Twister Closing Soon (Nov 2nd -- Last day to Ride, this Sunday)

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Confirmed. Race through New York with Jimmy Fallon. "Smoke...suspense...water..."

 

[FrankDIS72]

It's interesting to see Nintendo taking over the Kids Zone. Perhaps there will be a meet and greet with the dog from Duck Hunt!

 

[snoopboop]

Sigh. This makes three major attractions that will be closed (two permanently) while I'm there. I'm bringing my SO for his very first trip to Universal, and while I was never a huge fan of Twister, it's incredibly frustrating that Uni has chosen this particular offseason to close EVERYTHING down. Sucks to be those of us who chose to travel this winter. :-/ (Yes, I know.... travel in the offseason and this is what happens... but this is just a LOT of attractions to all be down at the same time.)

 

[RMulieri]

Sigh. This makes three major attractions that will be closed (two permanently) while I'm there. I'm bringing my SO for his very first trip to Universal, and while I was never a huge fan of Twister, it's incredibly frustrating that Uni has chosen this particular offseason to close EVERYTHING down. Sucks to be those of us who chose to travel this winter. :-/ (Yes, I know.... travel in the offseason and this is what happens... but this is just a LOT of attractions to all be down at the same time.)

I agree and I am not even going again till August..

 

[Bluer101]

We purposely did twister a few weeks ago with Macraven knowing about the closing soon. Good bye twister, glad it's going.

 

[epcotty]

We never actually went on Twister, really didn't want to. Maybe we'll like the replacement although that's definitely still a while away. I just hope E.T. won't be replaced as much as we like Nintendo

 

[mrsabbott]

My middle daughter loved Twister.. but she is also slightly obsessed with tornadoes and said she thought it was scary! LOL! She will be sad to hear that it is closing. I'm a little sad about the Feivel's playland closing. My kids are very familiar with an American Tail and they loved that area so much! Personally, I am sad about the Lucy attraction. I really enjoyed it because I am such a big fan! What are they going to do with all the memorabilia?

 

[Planogirl]

My middle daughter loved Twister.. but she is also slightly obsessed with tornadoes and said she thought it was scary! LOL! She will be sad to hear that it is closing. I'm a little sad about the Feivel's playland closing. My kids are very familiar with an American Tail and they loved that area so much! Personally, I am sad about the Lucy attraction. I really enjoyed it because I am such a big fan! What are they going to do with all the memorabilia?

I've been wondering about that too. Sadly very few people every seemed to be in the Lucy attraction so I can see why they closed it. We have no interest in the replacement but I bet that others will like it.

So what's closed? Lucy, Twister, Disaster and Hulk? It sounds like we'd better ride ET a few times, just in case.

 

[damo]

There are no rumours of ET closing. I think we'll see Kidzone closed after the next batch is done.

 

[FrankDIS72]

Speaking of closed rides, what will be the fate of T2: 3D -- Battle Across Time? I haven't heard a peep about it being replaced.

 

[Gina-Gina-Bo-Bina]

We purposely did twister a few weeks ago with Macraven knowing about the closing soon. Good bye twister, glad it's going.

I have to agree....we did it for the first time on our mid-October trip, and it was easy to see why Universal is choosing to replace it. It certainly wasn't on par with the quality of other attractions within the park.

I'm glad we had the chance to experience it before it closed, but I can't imagine there will be too many tears from the masses over its absence.

 

[Serrina89]

Am I the only one upset that twister and disaster are closing? My favorite type of movies are when people are running for their lives from natural disasters............The pre-shows may have been lame...but the actual action part was awesome! The Tram Tour at HS is gone now too........where to get my fix

 

[Friendly Frog]

lol i'm still bitter about pretty much everything they removed/changed.
-jaws
-king kong (yes i know they are putting a new version in IOA)
-hanna barabera
-murder she wrote (no absolutely not!)
-the alfred hitchcock attraction
-ghostbusters
-earthquake (yes "disaster" ride portion is the same but nothing else is. i don't like the pre show concept, i miss the escalator with foam concrete falling on you, and i don't like how its all just so scripted now. i liked the feeling for "this is really happening" and then at the end you're like "ok it was not real" lol)
-beatle juice grave yard revue (last time i saw it i felt the costume for bride of frankenstein was inappropriate, the songs were inappropriate, and they didn't sing good)
-nickelodeon studios
-star in your own episode of star trek
-star in "your day at universal studios"

I totally agree!!!!! Yes, I know this is an old thread, but I came here because I just heard the news of Twister. I hadn't been back to Uni since the year that they took Jaws out. Twister was the last favorite left. If you live in a tornado prone area, you understand how great this attraction was. I really do not like all the nausea simulator rides. I like real sets and special effects. Not a movie and a moving seat!

 

[Musicman20]

We never actually went on Twister, really didn't want to. Maybe we'll like the replacement although that's definitely still a while away. I just hope E.T. won't be replaced as much as we like Nintendo

My 7 year old (now 8) nephew LOVED E.T. more than anything, that includes all the Universal/IOA rides, and the whole of Disneyworld.

I don't think he knew much about the character before that. I totally see why though; that film has an amazing 80's creativity about it. I love the queue section and the ride itself is still good.

I enjoyed Twister on previous visits but this time round, not so much. It was ok, but T2 has aged better.

 

[gofordrew]

Hard to believe Twister is going and yet E.T. is there to stay. E.T. is more out of date and the movie much older than Twister. Need to put a new ride there.

 

[damo]

Hard to believe Twister is going and yet E.T. is there to stay. E.T. is more out of date and the movie much older than Twister. Need to put a new ride there.

ET is a solid family ride. Yes it is out of date but it is something that the entire family can ride and enjoy. It was my 7 year old niece's favourite ride the past two vacations. I would be surprised if it goes. I wouldn't be surprised if it just received some updates.