This was a surprise to be sure, but a welcome one. I'm expecting something like the This is the End maze, skirting the line between horror and comedy
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Theme Parks & Roller Coasters |OT| Imagineering 101
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This was a surprise to be sure, but a welcome one. I'm expecting something like the This is the End maze, skirting the line between horror and comedy
Also take my own preferences into account being having a pass has made me fickle on crowds, haha
Glad we booked while the offers were still available earlier in the year. They've timed this announcement very carefully.
nice ^ I planned a trip to go try out hagrid in mid-September, but after reading about the closures and technical issues we didn't want to take a chance with not being able to get on.
So we're doing food and wine festival for two days (on a Wednesday and Friday) and magic kingdom after hours on Thursday. we're hoping that the crowds won't be too insane.
booked everything already including our fast passes at epcot and our stay again at port orleans which we loved last year.
So we're doing food and wine festival for two days (on a Wednesday and Friday) and magic kingdom after hours on Thursday. we're hoping that the crowds won't be too insane.
booked everything already including our fast passes at epcot and our stay again at port orleans which we loved last year.
I'd still hit up Hagird's in Sept... By that time most every one is back in school and crowds are light so the ride itself won't be in such a high demand, and hopefully that'll help Universal keep it up and running without any major downtime..
Sept is perfect time to visit, second only to the time between Thanksgiving and Christmas.
My girlfriend and I were planning a trip for 9/10 - 9/15 before our passes expire (Oct/Nov). Luckily, we got into the passholder preview for Galaxy's Edge and I am able to combine it with a work trip the following day. With hotel points, basically made the trip move up a month and cost about $1,500 less.
Let me know how Phantom Manor is. I've always wanted to ride that
I'll keep an eye out on the status of the ride! might hit it up on our "relax" day if that ends up being the case
Hold onto your butts kids, this is the big one.
I have, twice.
Highlights are Space Mountain (which is completely different from the Orlando one, with a much smoother ride and a steampunk Jules Verne theme), Crush Coaster (an excellent dark coaster that consistently attracts the longest queues in the park), and Phantom Manor (also a different and slightly darker take than the Disneyworld one). I kind of prefer their versions of Pirates and Big Thunder Mountain as well.
Rides have individual fast passes available, except Crush Coaster, so I don't know if you'd need the ultimate one.
Phantom Manor having a linear story that ties into Big Thunder Mountain was always interesting to me
I mean it's cool that there's a new land but I can't say the rumoured lands thrill me outside of Nintendo and Universal Monsters.
Then again things could change like they did with Islands of Adventure
I think one of the reasons I was looking at the Ulitmate FP was because it comes with the ticket, there is no need to go to each ride's FP kiosk to get one and you can just use when you want to ride the ride, albeit it only once. This FP reminds me of the Express pass that Universal Orlando has, where you can ride any ride in the park once without waiting in the stand-by queue...
Yeah, I've heard for a bit it's still on for 2019 up until recently.
oh! holy crap. I didn't realize you were the writer! is that just from what you've dug up?
Yeah as of earlier this summer Universal was still expecting to open it in 2019. Things can change of course.
Never forget....
Do Universal often do this kind of thing, or is it unusual enough to 100% be talking about the new gate?
Universal in general doesn't do things like this. The last time they held any sort of media briefing was late 2013 for a complete overhaul of CityWalk and before that in early 2012 for "year to be here" covering upgraded Spider-man, Minions, parade, and nighttime show.
It would be cool if they tried to replicate the Islands of Adventure preview center for the new park. One of my first memories of Universal even though I was young as hell. I vividly remember the Jurassic Park section was the crated Dino banging it around.
I'd love to see that, but I want it in the Orlando airport. 40m+ guests a year and open it two years before, that's 80 million guests who see it.
Wrote another thing based on informed speculation.
Almost definitely- looks consistent with the Fantastic Worlds logo leaked a few months back.
Oh, I didn't even realize your were Parkscope. You guys have awesome content on Twitter, lol.
And good article - thanks for that.
While I am excited to hear/see what they announce I really hope we get a very nice detailed layout of Super Nintendo Land. What we're getting that other parks aren't. What's the same. What might be at all parks but how they may differ due to space. Just general things like that...
I wonder if the new park is still expected to open in 2023, because thats a super aggressive timeline for an entire new park, especially when they also have a new JP coaster being built, and other enhancements as well
Thanks! New pod with Banks Lee and IU on Thursday!
They didn't announce what was *inside* Diagon Alley till a few months before. Even SNW in Japan doesn't have much more than "there's a Mario Kart Ride".
Hope it's not Jurassic World OrlandoUniversal Orlando just posted this to their IG feed
So with the big reveal tomorrow, if the rumors are true that there is going to be a central hub, what do you guys want to see as the anchor for the hub? At first I was thinking that either Peach's Castle or even Hyrule (if they add Zelda to SNL) Castle, but then I realized it should be a Universal IP...
So what says you? What structure do you think they should go with for the hub?
So what says you? What structure do you think they should go with for the hub?
A recreation of the empty space where Mii's hang out with the Wii Shop theme on permanent loop
I think it will be a non-interactive structure. Similar to the lighthouse at IoA and the globe at US. I figure it will look something like the logo they teased and it will probably rotate like a perpetual motion statue.
This is pretty much what I'm expecting to be honest.
Something not related to a film but its own thing instead.