‘The Amazing Adventures Of Spider-Man’ Ride To Relaunch March 8
Before Disney bought Marvel, the main place to find superheros like Hulk and Spider-Man in a theme park wasIsland of AdventureatUniversal Studios Orlando. Doctor Doom’s Freefall, the Incredible Hulk Coaster andThe Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man3D Experience were among the most popular rides at the park. However, advances in digital projection and 3D technology had left the latter looking dated in recent years and last year it was announced the ride would get a substantial upgrade.
That upgrade goes into full effect March 8 with a grand reopening including enhancements to the film portion of the ride as well as huge technical upgrades. Read about them all after the jump.
According toThe Disney Blog, some of the upgrades onThe Amazing Adventuers of Spider-Manare as follows:
The film will also be shown with 4K digital projection and the 3D glasses are spider-themed.
Here’s the first glimpse at some of the changes. If you want to see more, you canhead to the official siteand “Like It” to unlock more.
Having never been to Islands of Adventure, I never rode the earlier version ofThe Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man. However, having recently been on two similar rides —The Simpsons Rideat Universal Studios Hollywood andStar Tours: The Adventures Continueat Disneyland – the advances in tech between whenSimpsonsopened in 2008 andStar Toursreopened in 2011 are staggering. Today,Simpsonsalready looks incredibly dated. ObviouslySpider-Man, which opened in 1999, was probably much worse.
Are you a fan of this ride? Excited for the upgrades?
