besides that. I hope they don't take the dragons colors from the pictures, they are pretty bland and flavorless.

[jarmor]

wasnt dragons just painted recently?

[jarmor]

you pick your own song...like on hollywood dream.

[King_K.]

No it won't be generic music. You'll be able to pick from a list of 25 Artist Tracks which haven't been released yet.

[Jds03]

I wonder if you can pick to hear Blue Man Group.

[jedimaster1227]

^Needless to say, I'd be riding Rip, Ride, Rockit daily if that were the case!

[King_K.]

Universal did a survey about songs last year, asking which one's you preferred the most and here's a few of the songs that they listed in the survey.

 

1000 People by Blackfield

1999 by Prince

Ain't No Other Man by Christina Aguilera

All I Wanna Do by Sheryl Corw

Angry Chair by Alice In Chains

Animals by Nickelback

Are You Gonna Go My Way by Lenny Kravitz

Are You In by Incubus

Auto Rock (From Miami Vice) by Mogwai

Awnaw by Nappy Roots

B.O.B. by Outkast

Baby I Love Your Way by Peter Frampton

Back To The Future Theme by Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

Bad Boys Running Wild by Scorpions

Banquet by Bloc Party

Barracuda by Heart

BatDance by Prince

Batman Theme by Danny Elfman

Believe Me by Fort Minor

Best Of You by Foo Fighters

Blitzkrieg by Metallica

Block Rockin Beats by Chemical Brothers

Bodyrock by Moby

Born To Run by Bruce Springsteen

Boys Of Summer by The Ataris

Break On Through by The Doors

Breakdown by Tom Petty

Breakfast In America by Supertramp

Bring Me To Life by Evenescence

Car Wash by Roll Royce

Cat Scratch Fever by Ted Nugent

C'Est La Vie by Robbie Nevil

Check Yo Self by Ice Cube

Clocks by Coldplay

Closer To Free by Bo Deans

Cochise by Audioslave

Country Boy by Ricky Skaggs

Crackerman by Stone Temple Pilots

Crazy by Gnarls Barkley

Crazy Train by Ozzy Ozbourne

Creep by TLC

Crocodile Rock by Elton John

Cryin' by Vixen

Danger Zone by Kenny Loggins

Dangerous by Ying Yang Twins

Dare by Gorillaz

December by Collective Soul

Dejate Llevar by Ricky Martin

Desire by U2

Devil Went Down To Georgia by Charlie Daniels Band

Don't Stay by Linkin Park

Downtown by Petula Clark

Elevation by U2

Enter Sandman by Metallica

Even Better Than The Real Thing by U2

Evenflow by Pearl Jam

Everyday's A Holliday by The Dandy Warhols

Evil Ways by Santana

Facedown by Red Jumpsuit Apparatus

Faint by Linkin Park

Figured You Out by Nickelback

Flashlight by Parliament

Flat On The Floor by Nickelback

Flying Theme From E.T. by John Williams

Freaking Out by Adema

Freebird by Lynard Skynard

Fun, Fun, Fun by Beach Boys

Gangsta's Paradise by Coolio

Get Back by Ludacris

Get Back by The Beatles

Getting Away With Murder by Papa Roach

Gimme The Light by Sean Paul

Give It Away Now by Red Hot Chili Peppers

Give It To Me by Timbaland

Given Up by Linkin Park

Glamorous by Fergie

Go by Pearl Jam

Godzilla by Blue Oyster Cult

Good Vibrations by The Beach Boys

Got Me Under Pressure by ZZ Top

Got The Life by Korn

Harder To Breathe by Maroon 5

Hash Pipe by Weezer

Helicopter by Bloc Party

Hella Good by No Doubt

Here I Come by The Roots

Hero (Theme From Spiderman) by Chad Kroger & Josey Scott

Hip Hop Hooray by Naughty By Nature

Hole In The Earth by Deftones

House Of The Rising Sun by Animals

How Far We'Ve Come by Matchbox 20

Hung Up by Maddona

I Did It by Dave Matthews

I Feel For You by Chaka Khan

I Thank You by ZZ Top

I Try To Think Of Elvis by Patti Loveless

I Will Love You Forever by Whitney Houston

I Will Survive by Gloria Gaynor

I Zombie by White Zombie

If I Fall Your Going Down With Me by Dixie Chicks

In Da Club by 50 Cent

Intergalactic by Beastie Boys

Interstate Love Song by Stone Temple Pilots

I'Ve Been Everywhere by Johnny Cash

Jessie's Girl by Rick Springfield

John Williams by Star Wars Theme

Jumpin Jumpin by Destiny's Child

Jumping Jack Flash by Rolling Stones

Just Push Play by Aerosmith

Kernkraft 400 by Zombie Nation

Kick Start My Heart by Motley Crue

Kryptonite by 3 Doors Down

La Grange by ZZ Top

La Is Burning by Bad Religion

La Woman by The Doors

Learn To Fly by Foo Fighters

Let Er Rip by Dixie Chicks

Let's Go by Prince

Like Glue by Sean Paul

Like Knives by The Fashion

Little Less Talk And A Lot More Action, A by Toby Keith

Little Red Corvette by Prince

Living In The Fast Lane by Kenny Chesney

London Bridge by Fergie

Long Cool Woman In A Black Dress by The Hollies

Love Shack by B52's

Love Today by Mika

Magic Carpet Ride by Steppenwolf

Main Theme From Indiana Jones by Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra

Make It Rain by Fat Joe Feat. Lil Wayne

Make You A Believer by Sass Jordan

Mamma Said Knock You Out by Ll Cool J

Man In The Box by Alice In Chains

Money For Nothing by Dire Straights

Money Maker by Ludacris

Monty Norman by James Bond Theme

Mr Brightside by The Killers

Mullen & Clayton by Mission Impossible Theme

My Prerogative by Bobby Brown

Naked Sunday by Stone Temple Pilots

Negasonic Teenage Warhead by Monster Magnet

Night Train by Visage

None Shall Pass by Aesop Rock

Not Ready To Make Nice by Dixie Chicks

Ok Go by Clash

Orange Blossom Special by Johnny Cash

Over My Head by The Fray

Papercut by Linkin Park

Peaches by Presidents Of The United States

Pon De Replay by Rihanna

Pretty Fly by The Offspring

Promiscuous by Nely Furtado

Push It by Salt N Pepa

Real Fine Place To Start by Sara Evans

Red Hot Mama by Funkadelic

Refried Dreams by Tim Mcgraw

Refugee by Tom Petty

Renegade by Styx

Renegades Of Funk by Rage Against The Machine

Ride Wit Me by Nelly

Road House Blues by The Doors

Rock And Roll All Night by Kiss

Rock You Like A Hurricane by Scorpions

Room For One More by Anthrax

Round And Round by Ratt

Rusty Cage by Johnny Cash

Sabotage by Beastie Boys

Second To None (From Transformers) by Styles Of Beyond Feat. Mike Shinoda

Sensual Seduction by Snoop Dogg

Setting Sun by Chemical Brothers

Shake Your Grove Thang by Peaches And Herb

Sharp Dressed Man by ZZ Top

Shot To The Heart by Bon Jovi

Show Me The Way by Peter Frampton

Song 2 by Blur

Soul Meets Body by Death Cab For Cutie

Spaz by N.E.R.D.

Start Me Up by Rolling Stones

Stay Fly by Three Six Mafia

Stayin' Alive by Bee Gees

Staying Alive by N Trance

Stone Cold Crazy by Metallica

Stronger by Kanye West

Stuck In America by Sugar Cult

Suicide Messiah by Black Lab El Society

Sultans Of Swing by Dire Straights

Summer Of 69 by Bryan Adams

Sun Red Sky Blue by Kenna

Super Charger Heaven by White Zombie

Switchback by Celldweller

Take Me Out by Franz Ferdinand

The Batman Theme by Danny Elfman

The Beautiful People by Marilyn Manson

The Distance by Cake

The Green Hornet Theme by Crescent City Orchestra

The Remedy by Jason Mraz

The Rockafeller Skank by Fatboy Slim

The Way You Like It by Adema

Them Bones by Alice In Chains

There They Go (Green Mix) by Fort Minor

This Is The New S**T by Marilyn Manson

This Love by Maroon 5

Thriller by Michael Jackson

Throw Some D's by Rich Boy

Thunderstruck by Ac/Dc

Time For Some Aksion by Redman

Time Warp by Rocky Horror

Tom Sawyer by Rush

Touch The Sky by Kanye West

Transformers Theme by Mute Math

Turn Around by Blues Traveler

Umbrella by Rihanna

Vicarious by Tool

Wake Up (From The Matrix) by Rage Against The Machine

Walk This Way by Run-Dmc

We Are All Made Of Stars by Moby

We Don't Care Anymore by Story Of The Year

We Like To Party! (The Vengabus) by Vengaboys

We Made It by Busta Rhymes (Feat. Linkin Park)

We Still Kill The Old Way by Lost Prophets

Weapon Of Choice by Fatboy Slim

Welcome To The Jungle by Guns& Roses

What Da Hook Gonna Be by Murphy Lee

When Doves Cry by Prince

When Worlds Collide by Powerman 5000

Where It's At by Beck

Where The Streets Have No Name by U2

White Houses by Vanessa Carlton

Why I'm Here by Oleander

Why Me by Planet P

Wicked Garden by Stone Temple Pilots

Will It Go Round In Circles by Billy Preston

You Talk Too Much by Toby Keith

Your Disease by Saliva

You'Re Makin' Me High by Toni Braxton

Zombie by The Cranberries

[jjune4991]

a 'few' huh???

[King_K.]

Haha, yeah.

 

That is a few actually, there's a whole lot more. That list is probably half of the ones offered in the survey.