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'''Kongfrontation''' was a ride that opened with [[UniversalStudios Universal Studios Florida]] 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. Guests would board the Roosevelt Island trams to be taken to the respective island as part of an evacuation effort, with a tour guide alongside. Things quickly turned to disaster when the trams ended up going in the same direction as where King Kong was going on his rampage. The famed ape would attack the ride vehicles, picking them up and then dropping them. After a second encounter with the beast, the trams would just narrowly escape his clutches and return to the station.
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'''Kongfrontation''' was a dark ride that opened with was one of the opening day attractions at [[UniversalStudios Universal Studios Florida]] 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.Tour.
Guests would start off walking through the streets of New York in the 1970's, eventually wandering into a subway tunnel and then into the station for the Roosevelt Island trams, where an overhead television would be showing an emergency broadcast, revealing that King Kong has broken out into the city and is wreaking havoc. Guests would board the Roosevelt Island trams to be taken to the respective island as part of an evacuation effort, with a tour guide alongside. Things quickly turned to disaster when the trams ended up going in the same direction as where King Kong was going on his rampage. The famed ape would attack the ride vehicles, picking them up and then dropping them. After a second encounter with the beast, the trams would just narrowly escape his clutches and return to the station.
Guests would start off walking through the streets of New York in the 1970's, eventually wandering into a subway tunnel and then into the station for the Roosevelt Island trams, where an overhead television would be showing an emergency broadcast, revealing that King Kong has broken out into the city and is wreaking havoc. Guests would board the Roosevelt Island trams to be taken to the respective island as part of an evacuation effort, with a tour guide alongside. Things quickly turned to disaster when the trams ended up going in the same direction as where King Kong was going on his rampage. The famed ape would attack the ride vehicles, picking them up and then dropping them. After a second encounter with the beast, the trams would just narrowly escape his clutches and return to the station.
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'''Kongfrontation''' was a ride that opened with [[UniversalStudios Universal Studios Florida]] on June 7th, 1990. The attraction mostly took inspiration from the 1976 remake of Film/KingKong and also served as an expanded version of the ''King Kong Encounter'' scene on the Hollywood Studio Tour. Guests would board the Roosevelt Island trams to be taken to the respective island as part of an evacuation effort, with a tour guide alongside. Things quickly turned to disaster when the trams ended up going in the same direction as where King Kong was going on his rampage. The famed ape would attack the ride vehicles, picking them up and then dropping them. After a second encounter with the beast, the trams would just narrowly escape his clutches and return to the station.
The ride was closed on September 8th, 2002 and was later replaced with ''Ride/RevengeOfTheMummy''.
Despite it's 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.
The ride was closed on September 8th, 2002 and was later replaced with ''Ride/RevengeOfTheMummy''.
Despite it's 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.
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'''Kongfrontation''' was a ride that opened with [[UniversalStudios Universal Studios Florida]] on June 7th, 1990. The attraction mostly took inspiration from was based directly off of the 1976 remake of Film/KingKong ''Film/KingKong'' and also served as an expanded version of the ''King Kong Encounter'' scene on the Hollywood Studio Tour. Guests would board the Roosevelt Island trams to be taken to the respective island as part of an evacuation effort, with a tour guide alongside. Things quickly turned to disaster when the trams ended up going in the same direction as where King Kong was going on his rampage. The famed ape would attack the ride vehicles, picking them up and then dropping them. After a second encounter with the beast, the trams would just narrowly escape his clutches and return to the station.
The Despite the popularity of the ride with fans and guests alike, it was closed permanently shut down on September 8th, 2002 for varying reasons, often believed to be because of the wide variety of technical issues the ride faced, and was the subsequent outrageous upkeep costs that resulted from this. ''Ride/RevengeOfTheMummy'' would later replaced with ''Ride/RevengeOfTheMummy''.
open in its place on May 21st, 2004.
Despiteit's 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.
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* 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.
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Despite it's closure, the ride maintains a particularly strong legacy amongst Florida theme park fans and is cited as one of the most elaborate and influential dark rides of all time.
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Despite it's closure, the ride maintains has long since maintained a particularly strong legacy amongst Florida among theme park fans and is commonly cited as one of the most elaborate groundbreaking and influential dark rides of all time.
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* 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.
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* AnachronismStew: Despite being set in the 70's, the queue line would include modern-day movie posters and advertisements.
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* TakeItToTheBridge: The riders' first encounter with King Kong was right at a bridge.
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* TakeItToTheBridge: The riders' first encounter with King Kong was right at a bridge.
the 59th Street Bridge.
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* EmergencyBroadcast: One would appear on the TVs in the queue line, telling everyone in the city to remain indoors due to what was lurking outside.
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* TakeItToTheBridge: The riders' first encounter with King Kong was right at a bridge.
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* NoTalkingOrPhonesWarning: The ride had a period-appropriate variation of this, saying, "Absolutely no eating, drinking, smoking, or radio-playing in station or aboard tram".
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* ShoutOut: Despite mostly being based on the 70s remake, the ride did contain several references to the original 1933 film.
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** The front facade of the ride was modeled closely after the Pennsylvania Station from ''Film/StrangersOnATrain''.
** Despite mostly being based on the 70s remake, the ride did contain several references to the original 1933
** The front facade of the ride was modeled closely after the Pennsylvania Station from ''Film/StrangersOnATrain''.
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'''Kongfrontation''' was a ride that opened with [[UniversalStudios Universal Studios Florida]] on June 7th, 1990. The attraction mostly took inspiration from the 1976 remake of Film/KingKong and also served as an expanded version of the ''King Kong Encounter'' scene on the Hollywood Studio Tour. Guests would board the Roosevelt Island trams and be taken on a tour of the town with a guide alongside. Things quickly turned to disaster when the trams ended up going in the same direction as where King Kong was going on his rampage. The famed ape would attack the ride vehicles, picking them up and then dropping them. After a second encounter with the beast, the trams would just narrowly escape his clutches and return to the station.
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'''Kongfrontation''' was a ride that opened with [[UniversalStudios Universal Studios Florida]] on June 7th, 1990. The attraction mostly took inspiration from the 1976 remake of Film/KingKong and also served as an expanded version of the ''King Kong Encounter'' scene on the Hollywood Studio Tour. Guests would board the Roosevelt Island trams and to be taken on to the respective island as part of an evacuation effort, with a tour of the town with a guide alongside. Things quickly turned to disaster when the trams ended up going in the same direction as where King Kong was going on his rampage. The famed ape would attack the ride vehicles, picking them up and then dropping them. After a second encounter with the beast, the trams would just narrowly escape his clutches and return to the station.
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* SinisterSubway: Part of the queue line was set inside the New York subway, which was purposely designed to create a sense of dread in regards to what was coming.
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* CoincidentalBroadcast: A breaking news broadcast would play in the queue line, reporting Kong's escape into the city...which is exactly where the guests would be journeying out into.
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* CoincidentalBroadcast: A breaking news broadcast would play in right at the queue line, reporting end of the ride, detailing King Kong's escape into the city...attack on a Roosevelt Island tram, which is exactly where just so happened to be just what the guests would be journeying out into.riders went through.
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* HydrantGeyser: A broken hydrant could be seen shooting one off in the streets.
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* [[KillerGorilla Killer Ape]]: King Kong was especially ferocious in this ride.
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* SceneryPorn: Arguably had the most elaborate and detailed queue line in any ride ever, even if 70's NYC wasn't exactly the most beautiful thing.
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* BlindedByTheLight: The operator of the tram momentarily was unable to see anything due to a light coming from a chopper.
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* GenericGraffiti: The subway portion of the queue line contained custom graffiti all over. Occasionally they would even allow people to add their own to the walls.
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* ProductPlacement: The queue line would include several movie posters that were constantly updated to reflect one of Universal's latest releases.
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* BigApplesauce: As with all the versions of the film, everything here takes place in the streets of New York.
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* PunnyName: Confrontation. KONGfrontation. Get it?
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* PunnyName: Confrontation. KONGfrontation.[=KONGfrontation=]. Get it?
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'''Kongfrontation''' was a ride that opened with [[UniversalStudios Universal Studios Florida]] on June 7th, 1990. The attraction mostly took inspiration from the 1976 remake of Film/KingKong and also served as an expanded version of the ''King Kong Encounter'' scene on the Hollywood Studio Tour. Guests would board the Roosevelt Island trams and be taken on a tour of the town with a guide alongside. Things quickly turned to disaster when the trams ended up going in the same direction as where King Kong was going on his rampage. The famed ape would attack the ride vehicles, picking them up and then dropping them. After a second encounter with the beast, the trams would just narrowly escape his clutches and return to the station.
The ride was closed on September 8th, 2002 and would soon be replaced with Ride/RevengeOfTheMummy.
Despite it's closure, the ride maintains a particularly strong legacy amongst Florida theme park fans and is cited as one of the most elaborate and most influential dark rides of all time.
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!!Tropes that were shown in Kongfrontation included:
* BigApplesauce: As with all the versions of the film, everything here takes 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.
* PunnyName: Confrontation. KONGfrontation. Get it?
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The ride was closed on September 8th, 2002 and would soon be replaced with Ride/RevengeOfTheMummy.
Despite it's closure, the ride maintains a particularly strong legacy amongst Florida theme park fans and is cited as one of the most elaborate and most influential dark rides of all time.
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!!Tropes that were shown in Kongfrontation included:
* BigApplesauce: As with all the versions of the film, everything here takes 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.
* PunnyName: Confrontation. KONGfrontation. Get it?
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