Fast & Furious: Supercharged - General Discussion

[AlexanderMBush]

From Bio..

 

[TIMtationX]

With Kong they tried to add at least some type of story to the Orlando version. With Fast n Furious, they're taking an already less-than-well-received ride and changing nothing except the ride vehicles LOL

 

[Frank Drackman]

From Bio..

are they just talking about the tower when folks say 'Ghirardelli facade will be demolished'?

I would think the bathrooms are there, they also, I would think, need the front part of that facade to block those buildings. When I look at where the artwork is showing people, isn't that already behind the 'facade'?

Edit, not sure what I am saying, but I guess they mean that whole building...which I assume is part of the restrooms or something...that is all kind of odd, but why would they wait until now to start doing something?!?

 

[Alicia]

are they just talking about the tower when folks say 'Ghirardelli facade will be demolished'?

I would think the bathrooms are there, they also, I would think, need the front part of that facade to block those buildings. When I look at where the artwork is showing people, isn't that already behind the 'facade'?

Edit, not sure what I am saying, but I guess they mean that whole building...which I assume is part of the restrooms or something...that is all kind of odd, but why would they wait until now to start doing something?!?

The Ghirardelli facade is to left of the bathrooms, which are themed like a factory. It’s directly to the right of former Beetlejuice show entrance and is only a facade with nothing behind it for like 20 feet or so.

Edit: And personally I think the concept art is misleading and that facade won’t be leaving. You can see the warehouse building to the right of Fast entrance BEHIND the Ghirardelli facade.

 

[epcyclopedia]

are they just talking about the tower when folks say 'Ghirardelli facade will be demolished'?

I would think the bathrooms are there, they also, I would think, need the front part of that facade to block those buildings. When I look at where the artwork is showing people, isn't that already behind the 'facade'?

Edit, not sure what I am saying, but I guess they mean that whole building...which I assume is part of the restrooms or something...that is all kind of odd, but why would they wait until now to start doing something?!?

It’s not going. The building behind it is intentionally unthemed. That space is overflow queue, storage, or instant HHN queue space.

 

[Teebin]

Yeah, the Ghirardelli tower ain’t going anywhere.

 

[Andysol]

Exactly. Bio is insane sometimes.

It’s clear that concept art entrance is what is to the left (closer to New York) of ghiradelli.

 

[Parkscope Joe]

I had read on another site that the vehicles are just a reskinned Kong vehicle and that the layout is exactly the same as Kong beat for beat...

To further elaborate my previous "NO" post, the track layouts are not at all the same; it's like saying IASW and El Rio are the same layouts because they're meandering boats that go in a counterclockwise circle.

 

[Scott W.]

Is the station going to be outside then?

 

[Parkscope Joe]

Is the station going to be outside then?

No, it's indoors.

 

[Scott W.]

No, it's indoors.

Any reason why one of the buildings is missing a roof?

 

[ChrisFL]

Any reason why one of the buildings is missing a roof?

It's a convertible! j/k, but I'm wondering the same thing

 

[Teebin]

Any reason why one of the buildings is missing a roof?

That was the design of it way back before Kong opened. Back then I wondered if I was reading the plans correctly... I think it was the tree circles that clued me in...

I guess they are going for the rotted-out-warehouse-roof look.

 

[Frank Drackman]

The Ghirardelli facade is to left of the bathrooms, which are themed like a factory. It’s directly to the right of former Beetlejuice show entrance and is only a facade with nothing behind it for like 20 feet or so.

Edit: And personally I think the concept art is misleading and that facade won’t be leaving. You can see the warehouse building to the right of Fast entrance BEHIND the Ghirardelli facade.

yes, thank you! That is what I was trying to say in that the art shows the folks past/behind the facade, if the facade left, that un-themed building would be in plain sight and makes no sense ;-)

but here is a pic I took in SEPT:

 

[Ryan]

It's very clear that the entrance is supposed to mirror the tower facade next door.

 

[JoeCamel]

yes, thank you! That is what I was trying to say in that the art shows the folks past/behind the facade, if the facade left, that un-themed building would be in plain sight and makes no sense ;-)

but here is a pic I took in SEPT:

So maybe the fountain survives?

 

[fryoj]

So maybe the fountain survives?

According to the plans, it was staying.

Also, at this point in the construction process, if it's not been torn down, it's not going to be. They would not wait till now to start removing things.

 

[UNIrd]

I wonder if Transformers' positive reception is to blame for this clone coming to the park next door. Universal used to have a pretty level head about differentiating attractions amongst both parks and across the resorts. But even cloning the best attraction in the world next door had us feeling the need to justify its placement there back then (it's a tax write-off, it's not replacing anything, etc.).

 

[captainmoch]

I wonder if Transformers' positive reception is to blame for this clone coming to the park next door. Universal used to have a pretty level head about differentiating attractions amongst both parks and across the resorts. But even cloning the best attraction in the world next door had us feeling the need to justify its placement there back then (it's a tax write-off, it's not replacing anything, etc.).

Transformers does feel fairly same-y, but like you said: it took up a tiny plot of land, didn't replace anything, cloned a ride that people generally liked, and came as an appetizer for the highly anticipated Diagon Alley one year afterward. Fast and Furious takes up a massive plot of land, replaces a fairly well liked attraction with practical effects, cloned a studio tour section that's fairly unpopular, and the next high-profile project we definitively know about coming to USF is Nintendo, which could still be 3-4 years away.

 

[Scott W.]

This fountain?