USJ Tells E.T. to Phone Home

OK, OK,so the title of the post is not exactly comic genious… but that’s not why you’re here anyway.

The news was just released that the E.T. ride at Universal Studios Japan will be discontinued on May 10th. USJ explained the move saying that there are a growing number of kids who are unfamiliar with E.T., so they’ve decided to make some improvements.

If you plan to go to USJ, look for E.T. to be even more crowded than usual with the multitude of fans coming to say goodbye. There’s just about a month and a half left…

I’ll miss E.T. simply because it’s a ride the whole family can ride, nothing too scary, but still kind of fun.

So what do you think is going to replace it… maybe something that’s popular with Japanese customers at Universal Studios in the U.S… maybe something uniquely Japanese (that would be nice)… anybody want to venture a guess?