ORLANDO, Fla. — Universal Orlando is revealing big news about its King Kong attraction: The ride vehicles for Skull Island: Reign of Kong, opening this summer at Islands of Adventure theme park, are huge. And they won’t be riding on a rail.
Released details for the Skull Island trucks indicate that they will hold up to 72 passengers in 12 rows. They will be 40 feet long, 13 feet tall and weigh in at 17 tons.
According to the attraction storyline, the vehicles will be used to transport theme-park visitors to the homeland of Kong. The adventures will come about in a new way for the park.
“When you depart on your adventure to Skull Island: Reign of Kong, there won’t be a rail or track in sight,” Mike West of Universal Creative says in a “Making of Skull Island” video.
