Originally Posted By pheneix Finally some good news to report. After seven long years, Sylvester McMonkey Mcbean's Unusual Driving Machines will finally being opening at Universal's Islands of Adventure in Summer of 2006. Let the celebrations begin!
Originally Posted By idleHands WHOA... I'm in shock. I thought we'd never see this attraction open! Walking under the tracks early last week made me a bit wistful, wondering why Uni just didn't remove them, if the attraction was never to open. Hopefully, it'll get a paint job before then, along with the rest of Seuss Landing!
Originally Posted By MrToadWildRider Is that the long overhead track that just had like animatronics on it? It seems kind of small for a person-sized car....
Originally Posted By ni_teach I'm in shock also. I could have bet money that it would never open. I wonder if they have fixed the issues that have kept it closed?
Originally Posted By disney pete cool i also thought they would never open it what issues did they have?
Originally Posted By pheneix To make a long story short Universal got screwed over by a contractor that did some bad work, and it just went downhill from there.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I thought the biggest issue with it was that if there was somebody who uses a wheelchair riding it, and it breaks down, there is no way to get off except for going down a ladder or waiting for it to get fixed. If that is truly the case, that can hardly be blamed on a contractor.
Originally Posted By SJHYM Me too but it would be nice to see them finally running. Any word on whats next for IOA? We havent seen a major attraction open there since the place opened.
Originally Posted By pheneix JP will get the next attraction, slated to be a major, major E-ticket. The current timeline for that is 2007, and to be honest, I think this is pretty much concrete. What can I say, we like to take advantage of WDW when they don't have anything major to show for themselves...
Originally Posted By Absimilliard Universal better start looking at their own parks instead of taking potshots at Disney. They got a lot of things to do before even thinking about taking on Disney.
Originally Posted By CTXRover IOA should just worry about finally adding something than worrying about when is the right time compared to what Disney is doing. For all they know, once EE opens Disney could end up announcing the next string of new additions like they did when MS opened and take all the thunder out of an IOA annoucement. I've been looking forward to something new for the JP section for almost 6 years, but instead they decided to close one of the unique elements of that island (the Triceratop Trail/Encounter) instead.
