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Probably a good time to remind everyone that it was also explained why the vehicles don’t go outside either…
Must've missed that particular portion of the thread... We are getting up there in pages these days, and to be fair I did skim through a fair bit.
I'd disagree with the idea that all rides would remove 3D. If "X" is true for one singular attraction, it must be true for every other related attraction I would say is demonstrably false. Plenty of examples of some attractions with essentially the same components able to operate better than their sister or twin attractions.I am 100% certain glasses were cut as a cost saving measure. It’s not even speculation.
If there were other reasons that involved safety, all rides would remove 3D. Much like how all coasters that pass over guest areas now have metal detectors and not just some of them.
For me "glasses were cut as a cost saving measure" , and it making its way through every check and balance across operations to be an okay thing to do for a triple A+ attraction operator is quite frankly, concerning. There has to be other things they aren't doing that make more sense, and "WHY?" for me is the biggest question, Why this cost saving measure? I just don't buy "It cost so much", I don't buy, "Epic Universe is over budget so they are finding any and all additional monies for XYZ"... If I'm thinking as Comcast, I'm not going to smack the Parks and Resorts team on the wrist so hard for going over budget on a new park build that they start cutting integral parts of certain attractions to shore up money. There has to be more to the story, unless that is the story... Is that a fair statement and speculative logic?
I'm willing to at least go down the rabbit hole of thinking about "why" to understand the logic behind the idea. I can't believe for a second that the root of a major operational change which downgrades operational quality of an attraction is merely to cut cost. I know operating 3D is expensive, but they had to have an idea of just how much this would be, They had all the numbers before they built the thing and they designed each of the scenes with 3D in mind... They knew the operating life of each of those projectors and their bulbs, and they've operated 3D attractions before... So where is the outlier that makes cutting it for this particular attraction seemingly viable to someone or someone(s) that is responsible for operations budgets or oversight, or has the authority to command such a major decision? I hope, whatever room this was decided in, there was at least one person who was willing to engage in a discussion about exactly why this shouldn't happen and offer other ideas up, instead of gutting this attraction.
That said, If it is dire enough that there is no secondary motive or other shenanigan's centered around this decision, if really there's nothing more than "they need to do this to cut cost", then I hope one day we get to hear the full story of what exactly went down to drive them to this.
Anyways, Hopefully this is only temporary, or they have the ability to overhaul the attraction somewhere in the future and make some amendments to accommodate a lack of 3D(and are willing to do so) if this ends up being long term or permanent. I can't see the first few scenes working at all, but I can see a scenario with the 360 scene working.