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The ride has begun to soft open now. Spoilers and videos can be found online already for it. Want to be able to go into the ride not knowing what happens but going to be hard avoiding spoilers for the next few months

I kind of agree with bkroz. It's still a fun ride overall but a bit disappointing as there are so many block brakes on it. Basically have one between every element so never get to really get going on it.

The thing I miss the most is definitely the Phantom Theatre. would love to have that ride back in some fashion. Also miss Tomb Raider from when it first opened. Really had a very immersive feel and something that felt more suited to like Universal studios or Disney than Florida. Miss some of the more general theming too, like the clock at the Festhaus moving (at least have memories of it moving as a kid but might be wrong), the music for the area versus pop songs all over, the vine tunnel.

You mentioned wanting something educational/historic sites as well. With that I might recommend Kings Dominion and then you can go check out Williamsburg as well which has a lot there, plus if you have time/money can also hit Busch Gardens there as well and get two parks in during the trip. It's only about an hour from Kings Dominion to Williamsburg

Agree, they each offer stuff the other one doesn't. As others said I'm sure they want to try to keep them at least a bit diverse too, helps encourage people to visit both versus one over the other.

The pirates ride looks great overall, love the effect with the Jack Sparrow animatronic coming to life and teh homage to the dog with the keys scene. That said, while it looks great adn fun I do wish they had used more animatronics. That is what has given a lot fo the Disney classic rides, Lik ePirates, their chram. And the ones they have in here look fantastic but tehre's only a handful of them. Ok with them using Screens for some of teh stuff but feel like it woudl have been better with animatronics in places where they could have been used, like Davey Jones looking down on the shis going into the sinking one and jack calling out from the Captain's quarters at the least. While the ride seems visually impressive and vast it also feels kind of sparse next to the other Pirates rides with tons of animatronics in their city scenes.

Have to agree TTD. In general bigger doesn't always equal better, but when the main feature/marketing point of the attraction's design is a vertical drop (along with a hold peering down it at the top), a higher drop would enhance that part of the experience.

The contract between Marvel and Universal is the reason Tower of Terror could get a temporary Guardians of the Galaxy overlay. That contract forbids Disney's use of any Marvel characters present at Universal or reasonably associated with the characters present at Universal. The characters from Guardians of the Galaxy don't meet either of those requirements... yet. But Avengers: Infinity War Part I and / or Part II will likely include the Guardians of the Galaxy. Once that happens – but, apparently, ONLY once that happens – Guardians will be locked out of Disney World, as they'll be associated with the Avengers, who are present at Islands of Adventure with Captain America, Hulk, etc. Disney wants to use them while they still can to tie into Guardians of the Galaxy: Volume 2 being in theaters. But once the Guardians meet the Avengers, they have to be gone from Disney World. Or so I've read. bkroz, not a practicing attorney in this or any other state. Not even CLOSE! I'm not sure Tower of Terrror at Disney World will get the makeover. Some of the stuff I've seen for it makes it sound likely that with all their plans they might be planning to make the Guardians overlay at California Adventure permanent and part of a new Marvel superhero land there. Been talks of making over the entire exterior and interior areas and other changes. This to me sounds like a more permanent change and not a quick overlay. But it's still possible either way. Haunted Mansion Holiday is a pretty big change and is seasonal itself so could be temporary, but changing the exterior to me sounds more permanent as well. Also the premiere of GotG: Vol. 2 is going to be at Disneyland so the overlay there helps tie into both the movie and the premiere. The Disney World one is a very different system and would require more work to it for what would be temporary, most likely, because of the contract Universal has. This specific Tower of Terror is already acclaimed around the world, whereas the others are regarded as highly so feel there would be a much bigger backlash for changing the one if Florida than any of the others. Also, as stated it makes some sense for CA with them planning to build a Marvel themed land by it to tie into, whereas at Hollywood Studios it would be on it's own and stick out greatly, not really fit with theming, which the parks are really pushing towards more immersion so seems counter intuitive to that. Additionally, the parks are trying to cut costs some where they can so seems like it would be a costly move for something that would be temporary. Again though anything could happen so never say never, but I just don't see it happening in Florida but can easily see it coming to Disneyland.

Yea, the show and movies haven't been flops or failures by any means but they have not been major successes either. That said I would love for them to have their own small area there. Maybe the Swedish Chef can have a restaurant, a family dark ride to them and update the Muppetvision movie. Could have it be a Muppet Studios land which could give the full immersion experience while still keeping a remnant of the park's original form too with having a movie/tv studio.

Will be curious how it turns out. I think they are just viewing it as there being so many people near to the parks that they should be able to get plenty of people, plus Shanghai and Beijing are big business centers with lots of travelers already in addition to people that live near there. But same could be said for Hong Kong and it struggled a bit when it first opened, but luckily has been doing better recently, and this park looks like it will be at a much better starting point line-up wise than Hong Kong Disneyland was so might help to attract people more from the get go.

There's a lot of coasters I'd like to see brought to KI like Thunderbird or Maverick. But I agree with Haru-Kun that we need a great dark ride. Would love to see Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man from Universal, or at least something similar. Busch Gardens has shown us a regional park can get something like it with Curse of Darkastle.

Would love it provided it is a completely original ride and not a refurb of Beast. Have thought an RMC would be great in Rivertown. And to the comments talking about a mountain and a log flume like Knott's, would be cool to maybe turn the Crypt building into a mountain. Just leave it there as is for the most part but put a mount structure around it. Then build a long flume that meanders in and out of the building with some small scene in there like Knott's. Be a great way to hide the eyesore of the box and keep the theme. Could utilize the current queue still, maybe exit out the side where you leave Madame Fatale's to an outdoor loading platform and theme the indoor portion of the queue to a mine as well.

A few reasons that have been stated have been: The early appearance of teasers, usually don't get teasers this early for smaller attractions. The amount of area that is covered by the placement of markers. The amount of area covered by rees that have been marked or removed already. Not saying that it is for sure a coaster or anything but there are just as many reasons that could be brought up for why it likely is a coaster as there are for why it isn't.

Not sure how the deal would have any effect or outcome in the parks for the new Ice Age film as they are done by Blue Sky which is part of Fox and not through Dreamworks

Yea I feel many of the complaints people have for these companies that bought other things, are for things that were likely inevitable to happen either way. Youtube woudl liekly have had more and more ads added to it to help pay for it, and with free music programs they either would put in ads or start charging. Also ticket prices would have probably gone up at Universal whether Comcast bought them or not. Most parks raise their admission prices over the years, plus the higher ticket price helps generate more revenue to be able to ivnest back into the park which Comcast has been doing a fantastic job of at Universal with lots of great knew rides and areas as well as new hotels adn water park coming. If ticket prices stayed the same as they were in mid '00s we might not have had all the additions we have gotten this soon or as detailed.

Would love Kings Island to get a ride addition year like that soon. A big thrill level flat ride and a couple smaller family style flats like a teacup/Tilt-A-Whirl type ride would really help round out our flat rides selection.

As long as it was being replaced by another log flume that was at least as good I'd be ok with it being removed. However I would hate for it to just be removed for anything else, even a coaster. I love log flumes and feel that we have a pretty great coaster line up currently but if either RFYLCB or WWC were removed that our water ride line up would be severely lacking. Also hope that if we do get a large coaster back there that it doesn't intrude too much on WWC as one of the best aspects of that ride is how it is kind of secluded int eh woods, even though other rides and areas aren't very far from it it feels like it is out int eh middle of the woods by itself. Would hate to have that ruined by having a big coaster running around across it's path.

I have to agree a bit. I think the plants vs/ zombies attraction sounds interesting and fun, but at the same time would want seats that give lots of motion. Think Mirror's Edge could make a cool 3d film/ride.

I agree that Phantom Theater was the biggest loss. It was a great dark ride and could have been a classic like Haunted Mansion if still around and kept up. It was always my favorite as a kid and would ride it multiple times (usually ina row too) every visit. After that I'd say Tomb Raider is a very close second, I understand them losing the licensing with Paramount leaving but it was a great ride when it first opened and well themed. It wasn't even half itself when changed to Crypt. Would have been nice for them to find a way to keep it as close to what it was while changing it to a more generic adventure theme. The only thing I didn't liek was it being in the middle of Rivertown as I felt the theme never fit. Would have been nice if there was space by Adventure Express and could have rethemed Oktoberfest into a more adventure themed area with those two rides adn the viking ship all together. Still hope to see the old TR:TR/Crypt building reused for a new ride, (be it flat, dark ride, coaster, log flume) and themed to a mine shaft or something to fit in with Rivertown.

Exactly, it's for safety and liability purposes shoes must be worn. Can always pack a pair of flip flops in a bag or change of clothes/shoes in locker. If i go with a group of my friends we usually bring a change of clothes and marathon all teh water rides together then change into dry clothes after, or if i'm going to the water park I jsut wear my swimsuit in with flipflops and marathon the water rides before i head over to the water park for it's opening, then have a dry change of clothes afterwards. I do hate the feeling of wet clothes, especailly wet shoes through the day, but the water rides are some of my favorites so can't pass them up.

That's been my assumption that the upcharge early open would be for days that do not have Extra Magic Hours for resort guests. Will keep resort guests happy with their free early entry without non-resort guests getting in line early too, plus less hassle of determining who paid for breakfast and who is just a resort guest. Also have to figure out how to keep non resort guests confined to just those three rides veruss the others throughout the park. Also they could then charge resort guests for this extra early admission if they want to do it.

That's been teh biggest thing keeping me away in recent years. My grandparents lived in Delphi so would go a lot as a kid when we visited them. I have been wanting to go back as they have added quite a few things since I last went (Cornball Express would be new for me even), but kept hearing reports about lots of rides closed and just poor condition in general. Didn't want to drive the 2+ hours and pay for a wristband to then not be able to ride a lot of what I wanted. Especailly when I coudl go to Kings Island for a similar price and drive time and be for sure to havea great time. Seeing everything that Apex Parks Group is doing for the park and fixing it up has me hopeful that it will run great again and planning to return there finally this year or next year.

Yea hard to have a ride about the future that's set entirely in the past. Am curious to see what replaces it, if they will add Simpsons like the others got or Despicable Me, or if they might actually tear it down and build something entirely new.

On the plus side at least he finally responded to a thread he posted in instead of spamming the board with new topics askingthe same question and ignoring all responders.

I want a giga, but would love a Maverick-style coaster as well.