cost of Spiderman ride??
Universal Orlando: I was wondering if anybody knows the cost of development & construction of the Spiderman ride at Islands of adventure please?
Posted October 11, 2006 at 10:28 AM
I was wondering if anybody knows the cost of development & construction of the Spiderman ride at Islands of adventure please?
I know the Mummy ride cost $40 million (another brill ride)
Posted October 11, 2006 at 11:07 AM
The numbers associated with Spiderman that I've seen have been 200 million dollars. Thats 5 times as much as the cost to build Hulk or Mummy. Kinda amazing, but not that surprised, given the technology used for the ride. IOA itself cost a billion dollars flat, and having one ride itself be 1/5'th the price of the entire park seems pretty crazy. They made it happen, though, but will there ever be another 200 million dollar ride in the near future? I'm inclined to think that will not be the case, given that the new coasters nowadays typically max out at 30 to 40 million.
Posted October 11, 2006 at 11:42 AM
Posted October 11, 2006 at 12:27 PM
Other than spiderman, I meant.
Posted October 11, 2006 at 1:29 PM
Posted October 12, 2006 at 4:41 AM
Posted October 12, 2006 at 7:20 AM
With the sort of money do you ever think a Uk based theme park will get a similar ride?
or are the rumours of the Simpsons ride at Universal that its going to be similar in idea to the Spiderman ride?
Posted October 12, 2006 at 7:50 AM
An interesting difference in the USJ version of the ride is the fact that you can purchase the ride photo from the portion at the end of the ride when Spider-Man takes your picture.
Posted October 12, 2006 at 9:10 AM
Posted October 12, 2006 at 12:38 PM
Pete,
when googling the topic, I have also seen 100 million primarily used as the figures for Spiderman, so I'm a bit confused myself.. 100 million does sound more likely than 200 million..
Does the 100 million mark still make it the most expensive ride ever created ? If so, what comes in second ? I have Hulk and Mummy both topping out at 40 million, but am wondering if there are other rides out there that go beyond 50 million or if there s a list out there (cannot find any such list)?
Posted October 12, 2006 at 1:37 PM
Posted October 12, 2006 at 4:24 PM
Posted October 13, 2006 at 1:20 AM
mant thanks
Posted October 13, 2006 at 9:22 AM
Posted October 13, 2006 at 9:48 AM
Alot! Lol!
Posted October 13, 2006 at 11:14 AM
Posted October 13, 2006 at 11:21 AM
Err... I may be wrong, but wasn't that $2 billion that everyone keeps quoting with shock and awe for the entire UO expansion? ie, the hotels, CityWalk and IoA. Kinda like Disneyland's $1 billion for CA and Downtwon Disney stuff.
$100-200 million sounds about right to me, though.
Posted October 13, 2006 at 7:13 PM
Posted October 14, 2006 at 12:57 AM
Posted October 14, 2006 at 1:06 AM
Posted October 14, 2006 at 4:42 AM
Everest is said to have cost around 100 million, according to forbes, but I think that number is a tad conservative.
Posted October 26, 2006 at 5:16 PM
Posted October 29, 2006 at 12:25 PM
Juarassic Park- 110 million
Mission:space- 120 million
Indiana Jones adventure- 90-120 million
test track- 70 million
Twilight zone tower of terror- 100+ million
Expedition everest- 120+ million
I've also heard the Spider-Man cost was around the 100 million range instead of the 200 million range.
Posted October 29, 2006 at 3:51 PM
Was Indy Jones at DL the most expensive ride at the time it was built? It seems as though it would be.