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Universal's Epic Universe announced (new Universal Studios Orlando park)
- Thread starter Dwebble
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I think the most interesting aspect to the park is Universal Monsters. Having a section dedicated to something so closely tied to classic Universal and a whole part dedicated to horror franchises is pretty cool. Hoping for some Dracula's Castle type shit or maybe a reinvention of that Van Helsing concept that became Forbidden Journey.
epic universe is a dumb name but i'm still excited. nintendo land is going to blow everything away, mark my words.
wait i thought jurassic park would also get it's own land? that would have been amazing if they really recreate islar nublar.
also fantastic beasts but not harry potter? i know they are more or less the same thing but i don't get why they would name the land fantastic beasts and not harry potter or wizarding world, especially after the last movie was such a castrophe
wait i thought jurassic park would also get it's own land? that would have been amazing if they really recreate islar nublar.
also fantastic beasts but not harry potter? i know they are more or less the same thing but i don't get why they would name the land fantastic beasts and not harry potter or wizarding world, especially after the last movie was such a castrophe
Jurassic Park's already at Islands of Adventure.
There were rumblings of a new land based on Jurassic World at the new park for awhile, but I think they fell through.
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Jurassic Park already has a land over in Islands of Adventure.
Also, that tweet's not official- she's guessing at what they'll be called. For my money that area's far more likely to be a Potter-based Ministry of Magic area rather than anything specifically Fantastic Beasts.
It depends on what you want out of a park. Universal has stepped their game up, but they aren't great about land transitions and overall immersion. Disney still does it better (although they give way less of a fuck lately).
The older I get the more I tend to appreciate Disney's parks as places to just be in. You eventually grow out of thrill rides, if just by pure physical toll, but actually just being in a park is something you can always appreciate. I do expect this new park to be really well done though. It should be the best possible experience because they have so much to take from and improve on.
It won't all be for the new park. Keep in mind they're building a massive surface parking lot (why Disney and Universal refuse to build garages for parking is beyond me) and a hotel adjacent to the park. I'm assuming there will be multiple hotels, and perhaps even a Disney Springs style outdoor shopping area that connects to Epic Universe.
ahh sucks that those plans fell through, oh well nintendo is all the reason i need to go see this anyway and more harry potter i'm also cool with
i see, that makes sense
Looks like a flat version of USH's series of escalators lol
going up those stairs is a good workout. LOL.
Fantastic Beasts makes more sense to me, and frankly might make a better theme park than film franchise. With the first 2 Harry Potter lands connecting via Hogwarts Express, it would be strange to have Ministry of Magic so far away and unconnected. Making this new one based on New York/MACUSA fits with having to travel to it over a longer distance.
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2024 sounds about right to me. They're still going to be doing groundwork for an awfully long time, particularly with the amount of water features that it'll apparently have.
This was a more general public focused event than I think anyone anticipated. Seems like it was purely for those who were in the dark about Universal purchasing this land in the first place.
Name sucks, but it's whatever. "Universe" will be a fine enough shorthand just like Islands and Studios.
If How to Train your Dragon is going to be a land, I'll be ecstatic! They should just rip Disney's Avatar ride and make a Dragon version.
possibly legal requirements? or they want people to see out instead of parking (which they will see anyway)
Okay, wait. There's a rumored How to Train Your Dragon world? Amazing.
Also, I hope Nintendo Land will eventually expand beyond just Mario and DK. Zelda has proven to be popular enough in America for a section, I'd think. And Pokemon makes so much damn sense.
Also, I hope Nintendo Land will eventually expand beyond just Mario and DK. Zelda has proven to be popular enough in America for a section, I'd think. And Pokemon makes so much damn sense.
I'm sure they are very fine people, but I get the sense that Universal's workers are people that didn't make it at Disney - a little more rough around the edges in their interactions with guests... never felt they went above and beyond, much like the Disney park workers do. It's hard to put your finger on it, but after going a few times in the last year between the parks, you get that sense.
I've heard rumours one of the expansions will be a recreation of Compton during the 80's for a dark ride called Straight Outta Compton: Eazy-E Escape.
Universal Studios has always been "The Land of Misfit IP" and it's only gotten worse in the last decade or so. My last trip was in 1998 and if anything there's been more removed than added to get me interested.
And because someone will respond "But Harry Potter", I'm not really interested in Harry Potter, so that does nothing for me.
I'll probably drop in once the crowds die down a bit for Super Nintendo World, as I'd like to check that out and I'll probably ride The Simpsons Ride and see the Springfield area, but there isn't a whole lot more in there that interests me, which is a shame, because Universal Studios in the 90s was amazing.
And because someone will respond "But Harry Potter", I'm not really interested in Harry Potter, so that does nothing for me.
I'll probably drop in once the crowds die down a bit for Super Nintendo World, as I'd like to check that out and I'll probably ride The Simpsons Ride and see the Springfield area, but there isn't a whole lot more in there that interests me, which is a shame, because Universal Studios in the 90s was amazing.
That CLASSIC MONSTERS ZONE tho...
I hope it is every bit as atmospheric as the Harry Potter areas are. Along with Dracula's Castle and Frankentein Tower. O baby that place will be absolutely lit especially during Halloween Horror Nights
I hope it is every bit as atmospheric as the Harry Potter areas are. Along with Dracula's Castle and Frankentein Tower. O baby that place will be absolutely lit especially during Halloween Horror Nights
I'm curious if the bottom right section is just for How To Train Your Dragon, or if there are more Dreamworks properties going in there. I remember the rumors for a while being that there would be multiple "mini-lands" focusing on a couple other ones too.
Classic Monsters area is gonna be rad.
Classic Monsters area is gonna be rad.
Gotta compete with Disney's amazing Avatar ride somehow!
(Seriously, do we have any idea what the HTTYD ride is going to be?)
There might be other Dreamworks properties there but HTTYD looks to be the land's anchor, if not the entire land altogether.
I love Harry Potter. One of my all time favorite franchises. But I really, really don't need a third Harry Potter land. I feel like most of the novetly was gone after the first park. I had tried the sweets and drinks and bought wands and robes and stuff. The second land was cool (Diagon Alley) just because it was done so well but the magic of finally trying everything was gone.
Universal has a massive parking garage. I don't think I've ever parked outside once at Universal. To be honest, I didn't even know they had outside parking.
Universal has a massive parking garage. I don't think I've ever parked outside once at Universal. To be honest, I didn't even know they had outside parking.
They actually used to. The garage was built as part of the resort expansion that included Citywalk and IoA.
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Those two big coasters to the right of the concept art could easily be themed for dragons, although it would be odd for a kid-centric franchise (which hasn't been a thing for half a decade or more) to get a pair of high-level coasters.
I actually think the Dragons speculation is wide of the mark, and that area's going to be themed to something else, because How to Train Your Dragon is probably not going to be a big enough draw for a whole land on 2024- hell, it probably isn't now.
Wait what universal Orlando only has garage parking right now lol???