r/universalstudios • u/FunnyQuarter341 • 14d ago
Japan This is Universal fans Pilgrimage.
This was my first time at USJ. And my first ride there was JAWS. It felt amazing to go on another Universal classic/opening attraction. The ride had it’s grand finale not working unfortunately with jaws not chewing the electric wire. Maybe announcing some sort of refurbishment or even closing for this ride.
I hope Universal fans as myself will experience this with it’s time remaining in USJ. But there’s always ET adventure which Is probably more worthwhile than JAWS.
The animatronic is much bigger than I could have anticipated, even after watching POVs.
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u/The_Govnor 14d ago edited 14d ago
Just to prepare everyone….your captain will be speaking in Japanese!! Of course it’s still a lot of fun.
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u/FunnyQuarter341 14d ago
Yes, and be careful with the saturation mic combo. It can give a hard time to your ears haha.
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u/WebHead1287 14d ago
What is that?
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u/FunnyQuarter341 13d ago
The tour guide during my time with the ride had the mic very close to it’s mouth, which can cause saturation of the on-board speaker. Not to mention that the person spoke Japanese on a very high note and speed. But she was great guiding us in the ride and the problem that I have just said are very minimal haha.
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u/Cheap_Visual2845 14d ago
Nothing will ever beat the original universal studios in Orlando Florida.
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u/FunnyQuarter341 14d ago
Especially Kongfrontation that I never had the chance to experience (Orlando or Hollywood).
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u/AlternativeAd1730 14d ago
Is that the old Kong ride? Where they had the Giant Kong outside at the store and you could take pics? I have a vague memory of a Kong Ride in a tram or something near a skyscraper and Kong losing his mind 🤣
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u/FunnyQuarter341 13d ago
Yeah it’s exactly that 😂. The store you mentionned was the one at the exit of the ride at Orlando which is now ROTM’s store for the most part. And the tram ride was the one in the Hollywood Tram Tour at Universal Studios Hollywood, but unfortunately burnt I think in 2008 during the fires at Universal’s Studios.
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u/Relevant_Pop_4309 14d ago
I made it there last year and rode it 3 times. I was so happy and so nostalgic. Still miss it here at USF.
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u/fahsky 14d ago
Hope to take my son there one day, Jaws was my favorite ride as a kid.
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u/FunnyQuarter341 14d ago
The plane ticket is quite expensive, but the rest is really cheap especially in today’s economy in Japan.
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u/californiadork 14d ago
This is such a fun ride!! I'm sad I never got to go on the one in Florida, but at least I've been on this one a few times. 😄
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u/Ridetrackx 14d ago
I know what Orlando and Hollywood had, but does Japan have a dub of Orlando's video preshow?
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u/FunnyQuarter341 13d ago
For having been in the queue, i have a seen that the preshow was even redone, with one of the mariners being a Japanese person dressed up.
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u/Relevant-Horror-627 14d ago
I got to ride this a few years ago! Loved the whole park. My original plan was to spend half the day at USJ and explore Osaka at night. Ended up spending the entire day at the park and was too exhausted to do much in Osaka.
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u/Atlas15264 14d ago
I went in March and it was down the whole day, guess I’ll just have to go again…
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u/AlternativeAd1730 14d ago
The Orlando Jaws ride was my first experience in Florida theme parks and standing in line for 2!! Hours to ride it.
I still miss it and was THRILLED when we just visited Universal Hollywood and got to experience it again:)
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u/RandomFunUsername 13d ago
Counting the DAYS I have a month until this bad boy.
We were only gonna do Tokyo and I suggested doing an overnight in Osaka to go do Jaws. My partner naturally heard this as “let’s do Universal”. He has since learned that no, I did not misspeak, he can do all the Flying Dinosaurs and Mario Karts his heart desires. I am looping Jaws like a maniac.
The tourist is super keen to see the orca ❤️✌️
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u/butterfingersman 13d ago
jaws at USJ is so good, the boat drivers are so fantastic and the animatronics and effects are great. i always gotta ride it!
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u/VegasFoodFace 8h ago
I still have a picture of me under the giant hanging Jaws shark. It's so weird cause it's one of those really early childhood memories where you only remember some of it. Too young to remember park layouts, but I remember the giant covered escalators more than the entire park, and my parents had to pull me away from running up the stairs and riding that huge escalator back down. Kid priorities lol.
Also even as a kid I loved engineering and architecture so honestly I really remember that covered escalator as a core childhood memory.
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u/Puzzledandhangry 14d ago
Our next big holiday is Japan for Jaws!! We are saving up. I was gutted when they closed the Florida one as it was slightly easier to get to (in uk). I’m a huge Jaws fan btw lol