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Super Nintendo World construction has begun at Universal Hollywood Studios (CA)
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We're fortunate USH is getting anything at all! That place is essentially landlocked and they've had to demolish soundstages to make room. Even USH's Harry Potter had to be downsized from the original USO one (and they did an admirable job)
My Super Nintendo World sense was tingling :)
My Super Nintendo World sense was tingling :)
For the record folks, when the Orlando park begins its construction, follow bioreconstruct on twitter. He goes up in a plane almost daily to take pictures of construction on various theme park related items all around Orlando, including WDW.
Oh I had no idea USH was getting something. I thought it was just Japan and Florida all this time. This is great for me as I'm in California and can totally check it out.
The ET ride was in the soundstage where Revenge of the Mummy is now
Hot damn. *fist bump*
Between the DK ride patents (simulating a mine car actually jumping the tracks) and the Mario Kart ride patents (screens, rotating rooms, interactive drifting and weapons, etc.) this has serious potential to be amazing, and not just for gamers.
The new HP coaster is already going to have dropping tracks, multi launches and themed up to 11. SML rides are going to crush it with the new tech Uni is putting together.
The bad news is that they'll probably wait to start construction until the 4th gate is announced. :-(
I knowww, it's going to be awesome! The older I get the more these type of ride/coaster innovations excite me more than the race to 500 feet. Not that I wouldn't strap in to the back seat of a 500 foot coaster tomorrow if given the chance, I just like how new tech can advance us past simply higher and faster. My daughter is 17 months so by the time a trip to Universal is worth it for her hopefully it'll all be ready.
LOL amazing. It's actually mostly a parking structure, with a few office floors. A friend used to work in that building and I got to check it out. Pretty boring as you'd expect.
If that was in Spain you could just post the same picture for several weeks. :D
Cool! Universal Hollywood typically kills rides so I'm glad they're building in a new area. I just hope they get Escape from Gringots some day...I went to Orlando last month and it was the best dark ride ever!
Wouldn't rule it out as so much production is shifting out of Hollywood due to tax incentives. Disney for example only has a fraction of the sound stages universal does.
Area outlined in red has been demolished since last year. They would need to destroy even more soundstages to expand it more as Transformers is not going anywhere
Wouldn't rule it out as so much production is shifting out of Hollywood due to tax incentives. Disney for example only has a fraction of the sound stages universal does.
Area outlined in red has been demolished since last year. They would need to destroy even more soundstages to expand it more as Transformers is not going anywhere
It's really too bad Transformers stands beyween Super Nintendo World and Mummy, since the latter is ripe for a redo.
That's gonna be for Japan.
They better keep a space for KITT!
Yup, it's Universal Studios Hollywood -- they're jammed in there as it is between the 101 freeway, the Hilton, and the NBC offices. Universal is doubling down on the motion simulators in Hollywood because it's the only way to get more attractions into their meager space. I'll be honestly surprised if the replacement for Jurassic Park keeps its footprint the same.
Honestly Universal just needs more actual rides, last time I went it was motion simulator after motion simulator. Started to feel stale pretty quickly. Even the Hogwarts ride was kinda disappointing. At least in the Mummy ride you actually, you know, move.
They should annex part of Citywalk, since the recession that place is a lot less popular and entire areas of it are basically empty even during the summer. Or downsize the backlot and put in an actual themed roller coaster.
They should annex part of Citywalk, since the recession that place is a lot less popular and entire areas of it are basically empty even during the summer. Or downsize the backlot and put in an actual themed roller coaster.
At least the tram ride actually physically moves through the King Kong motion simulator...
Don't know how much that would get them... I looked at satellite images (holy shit Google Maps still shows the Gibson Amphitheatre)
Like, maybe you could tear down water world and the last stretch of CityWalk and move the entrance towards that and take some of the immediate parking lot and Saddle Ranch there for some space... but seems like a lot of demo and re-work to not gain much space.
The movie theatre isn't going anywhere.
The iFly stuff on the other side of the theatre is over by the studio tour area so not that useful.
So yeah, maybe by completely re-doing the entrance, taking out Westworld / Parking lot / Saddle Ranch, you could squeeze some more in. It wouldn't even get you anything the size of Hogsmeade tho. Really only one theme park ever has done something that crazy to it's entrance (DCA), but it has been done.
Its possible in the long run. The Stages to the left as far as I can tell haven't been used since 2010 for anything. So if they decide to remove them they could almost double the amount of land currently available. Really just depends on how much they want to lose and how big they intend Nintendo land to really be
Oh god still nothing in Orlando? I want to ride Nintendo attractions before I'm 49, for fuck's sakes! Can we see these before 2030?
DK prolly isn't happening at least. I guess the best we can hope for is an uncompromised version of Mario Kart and Yoshi (which is reportedly pretty small). They'll be tightly packed but it could work. If Mario Kart gets trimmed, though...hoo boy.
Haven't really kept up with the rumors on the USH version. Since they already broke ground, are we expecting a 2.5 year buildout similar to Diagon Alley in USF? Just not sure when to expect it.
If only Universal announced their projects!
If only Universal announced their projects!
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With it being smaller space, maybe that might mean this version will be completed sooner.
I'm curious, the Japan version started construction last year right? progress should be pretty decently well along by now right? Anyone know of any construction pictures?
I'm curious, the Japan version started construction last year right? progress should be pretty decently well along by now right? Anyone know of any construction pictures?
the latest update I could find was from April
https://www.insideuniversal.net/201...orld-construction-at-universal-studios-japan/
I saw talk of a Luigi's mansion ride recently but not sure if it's confirmed
Could only see Luigi's Mansion happening in Orlando tbh. They'll definitely have room for it in the third gate.
This is thought to house the MK ride
Same building from another angle
In the Japan pic I posted? Probably, they have a Sesame Street area. The Mario Kart building is the one right at the back behind the Harry Potter building. I guess it will be a long time before they start resembling their IP.
This. It was originally slated to go in and replace the aging kids areas near ET at USF (Fieval's Playland/Barney/Curious George/etc). That seems to have been changed now that the 3rd gate is greenlit on their new property. That being said, in the interim, there are strong insider rumors right now that the remainder of The Lost Continent (save perhaps Mythos, seems to still be in the air at the moment) at IOA will be replaced with a Zelda area. So it's possible the Zelda area will be built in IOA in the short term, and a much bigger Nintendoland will be built at the new park.
That'd get me to spring for an Annual Pass for sure.
Artists rendering of final product
I'd also suggest keeping an eye on Screamscape, a website for theme park news and rumours; they'll often link to construction photos.