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* PunBasedTitle: Confrontation. [=KONGfrontation=]. Get it?
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* PunBasedTitle: Confrontation. [=KONGfrontation=].''Kong''frontation. Get it?
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* AnachronismStew: The ride is set in the 1970s, with the buildings and set pieces lovingly detailed. However, the queue line would frequently be updated to include modern-day movie posters and advertisements. This updating did not extend to the news reports playing on the queue line's [=TVs=], which would show commercials for shows that were current as of the ride's 1990 opening, like ''Series/OutOfThisWorld1987'' and ''[[Franchise/{{Lassie}} The New Lassie]]''. By the end of Kongfrontation's run you were bombarded with three decades at once.
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* AnachronismStew: The ride is set in the 1970s, with the buildings and set pieces lovingly detailed. However, the queue line would frequently be updated to include modern-day movie posters and advertisements. This updating did not extend to the news reports playing on the queue line's [=TVs=], which would show commercials for shows that were current as of the ride's 1990 opening, like ''Series/OutOfThisWorld1987'' and ''[[Franchise/{{Lassie}} The New Lassie]]''.Lassie]]'' (both of which were produced by Universal and aired on WWOR-TV, which Universal also owned at the time). By the end of Kongfrontation's run you were bombarded with three decades at once.
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* DeadlineNews: Video monitors in the tram and [=TVs=] visible through apartment windows showed a news reporter in a helicopter reporting on Kong's rampage. As the tram gets closer to the monster, she screams in terror and the picture starts spinning before cutting out; then a burning helicopter ''drops out of the sky'', just missing the visitors on its way down.
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* DeadlineNews: Video monitors in the tram and [=TVs=] visible through apartment windows showed a news reporter Kelly King in a helicopter reporting on Kong's rampage. As the tram gets closer to the monster, she screams in terror and the picture starts spinning before cutting out; then a burning helicopter ''drops out of the sky'', just missing the visitors on its way down.
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* NewscasterCameo: Rolland Smith appeared as an anchor in the queue line video news reports about King Kong rampaging- this was made possible by Smith then being an anchor for Secaucus NJ's WWOR-9 [[note]]which was acquired by MCA in 1987 after their previous owners, RKO General, had the licenses for broadcasting revoked due to lots of deceit and illegal stuff; MCA had to spin it off in 1991 after Panasonic's parent, Matsushita, acquired them, and FCC rules state that foreign companies can't own more than 25% of a TV station; it was eventually acquired by Chris-Craft, then became a UPN station, and is now a [=MyNetwork=] station owned by Fox[[/note]].
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* NewscasterCameo: Rolland Smith appeared as an anchor in the queue line video news reports about King Kong rampaging- rampaging -- this was made possible by Smith then being an anchor for Secaucus NJ's WWOR-9 [[note]]which was acquired WWOR-9, then owned by MCA MCA/Universal[[note]]MCA had purchased the station in 1987 after their previous owners, RKO General, had the licenses for broadcasting revoked due to lots of deceit and illegal stuff; being incredibly corrupt; MCA had to spin it off in 1991 after Panasonic's parent, Matsushita, acquired them, and FCC rules state that foreign companies can't own more than 25% of a TV station; it was eventually acquired by Chris-Craft, then became a UPN station, and is now a [=MyNetwork=] station owned by Fox[[/note]].Fox[[/note]]. To tie in with this, promos for shows WWOR aired at the time were also integrated into the queue.
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* TheSeventies: The ride depicted New York when it was in its more trashy state this decade.
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* TheRival: The guides at this attraction would usually have a playful rivalry with the skippers at the ''Ride/{{Jaws}}'' attraction, sometimes challenging each other to see which attraction could get more guests.
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* TheRival: The guides at this attraction would usually have [[FriendlyRivalry a playful rivalry rivalry]] with the skippers at the ''Ride/{{Jaws}}'' attraction, sometimes challenging each other to see which attraction could get more guests.
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* TheSeventies: The ride depicted New York when it was in its more trashy state this decade.
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* AnachronismStew: The ride is set in the 1970s, with the buildings and set pieces lovingly detailed. However, the queue line would frequently be updated to include modern-day movie posters and advertisements. This updating did not extend to the news reports playing on the queue line's [=TVs=], which would show commercials for shows that were current as of the ride's 1990 opening, like ''Series/OutOfThisWorld'' and ''[[Franchise/{{Lassie}} The New Lassie]]''. By the end of Kongfrontation's run you were bombarded with three decades at once.
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* AnachronismStew: The ride is set in the 1970s, with the buildings and set pieces lovingly detailed. However, the queue line would frequently be updated to include modern-day movie posters and advertisements. This updating did not extend to the news reports playing on the queue line's [=TVs=], which would show commercials for shows that were current as of the ride's 1990 opening, like ''Series/OutOfThisWorld'' ''Series/OutOfThisWorld1987'' and ''[[Franchise/{{Lassie}} The New Lassie]]''. By the end of Kongfrontation's run you were bombarded with three decades at once.
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* TheSeventies: The ride depicted New York when it was in its more trashier trashy state this decade.
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''Kongfrontation'' was a dark ride that was one of the opening day attractions at [[Ride/UniversalStudios Universal Studios Florida]], which opened on June 7, 1990. The attraction was based directly off of the 1976 remake of ''[[Film/KingKong1976 King Kong]]'' and also served as an expanded version of the ''King Kong Encounter'' scene on the Hollywood Studio Tour.
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''Kongfrontation'' was a dark ride that was one of the opening day attractions at [[Ride/UniversalStudios Universal Studios Florida]], which opened on June 7, 1990. The attraction was based directly off of the 1976 remake of ''[[Film/KingKong1976 King Kong]]'' and also served as an expanded version of the ''King Kong Encounter'' scene on the [[Ride/StudioTour Hollywood Studio Tour.
Tour]].
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* AnachronismStew: The ride is set in the 1970s, with the buildings and set pieces lovingly detailed. However, the queue line would frequently be updated to include modern-day movie posters and advertisements. This updating did not extend to the news reports playing on the queue line's [=TVs=], which would show commercials for shows that were current as of the ride's 1990 opening, like ''Series/OutOfThisWorld'' and ''[[Series/{{Lassie}} The New Lassie]]''. By the end of Kongfrontation's run you were bombarded with three decades at once.
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* AnachronismStew: The ride is set in the 1970s, with the buildings and set pieces lovingly detailed. However, the queue line would frequently be updated to include modern-day movie posters and advertisements. This updating did not extend to the news reports playing on the queue line's [=TVs=], which would show commercials for shows that were current as of the ride's 1990 opening, like ''Series/OutOfThisWorld'' and ''[[Series/{{Lassie}} ''[[Franchise/{{Lassie}} The New Lassie]]''. By the end of Kongfrontation's run you were bombarded with three decades at once.
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* AnachronismStew: Despite being set in the 70's, the queue line would include modern-day movie posters and advertisements.
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* AnachronismStew: Despite being The ride is set in the 70's, 1970s, with the buildings and set pieces lovingly detailed. However, the queue line would frequently be updated to include modern-day movie posters and advertisements.advertisements. This updating did not extend to the news reports playing on the queue line's [=TVs=], which would show commercials for shows that were current as of the ride's 1990 opening, like ''Series/OutOfThisWorld'' and ''[[Series/{{Lassie}} The New Lassie]]''. By the end of Kongfrontation's run you were bombarded with three decades at once.
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''Kongfrontation'' was a dark ride that was one of the opening day attractions at [[UniversalStudios Universal Studios Florida]], which opened on June 7, 1990. The attraction was based directly off of the 1976 remake of ''[[Film/KingKong1976 King Kong]]'' and also served as an expanded version of the ''King Kong Encounter'' scene on the Hollywood Studio Tour.
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''Kongfrontation'' was a dark ride that was one of the opening day attractions at [[UniversalStudios [[Ride/UniversalStudios Universal Studios Florida]], which opened on June 7, 1990. The attraction was based directly off of the 1976 remake of ''[[Film/KingKong1976 King Kong]]'' and also served as an expanded version of the ''King Kong Encounter'' scene on the Hollywood Studio Tour.
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''Kongfrontation'' was a dark ride that was one of the opening day attractions at [[UniversalStudios Universal Studios Florida]], which opened on June 7th, 1990. The attraction was based directly off of the 1976 remake of ''[[Film/KingKong1976 King Kong]]'' and also served as an expanded version of the ''King Kong Encounter'' scene on the Hollywood Studio Tour.
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''Kongfrontation'' was a dark ride that was one of the opening day attractions at [[UniversalStudios Universal Studios Florida]], which opened on June 7th, 7, 1990. The attraction was based directly off of the 1976 remake of ''[[Film/KingKong1976 King Kong]]'' and also served as an expanded version of the ''King Kong Encounter'' scene on the Hollywood Studio Tour.
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Despite the popularity of the ride with fans and guests alike, it was permanently shut down on September 8th, 2002 for varying reasons, often believed to be because of the wide variety of technical issues the ride faced, and the subsequent outrageous upkeep costs that resulted from this. ''Ride/RevengeOfTheMummy'' would later open in its place on May 21st, 2004.
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Despite the popularity of the ride with fans and guests alike, it was permanently shut down on September 8th, 8, 2002 for varying reasons, often believed to be because of the wide variety of technical issues the ride faced, and the subsequent outrageous upkeep costs that resulted from this. ''Ride/RevengeOfTheMummy'' would later open in its place on May 21st, 21, 2004.
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It would later turn out that the legacy of the ride ''truly'' would live on, as on May 6th, 2015, it was revealed that King Kong would make his grand return to Universal Orlando with the announcement of a brand new ride for Islands of Adventure, titled, ''Ride/SkullIslandReignOfKong''. The new attraction officially opened on July 13th, 2016.
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It would later turn out that the legacy of the ride ''truly'' would live on, as on May 6th, 6, 2015, it was revealed that King Kong would make his grand return to Universal Orlando with the announcement of a brand new ride for Islands of Adventure, titled, ''Ride/SkullIslandReignOfKong''. The new attraction officially opened on July 13th, 13, 2016.
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!!Tropes that were shown in Kongfrontation included:
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!!Tropes that were shown in Kongfrontation ''Kongfrontation'' included:
