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WebmasterPete
03-19-2008, 09:41 AM
LIGHTS . . . CAMERA . . . COASTER!
Universal Orlando Resort Announces Brand-New Roller Coaster
That Features Total Immersion Entertainment and Puts Guests In The Director’s Seat

ORLANDO, FL (March 19, 2008) – Adrenaline pumping and music thumping, you find yourself heading straight toward the sky. Suddenly, you are doing 65 mph, 17 stories over Universal Studios. Gasping with excitement, you rock out to a song you picked before strapping in. And, it’s all on video. Once the adventure is over, you edit the video to send to your friends.

This is true high-tech, customizable, multi-sensory entertainment. Scheduled to open in spring 2009, Hollywood Rip, Ride, Rockit will stake its claim as the most technologically advanced roller coaster in the world. The Universal Creative team is combining audio and special effects engineering, sophisticated on- and off-board video and one-of-a-kind guest personalization to create a roller coaster experience unlike any other.

“This is the perfect intersection of the digital age and theme park entertainment,” said Mark Woodbury, President of Creative for Universal Parks & Resorts. “Hollywood Rip, Ride, Rockit blends roller coaster intensity and guest interaction in a way where no two experiences will be the same.”

Hollywood Rip, Ride, Rockit touts six near-miss moments and first-ever thrills including a record-breaking loop. Ride vehicles feature the brightest and most innovative color changing LEDs in the world. High-energy visual displays fill the queue line. With up to four ride vehicles on the tracks at any given time, and with concert lighting and special effects mixed in, Hollywood Rip, Ride, Rockit will be a true high-intensity, multi-sensory experience that is unmatched.
Guests can customize their ride experience by choosing what song will play while they’re on the roller coaster. LED boards in the queue lines will display song options from five genres (classic rock, rap, country, pop and soundtracks). Once on-board, guests can choose their song or let the coaster’s digital sound system choose for them. When the ride is over, guests will be able to customize footage from their experience and compile it into a take-home music video.

Hollywood Rip, Ride, Rockit will be located near the Jimmy Neutron attraction traveling the southern perimeter of the Universal Studios theme park, over to the CityWalk lagoon and back.
Plutes
03-19-2008, 09:43 AM
Already called DH to tell him about this...SO EXCITED!!!!!!!!! :dance3: :cheer2: :woohoo: :banana:
UrsulasShadow
03-19-2008, 09:53 AM
I am SOOOOO there!
I really really really hope it's open by May 9, 2009! Can you arrange that, Pete?;) :worship: I think it would be a great thing for the Podcast Cruise Crew to do as a group.
Tissa
03-19-2008, 09:54 AM
That is exciting news!!! We'll be keeping the AP's after all.:banana:
MenashaCorp
03-19-2008, 10:15 AM
Sounds like a great answer to "Where should we send Bawb next?"
Cyrano
03-19-2008, 10:16 AM
Wow :thumbsup2
astrodrummergirl
03-19-2008, 11:13 AM
Sounds like fun... kind of... may be that straight up thing might put me off.



BTW pete, loving the sig!
DisneyKevin
03-19-2008, 11:20 AM
I am SOOOOO there!
I really really really hope it's open by May 9, 2009! Can you arrange that, Pete?;) :worship: I think it would be a great thing for the Podcast Cruise Crew to do as a group.

<---volunteers to be the person on the ground watching everyone's stuff.
UrsulasShadow
03-19-2008, 11:23 AM
<---volunteers to be the person on the ground watching everyone's stuff.

Nonono, you sit next to ME! I need someone who'll scream louder than I will.
georgemoe
03-19-2008, 11:33 AM
Everyone loves a spew ride. :jumping1:
kab407
03-19-2008, 11:41 AM
Nonono, you sit next to ME! I need someone who'll scream louder than I will.

Everyone loves a spew ride. :jumping1:

:lmao: :lmao: :lmao: :lmao:
UrsulasShadow
03-19-2008, 11:45 AM
:lmao: :lmao: :lmao: :lmao:

You laugh...but guess who's going to be sitting on Kevin's OTHER side? I'lll need help holding him down and keeping him from running away, y'know.
Annette_VA
03-19-2008, 01:37 PM
Sweeeeeet.

Between this and Harry Potter, I may be making my first ever trip over to Universal after the cruise (Harry Potter land will be open by time we cruise, right??).
willis37862
03-19-2008, 06:33 PM
Sounds like fun... kind of... may be that straight up thing might put me off.





I don't mind the straight up, it's the straight down that makes me :eek: ( yep my eyes pop out just like that!)

I love coasters so I am pretty excited. I have always been a US/IOA fan :thumbsup2 I love seeing them add more cool stuff to the parks.

<---volunteers to be the person on the ground watching everyone's stuff.

:rotfl:
ADP
03-19-2008, 07:32 PM
This is really exciting news. With the opening of Harry Potter and now this Universal's attendance will soar in 2009.

That $81 7 day - 2 park pass which never expires now seems like the "bargain of the century". I may have to get one,:) or two,:yay: or three :laughing:!

Rock on! :confused: I mean Rock It! :rotfl2:
Stroller Boy
03-19-2008, 07:57 PM
This is really exciting news. With the opening of Harry Potter and now this Universal's attendance will soar in 2009.

That $81 7 day - 2 park pass which never expires now seems like the "bargain of the century". I may have to get one,:) or two,:yay: or three :laughing:!

Rock on! :confused: I mean Rock It! :rotfl2:

Hmmmm...so the 7 day pass doesn't have an expiration? Is that only if you don't use it, or you can use a day or two and still have the rest with no expiry? I had thought that once you use a day that the others have to be used within the week or something? Would love to know the facts here! Thanks!

Oh, and this completely rocks! Will probably have to cut down the Hulk reps to like 6-7 next trip to have time for this one!
ADP
03-19-2008, 08:19 PM
Hmmmm...so the 7 day pass doesn't have an expiration? Is that only if you don't use it, or you can use a day or two and still have the rest with no expiry? I had thought that once you use a day that the others have to be used within the week or something? Would love to know the facts here! Thanks!

Oh, and this completely rocks! Will probably have to cut down the Hulk reps to like 6-7 next trip to have time for this one!

Once you use it for the first time it will expire in 7 days; however, you can begin to use it anytime in the future. With Harry Potter and the addition of Rock It! you can expect the price of park admission to increase in the future.
DisneyKevin
03-19-2008, 09:24 PM
You laugh...but guess who's going to be sitting on Kevin's OTHER side? I'lll need help holding him down and keeping him from running away, y'know.

I'm big....but I'm fast.
UrsulasShadow
03-19-2008, 10:31 PM
I'm big....but I'm fast.
I've heard that about you...;) :rotfl:
lttlmc3
03-19-2008, 10:37 PM
Wait, isn't one of the music options classical? Who would listen to classical while riding a roller coaster?:confused: Wierd.
UrsulasShadow
03-19-2008, 10:39 PM
Wait, isn't one of the music options classical? Who would listen to classical while riding a roller coaster?:confused: Wierd.

Are you kidding???? Wagner???? "Ride of the Valkyries"???? It's made for roller-coasting!
Stroller Boy
03-20-2008, 08:19 AM
Are you kidding???? Wagner???? "Ride of the Valkyries"???? It's made for roller-coasting!

It's no "Winger - Battle Stations", but yea, I suppose you've got a point on that one! :rotfl2:

Now I've got the whole "kill the wabbit, kill the wabbit......." version going on in my head....
MenashaCorp
03-20-2008, 08:51 AM
It's no "Winger - Battle Stations", but yea, I suppose you've got a point on that one! :rotfl2:

Now I've got the whole "kill the wabbit, kill the wabbit......." version going on in my head....

We definitely need a "spit-take" smiley!!! (Wiping off monitor).


Never let you get between me and my guitar,
No use to keep trying, you won’t get very far.

Take no prisoners, open fire,
Battle stations!
Someone’s trying to brainwash me,
Battle stations!
Back off, baby!:rotfl2: :rotfl2:

Hadn't heard that one since the Bill and Ted sequel...

I would've gone Hanson-Mmmbop, but "Battle Stations" is more Wagnerian. Good call. :lmao:

Oooooh, Bwunhilde, You're so Wovewy....
Yes, I know it.. I can't help it..... :lmao:
Stroller Boy
03-21-2008, 08:40 AM
We definitely need a "spit-take" smiley!!! (Wiping off monitor).


Never let you get between me and my guitar,
No use to keep trying, you won’t get very far.

Take no prisoners, open fire,
Battle stations!
Someone’s trying to brainwash me,
Battle stations!
Back off, baby!:rotfl2: :rotfl2:

Hadn't heard that one since the Bill and Ted sequel...

I would've gone Hanson-Mmmbop, but "Battle Stations" is more Wagnerian. Good call. :lmao:

Oooooh, Bwunhilde, You're so Wovewy....
Yes, I know it.. I can't help it..... :lmao:

Nothing gets by you, does it..... :rotfl2: Now, how many people would have even known what the heck I was talking about!!! Not only that, but I get lyrics AND the movie reference? Jeez! Don't want to take you on in NTN trivia, that's for sure!

I tell ya, I'm impressed :)
hayanyujah847
03-21-2008, 02:56 PM
Very exciting. Glad we got in on that 2 yr AP deal a few months ago~~our APs don't expire until August 2009 so we'll definitely schedule a day before or after the podcast cruise.

But I'm confused about what exactly this is going to do...virtual reality mixed with a real coaster while being videotaped and listening to your choice of music??? Oh well...a new ride is always exciting. :) :) :thumbsup2