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ChadTower:

--- Quote from: shardian on August 31, 2009, 11:43:13 am ---It wouldn't kill Universal, but it could be an expensive retrofit.

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Expensive no doubt and likely will have to happen once that usage license runs out.  There's no way Disney is going to let their primary local theme park competitor use their property.  Especially since the Spiderman and Hulk rides are better than anything at Disney or MGM in Orlando.

Aceldamor:

--- Quote from: shardian on August 31, 2009, 11:43:13 am ---
--- Quote from: ChadTower on August 31, 2009, 11:34:52 am ---
The Marvel part is actually only a small section.  It would be a major effort but we're talking 10-15% probably.  The Hulk coaster could just be repainted, it doesn't really have any Hulk functionality.  The Spiderman ride would be a bigger effort but since all of the spiderman specific stuff is video that isn't impossible either.  The Marvel section makes heavier use of people in costumes walking around than it does the licensed rides in Marvel terms.

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Paramount King's Island (and other Paramount Parks) were bought out in 2006. Now that it is just King's Island, they have been re-theming the rides. Sometimes they are easy, sometimes the ride is compromised, at least initially. The hardest retheme they have done is the Lara Croft Tombraider ride. They took out all the queue stuff, and just leave the ride arena mostly dark.

It wouldn't kill Universal, but it could be an expensive retrofit.

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I would think that is what would happen if it came down to it. They change/retrofit rides all the time. They did it with the tour in LA, the 3d attraction (Terminator to Shrek, etc) and others, haven't they even killed one of their biggest attractions, Back to the Future?

ChadTower:

--- Quote from: Aceldamor on August 31, 2009, 11:59:17 am ---haven't they even killed one of their biggest attractions, Back to the Future?

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All that was was a shaky seat and a domed movie screen, though.  Not much "ride" there.

massive88:

--- Quote from: Ginsu Victim on August 31, 2009, 11:48:52 am ---
--- Quote from: ChadTower on August 31, 2009, 11:34:52 am ---EDIT:  there's also the Popeye ride, now that I think about it, but not sure if that is Marvel or a comic strip syndicate.
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Popeye is owned by King Features Syndicate.

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Yeah I really wanted a team of Bluto, Pluto, and Rolento, but realized Popeye wasnt included   :'(

RayB:
The earliest images of Popeye fell into the public domain last year.

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