Former Ride // latest change 2004.05.21
New York · Universal Studios · Universal Orlando
Former Ride · the memorial record
This ride is gone, but its history stays documented — the full lifetime log is below.
◆ Latest milestone
Revenge of the Mummy, a $40 million indoor launched roller coaster, opened on May 21, 2004 in the same six-story, 62,000-square-foot building that had housed Kongfrontation.
Kongfrontation closed permanently on September 8, 2002 after twelve years of operation, freeing its show building for Revenge of the Mummy.
An Orlando Sentinel report on August 16, 2002 stated that Kongfrontation would take its final riders on September 8, quoting Universal Orlando president Bob Gault saying that 'in Kong's stage, we are creating another must-do attraction that pushes the limits of ride innovations'.
Accounts of the attraction's first weeks conflict: Theme Park Tribune reported that Kongfrontation was not running on the park's June 7 opening day because of a fault in the 'talk back' system linking the Kong animatronics to the ride vehicles and dated its official opening to August 4, 1990, while Wikipedia lists it among the attractions that opened with the park.
Kongfrontation opened with Universal Studios Florida on June 7, 1990, carrying guests in aerial tram vehicles through a six-story, 62,000-square-foot New York show building past two 39-foot King Kong animatronics.
Per the documented record, Kongfrontation at Universal Studios opened on Jun 7, 1990.
The most recent closure/refurbishment documented for Kongfrontation is dated Sep 8, 2002: Kongfrontation closed permanently on September 8, 2002 after twelve years of operation, freeing its show building for Revenge of the Mummy.
The latest documented change (documented May 21, 2004): Revenge of the Mummy, a $40 million indoor launched roller coaster, opened on May 21, 2004 in the same six-story, 62,000-square-foot building that had housed Kongfrontation.
5 documented changes, dating back to 1990 — the fan-kept ride changelog nobody else keeps.
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