The Smurfs are coming to Universal Orlando!?

[Screaming_Chicken]

According to Orlando business journal, Universal has secured the rights to the comics artist Pierre Culliford (Peyo) most beloved comic series,cartoon & movies, The Smurfs! The Smurfs are said to be replacing E.T. Adventure. There were a couple of concepts of what to replace it with one was based on the cartoon and the other was a dark ride with a subway theme based on the first film and there is this one that stuck out the most this one will most likely be going in E.T.'s place It's a dark ride/suspended ride and it's a stimulating a flying balloon experiance with large dioramas,environmental effects,vignettes,projected media, and animatronics and

It's called a Smurf Celebration : YOU have been invited to Smurf Village for a party! Your Hot air Balloon adventure starts as you float over a large forest, you can see the mushroom rooftops of the houses of Smurf Village. As you get closer you land in the central courtyard of the village and you can see your favorite smurfs preparing for the party. You nearly trip over a tower of cupcakes Baker Smurf is building , but luckily for you Hefty Smurf pushes you out of the way just in time. As you float through the village and see Smurfette and Vanity Smurf blowing up hundreds of colorful balloons for the party. Jokey Smurf appears with a '' Welcome Gift'' for You in a small box. You see the top of the box open with a small ''BOOM'', causing nearly all the balloons to pop around us as Jokey laughs.

You move further into the village and see a band of smurfs practicing their

with their instruments and a choir of Smurfs rehearsing a joyous song. They teach us a small simple chorus and ask you to sing loudly into a recording device so your voice can be apart of the festivities later. Suddenly, you see Gargamel's cat Azrael leap in front of you, following by a couple of smurfs chasing him down. He has snuck into the village and cannot be let to escape or else he will be able to show Gargamel where the village is located.

You follow chase in your balloons and see the smurfs catch Azrael, blindfold him, and place him in his own balloon so thathe floats out of the village and far away without being able to see where he is going or where he came from. Azrael's balloon whizzes post yours and you bounce and spin around.

You float back down o the central courtyard where the party is just starting. You see the smurf band playing and DJ Smurf placing down a record of your recorded voice onto his mixer. You can hear your own voice playing back to you and as you float out of the village. Papa Smurf personally addresses you by your name and says Good-bye and the other smurfs wave good-bye as you float back home.

http://www.bizjournals.com/orlando/blog/2013/06/theme-park-news-site-screamscape-is.html

http://www.themeparkinsider.com/flume/201306/3540/

Screamscape (I know I don't always trust the site) Also says that Fievel's Playland and Barney are going to be re-themed to The Smurfs as well. Thoughts? I'm all for it I've always adored the smurfs as kid and an adult and the smurfs now are popular with kids once again.

[westcoaster]

Oh my goodness, Kings Island should bring back the smurfs that sounds great!

[westcoaster]

for 2014 a dark ride may go into Cedar Point Would that not be so cool if it was smurfs! or even scooby doo! If the new boss of Cedar Fair would spend some of the licensing fees:

[jdawg1998]

Don't listen to Screamscape..on Orlando United (another enthusiast site I'm on), we got info that King Kong will be returning in 2015 in place of Disaster!, new details on the Gringotts coaster, and other park news...nothing about The Smurfs. The survey was just a survey. It may happen, might not.

[Screaming_Chicken]

Yeah, Surveys are to see what the fans think there was also a dark ride theme to the Lorax which many now are saying that will be the new addition to IOA with the Smurfs coming to USF. I would like to see the Grinch's Dark ride at IOA but hey. I read this in the news section of the Orlando Business Journal so take it for what that's worth apparently Universal has been in talks with Sony Pictures and the Peyo Estate for a couple of months about this project. I have heard of King Kong Coming as well but that's in different spot than E.T. Adventure where the smurfs are reportedly going. I love what Universal has done with The Simpsons it's so... I can't even find the words to express how awesome that concept is and how it panned out.