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Universal Studios Japan: General Discussion

Jurassic Park has reopened and the queue is only 20 minutes!

Of course reopening a water ride on a Wednesday in January when it’s a maximum of 7C might have something to do with that…
 
The park have announced the opening of a major new ride this summer!

Unfortunately it is not the one many of us were hoping for and in terms of location seems like it puts the Pokemon rumours to rest.

It is in fact an expansion to Minions with a walkway shooter attraction ( I believe this exists in the US already).

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Universal Studios Japan Announces Major Expansion of Minion Park with New Shooting Attraction Set for Summer 2025

Universal Studios Japan has announced an exciting expansion of its popular Minion Park area featuring a new attraction, shopping, food and more
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Got my tickets for my unexpected return to the park this summer! Attempt #2 at Donkey Kong.

Interestingly fast pass was sold out on the official site to my horror but my friend managed to get them on the Japanese language version so I guess they have different or priority allocation. Was probably cheaper without the tourist tax too.

Hoping to get on some of the attractions we missed last time but fast pass only covers 7 rides and being peak summer I don’t know how tolerable queuing is going to be in terms of both temperature and length.
 
In a very unexpected move, Universal Studios Japan has announced the reopening of their Snoopy indoor area on 18th July to celebrate the 75th anniversary of Peanuts, and the new area will include the addition of a new junior coaster named Snoopy’s Flying Ace Adventure: https://www.usj.co.jp/web/en/us/campaign/snoopy-festival

This came out of the blue! Hopefully it’ll be a fun addition to the park!
 
Matt N said:
In a very unexpected move, Universal Studios Japan has announced the reopening of their Snoopy indoor area on 18th July to celebrate the 75th anniversary of Peanuts, and the new area will include the addition of a new junior coaster named Snoopy’s Flying Ace Adventure: https://www.usj.co.jp/web/en/us/campaign/snoopy-festival

This came out of the blue! Hopefully it’ll be a fun addition to the park!
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Wow that’s interesting!

The Minions new ride opened today too.

Technically that means since I last visited in Sept 2024 there will be 4 extra coasters for me to ride plus Jurassic Park, Minions and Snoopy land!

Don’t tell Alton Towers ;)
 
Bowser said:
Wow that’s interesting!

The Minions new ride opened today too.

Technically that means since I last visited in Sept 2024 there will be 4 extra coasters for me to ride plus Jurassic Park, Minions and Snoopy land!

Don’t tell Alton Towers ;)
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How do you reach four? Were there some existing ones you didn’t ride on your last visit?

As far as I can tell, only Donkey Kong and this will have opened in the last year.
 
Universal Japan needs all the capacity it can get. It’s been getting lots of flack ib recent years for the fact it’s one of the most visited parks in the world but doesn’t have the capacity to match. Especially with the amount of rides they have closed without replacements in the last 5 years.

Hopefully this is a sign of more to come. I am surprised we have not heard anything yet on the Spider-Man replacement (expect to be Pokémon).
 
Matt N said:
How do you reach four? Were there some existing ones you didn’t ride on your last visit?

As far as I can tell, only Donkey Kong and this will have opened in the last year.
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Yes those two and then Griffin was broken plus the VR one has been rethemed as Spy vs Spy (didn’t ride due to queue length last time anyway)
 
Matt N said:
In a very unexpected move, Universal Studios Japan has announced the reopening of their Snoopy indoor area on 18th July to celebrate the 75th anniversary of Peanuts, and the new area will include the addition of a new junior coaster named Snoopy’s Flying Ace Adventure: https://www.usj.co.jp/web/en/us/campaign/snoopy-festival

This came out of the blue! Hopefully it’ll be a fun addition to the park!
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Hopefully the junior coaster has a fairly high throughput as USJ seems to lack rides with high throughputs, an example being Minecart Madness, which apparently often falls below 900pph, which is unacceptable at such a highly-visited park.
 
Only in Japan can a major theme park drop a new coaster without anyone knowing!

I’ve been checking queue times in anticipation of my visit recently and they do seem better than before so hopefully these further additions continue that trajectory though the Nintendo area remains hideous.
 
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