Islands of Adventure would take advantage of all the sensory technology Universal had on their hands, but it would combine that technology with bona-fide thrill-rides, from the 199-foot-tall freefall towers in the Dr. Ever since the beginning, almost, the master engineers at Universal had been drawing up plans for an entirely new theme park equal to the size of Universal Studios Florida–– a new half to the complex that would become known as the Universal Orlando Resort. But something was missing, and the park knew it. Throughout the nineties, Universal invested in one multi-million-dollar attraction after another, from Terminator 2: 3D in 1996 to Twister: Ride it Out in 1998. They went on hour-long shows telling about how theme parks would soon begin ripping their roller coasters down and installing buildings fitted with big screens and 3-D goggles. The experts said that Universal and other parks like it would be the death of the modern roller coaster. Its 3-D attractions and sensory “4-D” experiences like Earthquake, King Kong and Back to the Future aimed to immerse guests in experiences so realistic they didn’t need any outdated roller coaster tracks to speed them towards euphoria. Back when Universal Studios unveiled its Orlando, Florida theme park in 1990, it set out to usher in an entirely new era of theme park entertainment that even Disney couldn’t compete with. They said that our roller coasters would be replaced.
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