History of KONGfrontation in Pi Minutes - Universal's Opening Day Masterpiece
21When Universal Studios Florida first opened in Orlando, one ride proved to be King of them all!
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History in Pi Minutes is a series where I look at some popular topics in Disney or Theme Park History and cover them in a bite size format. There will be a new video on this channel every other week alternating between History in Pi Minutes and the longer format Baffling History episodes!
King Kong has been an iconic part of cinema history for decades! And an iconic part of Universal Hollywood's Tram Tour since the early days of adding special stops along the way. When they were building their Florida park, Kongfrontation expanded on the King Kong ridethrough in grand and exciting ways! Becoming a crown jewel of the opening day park!
Want to learn more about the history and go in depth?
TheStudioTour. is an excellent website for Universal History. Especially the Tram Tour at the Hollywood park:
http://www.thestudiotour.com/wp/
Defunctland is a big inspiration of mine and one of Kevin Perjurer's earliest video was The History of Kongfrontation. An excellent watch if you are looking for something a bit more in depth:
• Defunctland: The History of Kongfront...
SoCal Attractions 360 is my personal favorite source for ride through videos. They cover all kinds of attractions and vacation destinations, not just theme parks! As much of my B-Roll footage as possible comes from their channel (with their permission):
• Haunted Mansion Ride 2019 - Nightmare...
These sites have some great articles that go a bit more in depth about the ride through and it's history/story:
https://insidethemagic.net/2018/10/ba...
https://allears.net/2020/10/10/the-hi...
https://waltsdisneyland.wordpress.com...
Other Video Credits
Disaster Video by Attractions Magazine: • Full Disaster experience at Universal...
Kongfrontation Ridethrough by Disney Dave: • Kongfrontation (King Kong Ride) Unive...
Kongfrontation Press Preview: • Kongfrontation
This Video was made by Zach (AKA Pi the Disney Guy).