Rumor Project 2028 (?): Supercharged Replacement (Twisters?)
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It needed to close for HHN anyway. I think it’s more likely a budget decision than a new attraction being fast tracked. It never made sense for it to reopen after HHN to only close two or three months later.
Something's going on here, I can feel it. And you know what they say- If you feel it, chase it!
If they do this right, this could be an amazing ride
I’m a storm chaser myself and that’s been my motto since that movie came out lmao
Possible replacement would be a Jaws acttraction. They have been hinting this with Temporary Jaws experiences in the area and have been busy with a new patent boat ride patent and a Jaws 1975 Trademark. An indoor darkride like Pirates of the Caribean themed to Jaws 1975.
not gonna lie, that would make the most sense (maybe it be a spiritual successor to the old jaws ride)
paintervision
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How would this work? The building is large but not large enough to really mimmic the old Jaws ride, or any kind of "open water" feeling?
I've seen this thrown around a lot and it makes me think that San Fran may become a "nostalgia" land. If they put the Back to the Future train/Deloren over near the statue of Bruce, and retheme Lombards to Earthquake, and add some classic M&G characters over there. Then turn Supercharged into a Twisters ride (as rumored) or BTTF simulator (which I'd really want). Those two as an overlay make a ton more sense to me than Jaws, because I'm not sure it fits the warehouse/bus simulator concept.
The ride would simulate sailing out to sea at night so the ride building would not have to be large or even use large screens to simulate a distant ocean while using mechanical effects closer to the boat. The park would tear out the buses and build a indoor sea which the boats sail on.
paintervision
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I mean, "build an indoor sea" is the unlikely part here. As opposed to keeping the experience mostly the same but with a new coat of paint, new props, and ride media, etc.
If they did a BTTF theme, they could "go" anywhere (including different time periods but also do attractions references, like a Great-Movie-Ride-lite), and include a Jaws reference since it's in the films.
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missed opportunity of not replacing Shrek 4d with this one (and putting villain con in the old nickelodeon studio building) since not only it makes sense for the front entrance but they can convert the Betty boop shop into the ride entrance while converting hello kitty store into the ride exit gift shop
back on supercharged replacement, since the building did take up two attractions, I can see the queue line be converted to a theater while the ride building and the old disaster queue line and exit be reused for a new dark ride
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paintervision
Coasters: 653 🎢
Disaster had a small queue that was completely destroyed by Supercharged. Beetlejuice was a tiny theater and I have a hard time seeing them build one there again - at least while Animal Actors is closing and Fear Factor Live's theater is empty most of the year.
Here's the before and after.
so, if small theater out of the question (at least for now until fear factor & animal actors theaters are filled in with a show), maybe either a walkthrough attraction or maybe like a special effects attraction in the queue line space, I mean, that space can house a armageddon special effects show Paris in that space)
and I love to see a Tokyo selection, maybe turn the old fast & furious building into a Godzilla dark ride while the old supercharged queue line is replaced by either Pokemon (not a lot of room) or hello kitty (idk) or have the Godzilla dark ride takeover the whole site since you can fit a kongfronation
like attraction in that big space
and I love to see a Tokyo selection, maybe turn the old fast & furious building into a Godzilla dark ride while the old supercharged queue line is replaced by either Pokemon (not a lot of room) or hello kitty (idk) or have the Godzilla dark ride takeover the whole site since you can fit a kongfronation
like attraction in that big space
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I feel like they could easily do this. They’ve been rolling out more and more “nostalgic” Universal merch and experiences over the years, and I think they’ve seen that there is still a lot of demand for their early attractions.
I love to see universal resurrect this that was supposed for the never built universal park in Germany but as a classic attractions land