Kong Replacement Seems a Definite

[pathubia]

Welcome Back, Earl!!!!

 

[Seahag]

yeah !! It's Earl !! Now those pesky rumors can be laid to rest !

 

[Molokai Gram]

Aloha Earl,
Now the Hawaiians are happy.
BTW did Earl and JessicaR meet when she visited Orlando?

 

[BarryHom]

Welcome back, Earl!

 

[Figaro30]

I hope Earl is right. I love love love Kong. It's one of the best rides I've ever been on. I'd hate to have such a fantastic ride be taken over by a roller coaster that I will never go on.

Pleeeeeeeeeeese be true!!

 

[Tony M]

HAVE FUN

 

[BarryHom]

The idea seemed pretty cool, though, regardless if it would be put in Kong or not.

 

[willydoit]

Glad to hear from you guys. Makes me wonder where you go when YOU go on vacation?? As always, thanks for the info.

 

[MIB999999]

Glad to hear from EARL and IOAtech. Is CoasterFev still in the house????
thanks for all the info and the work you do so i have a place to play on saturday's

 

[millerglass]

WOW, a name from the past!!
Welcome back Earl. Hope you enjoyed your rest
I'll be there in 2-1/2 weeks.
Save a place in line for me.
Eric

 

[larworth]

An IOA tech and Earl post all in one week. Life is finally getting back to normal. Glad to hear from both of you. Will be there in a couple of weeks.

 

[IOAfan]

That sucks...Kong's one of my favorite rides. I guess I will have to live with the change that Universal is making...

IOAfan

 

[Notatourist]

What change? It is reopening...

 

[gothamknight777]

No, say it ain't so! I love Kong! Sure it's not as thrilling as Spidey or MIB, even, but it's fun none-the-less. I'd much prefer Earthquake go, before Kong. I didn't even ride it this year. Though the San Fran themeing is cool. Anyway, I'd much prefer they find a way to enhance Kong rather than mothball it outright!

By the way, HHN this year was better than last. Scary Tales was by far the best haunted house. I just wish there were a way to limit the number of folks going through at a time w/o making the wait too long. Impossible, I know!! We went on Halloween night and the next night. It rained the second night (quite heavy at times), but it only added to the overall atmosphere...way cool!

GK777

P.S. Jay and Silent Bob were awesom at Bill & Ted's this year! My favorite was Jay referring to Farquad as "Burger King"!

 

[BarryHom]

My favorite from Bill and Ted was when Jay kept on referring to the Planet of the Apes guy as Donkey Kong and Curious George.

 

[gothamknight777]

Yeah, that was hilarious! Snootchie-Bootchies!!! I can't wait till next year when Spidey, Star Wars, and Lord Of the Ring characters should be joining the pop icon cast. Hope Jay and Silent Bob will be kept on for laughs!!

GK777

 

[ProfesserBaxter]

Okay I think maybe we should get a few things straight around here. I work at Universal so my sources are some what fair but as I found out Kong will be back up for the rest of the year but in next September the ride has an Eval and if its bad they can close they ride. Rumors on The Mummy, yes I heard about that also but they will not put it where Poseidon's Fury is because the theming has to do with the three main areas of the Lost Containent (Dragons, Merlin, and Unicorns and then you got Sinbad and Finally the whole myth of Atlantis). There's also rumor to an Apollo 13 roller coaster thats suppose to go behind BTTF and MIB.
As of right now I never heard about the Herc and Xena building whats going to be done, but I won't say any more.
Kong is here to stay for a while and I belive there was a remark about Kong's, Quake's, and Jaw's lines never being long?
It depends on when you go to the park. Kong, Quake, and Jaws are very popular and a big draw to the parks you wouldn't belive the people ask me where these rides are and I have to tell them they're in the other park and not IOA. If anyone has feedback on anything I said just let me know I'm open to suggestions.

 

[MIB999999]

ProfessorBaxter: please fix Posidions Fury. allow yourself to be found so they have to change the story

 

[IOAfan]

whenever I was at USF, I noticed that the lines for Kong, Quake, and Jaws were extraordinarily long along with other lines. When are you guys in line for these rides?

IOAfan

 

[Figaro30]

Last time I was there in February 2000 there was a huge line for Jaws and hardly anyline for Quake, Kong, or twister. However, maybe that's because we hit Kong first at opening, twister, then Quake and didn't his Jaws until about 2:00pm.

We must have waited 40 minutes for Jaws. And maybe 5 minutes for the rest.