Universal Orlando Resort (USO, IOA) Discussion Thread

[Hand 0f Time]

I'm drooling now.. And no, not over the dildo thought. Finally some footage action.

[King_K.]

Here's a couple from today.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[jpdupuis]

RIght on! We can CLAERLY a screen an a button on the first pic!!

[DATman]

And note the camera mounted to the front railings on both cars.

[Trevor]

And notice that the ridercam of the second and third row is on the headpiece of the right first and second seat (watching the train in the front). You can see that in the photo nº 9

[PCW_Nut]

And note the camera mounted to the front railings on both cars.

 

And what looks like the cameras on the back of the seats...there's that second little silver round thing on each seat excluding the back row which would denote that those are indeed the other cams.

[TheCoasterCritic]

I interviewed the creative director of HRRR last week. Here are a few interesting facts and features that he shared with me:

 

--> It'll feature 30 songs from 5 genres. 3 legacy artists and 3 contemporary artists in each genre. Songs to be announced soon! You're right about those on-board touch screens you're noticing on the harnesses.

--> A Day Ride and A Night Ride; The track will be eluminated and the LEDs of course will enhance the night ride.

--> 5 cars on the track at the same time (I think he meant 5 trains with two cars, but I will confirm)

--> A train leaves the station every 23 seconds!

--> A people mover like station. The train never stops in the station to improve the loading process.

--> Ride Capacity - Wouldn't give me exact numbers, but said hrrr will have the same ride capacity as the hulk

 

There's more about why they chose Maurer and on the music videos and hrrr web site. He mentions over and over all of the firsts that HRRR will have. And you realize it really will be unique. I'll let you know when I've got the full interview up.

[BeemerBoy]

A train leaves the station every 23 seconds!

I'll believe this when I see it.

 

Did anyone notice the on-board cup holders?

[jjune4991]

thanks for the update coastercritic! wow! a people mover??? that is going to be very interesting if a person in a wheel chair wants to ride.

[Wes]

Did anyone notice the on-board cup holders?

 

Did you see the controls for using the heated leather seats?

[Homeboy23]

^ Right next to the water guns.

[jedimaster1227]

^^^Universal has plenty of wheelchair seats available for use throughout their parks. They are creative with these systems...

[traincrossin]

One question I gotta ask, where are the speakers? Are they built into the seats? Rockit is looking great! I'm sure those LEDs will make it look even cooler.

[Homeboy23]

Aren't they right next to where your head will be?

[TheCoasterCritic]

It sounded like they are in the headrest. They are 2 55-watt marine polk audio speakers if that means anything to anybody. I'm no audiophile. He said they even tested them on the highway via some type of trailer they built to make sure you could hear them well at highspeeds.

[BeemerBoy]

They are 2 55-watt marine polk audio speakers if that means anything to anybody.

Sweet! This coaster's gonna be amphibious too. I'm assuming this is for the two whole minutes under water.

[traincrossin]

^Or rain and other protection from the elements.

[jjune4991]

^^^Universal has plenty of wheelchair seats available for use throughout their parks. They are creative with these systems...

 

I meant how it will be interesting to try and get a group of people out of a train then another group in with at least one person in a wheelchair, in under 23 seconds. It sounds too quick for me, but maybe I just don't know my time stamps!

[piers]

Im pretty sure the cars dont leave the station regardless of whether people have boarded or not, some people not in wheel chairs may take longer than that to board.

 

Your statement is very peculiar.

[christianscoasters]

It's possible that they will have several trains in the station (probably just two) and load them at the same time. It's possible that they could do that and dispatch a train every 23 seconds or so.

[PaulMartz37]

My guess: the station will have a unloading area very near to the entrance (exit) of the ride and a loading are right after to give the riders time to close the harness and choose their songs.

As for the speed of the 'people mover,' the speed we've been seeing on the lift seems to be appropriate for loading guests on and off.

 

 

OH YEAH

There is still a MONTH of testing to go. Enough time to train the operators. Actually, going back to a picture post from Grad Bash, they may already be training.

[jmicha]

I think the people mover style loading is a fantastic idea. It forces ride ops to stay on track and to hit intervals. This way the ride's operating capacity and wait times will be significantly easier to maintain and to keep consistent.

[DBru]

Sounds similar to Pilgrims Plunge's loading...I just hope this is a bit more organized.

[PaulMartz37]

Sounds similar to Pilgrims Plunge's loading...I just hope this is a bit more organized.

 

That's exactly what I was thinking. You think it'll be an open area in the same way? I actually don't like that spaciousness.

[jjune4991]

guys guys GUYS! calm down. I just meant that I thought it sounds interesting with the people mover, and I am wondering how they will accommodate with a person in a wheelchair if they expect to have trains to go through the station in 23 seconds. now, maybe I read it wrong, and coastercritic means that there will be a train leaving every 23 seconds, but multiple trains in the station, i dont know. I was just thinking. now i'll just stop talking about this and see it myself in july.