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Universal Studios Japan: General Discussion

BigAl

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Spotted something quite amusing on Screamscape this morning:
? ?? ? - Back To The Future Replacement - Rumor - (12/4/12) It has been several years since we’ve heard any kind of peep from Universal Studios Japan regarding a possible replacement for the last remaining Back To The Future ride. Previous rumor suggested that they were looking to shut it down by 2012, but so far this has not happened and isn’t even an active rumor as of late.
That said, I was watching some old videos of the BTTF ride from back in the day, and recalled a unique feature of the time machine cars used in the ride. As fans of the film series know, a primary feature of the dashboard was the three-color coded Time Circuits display, showing off your “Destination Time”, “Present Time” and “Last Time Departed”.
So when the ride starts and you jump ahead to the futuristic Hill Valley of 2015, you see that date displayed on the Time Circuits during the actual ride experience. However, a neat feature designed to make the ride seem more immersive when it first opened in 1992 is going to cause some problems in the near future for the remaining ride. As you board the ride car, riders are quick to notice that the “Present Time” listed on the Time Circuits is indeed the actual real world time in which they are in. While this was fine in the 1990s and early 2000’s... I’ve got to think that the guests in Japan are already getting a good laugh when they initial time jump is only a jump from 2012 (soon 2013) to 2015 to see “The Future!” Once 2015 comes around for real... the time traveling storyline isn’t going to make any sense at all. 2016 anyone? 2017? While Doc will say he is taking you on a trip to the future, guests will be transported back in time to 2015 instead of forward.

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So the last Back to the Future ride may be on its way out very soon. *waves* :(
 
Yet again, this project merely serves to frustrate me regarding the lack of such an attraction in the UK/Europe.

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Screamscape said:
Park News - (2/21/14) According to the local news the operators of Universal Studios Japan are now looking into building new theme parks at new sites both in Japan as well as other nearby countries. Space at the existing Universal Studios Japan theme park is at a premium as it has been built out toPark News - (2/21/14) According to the local news the operators of Universal Studios Japan are now looking into building new theme parks at new sites both in Japan as well as other nearby countries. Space at the existing Universal Studios Japan theme park is at a premium as it has been built out to nearly the limit, and being surrounding by many large industrial buildings and facories make expansion of the current site extremely difficult.
USJ Co. is apparently already looking at another site elsewhere in Japan, away from the current Osaka / Kansai region, as well as the Kanto region where the Tokyo Disney Resort is located. If they build a new park in Japan they are likely looking to the Tohoku region or Kyushu region or Okinawa Prefecture.
Internationally they may also be looking at three large cities: Taipei in Taiwan, Jakarta in Indonesia and Mumbai in India. nearly the limit, and being surrounding by many large industrial buildings and facories make expansion of the current site extremely difficult.
USJ Co. is apparently already looking at another site elsewhere in Japan, away from the current Osaka / Kansai region, as well as the Kanto region where the Tokyo Disney Resort is located. If they build a new park in Japan they are likely looking to the Tohoku region or Kyushu region or Okinawa Prefecture.
Internationally they may also be looking at three large cities: Taipei in Taiwan, Jakarta in Indonesia and Mumbai in India.

Taipei is quite solid, but the other two seem like very odd choices, especially Jakarta. Why not Sydney?

New Universal stuff in Japan is surely to be welcomed, but it's a relatively small country compared to the US where they also operate two locations, and they might be a bit in danger of flooding the market.
 
So then, turns out Universal Studios Japan are getting a Jurassic Park themed B&M Flyer due to open in 2016. According to RCDB it will be a custom layout and the park president has stated that it will cost 10 billion Yen - that's roughly £52 million!

Going to be very exciting to see what Universal can do with a heavily themed Flyer. Here is a photo from early progress:

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:)
 
Modern flyers have much steeper lifts than the early ones. Manta and Tatsu are the same.
 
It's likely the ride doesn't translate to 'Flying Dinosaur' in Japanese though. This seems to be the case with other coasters in that vicinity of the world (although examples escape me).

A pteranodon appears on the construction wall. A wonder if this will be themed like the scene in Jurassic World where they smash out of the aviary and cause havoc. Would be cool if an element of the ride was in an aviary.
 
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Since opening in 2001, it has been popular from the guest around the world, "Jurassic Park". Actually Within the site, to eliminate human management to the limit, the area that Pteranodon of wild living was secretly exist.
"Jurassic Park" development team, to make the dream of attraction to fly with them, have been over many years research.
And finally, to discipline the Pteranodon wild, it succeeded in to fly in a stable Plot for ride
 
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