Reviewing the worst Universal Park, Period.
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- čas přidán 4. 10. 2020
- I don't like Universal Studios Orlando and you shouldn't either. If you do, allow me to sway your opinions. This is one bad park at least for Universal standards.
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The reason why there’s a line at Gringotts even though you rope dropped is because the Harry Potter areas open one hour early to guests who stay on property
Agreed I live in Florida and visit the parks frequently and he really should stay on property it let’s him into the park early and certain ones give you a fast pass along with the room including the day you leave so an unlimited fast pass for three days for only two days in the park which is an amazing deal and trust me I’ve looked into it. (he probably should go with someone like a friend that owns a annual pass or lives in Florida because those both give discounts for everything in the park) and he went on a horrible day anyway
Single rider was walk on probably hahaha
I go all the time the wait could be 120 minutes at gringotts go on single rider I've got on maybe 16 minutes
@@marionass593 Yea single rider line is the best. I did it with my friends at Animal Kingdom
@@filetofish7688 yeah even if universal is busy hagrids can be 120 minute wait IF the single rider is opened usually its 20 min wait plus you get front row automatically
I love Universal Studios Florida especially during Halloween Horror Nights
me too
the sad thing is a ride with the fast and furious theme has so much potential. They could have done a radiator springs racers type ride racing through LA or something
Or, an actual roller coaster
Oh yeah, there is a confirmed roller coaster themed Fast and Furious in Hollywood.
@@GabrielFrFr Hollywood drift is gonna be that!
@@hellacia8151 fortunately yes!
The reason the Simpsons ride is like that is because it is basically using a recycled system. It was originally a Back to the Future ride and the reason why only the cars move is because there are multiple cars at a time looking at the same screen as you. It's basically an huge IMAX theater with each car acting as a seat.
I actually like that ride. It has some good jokes in it too, some you only notice when riding again or on CZcams
the reason the wait was long at the rope drop is cause people with fast passes, or who stay in on site hotels get to get in an hour earlier
mummy is so good rode it 5 times on an empty day and threw up after the last time but still a great ride the airtime after the inclined launch is crazy
When did you go to Universal? The MIB single rider line is the way to get on that ride.
Revenge of the mummy is an amazing ride
Yeah, it’s my 4th favorite. Idk why people would hate it
It’s my second favorite in the whole resort only behind HRRR (haven’t ridden Velocicoaster yet)
@@coastercraziness Velocicoaster is the best roller coaster I have ever ridden
You should’ve given ET a go, that’s one of the better rides there
I'll try it next time I go back
It is
oldschool and trippy
@@RealBigC06 hey
ET is literally you on a bicycle looking at miniature garbage : /
The other saving graces of this park are the Bourne Stuntacular, Revenge of the Mummy, Men in Black, Diagon Alley, E.T Adventure, and Halloween Horror Nights.
Rip Ride Rockit?
I went a few weeks ago, i have to say (since there were no lines) I had a really good time. The park is progressively getting better, the Bourne stunt show was really good. I don't think i had issues with the screen rides since before this i never really experienced a full blown 'screen' ride. The park feels lack luster from a thrill seeker perspective, but as a average person i though it was a really good day.
I agree, and found Islands of Adventure way better. in fact, we spent 3/4's on the second gate.
Islands is one of if not the best park park in Florida. Studios is a bit of a let down for me
Islands of Adventure is possibly my favorite theme park (if we are including Velocicoaster which I haven’t ridden but looks amazing) and I’ve been to Cedar Point. It’s that good
E.T, Revenge of the mummy, and the Simpsons rides were great. And uh... I guess gringrotts didn’t make me wanna year my eyes out from boredom? Uh... OOH uh, the first drop on the big red one I can’t ever remember the name of was cool... yeah....
Meanwhile in islands:
Skull island reign of King
Jurassic Park the ride
Harry Potter and the forbidden journey
Hagrids magical creatures
The cat in the hat
Spider-Man
Doctor dooms doom fall
Ripsaw falls
Popeye ride
(I’m riding hulk tomorrow so idk about that one yet but it looks good)
@@tingofingo1348 you’re in for a treat. Have fun, wish I was there
@@tingofingo1348 Skull island reign of kong was terrible, almost as bad as fast and furious, one of the screens broke and it was probably the most exciting part because the rest was kinda boring. Dr dooms fear fall is terrible too, the launch up is kinda cool but the drop is boring as shit. the rest of the park, however, is phenomenal
I do agree that this park desperately needs another predominantly-practical ride. Like, I love a good screen ride. Toy Story Mania and Spider-Man show how to do this ride type well. But when four of your main attractions are simulator rides (I count F&F since that’s basically what it is) then you really need to diversify more. I feel like this park is getting neglected, especially with Islands getting all of the shiny new toys, while this is getting another Minions ride
Well the Simpsons ride is designed like that as it was originally BTTF and used Omni IMAX instead of the star tour’s system due to the original ride simulating a delorean
Bruh the quality of these videos is unreal, very impressive content. The only reason you dont have 500k subs instead of 20k is because your channel is covering such a specific niche.
You seriously need to go back. This is my all time favorite park and seeing this video literally hurt me so much. You just went on a bad day. It's not about the rides, it's about the experience.
Also, did you even use the single rider line?
When I go to big parks like Disney and Universal parks I go with a big group. We dont like to split up in single rider although my sister did do rip ride rockit single rider once and it was a 45 minute wait while we did the mummy. I think I did just go on a bad day but I also got board of the repetitive screen rides
He went on a day that he caught his bf flirting with another dude
@@scibzmasta what
@@Coastoons in my experience, rip ride rocket single rider is extremely slow. Hulk is way faster.
I'm speculating a bit, but I think most people go in pairs so it's less frequent to hAve a single rider spot to fill on rocket vs.hulk.
Single rider on hulk and forbidden journey were essentially walk on in under 35m wait. Rip ride rocket never felt like you dropped below a 5 minute wait unless the ride was dead anyway.
Tldr, single rider seems to go faster on 4 across vs 2 across rides.
Yes this is an experience park not a thrill ride park like KI and even Disney. I loved it more than KI cause one I love next to KI and two it had such a different feel cause KI and cedar have NO DARK RIDESSSS and the ones at universal feel so real idk
My dude really went through a cosmonaut variety hour phase😂
i knew this video seemed familiar 😂
When I went to universal studios I was there for a cheer competition, so I went with some of my teammates. The park was about to close and we could go on one more ride before going to dinner. They wanted to go on Fast and Furious. I had not been on the ride before so I thought it might be a good ride, right? WE WAITED AN HOUR FOR FAST AND FURIOUS. After the ride we all were mad, and continued to make jokes about the ride. Biggest disappointment of the day.
I understand your view of this park, I went there last year when I was ten. I had such a great time riding all the rides with my family. I love Hollywood Rip Ride Rocket due to how it is different and fun. It was my first (and only at this time) roller coaster with a height over 140ft. I did think the screen rides were a little bit repeative but I still enjoyed it. I hope universal will do something like they are doing with Islands of Adventure because I LOVED Hulk and Hagrids, MIB is better than Toy Story Mania in my opinion becuase there is more real sets then screens. I will take Universal Studios over Epcot and maybe Animal Kingdom, but I think Magic Kingdom and Hollywood Studios are better. This park has some great oppertunity if Universal puts more work and I hope this park will be better in the future. (A Fast and Furious indoor coaster like Rock N' Roller Coaster would be cool too)
This park definitely has a lot of potential because of the rides and lands they already have in the park but I feel they just aren't capitalizing on it
@@Coastoons I see.
I just know you're smart if you're typing comments like this at 11 years old
@@MrPatrickbuit I am indeed very intellegent.
yea I also love Revenge of the Mummy
last time I was at the park, was on halloween horror nights, there all the standard rides had zero lines while the scare mazes were all 80min and above
I understand that the enjoyment of certain rides is based on personal experiences, but its funny how you explain how you dont really like screen rides/motion simulators, and then go and say that Toy Story is much better than MIB, when MIB is almost all practical effects, and Toy Story is literally screen after screen after screen. Btw love your content and channel, and i dint wanna sound like im hating
Yeah I guess that was hypocritical. I just think it was executed better whilst MIB seems like chaos even though it is practical sets
Completely agree with your statement. When he mentioned hating all the screen rides and then goes off saying how Toy Story Mania was so much better than MIB, he lost all credibility with me. Lol.
MIB is far and away the best shooter ride in Florida...and one of the best in the world.
Shame you didn’t give ET a try. Hopefully Universal Studios gets more dark ride/practical effects rides down the road. Another water ride in that park would also be a major plus.
@@Cheezbat My problem isn't with the screens themselves its the fact that all the screen rides are the same type of rides. You just sit down in rows and its shakes you around. Toy story mania is a much more diverse screen ride where your vehicle is actually moving from different screen to screen which is why I enjoy that even though it is screens.
In my opinion, Men in Black is so much better than Toy Story Mania. Men in Black has over 100 animatronics and very few screens. I like how Men in Black actually has a story and the ride ending changes based on your score. To me, Toy Story Mania is nothing but 3D screens.
It's gone downhill. When I was younger it was absolutely brilliant and the rides were much better.
The "worst" experience I've ever had at universal is getting stuck on (harry potter and the forbidden journey?) it was fun but at one part I believe a disabled rider had to get on to the ride so they had to stop all of the simulations and our one was unfortunate enough to be stuck in the position that was on your back and slightly tilted towards your head being upside down but it was only for around 5 minutes max so its not bad. All other experiences I've had were great at that park.
“I’m So Tired of Screen Rides!”
Also Him When Toy Story Midway Mania Compared to M.I.B. Alien Attack...
Y E S
When I went here for the first time. I hated it, but after going later. It grew on me a lot.
I have a question as well. What do you like more. Universal studios Florida or universal Hollywood
I wouldn't put toy story mania higher than men in black ever! I thought toy story mania was just another screen ride.
I love physichal effects and animations though.
You’re right. Men In Black is a way better ride. Also odd that it had a long wait on his trip, since it basically never has one ever.
Being from Mexico and having only a couple of parks it's always amazing to hear people complain about standing on a queue for an hour. Don't ever come to Six Flags Mexico, it can take up to two hours just to get one ride on Superman.
we had a really funny teen cast member when we went to fast and furious. she kept talking back to the people on screen in this monotone voce and it was hilarious. the guy in the room beforehand said it was her first week without him so maybe that explains it
I’ve been on 80 coasters as of right now and Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit is my #7 favorite! For me the thing that made it amazing was being able to listen to some actual great songs while riding it. My best experience was at Night, I selected Painkiller by Judas Priest, and got the back row! I’m telling you that made the ride soooo much better! Ride it in the back you get some pretty good airtime. But the best part is also totally stupid, the drop after the final mid-course before the final brake run. If your in the back, you get INSANE EJECTOR AIRTIME!! Now the coaster layout itself is meh, but the fact that I was able to listen to so many great songs, makes this whole experience a memory that will last forever! Please give it another try! Especially at night, and try to find a good secret song, and don’t forget to get the back row, maybe a little rougher but the airtime is worth it!!
I'll definitely give it another shot when im back at Universal for velocicoaster. I will say the song selection is a really good feature
@@Coastoons Agreed. They need some more songs on it. Higher Ground by Red Hot Chili Peppers would work really well on the ride.
Revenge of the mummy is the best ride there. Great ride and loved it, We went on Christmas break, and we had great ops and a lot of fun! But I feel like they have 2 many screen rides. But I skipped transformers and jimmy fallon, so i didn’t get the whole experience
Is coasting tripping or is it really that bad. I absolutely love universal in LA.
Would definitely recommend staying at a deluxe hotel if possible, free fast pass unlimited and I was able to do every ride at both parks in under 4 hours
When I go to universal I never wait more than 20 minutes as the posted sign. But normally it turns out to be just walking through the queue. Even on the velocicoaster and hagrids.
Universal Studios Florida Just needs another E Ticket Attraction Universal is just to busy focusing on Islands Of Adventure.
When I was going on the fast and Ferious ride for the first time I had no expectations for how bad it was
Fast and Furious is my favorite horror attraction
How many universal parks are in Orlando? I thought the Harry Potter one was in there. Or is it like Disney with multiple parks?
When i rode Fast and Furious, i did single riders so it was only like 1p minutes and it seems like you are walking through parts that you arent meant to walk through
I don’t know how CZcams knows that I’m going to Universal tomorrow but it was good to hear your thoughts. I’ve been there once and I have to agree. It is a lot of copy and paste and it gets pretty boring. We went on a very busy day last time and couldn’t do much. I think I enjoyed the waits and the family time more than the rides themselves.
Single rider line tho I highly recommend
Yeah if I go back I will. That was just my first visit with my family and cousins so we didn't want to split up
This is by far my favorite theme park you didn’t even do that much I get it because you went on a bad day but usually the wait times are not very long Express passes r also really nice I recommend if you want Express passes go to one of the universal hotels The ones that give Express passes and yeah really great theme park also did you go to Islands of adventure?
As a passholder, the real reason we go to this park is for the events. The Mardi gras event is fun, the concerts are great. And of course horror nights is one of the best things about orlando. I go here all the time, but I've only ridden all the screen rides there once. ET, MIB, RRR, and Mummy are the only rides really worth riding there imo. And we spend a lot of time in dragon alley, but rarely ride gringotts because its just okay imo. But yeah, the events in this park take it to another level. Bourne stuntacular is actually pretty decent too. On par with the Indiana Jones show. Does seem like you just had a bad day. Next time go during Halloween time and skip the screens and its a better experience
My trip to USF was my worst park visit, as the rip ride rockit had too long of a wait and my Florida house was a three hour drive away, so we didn't have time. Revenge of the Mummy was closed for some reason, so the only redeeming quality of the park was Diagon Alley, which was good, but not enough to carry the whole park, especially because I was hoping to go to Islands.
It's been years since I've been there and I know all these rides used to be Back To The Future, Jaws, King Kong, ET and others.
istg they closed down the revenge of the mummy when i went there earlier this week
Rip ride rocket is notorious for long lines but idk why everything else had long lines 😭😭 last time I went with my family got through everything before dinner. I do know that me and my family time everything to that we go on certaim rides at optimal times but jeeze you just went on a bad day my guy sorry that happened to u :/
I like fast and furious, not because of the ride, but because of the fun experience I had with my mom, I Actually have a fond memory of that despite the crappy ride.
The only rides that are worth keeping there are the mummy and ET, everything else can be replaced with something much better. I know they have their hands full with epic universe, but the original park should not be neglected.
"I even believe there was fire on it, but don't quote me on that"
-Coastoons
how is an hour long time? like for real , i live in the netherlands and when you go to the efteling its possible that you have to wait 2 hours and not of the bad ops bc its evertywhere , in walibi holland you can normaly do 3-4 rides a day bc of the long wait time so the next time you have to wait and hour think about that it isnt that very long
It's funny you say that the operations are bad, went to a rope drop a month ago or so, went straight to Hagrid's and the wait shortly turned into 230 mins on the app. If the line exceeds where the lockers are, you can't go to the lockers first, you must wait in line then use to lockers. This costed us so much time not knowing that and was rudely directed away from lockers to the back of the line. Operations are terrible
Do you still like motion simulation
Universal fell off, the earlier years had rides with special effects, good animatronics, funny shows. Now it's all screens/motion simulator.
I recently went there. Never going ago I can have a way better experience at a Six Flags without spending a load of money. But I may go to Islands of Adventure again.
Rip Ride Rockit was my first coaster as well
Universal Studios in Hollywood. Charges 10$ for one Slice of Pizza. They charge 11$ for two bottles of Water. You have to be vaccinated in order to get tickets. You will be dealing with over crowded areas who are not wearing masks.
Half of the rides are closed or that they reduced half of the capacity of each ride due to covid. This means twice the already long waiting time. I've heard stories where people would be sitting in line in the baking sun for an hour or more just for a dark ride that'll last 3 minutes.
Most of these rides are "Dark Rides" anyways. Over inflated food and drinks. Almost little to no resting areas. Lacks social distancing. Staff are rude and just only see dollar signs. I can go on and on and on. It's not something I'd go dropping 5k+ USD on a flight, hotel, visiting Universal Studios in Hollywood as well as overpriced food, drinks, souvenirs.
I know there are people who enjoyed their time there. But at the same time the cost and high expectations are not nearly as rewarding in my opinion.
I think at this point it's not a vacation because your spending too much money and plans on a trip especially during covid. That it'll create additional stress and you'll lean more towards it being a complete waste of money, more so than it being worth it.
I feel like the overall ops are tremendous at Universal. Also...the shows make this park really good and makes up for fast and the furious. Bourne Stuntacular is the best attraction in the park. And I've NEVER seen MIB get more than a 15 minute wait. And I go often. Transformers is a cop-out though lol. And of course F&F is awful (but honestly usually has a 45+ minute wait for no reason).
islands of adventure is probably my #1 favorite park now that it has Hagrid's and velocicoaster. i don't know why they keep putting all the interesting new rides at islands of adventure.
I had to pause right when you said that you should have ridden Mummy more. 100% agreed. It's such a good ride and whenever we visited, we were able to marathon this ride even when it was still fairly busy. Mummy must be a capacity monster because it was almost always a walk-on. Regardless, I'm surprised you guys waited so long to ride this. Hindsight 20/20
I really messed up there. Had I done that I might have bumped up the park at least one point. It was just the last major ride we did of the day before doing reruns so there wasn't a whole lot of time to marathon
@@Coastoons That's fair. Actually we may have had the express pass and it was only 2 of us so maybe it's not always a walk-on aha
i coundn't agree more. the first time i came to this park was in 2018 and we only went to Islands of Adventure because we had to get on the road for Carowinds. But when i left islands of adventure, i was sad that i didnt get to go to the other park because i hadnt heard much about it being a bad park. But oh go when i came back and went to this park, it was a crap whole. The only redeeming factors to this park were the friendliness of the employees, and mummy and rip ride rocket. by the end of the day i was so tired of all the screen rides that we left 3 hours before closing because it wasn't crowded and the ops weren't really terrible like your experience was, but we had done everything, and we just spent the rest of our day in islands of adventure. this park besides mummy, rip ride rocket, and Jimmy Fallon was a complete waste of my time.
I agree with a lot of your takes and definitely think Studios is the worse of the two Universal parks but still far from bad. You must've gone on a day with bad operations because normally they are pretty good and generally way better than average theme parks. I agree that there are far too many screen rides and Rockit needs to be done away with though. However, the Men in Black disrespect was WAYYYYY too far. That ride is fantastic, definitely needs some updates, but it's so good.
2:40 it’s also surprising how long you had to wait as it’s not one of the main attractions not based off a franchise as beloved as something like Harry Potter or The Simpsons
Went to a Grad Bash once in 2012. Bar none the WORST ride ops I've ever seen. The Rip Ride Rocket had literally a damn 2 AND A HALF HOUR WAIT. This was my first time riding it and it was mediocre and NOT worth waiting even an hour for. The Mummy was probably an hour wait, but that ride was actually WORTH the wait because it was inside and air conditioned.
I've noticed this trend in Universal Orlando. The queue's are TOO LONG. The trip was 7 hours and I ended up riding like 4 rides. FOUR RIDES IN 7 HOURS. The ride ops were beyond terrible even for a crowded event like Grad Bash.
I think they retrofitted simpsons into the existing back to the future ride shell
As an AP holder, I went to IoA WAY more than Studios.The biggest problem with that park, besides the rides not being very good to begin with, is because they are mostly “shows,” they have no re-ride value.
As far as Ops go, you may not have realized it but it sounds like you went on a crowded day.
Honestly, I liked Universal FL but also, hard agree. I hate how everything is a damn dark ride or simulator thing. Give me some damn coasters!
I definitely would see why you’d feel this way. I like their 3 coasters, but the screen rides are too repetitive. The crowds were ok when I went, and I enjoyed the theming and that was the day. Probably not worth $100, but it was fun I guess, but I definitely see why someone could have a really bad day there.
The three coasters are all pretty good but yeah the rest doesn't bring the value up to the price of admission
I was there a couple days ago. I only did minions, escape from gringots, and rip ride rockit. The only ride really liked was rip ride rockit. After that I park hoped to islands
theres 2 rides in harry potter, you didnt go on both?
As someone who has been to Universal Studios alot (almost yearly from 1999 - 2009) alot of their shit is recycled from older rides. FF is just the back stage tour ride (used to have a movie prop queue from alot of different movies) and Simpsons is just literally rethemed Back to the Future ride.
And the reason escape from green gots was so long is because you didn’t stay at universal hotel and I waited 75 min and I did not mine.
I hate that universal has so many 3D rides
I haven't been in a little while so I can't say if I agree or not, but I remember escape from grintotts. I remember it as basically, yeah, a glorified dark ride. It does have a fun drop track and some other fun coaster moments. The most memorable part for me was the drop track
I think theres a tilt track not a drop track.
@@ColoradoAnimatronics both
@@CoasterHorizons oh haha im going to uni soon ill have to look out for it. Also thanks for the sub!
Also just to say, you could of just stayed in the universal hotels even the newest one being cabana bay. They have earlier access by 1 hour and for the rest, you probably went to universal studios on an average busy weekend.
I went to Universal once and I only really went on Revenge Of The Mummy and the Gringotts ride, then wandered around the wizarding world for a bit, but from this video it seems like Universal doesn't get much better than that anyways.
I remember the MIB ride being the best light gun ride I ever rode. Much better than the Disney Lightyear ride.
And it is leagues better than Boo Blasters. Come on Cedar Fair, Kings Island deserves better.
I thought "The Simpsons Ride" was not bad, but that was one of those rides that it was a major mistake taking my family on--it was terrifying and sick-making to them. It's far more (visually) intense than you might guess from the theme, since it's a rethemed Back to the Future. My kid wanted to go home after that, and it was only the morning of the second day of our visit.
This park does generally pale by comparison to Islands of Adventure. I'd thought Super Nintendo World would be a major shot in the arm for it, but then that got slated for the new park instead. The sole exception is Diagon Alley, which is actually better-themed than the other half of the Harry Potter land over at IoA. And Gringotts is a great family ride--my family actually loved that one; Forbidden Journey would be a no-go. If I went back there now, the... issues with JK Rowling might give the whole thing a bit of a sour taste for me, but there's no denying the loving effort that went into the whole land.
they shut it down due to layoffs due to covid: thats coming from my friend who works at hulk
I had a fast pass when I went to there, so I only had to wait a few minutes for each ride. It was totally worth the extra money.
I went to a universal and islands last winter, it was terrible. Rides were fine, but the service I had, sweet god. We had to wait like hours for each ride, and when I tried to use the app to catch a ride in hagrids, the tickets ran out in like seconds. BRUH, WE TRIED LIKE 3 TIMES AND EVERY DESIGNATED TIME NONE OF OUR FIVE PARTY GROUP GOT A TICKET. So, we went to some staff members and they were like, ohhhh sorrryyyy all of our backup tickets we give out are gone.
B R U H
The hargrids virual que is horrible
They really upgraded. Last time I went, the ops were incredible
Men In Black is way better than either of the Toy Story shooters thanks to its awesome spins and full range of control of the blasters. It also helps that the movie it’s based on lends better to a shooting ride than Toy Story. I’d say the Toy Story Land in Disney’s Hollywood Studios is the WORST area in any Disney park, and the fact that it’s recent makes it even more disappointing.
I’ll get some hate for this, but I agree with you. I think Islands of Adventure is better in literally every way . The best ride at Studios is the fifth best at the resort, the theming is weaker, the 2 worst rides are both at Studios, and I find that there is much less to do. Islands is great and my second favorite Florida park to Busch Gardens. Studios is not that great and I only call it ok. Good video.
Definitely disagree they normally have great ops long lines are from just a lot of people. I agree about islands being better tho
That lip sync in the beginning, beautiful
You are 100% correct about mummy, it is amazing.
Race through New York was fun, and while Fast and Furious is a hot mess, the actual chase is fun, it just needed to last longer, but combine those two newer additions to Minions, Shrek, Simpsons, Transformers, and Gringots, holy crap, that is too many screens. The Bourne Stuntacular is great as a show, but Terminator had a far better narrative and a better use of special effects that interacted with the audience. I miss the machine guns at the start blowing out your ears, I miss the big fog billowing out across the whole audience, I miss the crashing of the seats when everything explodes. The theater shows get a pass for using a screen, so Shrek is excused, but still, it felt like I kept getting new 3D glasses everywhere and should have just been given a pair to have throughout the day.
I can't believe you didn't like Men in Black though, that's a highlight of the park and unless it's only because of the long wait you had, it's far better than Toy Story Mania in my opinion since it's not a screen, the guns are better and you have more range, you can interact with the other cars, and if you can get yourself a good enough car of people, you can actually win and be awarded "The Last Suit You'll Ever Wear."
But I will agree, Universal has fallen quite a bit in its recent years because the loss of Twister, Earthquake, and Jaws have resulted in a lot of screen based attractions, although I'm sure Diagon Alley is incredible to walk through, I just have no need to buy anything so I didn't. You used to have actual thrills and not simulated ones. While all you did was stand and watch things happen in Twister, they simulated a tornado, had tons of wind and rain, and the platform fell just like an inch and it made everyone freak out, it was awesome, and now it's Race Through New York. Earthquake never really hid its special effects, but the whole point was to take part in a movie. The preshows discussed small scale models, green screens, stunt actors, and then you got trapped in a subway tunnel as an earthquake happened, the street from above came falling in, an oncoming train derailed, fire started and then a ton of water came pouring in as a waterower had bust open out of view, it was great! Now it's Fast and Furious, which is such a letdown to the attraction that it replaced. I was excited to see what Gringotts had to offer with how the cars worked in the movies, but instead, the two times you actually go through any coaster type motions, it's in complete blackness, I can't even see how fast I'm moving. While Jaws was old, I'd much rather risk getting wet from water, being scared by a mechanical shark, and feeling the heat of the flames from the oil spilling everywhere in the water, I actually felt something! The most exciting part of Gringotts for me was the actual start where the whole track tilted into position. I never really felt like I accomplished much as a participant in the narrative they set up.
I still love Universal, I have fond memories of it when I had an annual pass as a kid, and when I last went with family that was from out of town in September 2021, it was still fun, but I could tell it was not the experience it should have been. I'm glad that they had to swap days they did both Universal parks because the next day going to Islands of Adventure was far and away the better park to end their trip with.
the operations are insane here lol. Perfect ops
Good food at universal is the pier or just eat at the city walk
Gringotts and Mummy are great. Everything else is meh. But the SHOWS are really good. Horror makeup show and animal actors shows are 10/10
Universal Hollywood felt worse.. All though I do think Universal is slowing improving to become Disney’s true rival and has been so much better at theming rides...
AND WHY ARE SAYING FAST AND FURIOUS WAS SHUT DOWN WHEN A MONTH AGO I WAS ABLE TO GO ON IT
Have you been to Universal studios in California that place has only 2 roller coasters (Which can be found at most parks). They do have decent shows but it sucks for a universal park. This park is pretty good if you compare the two.
hey, if they make screen rides well, then they're good rides, I thought Jurassic Park was a very good experience and the river ride was superb.
The Harry Potter train ride to and back from Islands of Adventure is great but I prefer island of adventures to this.
Universal’s cooking something up in there…
He’s mad at an hour long wait? I went to Hollywood Universal, the Harry Potter ride wait time was 3 hours.
I don’t agree with all your opinions but I do agree there are WAY too many screen rides. Which stinks because they tore down so many good interesting rides to replace them with another generic screen ride.
This man is not smart, this place is amazing.