The Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Studios Olrando

[KNRG]

Did I say it wasn't a problem? Obviously Universal would agree, since they sued the makers of the ride.

And Disney is being sued by the people who made mission space.

[KNRG]

Further note.. Uni sued the maker of the Suess Landing overhead train ride too.

Apparently they don't learn their lesson about using the lowest bidder..

[JT3000]

And Disney is being sued by the people who made mission space.

And they don't use the lowest bidder. The ideas for the original Jaws ride were too advanced for the technology at the time.

[cinder]

I have gone and edited quite a bit from this thread. If you can not post respectfully to one another then either don't post, or ignore. Thank you.

[DisneyGurl87]

How can you gauruntee the arm thing? Seems just a rumor to me. Especially since the same rumor said that Universal had "exclusive" rights, yet a robot arm ride is opening up at Epcot in a couple of months. Where is this leaked concept art? What are the ride vehicles going to look like? What's the capacity going to be like?

The Kuku company sells several different versions of the robotic arm technology. The most well-known one of the stationary one that Legoland purchased and utilized several years ago. Still haven't figured out exactly why Disney is now suddenly so interested in showing off the exact same thing. It's possible they will be using the upgraded version which is an enclosed seating with a video simulator:


(copyright Kuka-Entertainment.com)

I can't seem to find it now but I remember reading an article on the Kuka site claiming they were developing one of their arms to work on a moving track, and the Harry Potter rumors began.

I think the rumor that Universal bought "exclusive" rights to the Kuku arm are completely false. It's clear from their website they are extremely interested in marketing their product or "customizing specific products" for any customer's need. They may be contracting support to Uni's project but there's nothing stopping Disney from contracting them also.

http://www.kuka-entertainment.com/en/

Pretty interesting website to read through if you're dorky like me

[DisneyGurl87]

Ah yes Disney is purchasing a simulator:

http://www.kuka-entertainment.com/en/pressevents/news/NN_091007_Disney.htm

[Iframedroger R]

Disneyland's Innoventions needs that. Now.

[1FoolishMortal]

I think the rumor that Universal bought "exclusive" rights to the Kuku arm are completely false. It's clear from their website they are extremely interested in marketing their product or "customizing specific products" for any customer's need. They may be contracting support to Uni's project but there's nothing stopping Disney from contracting them also.

The "Uni having exclusive rights to Kuka technology" rumor is probably one of the bigger crap rumors from the past few years. I'm surprised it lasted as long as it did.

[JT3000]

Hogwarts is taking shape.









Credit: Mookie at IOACentral

[dlfreak]

Wow! That looks beautiful!!