Nintendo Coming to Universal Parks

[Mike S]

Japan is getting two e-tickets. I have never been able to confirm the final decision for Orlando which makes me sad.

If Universal pulls a Disney here and keeps the good stuff in Japan I'll scream.

 

[quinnmac000]

If Universal pulls a Disney here and keeps the good stuff in Japan I'll scream.

We are getting Kong while Japan got Flying Dinosaur as of now we are winning.

 

[JungleSkip]

If Universal pulls a Disney here and keeps the good stuff in Japan I'll scream.

I'm almost certain Nintendo will be like Hogsmeade. Everyone will get the same general stuff, some park might get a bit more.

 

[Mike S]

We are getting Kong while Japan got Flying Dinosaur as of now we are winning.

I mean for Nintendo. Huge amount of nostalgia for me and I would hate to get less.

 

[Mad Dog]

I mean for Nintendo. Huge amount of nostalgia for me and I would hate to get less.

Mike: What are you doing on OU now? Get out in the parks & enjoy them.

 

[anihilnation]

I just got back, was nice to have early entry this morning, but then it got too busy with school groups.

 

[*Q*]

I really hope the third attraction is Mario Paint.

 

[GadgetGuru]

Don't get too excited. By "main" attractions I mean anything bigger than a flat ride/street show/interactive thing.

I'd say there's still only one E (Mario Kart), a D, and a C+ or a D, depending on the final product. I've been told by a few people there's another E there too, but I honestly don't buy that. We'll see.

I really hope one of the Ds is a classic dark ride. Universal desperately needs one, especially if E.T. is going to be leaving for Nintendo land. The only thing that Universal has otherwise is Cat in the Hat. And that's...I'm being generous by describing it as a dark ride.

 

[Teebin]

So, Haunted Mansion and Small World are both Ds? I don't get it.

 

[anihilnation]

I was thinking, since Jungle Skip mentioned Zelda's Death Mountain would be great for the third park; what would be cool would be if they did a coaster like this, would be akin to Universal's Expedition Everest, and they could have a huge King Dodongo AA, include dark ride elements etc.

 

[JungleSkip]

So, Haunted Mansion and Small World are both Ds? I don't get it.

Is this a reply to my ticket allotment of the rides? If so, I don't know enough about everything that isn't Mario Kart to give them an "E-ticket" designation. I'd rather underestimate than overestimate

 

[quinnmac000]

So we are getting two dark rides ?

 

[JungleSkip]

So we are getting two dark rides ?

Theoretically

 

[Teebin]

Is this a reply to my ticket allotment of the rides? If so, I don't know enough about everything that isn't Mario Kart to give them an "E-ticket" designation. I'd rather underestimate than overestimate

More to gadgetguru...

 

[IAmFloridaBorn]

not buying tho expansion ever happening as underwhelming. It will be top notch

 

[captainmoch]

Is the third thing based off the main series? Maybe just a dark ride where you go on an adventure to rescue Peach or something similar?

 

[Mike S]

Mike: What are you doing on OU now? Get out in the parks & enjoy them.

Don't worry. I did. Now I'm at the hotel

 

[GadgetGuru]

More to gadgetguru...

Yeah, I never understood how you categorize rides. My gut feeling (totally willing to admit that it's wrong) is that rides go down the A-E scale as they age. Whereas Haunted Mansion and Small World may have been E's when they launched, now they're a D (HM) and C (SW).

That's the impression I get when people categorize rides. Personally, I don't think Universal makes anything besides Es and a couple Cs anymore.

 

[Nick]

Yeah, I never understood how you categorize rides. My gut feeling (totally willing to admit that it's wrong) is that rides go down the A-E scale as they age. Whereas Haunted Mansion and Small World may have been E's when they launched, now they're a D (HM) and C (SW).

That's the impression I get when people categorize rides. Personally, I don't think Universal makes anything besides Es and a couple Cs anymore.

Thrills never mattered all that much with the ticket system. It was about scale/scope of the attraction and most popular attractions. So yes, HM is an E. SW potentially down to a D mostly due to lack of building maintenance.

 

[Teebin]

^ That is pretty much how I saw it but the rating system is such an antique at this point I wasn't sure. If Orlando gets both large attractions going to Japan, then I would judge them both as E-tickets. I will be sad if they only get only the one originally planned as both seem "big".