Monsters Unchained - Reviews, Photos & Media

[HHN Maddux]

Why not, gonna post it here too, some subtle changes that for the most part, shouldn't require much work but I think would enhance the ride experience much more:

 

[Brian G.]

 

[docholiday]

Loved it. Rode it four times. Everything I wanted it to be. Hopefully we get the Gill Man ride down the line.

 

[RFRees]

I've seen several children absolutely terrified before and after this ride, and heard screaming from all ages while on the ride. While it's not "scary" to me, it's hard to get me scared anywhere... but for the general population, I think it's at the right level.

However, I wish the land itself had some opt in scary areas. I would love an HHN style walk through / scare-zone attraction at Darkmoor. This would also be a cheaper way to alleviate concerns about the land being the smallest and give adults (and brave children) something a bit more intense.

 

[HHN Maddux]

Hearing the 2nd preshow now has a curtain that opens for the Monster to make the reveal more dramatic.

 

[docholiday]

I’ve watched the POV so many times. Cant shake this ride in the best kind of way. The land as a whole.

 

[ThemeParks4Life]

I went on it four times today, once standby and thrice on single rider. I need to give Ministry more rides, but this ride really truly blew me away as the MVP of the park. My first ride had me jaw-agape for the entire duration with subsequent rides reinforcing the chaotic goodness this brings to the table. The blending of animatronics with screens is flat out awesome, and I didn’t notice much behind the scenes tech peeking into the scenes. I also love how different it feels to ride compared to Forbidden Journey; the ride vehicle’s jolting relative to character actions is just awesome and fun. I can’t wait to go on the ride more this week, and I’m glad I’ve basically seen it in nearly fully operational mode (the last Dracula animatronic didn’t work on any rides today, and the first Wolf Man animatronic wasn’t working on my last ride).

 

[Rhian]

Hearing the 2nd preshow now has a curtain that opens for the Monster to make the reveal more dramatic.

That's great! Before that one could make him out standing awkwardly in the dark if you knew where to look. Pulling back a curtain for that reveal is an awesome improvement.

 

[Brian G.]

Can confirm - there is a curtain in preshow and a limb above the Creature.

And it seems they’ve added lily pads around Gilman to hide the mech stuff.

 

[Mad Dog]

These are all good signs that they're using the pre opening to correct inadequate settings/backgrounds/effects. Maybe they'll even fix the Werewolf ending scene.

 

[devinp267]

Can confirm - there is a curtain in preshow and a limb above the Creature.

And it seems they’ve added lily pads around Gilman to hide the mech stuff.

I just left dang it. But you don’t know how proud and happy this makes to hear this, I really thought it was as is because we’re so close to opening, gives me hope about the minor things.

 

[Rhian]

These are all good signs that they're using the pre opening to correct inadequate settings/backgrounds/effects. Maybe they'll even fix the Werewolf ending scene.

I kinda think at least some these things were going to happen anyway, but I do agree some things need living test dummies to work things out.

 

[docholiday]

I kinda think at least some these things were going to happen anyway, but I do agree some things need living test dummies to work things out.

Wolfman??? What’s wrong with it?

 

[devinp267]

So I went Friday and Sunday last week. Monsters was nothing short of amazing. You do not realize from povs how huge the bots are until you ride, jaw was on the floor. Gosh I hope that ending Dracula gets fixed it just would really be the cherry. Queue is amazing and the setup is just flawless to me. I was very puzzled with the initial thought of a Victoria Frankenstein, but I’ll tell you now it feels like it was always supposed to be that way. That “OPEN THE DOORS” gets me every time they absolutely nailed everything honestly. The movement into the scenes is just perfect. My only nitpick was there were a few times that the arms for the figures were like very obvious for a second in a few scenes, in the first Dracula scene I just pretend the arm is a part of Victoria’s machine .

 

[docholiday]

So I went Friday and Sunday last week. Monsters was nothing short of amazing. You do not realize from povs how huge the bots are until you ride, jaw was on the floor. Gosh I hope that ending Dracula gets fixed it just would really be the cherry. Queue is amazing and the setup is just flawless to me. I was very puzzled with the initial thought of a Victoria Frankenstein, but I’ll tell you now it feels like it was always supposed to be that way. That “OPEN THE DOORS” gets me every time they absolutely nailed everything honestly. The movement into the scenes is just perfect. My only nitpick was there were a few times that the arms for the figures were like very obvious for a second in a few scenes, in the first Dracula scene I just pretend the arm is a part of Victoria’s machine .

The “OPEN THE DOOR!” And “YGOR, take control of their machine.” Fires me up.

 

[boomerthom]

Just rode for the first time. FANTASTIC ride. It’s honestly a little slower paced and dare I say more “chill” than I was expecting (compared to say, FJ), but the atmosphere and set design is off the charts. The more methodical pace lets the ride breathe a bit more with tons of different scenes, and it really feels like riding though an action movie. Ygor taking control of the vehicle at the start is hype, and the figures are really impressive. Honestly didn’t notice the curtains or AA arms that much from the far right seat (when facing the vehicle), and the Dracula finale could be punched up a bit with effects to make it a bit more clear what’s happening there imo, but overall this is a huge winner. Insane vibes on this one, and I gotta ride this more to see everything.

Edit - after riding twice more I think an easy fix would be to increase the volume of the dialogue. It’s not too difficult to hear in the first couple scenes, but it gets muddled after all hell breaks loose.