News Round Up 2018

[rteetz]

Fast & Furious Supercharged has soft opened.

 

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Donald’s dinoland bash work set to begin

https://www.orlandoparksnews.com/2018/04/construction-begins-for-donalds-dino.html?m=1

 

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Photopass studio relocation at MK

https://www.orlandoparksnews.com/2018/04/disney-photopass-studio-temporarily.html

 

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Conveyor Belt removal at DHS work continues

https://www.orlandoparksnews.com/2018/04/removal-of-conveyor-structure-used-to.html

 

[TheMaxRebo]

Fast & Furious Supercharged has soft opened.

See any reviews yet? Only one I saw so far was basically “better than I was expecting but still not great”

 

[rteetz]

See any reviews yet? Only one I saw so far was basically “better than I was expecting but still not great”

One I saw said the queue is better than the ride.

 

[TheMaxRebo]

One I saw said the queue is better than the ride.

Hmm, with this and Jimmy Fallon that seems to be a bit of a trend

 

[rteetz]

Hmm, with this and Jimmy Fallon that seems to be a bit of a trend

I’m all for a good queue but it shouldn’t be better than the attraction.

 

[rteetz]

Disneyland Update thanks to @dina444444

 

[rteetz]

I’m all for a good queue but it shouldn’t be better than the attraction.

Saw another quick twitter review. All screens with little thrill. Queue has live actors like Fallon.

 

[BigRed98]

Saw another quick twitter review. All screens with little thrill. Queue has live actors like Fallon.

From Bioreconstruct:

 

[skier_pete]

One I saw said the queue is better than the ride.

Hmm, with this and Jimmy Fallon that seems to be a bit of a trend

Same was said about Kong (though I don't agree with that). Not sure what Universal is thinking with screen ride after screen ride. We find it gets so old there after two days of it. I hope Disney doesn't fall too much into this trap. (FOP is really a screen ride - if a bit unique - seems like Millenium Falcon will be a screen ride too...need to see how much Mickey's Runaway Train and Ratatouille and GotG ends up being screens. Screens have their place, but it's easy to get to too much. (Uni is already there IMO.)

One thing I think is odd is that people seem to be surprised it's a clone of the one is California. What else would it be? (And honestly I wouldn't expect any different from Disney if they did something like this. HUGE cost savings to only design something once and build it twice.)

 

[rteetz]

Same was said about Kong (though I don't agree with that). Not sure what Universal is thinking with screen ride after screen ride. We find it gets so old there after two days of it. I hope Disney doesn't fall too much into this trap. (FOP is really a screen ride - if a bit unique - seems like Millenium Falcon will be a screen ride too...need to see how much Mickey's Runaway Train and Ratatouille and GotG ends up being screens. Screens have their place, but it's easy to get to too much. (Uni is already there IMO.)

One thing I think is odd is that people seem to be surprised it's a clone of the one is California. What else would it be? (And honestly I wouldn't expect any different from Disney if they did something like this. HUGE cost savings to only design something once and build it twice.)

Mickeys and Rat are mixes of screens and physical sets.

You could think of NRJ as a screen ride too.

 

[PolyRob]

Same was said about Kong (though I don't agree with that). Not sure what Universal is thinking with screen ride after screen ride. We find it gets so old there after two days of it. I hope Disney doesn't fall too much into this trap. (FOP is really a screen ride - if a bit unique - seems like Millenium Falcon will be a screen ride too...need to see how much Mickey's Runaway Train and Ratatouille and GotG ends up being screens. Screens have their place, but it's easy to get to too much. (Uni is already there IMO.)

One thing I think is odd is that people seem to be surprised it's a clone of the one is California. What else would it be? (And honestly I wouldn't expect any different from Disney if they did something like this. HUGE cost savings to only design something once and build it twice.)

I hope Disney doesn't overdo it! I have to say, I think the Na'vi River Journey uses a perfect amount of screen simulations blended amongst actual 3d items.

 

[BigRed98]

Same was said about Kong (though I don't agree with that). Not sure what Universal is thinking with screen ride after screen ride. We find it gets so old there after two days of it. I hope Disney doesn't fall too much into this trap. (FOP is really a screen ride - if a bit unique - seems like Millenium Falcon will be a screen ride too...need to see how much Mickey's Runaway Train and Ratatouille and GotG ends up being screens. Screens have their place, but it's easy to get to too much. (Uni is already there IMO.)

Rat is mostly screens. There's physical sets when ur car moves from screen to screen. Were getting the exact same version that Paris has so if you want to see what the ride is going to be like there's tons of ride POVs on youtube. In Mickey and Minnies Runaway Railway the screens are going to be used in a very unique way from what Disney has been saying. From what I heard and read there will be AAs on Mickey railway but I'm not sure how many. I totally understand what your saying about to many screens. Screens are good to enhance certain effects that physical sets cant do but screens can also be a lazy way out.

 

[skier_pete]

Mickeys and Rat are mixes of screens and physical sets.

You could think of NRJ as a screen ride too.

Yes - I'm hoping a good mix of screens and practical will make it work well. I think Remy is a LOT of screens though. Mickey's we won't know how it works out until it opens. (Supposed to be some practical stuff and some very unique use of screens, which if they do so that's just fine.

I hope Disney doesn't overdo it! I have to say, I think the Na'vi River Journey uses a perfect amount of screen simulations blended amongst actual 3d items.

I was going to say the same thing. NRJ is not a great ride, but they do a good job of mixing practical sets with a few screens. I am perfectly OK with doing something like that. (I think Forbidden Journey does an amazing job of combining the practical and the screen stuff as well, so not everything Universal does has this problem, just a lot of it. FOP being the only screen ride in DAK makes it just fine, and the ride mechanism is unqiue enough that it really helps - you aren't just sitting in a theater. Too much of Unis stuff is seat in a seat or a car and watch a screen. Hopefully Disney doesn't get there.

 

[rteetz]

Don’t forget the battle attraction. That will use screens too but also a lot of physical sets and AAs.

 

[BigRed98]

If anyone is curious Tim Tracker rode F&F today and said it was a fun ride but nothing mind blowing. He loved the queue and said there's tons of hidden Easter eggs in the queue. He also said Kong is better.

 

[rteetz]

If anyone is curious Tim Tracker rode F&F today and said it was a fun ride but nothing mind blowing. He loved the queue and said there's tons of hidden Easter eggs in the queue. He also said Kong is better.

Yep lots of homages to past attractions in the queue from what I saw.

 

[TheMaxRebo]

Don’t forget the battle attraction. That will use screens too but also a lot of physical sets and AAs.

At least with Toy Story Land you are adding 2 rides with no screens. Seems like anything rumored for the UK ride is not screen based and Tron is not screened based so definitely it all screens coming