5 Biggest Ride CHANGES At Universal Orlando Resort! 

I feel like I’m in the minority that doesn’t mind Kong without 3D, but I think certain rides that have it (Spider-Man, Transformers, Gringotts) should keep it because it plays such a key role with how those rides work. I can’t imagine a world without a 3D Spider-Man 😭😭

I wish Simpsons got a refresh. That projection really needs a HD update, it's so blurry.

The music, and the ride experience, are much better now on the Hulk - but no longer having that iconic roar blasting through the park is devastating.

I get that the hulk is green, but I miss seeing the purple with the green. Matches so well together and with the two you automatically think of the Hulk

On Forbidden Journey a Dementor would get close to your vehicle and take your photo. It would display your photo on the "fog screen" at the end of the Dementor portion. Now you see four 'generic' skulls displayed on tye fog. I really miss that part!

Stan Lee appearances: dump truck driver, entering the movie theater, & after Spider-Man catches you with the web. His voice comes on at the end.

6:08 the IOA Marvel contract allows Universal to use any depictions of Marvel Characters that existed prior to the 2009 Disney buyout of Marvel. So yes, pretty much all of the Disney MCU stuff would be off limits.

I loved Hulks old story, but the updates are super cool too

Kong is so strange with no 3D. Now Kate is awkwardly massive when the bat picks her up, the tentacle monsters don't get closer to you when they lunge at you, etc. Just odd. I feel like I'm just watching TV and being moved around now.

so i KNEW i wasn't going crazy with the audio in forbidden journey. I was wondering the whole time if Harry always sounded so...echo-y. I've been going to universal for years and never noticed this before. This video is giving me nostalgia.

Adding a major X-Men ride would be dope especially with the popularity of X-men 97 plus Deadpool and wolverine comin’ out (with Logan in the classic yellow and blue)

You forgot about along how it doesn’t take you outside anymore. A minor change but to me it dramatically changes the ride experience. Supposedly from what I heard is the track outside got damaged and they just never replaced it, but there’s no word of it being fixed or not. For the longest time now it just goes directly inside.

I haven't ridden Kong in 2D yet, but Minions was so much better in 3D with all the stuff flying around and coming at you it was meant to be in 3D. "Make Minions 3D again !"

Was on the Hulk earlier this year (2024) and it was so uncomfortable. My head was shaking side-to-side the entire time, even though I kept it back against the headrest. Not sure what happened there. Never experienced it in the past. Was sitting in one of the middle rows on the outside chair

My first job at Universal Studios Hollywood was a ride operator at FJ when it first opened in 2016. I can’t tell you how obnoxious the 3D was, not just from a team member perspective but also from a guest perspective. Besides the motion sickness, the ride itself wasn’t designed to be in 3D the way Kong or Spider-Man was. Plus it made the ride’s practical sets so dark that you couldn’t see all the details.

Criminally underrated creator. Thanks for another bomb ass video 🫡

just happened across your video and its incredible! Having been coming to these parks since birth in 02 its great to relive the nostalgia and learn more about the history! Many thanks

Love the changes videos. Keep it up Vincent!❤

Please don’t take away the 3D rides, it literally what makes it interesting. Otherwise you’re just in a jeep watching tv. It takes away the immersion

I love 3d rides

This makes so much sense now! I remember when the Hulk was so much louder as a kid, but as a returning adult, I thought I just imagined that lol. Love the fun facts Vincent!

First time I rode that, had no idea it would shout you out of the “cannon”. I distinctly remember not hearing the traditional clanking when going up the hill, thinking “why does this sound so quiet?”

Awesome video as usual Vincent 🤙

On forbidden journey I also remember that at the very end of the ride, once dumbledore tell you to tuck your elbows in, that the transition video afterward before you get off the ride used to be some sort of brick-textured animation. Now it’s like a green plasma/magic kind of visual animation

there's a lot of small details I didn't know!! great video :^)

Fun video. I was able to ride Hulk and Spiderman before and after changes. Hulk did get somewhat better, and Spiderman lots better visually Footnote: A really cool video on engineering changes of Rip Ride Rockit over the years can be found on Eltoro Ryan (past week). He charts the design issues that lead to minor chaos in load station, issues with onride evacuation, etc. Even claims x3 or more cost for all the redesigns; and good explanation for the head banging and discomfort. I will never look at RRR the same.

I'm lucky enough to have experienced both versions of the Spider-Man ride. He's my favorite hero, and hearing Stan Lee when I was there 2 years ago was amazing. Not to mention, Dr. Doom threatening me and the Green Goblin trying to choke me (not really, tho lol)

Love these historical videos

Universal's Marvel Super Hero Island is also why there is no Avengers Campus at WDW. Because of that old contract between Universal and Marvel Comics, no other theme park within the U.S. located east of the Mississippi River can have Marvel characters appear in it. This also affects the Disney Cruises that cast off from the East Coast. The Marvel characters cannot be seen on board until the cruise reaches international waters or else they risk violating the Universal contract.

Love the content you’ve been putting out lately! All the other vloggers don’t cover / have the same ideas you do! Keep them coming!

I miss the old hulk roar !!!!!

Stellar Video

Great video, very informative

Great video 👌🏼👌🏼

Even with the changes from 3D to 2D I still get nauseous 😨 on Forbidden Journey.

Haven’t been there since 2011 man i had soo much fun

Excellent video

I wanna go to universal again so badly the spiderman ride is so good

i always loved the spiderman and hulk rides as a kid. heck i remember going opening summer for the HP ride and it broke down on me mid ride XD man i wanna go back someday

As a universal person once a year I love all the youruber park videos but found the park changes super interesting but the thing I hate is I heard kong doesn't drive you outside anymore.... it didn't last year but I blamed it on weather.... I'm not a fan if they just don't do it anymore 😢

I was there grade reopening day for Spider-Man. It was so exciting!!

great video! one thing you missed was that when forbidden journey first opened, for at least a year, there were more than double physical dementors you see on the ride that come out and fly by. i have a friend who was a ride attendant during the opening year who pointed it out to me. they can actually still be seen today through those scenes if you look up towards the ceiling of the ride at those parts. just a bunch of disabled dementor animatronics. they were disabled due to guests complaining the ride was too scary for children to enjoy. i argue they’re more scary just sitting there! check it out next time if you didn’t know!

Watching this at universal waiting for my friends

I knew I remembered the Incredible Hulk ride saying “Danger” as we shot out. I really thought I was trippin for a moment 😂 my mom took me as a kid, and the first time I went back was 2019, and then I went again last year. Also, on the screen topic, I don’t dislike the screens because they make me dizzy or anything, I dislike them because animatronics are better. You can actually get a sense of realism out of it, even when you know it’s not alive because it’s actually there, in person, a solid thing, instead of a screen that just takes me out of the immersion. That’s why I hated when a Universal Hollywood added screen to the Jurassic Park River ride. The animatronics were amazing to see, but then you have this screen Mosasaurus, and it just completely breaks the immersion. I just prefer practical effects and animatronics to CGI & screens 🤷🏾‍♂️

Thanks on the marvel clarification. I thought they would have to get rid of I because of Disney.

Vincent, I’ve been to Orlando, Florida this month for ten days. Do you know that “The Land of Make Believe” was filmed at Universal Orlando Resort and Discovery Cove?

Fun fact universal also quieted down the Hulk coaster so they would not get the noise ordinance violation fine they got every day running the ride early or late in the day

Vincent posts….. I click 🤠

You’re an outstanding RU-vid channel.

I miss the original Hulk launch. Iconic.

When the parks start to add holograms, rides will enter a whole other realm, very excited for that

I rememberd riding both the Harry Potter ride and Rip Ride Rockit once

Great video! But more importantly…where is that awesome shirt from that you’re wearing?!

A couple more changes that was done recently to Spiderman most do not know about (because they are not major changes as for visually) Projection was changed out about a year ago so a sharper and brighter image, and ther RV,s are currently in the process of being replaced. It has also went away from using servers and using purpose built hardware for the Media player.(binloops)

Secret song list never works for me on rockit. I got it to work one time. All the other times, I'd be holding down the logo on the screen right when I sat down, and nothing would pop up, or it would pop up too late. I think a lot of times when the team members are pushing the lap bar, that screws it up for me.

i like this video

Minions was fun as 3D. Kong I liked with 3D but so much was happening so maybe the 2D would be more helpful

Whenever I went on rip ride rock it My go to song was always stronger by Kanye west 😂😂

Stan lee apperiences: The truck driver, Running into a movie theater with a girl, After spiderman saves you, Talking to the police before spider man takes a picture of you.

I stayed at royal pacific with my school yesterday and the day before and we were FAR away from the park and we could hear hulks roar😂

Vincent what is your favorite song from the secret menu on RRR? I always choose the Kermit song about Rainbows

A new Transformers ride would be awesome

Lol. The MCR song left me very confused. 😄

Universal seems to take much better care of their parks than Disney nowadays

@VincentVision I’ve Been on the Spider Man Ride Once and I’ve only seen Stan Lee Cameo Once I hadn’t seen Him 4 Times on the Ride

This is what I think.Can you make the same video?But the difference between rides that were years before this like The Terminator 3.D ride battle across time and the original king kong ride

Only downside to Secret Playlist on Rip Ride Rockit is that they don’t tape you on the rollercoaster. Also Rainbow Connection on the ride is a total experience! That’s the song I choose for my first time on the ride and I was laughing the entire time!

Just got back from a trip to Orlando, and I had a blast, but I was VERY upset that Kong was no longer in 3D and they had cut out the whole first section outside. It very much felt underwhelming without the 3D, I could tell from the mud worm that comes right at you before the girl starts shooting them.

I love 3D rides

I swear they nerfed The Mummy ride.

Didn't they reduce some of the jerkness on Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey as well so it would be less nausea inducing? I still get a little motion sickness when riding it, can't imagine how bad it was before.

Between lines, family members, and refurbishments, I've missed out on the hulk so many times

I'm only saw him twice when he was driving the turnk and at the end

spiderman would look sick without 3D. Sometimes the fuzzy edges still takeaway the 4k update. imo edit: with rip ride, they also changed the angle when you first drop. was intense

The Spider-Man is a masterpiece of an attraction. There’s not ONE flaw!

I went in 2022 and I noticed the field of all these rides we're different I just couldn't put my finger on what it was 🔥 thank you for letting me know I'm not crazy 🤣

Stan also runs away with a lady in the city scene, then almost gets hit when You drop into the web and then he is talking to the police at the very end. And his voice welcoming You back at ride closure is spectacular as well.

Yeah they changed the Harry Potter ride in Japan to 3D and then dropped it but kept the goofier looking dragon that forces itself in your face right before you get a close up of it.

I really wish they’d nix the 3D glasses at Gringotts! The ride is too rough for them and even if they don’t fall off (they have) it’s still distracting worrying about them

We’re here at the moment and I normally love rip ride rocket but this time it was so so shaky it made my brain hurt :( I really hope they can smooth it out

Yeah… it used to say “I think it’s going to work” and it was LOUD! I can’t believe they made it less loud, that explains why it was less impressive the last time I rode it. I couldn’t put my finger on what had changed, it’s Quiet now…

On Hollywood’s Rip Ride Rockit if you put in the code 904 you will get a Disney song

3d was awesome on the minions and when they took it away it made it alot worse but it works for kong

5:50 if i remember correctly he appears at the end in J. Jonah Jameson office above riders heads

Honestly I don't mind the idea of there being a lot of 3D rides, but the peoblem is the accessibility issues for those who are visually impaired. I find wearing my glasses to be much more comfortable than wearing contacts, but 3D rides/attractions kinda force me to either wear contacts or uncomfortably smush the 3D glasses in front or behind my regular ones (which makes the 3d worse to me somehow). I'm all for 3D rides overall, but I'm of the opinion that we need more accessible means of delivering it

I still find Hulk too painful, it rattles my head so much. I last rode it in October 2023, but unless they do something to make it smoother, I won't ride it again.

I swear, when Forbidden Journey first got updated, when the dragon was roaring and breathing fire at you before the scene ends, there was no roaring sounds there…!

But what about *The Jurassic Park River Adventure?*

I think removing 3D from Kong is a major downgrade. It makes it feel so much less immersive and puts in on par with F&F Supercharged, especially now that the ride vehicles don’t do the outside portion of the track. Taking something that was made for 3D and un-3Ding it seems like a budget cut because they don’t feel like paying people to clean the glasses. I rode it a few times this past week without the 3D and every scene was blurry. I’ve added it to my “not worth riding” list.

Forgot to mention that spider man has been getting updated RVs

The Kong ride should alter some scenes now that the 3D effect is retired. Seeing the monsters and other objects just get humongous on screen for the 3D effect is jarring.

Replacing Freebird by Lynyrd Skynyrd for Welcome to the Black Parade, and not even use the faster parts of both feels like a crime

Does Universal not offer the 3-D cancelling glasses on those rides? They are polarized the same way in each lens and let folks that have issues with 3-D see a 2-D image.

Does universal own marvel cartoons like X-men 97 ?? That show is a huge hit and could add so much to the land with those characters if they do 😊

Most important question, where the hell did you get that shirt man?? It's awesome

Really disappointed to hear Kong's had it 3D removed. Part of what maintain's the illusion is the shade of the 3D glasses hiding the electrics otherwise visible off-screen.

Do they still have glamorous?

ElToroRyan just published an in depth video on RipRideRocket.

Wow I had no idea they made Kong worse than before 😅 I will continue to skip it as well as Fast & Furious, and the new minions

I wear glasses and any way I could not wear 3D glasses would be great.