| # | Author | Message |
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| disneysnout
Mon 6/2/2008 11:17a | Will they rebuild this? better verision ? same Verision? How long with that take thoughts?
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| DlandDug
Mon 6/2/2008 12:59p | I will be very surprised if they rebuild. The King Kong portion of the backlot has been rather passe for several years. King Kong (as a separate attraction) has already been removed from Uni Florida.
Further, at the time the King Kong attraction was built, the Universal backlot was largely unused for filming. Today, it is one of only three lots in Hollywood with a major group of urban sets. It is constantly in demand as actual location shooting has become more restrictive.
My guess is that the rather large footprint previously occupied by the King Kong attraction will return to use as backlot structures. Not to say I might not be wrong. |
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| Indigo
Mon 6/2/2008 5:13p | Kong provides a mid-tour break from the world of fake buildings and props. It also plays to the very important history of the studio and a monster that will, no doubt, be recreated again and again.
While the set may change or the story differ, I hope we see Mighty Kong return again in all his furry glory. |
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| mawnck
Mon 6/2/2008 5:40p | >>Kong provides a mid-tour break from the world of fake buildings and props.<<
... which I found kind of weird, given that I thought the whole POINT of the tour was to look at the fake buildings and props. |
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| dshyates
Mon 6/2/2008 6:13p | The Kong attraction in Hollywood is the single most important attraction in Universal theme park history.
In 1982 the park for Orlando had been all but abandoned. Well, legend has it that when they were in the final programing phase for the AA. Spielberg wondered in and was very impressed and talked with the programmer and the designers , who were 3 ex Imagineers. One of which I believe was Bob Gurr. The next day they were called in to the head office where they were told that Spielberg had called and the Orlando project was revived. The rest, shall we say, is history. |
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| dshyates
Mon 6/2/2008 6:18p | Here is an article about that legand. It seems to be a little more factual than the "rumor". |
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| dshyates
Mon 6/2/2008 6:18p | Dang it, forgot the link.
http://www.totallyfuncompany.c...icle.htm
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| Ursula
Mon 6/2/2008 6:21p | ^ Funny, but I would put the Psycho house far above Kong as far as Universal theme park history goes. Decades later, when you are on the tram tour, peopel still go "Oooh, and ahhh" at that house. |
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| dshyates
Mon 6/2/2008 6:34p | I would agree, sort of. I think the Psycho house is probably the most important or maybe just impressive part of Universal Studios history. But it didn't really inspire a whole theme park. I think the Jaws portion of the tour is what inspired the original fl profect that had been shelved. But Kong is what really got the ball rolling.
I would like to see Universal start to promote the history of their parks a little more. They have a budding fan base thats as wierd and rabid as the Disneyites. They would buy DVDs and retro attraction signs and what nots. |
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| DlandDug
Mon 6/2/2008 10:14p | An enjoyable story. Interesting that it doesn't seem to intersect with the tale that is unspooling over on JimHillMedia right now. According to that version, Universal Orlando was a response to Disney's threatened Burbank Media Center. |
