Going ape at Islands of Adventure

Review of Skull Island: Reign of Kong

It’s time for another “Rode It! Loved It!” installment (reviews of established attractions that are exclusively for paid subscribers). This month, let’s head over to Universal Orlando for an up-close-and-personal visit with movie and theme park legend, King Kong. You’re not a paid subscriber? Well, lucky you. Take advantage of my limited-time special offer for the holidays and get 25% off of a yearly subscription. Thanks for your consideration. And happy holidays.

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4 (out of 5)

Everything about Skull Island: Reign of Kong at Universal Orlando’s Islands of Adventure theme park is massive. Enormous gates open to let 40-foot-long, 50,000-pound, 72-passenger trackless vehicles onto the mysterious island. Humungous dinosaurs threaten to attack the passengers and send them hurtling over a cliff until an even larger, more menacing King Kong comes to their rescue. After he saves the day, the big galoot–18 feet wide, 30 feet tall from mid-chest to the top of his Escalade-sized head, a roar louder and more sternum-vibrating than anything Ariana Grande could ever hope to belt out–stares down the puny human survivors.

Chest thumping is kinda Kong’s thing. (Universal Studios)