User:SkullIsland/Sandbox/Skull Island: Reign of Kong

Skull Island: Reign of Kong is a ride at Islands of Adventure at the Universal Orlando resort, and opened July 13, 2016, being adapted from Universal Studios Hollywood's King Kong: 360 3-D tram tour stop. The ride is based off the 2005 film, though set in an alternate continuity where Skull Island's existence was made public without removing Kong from it, with the Eighth Wonder Expedition Company surveying the island and taking guests on jeep tours.

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Main Attraction

Boarding an expedition truck, one of five different characters can be heard as the truck's animatronic driver. These characters include adventurous Texan cowgirl Becky Callaghan, Will Denham (Carl Denham's younger cousin), ex-con Jinks Costanza, paleontologist Charles "Doc" Jordan, and Kalana, a native of a neighboring island said to have also been settled by the ancient civilization that built Skull Island's wall. Departing from the base camp to deliver supplies to expedition leader Kate McCaffrey's survey team, the truck drive through the gate doors and enter a cave. Passing by the skeletal remains of a Kong and some slumbering Terapusmordax, the truck arrives at Kate's camp. However, one of the explorers launches a flare to better illuminate the cave and awakens the entire Terapusmordax colony. Kate is able to keep them from dragging the man off, only to be grabbed herself, with the truck following in pursuit. Entering the spider pit, Kate is able to cut herself loose from the bat's grasp. As the creatures of the pit emerge to attack Kate and the truck, she uses a machine gun to ward them off and insists the jeep take the guests to safety before an Arachno-claw grabs her and pulls her out of sight.

Emerging into the jungle, radio calls from another nearby truck indicate that everyone is being called back to base camp to regroup after Kate's disappearance. However, the trucks are surrounded and chased by a pack of Venatosaurus. The Venatosaurs chase the trucks along the side of the cliff until running into a trio of Vastatosaurus rexes. After snatching some of the Venatosaurs, the Vastatosaurs turn their attention to the trucks, only for King Kong to come to the rescue. As the battling creatures jump over and slam into our truck, a sliding V-rex ends up pulling the second truck into the vines of the canyon. Swinging between a V-rex and a Arachno-claw, Kong rescues the on-screen truck from the V-rex on top of it and sets it down gently before helping our own. Kong pounds his chest in victory before leaping up the cliff, with our truck getting an up close encounter with an animatronic Kong as he rests from the battle. As the truck leaves Kong and returns back to base, a radio message comes in revealing that Kate and her team managed to escape.

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Videos

Making of Skull Island: Reign of Kong - The Story Making of Skull Island: Reign of Kong - The Vehicle Making of Skull Island: Reign of Kong - The Creatures Making of Skull Island: Reign of Kong - The Encounter Science of Universal Orlando Resort segment Outdoor Queue Radio Loop

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