Major new announcement from Universal Orlando!!!!

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LIGHTS . . . CAMERA . . . COASTER!
Universal Orlando Resort Announces Brand-New Roller Coaster
That Features Total Immersion Entertainment and Puts Guests In The Director’s Seat

ORLANDO, FL (March 19, 2008) – Adrenaline pumping and music thumping, you find yourself heading straight toward the sky. Suddenly, you are doing 65 mph, 17 stories over Universal Studios. Gasping with excitement, you rock out to a song you picked before strapping in. And, it’s all on video. Once the adventure is over, you edit the video to send to your friends.

This is true high-tech, customizable, multi-sensory entertainment. Scheduled to open in spring 2009, Hollywood Rip, Ride, Rockit will stake its claim as the most technologically advanced roller coaster in the world. The Universal Creative team is combining audio and special effects engineering, sophisticated on- and off-board video and one-of-a-kind guest personalization to create a roller coaster experience unlike any other.

“This is the perfect intersection of the digital age and theme park entertainment,” said Mark Woodbury, President of Creative for Universal Parks & Resorts. “Hollywood Rip, Ride, Rockit blends roller coaster intensity and guest interaction in a way where no two experiences will be the same.”

Hollywood Rip, Ride, Rockit touts six near-miss moments and first-ever thrills including a record-breaking loop. Ride vehicles feature the brightest and most innovative color changing LEDs in the world. High-energy visual displays fill the queue line. With up to four ride vehicles on the tracks at any given time, and with concert lighting and special effects mixed in, Hollywood Rip, Ride, Rockit will be a true high-intensity, multi-sensory experience that is unmatched.
Guests can customize their ride experience by choosing what song will play while they’re on the roller coaster. LED boards in the queue lines will display song options from five genres (classic rock, rap, country, pop and soundtracks). Once on-board, guests can choose their song or let the coaster’s digital sound system choose for them. When the ride is over, guests will be able to customize footage from their experience and compile it into a take-home music video.

Hollywood Rip, Ride, Rockit will be located near the Jimmy Neutron attraction traveling the southern perimeter of the Universal Studios theme park, over to the CityWalk lagoon and back.

 
I am SOOOOO there!
I really really really hope it's open by May 9, 2009! Can you arrange that, Pete?;) :worship: I think it would be a great thing for the Podcast Cruise Crew to do as a group.
 


Sounds like a great answer to "Where should we send Bawb next?"
 
Sounds like fun... kind of... may be that straight up thing might put me off.



BTW pete, loving the sig!
 


I am SOOOOO there!
I really really really hope it's open by May 9, 2009! Can you arrange that, Pete?;) :worship: I think it would be a great thing for the Podcast Cruise Crew to do as a group.

<---volunteers to be the person on the ground watching everyone's stuff.
 
Sweeeeeet.

Between this and Harry Potter, I may be making my first ever trip over to Universal after the cruise (Harry Potter land will be open by time we cruise, right??).
 
Sounds like fun... kind of... may be that straight up thing might put me off.

I don't mind the straight up, it's the straight down that makes me :eek: ( yep my eyes pop out just like that!)

I love coasters so I am pretty excited. I have always been a US/IOA fan :thumbsup2 I love seeing them add more cool stuff to the parks.

<---volunteers to be the person on the ground watching everyone's stuff.

:rotfl:
 
This is really exciting news. With the opening of Harry Potter and now this Universal's attendance will soar in 2009.

That $81 7 day - 2 park pass which never expires now seems like the "bargain of the century". I may have to get one,:) or two,:yay: or three :laughing:!

Rock on! :confused: I mean Rock It! :rotfl2:
 
This is really exciting news. With the opening of Harry Potter and now this Universal's attendance will soar in 2009.

That $81 7 day - 2 park pass which never expires now seems like the "bargain of the century". I may have to get one,:) or two,:yay: or three :laughing:!

Rock on! :confused: I mean Rock It! :rotfl2:

Hmmmm...so the 7 day pass doesn't have an expiration? Is that only if you don't use it, or you can use a day or two and still have the rest with no expiry? I had thought that once you use a day that the others have to be used within the week or something? Would love to know the facts here! Thanks!

Oh, and this completely rocks! Will probably have to cut down the Hulk reps to like 6-7 next trip to have time for this one!
 
Hmmmm...so the 7 day pass doesn't have an expiration? Is that only if you don't use it, or you can use a day or two and still have the rest with no expiry? I had thought that once you use a day that the others have to be used within the week or something? Would love to know the facts here! Thanks!

Oh, and this completely rocks! Will probably have to cut down the Hulk reps to like 6-7 next trip to have time for this one!

Once you use it for the first time it will expire in 7 days; however, you can begin to use it anytime in the future. With Harry Potter and the addition of Rock It! you can expect the price of park admission to increase in the future.
 
Wait, isn't one of the music options classical? Who would listen to classical while riding a roller coaster?:confused: Wierd.
 

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