Not surprised at all. Had a lovely conversation about this with one of the tour guides. We both agreed it's a smart placement for the new segment. It'll be 3D so you'll HAVE to keep your glasses till the end instead of throwing them over the tram. And it'll pack a punch and be an exciting ending to the tour.
It will definitely be better than the previous F&F crud, but I'm not exactly excited that it's going to be King Kong 360 3D: Car Edition. Not exactly revolutionary. BUT the 3D will probably be better quality. It'll be 4K, and since F&F sequences are usually at night, there's a lot of "black" backgrounds, which will help make the chade sequences in the attraction more realistic and better help hide the fact where the screens end, and where the ceiling ends (unlike Kong, where you can clear as day see the tops and bottoms of the screens because of the semi-bright animation.
There's no other realistic and exciting way to do it though, so bring it in! I'm excited to have the tram race the cars
I hope at least SOME new effects or technology will be used.
I will, however, very much miss the nausea inducing (but classic) spinning tunnel. It has such history and has been a staple on thr Tour forever. I will really miss it. I definitely will try to catch it before it closes! Funny, BTTF also closed on Sept 3rd...
I wonder what will replace the Gasolina The Ride? Small area so wouldn't have much of a significance. Would be cool to incorporate that "arena" as part of the Jurassic Park area and maybe show off how animatronics can work on kuka arms? Or maybe make it a Back To The Future segment. Have a fiberglass DeLorean replace the BMW and have a little forced perspective Hill Valley set with special effects?