Villain-Con Minion Blast (General Discussion)

[Imperius]

Appears they are now offering mini blasters for kids per UPAP FB group.

 

[Alicia]

Appears they are now offering mini blasters for kids per UPAP FB group.

They don’t actually do anything but light up and make sounds though. Like handing your little brother an unplugged controller. But it’s a good solution.

 

[DodgsonHere]

They don’t actually do anything but light up and make sounds though. Like handing your little brother an unplugged controller. But it’s a good solution.

Are they just the same ones in the gift shop?

 

[Alicia]

Are they just the same ones in the gift shop?

Yea, but they looked modified somehow to me. Slightly different. But started as the gift shop ones.

 

[Tbad556]

 

[SpatulaShack]

Has the Illumination signage on the Transformers building been scrapped?

 

[TheCodeMan95]

Has the Illumination signage on the Transformers building been scrapped?

Lol wow I totally forgot about this

 

[Brian G.]

Opening Date announced for Aug 11.

Minion Land at Universal Studios Florida officially opens August 11, 2023

Universal Orlando has announced that Minion Land - which includes Villain-Con Minion Blast, Minion Cafe, and Bake My Day - will officially open on August 11, 2023. This one-of-a-kind land expands upon the wildly popular Despicable Me Minion Mayhem attraction to engage the entire family in a new c

www.insideuniversal.net

 

[saint.piss]

 

[Brian G.]

 

[DodgsonHere]

Not at the park today, but messing around with app and I’m pretty surprised with how in-depth it is with customization options and missions

 

[Alicia]

Whoever these people are, who are NOT me, this is creepy not cute.

 

[ChrisFL]

I rode this twice on Saturday. It was fun, but a bit chaotic. I think one thing they should do is make the points totals lower. On my second ride through I got like 1115240 points or something and I typed it specifically like that as there's no comma separators, so it was over a million points and I'm just a casual player not knowing what I'm doing. I think the points should be like 1/10th, more like what we see on Midway Mania, so it's easier to read. Also there's a TINY screen on the blaster itself that tells you your points total, but it's very small and it shows you other indicators as well.

I was impressed with the theming for what you'd probably consider a C-ticket or D-ticket in Disney terms and it's a big upgrade over Shrek IMO.

It will be fun to get more details about what things do what. I was mostly trying to aim at the villains directly instead of the other boxes, etc.

Edit: Also, I didn't try the in-app stuff. I was having a TON of problems trying to get the menu in Minion Cafe to load already, so I kind of gave up on using the app for stuff. Side note: The pork sandwich at Minion Cafe was EXCELLENT!!

 

[Brian G.]

Not at the park today, but messing around with app and I’m pretty surprised with how in-depth it is with customization options and missions

I think this is going to be a pendulum swing for opinions of the ride IMO. The app now adds the “purpose”.

 

[Mad Dog]

Whoever these people are, who are NOT me, this is creepy not cute.

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[belloq87]

Not at the park today, but messing around with app and I’m pretty surprised with how in-depth it is with customization options and missions

I think this is going to be a pendulum swing for opinions of the ride IMO. The app now adds the “purpose”.

This gets into a larger question about whether or not it's a good thing that a theme park attraction requires your phone to fully experience it as-intended.

 

[Brian G.]

This gets into a larger question about whether or not it's a good thing that a theme park attraction requires your phone to fully experience it as-intended.

I mean, it’s 2023. A majority of people have smart phones now. The small percentage that doesn’t can still get a “full experience”. The app plays a larger role for rerides.

 

[belloq87]

I mean, it’s 2023. A majority of people have smart phones now. The small percentage that doesn’t can still get a “full experience”. The app plays a larger role for rerides.

Well, I might have misinterpreted your comment about the app now giving the attraction its purpose. To me, that suggests it's kind of not the full experience without it, but I haven't been on the attraction or looked at the app, so I don't know!

Also, I'm far from a Luddite, but I don't love the increasing trend across the major theme park companies to kind of force me to continuously need to be actively using my phone to get the most out of my day.

Like I said, that's a larger conversation (for some other thread, probably).

 

[Brian G.]

Well, I might have misinterpreted your comment about the app now giving the attraction its purpose. To me, that suggests it's kind of not the full experience without it, but I haven't been on the attraction or looked at the app, so I don't know!

Also, I'm far from a Luddite, but I don't love the increasing trend across the major theme park companies to kind of force me to continuously need to be actively using my phone to get the most out of my day.

Like I said, that's a larger conversation (for some other thread, probably).

Yeah - “purpose” prob wrong verbiage to use.

 

[krazyhorrorkid]

I’ll make this my pre HHN ritual before I head into Stay N Scream. Still excited to try it out!