what new ride would you like?

[amyminzey]

Inspired by the thread discussing the closing of Back to the Future. What new movie ride would you like to be built at Universal?
I think a War of the Worlds ride would be cool.

 

[F-L-A]

King Kong or Halo.

 

[amyminzey]

FI just mentioned the Matrix

 

[PlutoLuvr]

Kong or a Harry Potter ride.

 

[robvia]

Harry Potter coaster.

Takes you down to Gringots vault. Queue line could be filled with a bunch of film clips. The fans from the UK would eat it up.

 

[damo]

I wonder how difficult it would be for Universal to get the rights to Harry Potter?

 

[F-L-A]

Pretty difficult, since Disney reportedly has them.

 

[damo]

Pretty difficult, since Disney reportedly has them.

I know Disney has the television rights but I don't think they have any other rights. I think Warner Bros. still has not released any theme park rights. But, I too doubt that Universal would be able to get them.

 

[Spongemage]

I second HALO! That would rock! I actually wrote a script a while ago for the Halo ride.

Halo: Live the Game

The ULTIMATE Halo Experience!

Halo: Live the Game is my concept for a Halo ride.

Ride Summary:

Room 1: Lobby: You enter the lobby to see what looks like the bridge of the Pillar of Autumn. You are loaded onto an elevator.

Elevator: You ride the elevator up four stories.

Room 2: Pod Loading Dock: You are handed a gun (laser tag gun) and are instructed to step into the pods (like in Halo 2). You are fastened into the pods which are fastened to a vertical roller coaster track.

Room 3: Pod Coaster: The pod doors close and you are alone in complete darkness. Small lights flicker on and a voice comes over the intercom.

Voice: I hope you're ready for this. It's quite a fight down there. Good luck marine.

You hear a click as the pod dislodges from the dock and you feel the g force as you plummit five stories.

The pod doors open on a giant area covered in grass and rocks. You are on Halo.

Room 4: Halo: You are told by a marine (park employee) that is waiting for you to turn your weapon on (the laser tag gun).

A marine runs by yelling.

Marine: This place is crawling with covenant!

The marine dissappears behind a huge rock.

You hear the sound of a plasma rifle in the distance.

Marine in front of you: Let's move! Follow me!

You follow the marine into the "battlefield" which is full of animatronic covenant and a few people in elaborate covenant costumes.

Marine: Fire!

You fire your weapons at the animatronic and costumed covenant, they retreat after about four minutes of fighting. (have to have time for other groups of people to come through the attraction).

Room 5: Ghost/Warthog Chase: There are three warthogs waiting at the end of the room.

The marine hops into the driver seat and yells at you.

Marine: Come on! Get in! The pelican's waiting!

You get in the hog and are shown how to strap yourself in.

The marine drives off in the warthog. Out of nowhere a ghost (on a track with an animatronic elite in the driver's seat) comes up next to you at equal speed.

Marine: Fire that turret marine!

You fire the laser tag turret and the ghost erupts into flame (pyrotechnics).

You come up on a pelican waiting at the end of the battlefield.

Room 6: The Pelican: A marine is waiting at the pelican.

Marine: Come on! We're getting out of here!

You are strapped into the pelican and the doors close. you are in complete darkness. The wall in front of you slides up to reveal two marines sitting in the cockpit.

Marine: Alright marines! We're taking off!

The pelican shakes. You feel as if you are being lifted off of the ground. Small windows appear around you (plasma screens). You are in space. You see Halo dissappearing in the background. All of the sudden the pelican jerks. The screens change from space to the pillar of autumn's interior.

Marine: We made it marines!

The doors open on the opposite side you got in and you atep out into the Pillar of Autumn. Commander Keyes is waiting there for you.

Keyes: Good job marines. But the struggle isnt over. I'll see you soon. Now hit the showers.

A door opens in front of you. You walk through it, you are now in a hallway with two doors at the end of it. They open and you step into the elevators behind them. As you enter the elevators an alarm starts blaring and you hear over the intercom "Covenant borders!" You go down five stories. The door opens on an animatronic elite roaring. It's stomach explodes and it falls to the ground. You see Master Chief standing behind it with his SMG in the air. He looks at you and then runs through a side door. A door opens in front of you, you step through into the gift shop. The ride is over.

This is only a first draft of the ride. It will be longer and more intense as I work more on it. Thank you. Please Comment.

 

[LilAlice18]

They had a King Kong ride & tore it down right before the movie came out. - not very smart!

 

[aztecgoods]

Universal in association with SSpielberg's group did Gladiator, probably my favorite film of all time. Would love to see something based on Gladiator. I think alot of peeps would agree with me on that. Although I admit I'm having trouble coming up with a concept, maybe a boat ride through the dungeons of the Colliseum then out to see gladiators have it out. Or could be just a show easy enough. I personally like boat rides, would love to see them do another real quality boat ride like JP.

 

[PlutoLuvr]

Oooooh...Gladiator -- yummy.

I hereby retract my vote for Potter and vote for Gladiator. Find the chad, please.

They could do something involving the lions and chariots. The queue could be like the bazaar in the beginning of the film (or the end and make it like a shop that the ride dumps you out in). Maybe something akin to the Twister ride where you go from room to room with props from the movie, TVs here and there with the history of gladiators and Rome, some one-on-one with Russell Crowe -- geez, I can't remember anyone else in the film, lol -- then the finale being the coliseum.

I do think Matrix and Halo would be neat, too

 

[aztecgoods]

In Gladiator Juaquim Phoenix won an Oscar for his supporting role in that, he was the evil son Emporer that murdered his father the emporer Marcus Aerilius. Who was played by the very fine actor that was the head wizard in the first few Harry Potter films. Forget the chicks name but shes been in a lot of stuff too, very hot and good actress.

Yeah I'm seeing more of a show here, although I'm not the biggest fan of the shows, but they could have a mock up arena easy enough and do gladiator battles, but that seems to easy and predictable, maybe we could come up with something else.

 

[aztecgoods]

Draculas Castle. This could be Universals answer to the Haunted Mansion. It could be a park icon, with a great haunted house type of ride. You would have endless possibilities here. Maybe even have a whole new section called Transylvania, with a big scary gate with scary statues that you enter through, onto the castle with the Haunted House inside. I am thinking the Dracula franchise is Universal. Orrrrrr they could also do a new hotel like Draculas castle, haunted hotel type of thing.

 

[Fan2CSkr]

Draculas Castle. This could be Universals answer to the Haunted Mansion. It could be a park icon, with a great haunted house type of ride. You would have endless possibilities here. Maybe even have a whole new section called Transylvania, with a big scary gate with scary statues that you enter through, onto the castle with the Haunted House inside. I am thinking the Dracula franchise is Universal. Orrrrrr they could also do a new hotel like Draculas castle, haunted hotel type of thing.

I totally would love something along these lines! With the Universal Monsters the possibilities are endless.

 

[dalt01]

ditto on the Dracula Castle idea

 

[LEO_Magic]

King Kong the ride, but inside the building coaster style. Like The Mummy!!!...Or...some type of 3-D ride like Spidy at IOA...

 

[aztecgoods]

I totally would love something along these lines! With the Universal Monsters the possibilities are endless.

Thanks, they already have the Mummy, seems like they could have a whole new Transylvania section with the Dracs Castle, maybe something with the Werewolf and Creature from the Black Lagoon, Phantom of the Opera etc.

Also, I would love to see a "Black Forest." It could be inside a large warehouse, kinda like the entrance to ET with fake large trees, theme lighting, with all sorts of spooky creatures and things inside the Black Forest. They could have a Black Forest Cafe inside it, with maybe a haunted cave. It could be like a massive maze type of thing where you could get lost fairly easy, but with maps to make sure you could get out.

 

[aztecgoods]

The Labrynth. Also along the lines of the post above, a whole new large section as the Labrynth would be cool. It would be basically a large maze type of thing, with different stops and shops and creatures throughout. Kinda like a huge hedge maze but much more elaborate. It would need to be an entire section not just a ride.

 

[aztecgoods]

The Space Station. I think it would be cool to build essentially a giant model of a planet (basically half of a sphere, like half of the Epcot Ball/Planet). You could have a dome type space station built over it where peeps could get on and look out the windows down at it, like you are in orbit around a planet, the outside could be basically round and set up like a huge planetarium. If it was done right you could really give peeps the impression they were on a space station in orbit around a planet. You could use dry ice or cold flow fog to simulate an atmosphere adding to the elusion that it was a real planet, with it made out of plexiglass with lights under it making it glow like a real planet. It could begin as a rocket ship ride with a real destination to the space station.

P.S. I don't like giving these ideas away for free so if any Uni peeps want to hire me I'm available.