Universal Orlando Resort (USO, IOA) Discussion Thread

by **Imhotep** » Tue Jul 25, 2006 9:29 am

^yeah, and on top of that, look at The Mummy, not one of the most popular movies out there.. In fact, I like the ride way more than the movie (only seen the first one, and I only watched it because I liked the ride so much).

The Fast and The Furious made 11mil domestic gross less than The mummy at the box office, so Im sure they wouldnt rule out a TFaTF solely in terms of popularity because at the Box Office both movies did comparatively well.

by **JT3000** » Tue Jul 25, 2006 10:31 am

Erm, The Mummy was quite popular. The FATF franchise isn't on the same level, no matter what the grosses were. It would be an awful choice for an attraction.

by **knottslover77** » Tue Jul 25, 2006 10:55 am

Dueling rocket coasters themed to The Fast and the Furious would be sweet!

by **Imhotep** » Tue Jul 25, 2006 11:47 am

JT3000 wrote:Erm, The Mummy was quite popular. The FATF franchise isn't on the same level, no matter what the grosses were. It would be an awful choice for an attraction.

I disagree, I think both movies were moderately popular at best, and -at least in the states- are very much on the same level in terms of popularity. That was the comparison I was trying to make. Mummy wasnt this big huge blowout hit at the box office, however it was popular enough to have a few sequels, andhas an awesome ride dedicated to it. TFaTF was also not a huge blowout, but it did about the same in theatres, has a few sequels, and therefore it wouldnt be a bad move for the park to make movie ride out of it if they wanted to based on its popularity in theatres.

by **knottslover77** » Tue Jul 25, 2006 5:50 pm

But,Fast and Furious all so atracts(sp) car lovers.

by **Electerik** » Wed Jul 26, 2006 9:47 am

knottslover77 wrote:Dueling rocket coasters themed to The Fast and the Furious would be sweet!

About a year ago, I participated in a supervisor training program in which we were each given two hours to come up with a new ride for either USF or IOA and then pitch it to a panel of upper management types. Of course, it was just "for fun." Nothing that would ever get built. But it was still the coolest training exersize ever.

Anyway, of the dozen or so people in the program, three pitched almost identical "dueling rocket coasters themed to The Fast And The Furious," and all placed them behind BTTF.

Me, I pitched an indoor swinging ship with a Viking theme between Mythos and the Enchanted Oak, and emphasized how affordable it would be to build.

I won, too. (At least, that part of the program.)

I have no real point. Except maybe that the whole "dueling rocket coasters themed to The Fast and the Furious" thing is a bit pedestrian. :evil:

by **ltp74** » Wed Jul 26, 2006 1:42 pm

I like the idea of a Simpsons 4D simulator ride but I would have rather seen a King of the Hill one.

by **johnrose** » Wed Jul 26, 2006 1:51 pm

Ideally, it would be an Arrested Development dark ride involving Segway transports, bananas, the Blue Man Group and George Michael's home video, but that's not gonna happen...

Seriously, though, a Family Guy dark ride would make me rigid...

by **Wes** » Wed Jul 26, 2006 1:56 pm

^ Or you could ride in the stair car, or the cabin car. Watch out, you'll get a lot of hop-ons.

by **johnrose** » Wed Jul 26, 2006 2:24 pm

Wes41190 wrote:^ Or you could ride in the stair car, or the cabin car. Watch out, you'll get a lot of hop-ons.

Brilliant! You could make that a competition... whoever gets the most hop-ons gets a prize at the end....

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