I had the opportunity to ride first thing this morning, so I guess I'll throw in my thoughts on the whole thing as someone who never liked the original ride. On board audio is great. The tunnel's screen things are really cool, I was really surprised by them and while I think a combo of the old Banner speach and the new lights would be the best, I think overall this was an improvement. Being able to actually ride two or three times without severe head trama is also awesome
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The whole ride just feels like a refurbished old Hulk, which isn't a good thing considering the scale of this rebuild. I just can't fathom why Universal rebuilt the ride in the exact same layout instead of just buying new trains and saving tons of cash or creating a new and more exciting second half for the same price.
My disapointment stemmed from believing this refurb would feel like a new experience while in reality, at least in my opinion, it was only a refurb.
As a refurb, Universal did excellent.