History Ride / Kongfrontation

It would later turn out that the legacy of the ride truly would live on, as on May 6th, 2015, it was revealed that King Kong would make his grand return to Universal Orlando with the announcement of a brand new ride for Islands of Adventure, titled, ''Ride/SkullIslandReignOfKong''. The new attraction officially opened on July 13th, 2016.

'''Kongfrontation''' was a dark ride that was one of the opening day attractions at [[UniversalStudios Universal Studios Florida]], which opened on June 7th, 1990. The attraction was based directly off of the 1976 remake of ''[[Film/KingKong1976 King Kong]]'' and also served as an expanded version of the ''King Kong Encounter'' scene on the Hollywood Studio Tour.

* PunBasedTitle: Confrontation. KONGfrontation. Get it?

* BigApplesauce: As with all the versions of the film, everything here took place in the streets of New York.

* TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou: At the end of the ride, a news broadcast detailing King Kong's attacking of the Roosevelt Island trams would include footage of the riders themselves.

* ImmuneToBullets: Played with. While the films establish that Kong is most certainly ''not'' immune to bullets, the ride depicted him as hardly being slowed down when the police choppers opened fire at him.
* [[KillerGorilla Killer Ape]]: King Kong was especially ferocious in this ride.

* MilitariesAreUseless: The police force was shown as being largely ineffective, their attempts to save the riders from the ape only making things worse.

* AsHimself: Rolland Smith appeared as an anchor in the queue line video news reports about King Kong rampaging- this was made possible by Smith then being an anchor for Secaucus NJ's WWOR-9 [[note]]which was acquired by MCA in 1987 after their previous owners, RKO General, had the licenses for broadcasting revoked due to lots of deceit and illegal stuff; MCA had to spin it off in 1991 after Panasonic's parent, Matsushita, acquired them, and FCC rules state that foreign companies can't own more than 25% of a TV station; it was eventually acquired by Chris-Craft, then became a UPN station, and is now a [=MyNetwork=] station owned by Fox[[/note]].

It would later turn out that the legacy of the ride truly would live on, as on May 6th, 2015, it was revealed that King Kong would make his grand return to Universal Orlando with the announcement of a brand new ride for Islands of Adventure, titled, ''Skull Island: Reign of Kong''. The new attraction officially opened on July 13th, 2016.

As of recently, it turns out that the legacy of the ride truly ''will'' live on, as on May 6th, 2015, it was revealed that King Kong will be making his grand return to Universal Orlando with the announcement of a brand new ride for Islands of Adventure that will focus on Kong's time in Skull Island, the new attraction (which will open sometime in Summer 2016) being titled: ''Skull Island: Reign of Kong''. The announcement thus far has been a cause for celebration amongst many longtime fans of the parks.

* SpiritualSuccessor: To the ''King Kong Encounter'' scene on the Studio Tour at Universal Studios Hollywood. The idea of the attraction essentially came from the thought of taking that one scene and making it into its own ride.

* PunBasedTitle: Confrontation. [=KONGfrontation=]. Get it?

'''Kongfrontation''' was a dark ride that was one of the opening day attractions at [[UniversalStudios Universal Studios Florida]], which opened on June 7th, 1990. The attraction was based directly off of the 1976 remake of ''Film/KingKong'' and also served as an expanded version of the ''King Kong Encounter'' scene on the Hollywood Studio Tour.

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* PunnyName: Confrontation. [=KONGfrontation=]. Get it?

Despite its closure, the ride has long since maintained a particularly strong legacy among theme park fans and is commonly cited as one of the most groundbreaking and influential dark rides of all time.

* TheRival: The guides at this attraction would usually have a playful rivalry with the skippers at the ''Ride/Jaws'' attraction, sometimes challenging each other to see which attraction could get more guests.

* ArtisticLicensePhysics: The trams in the ride were shown curving to the left and right. Not only is this not how the Roosevelt Island trams work, but aerial tramways altogether don't curve at all, only going in a straight direction.