Universal Orlando Resort Expansion (Part 1)

[misterID]

Cute.

Why cute? I'm going on what teebins reasons were for UNI doing F&F and the demographic they were going after, which he didn't seem to dig.

 

[UNIrd]

I hope this one actually pans out then, unlike the other family rides we've heard about in recent years.

 

[JungleSkip]

I hope this one actually pans out then, unlike the other family rides we've heard about in recent years.

What other family rides have we legitimately heard about?

 

[Blue]

It'd be nice if Seuss Landing could get a new attraction too. Maybe a dark ride about how the Grinch feels during other parts of the year, idk.

 

[JungleSkip]

It'd be nice if Seuss Landing could get a new attraction too. Maybe a dark ride about how the Grinch feels during other parts of the year, idk.

I don't think you'll see anything happen in Seuss until the Illumination Seuss films are released.

 

[NJBrandon]

It would be really neat if this pet ride could have lots of AA's and no screens

Maybe they can have real animals in there! Just NO SCREENZZZZ.

 

[Macfr3ak]

I'd think this would go some where around Pet Actors.. just seems like a natural fit even more so that i remember reading some where in the forums that pet actors wasn't going anywhere.

 

[Viator]

I'd think this would go some where around Pet Actors.. just seems like a natural fit even more so that i remember reading some where in the forums that pet actors wasn't going anywhere.

Animal Actors is seemingly Nintendo bound actually..if the rumors are true.

 

[JungleSkip]

I'd think this would go some where around Pet Actors.. just seems like a natural fit even more so that i remember reading some where in the forums that pet actors wasn't going anywhere.

Animal Actors is seemingly Nintendo bound actually..if the rumors are true.

Yea. Everything in KidZone besides ET is gone for Nintendo.

 

[grizzlybarely]

Yea. Everything in KidZone besides ET is gone for Nintendo.

ET's entrance is well past Animal Actors. Does that mean ET is getting a dedicated path closer to GoA?

 

[Mad Dog]

Has anyone ever figured out the acreage that it looks like Nintendo will occupy? Diagon is around 12 acres I think. Will it be near that size?

 

[JungleSkip]

ET's entrance is well past Animal Actors. Does that mean ET is getting a dedicated path closer to GoA?

My guess is, and this is a COMPLETE guess, ET's entrance will be moved up past the SpongeBob Store where KidZone Pizza is, and the store becomes the extended queue.

 

[Teebin]

Has anyone ever figured out the acreage that it looks like Nintendo will occupy? Diagon is around 12 acres I think. Will it be near that size?

Remember that I superimposed the entire Gringotts building in the back part over dino and the monkey many months back. I believe such a building if not larger will be placed in that vicinity. But that is truly only a guess based on the scope of things described to me.

 

[Viator]

Has anyone ever figured out the acreage that it looks like Nintendo will occupy? Diagon is around 12 acres I think. Will it be near that size?

If I was to round with hopefully the correct measures if they get rid of the current ET Overflow structure, around 7.77 Acres which in rounding, could be eight acres in total for this project.

Can be wrong about that though.

 

[Mad Dog]

Remember that I superimposed the entire Gringotts building in the back part over dino and the monkey many months back. I believe such a building if not larger will be placed in that vicinity. But that is truly only a guess based on the scope of things described to me.

Yes, I remember that. I was kind of looking for a total acreage though. Alexshow is saying apx. 8 acres. That's a pretty decent size. Any chance it goes beyond the Kidzone area towards that maintainance ground, which would add more acreage?

 

[JungleSkip]

Yes, I remember that. I was kind of looking for a total acreage though. Alexshow is saying apx. 8 acres. That's a pretty decent size. Any chance it goes beyond the Kidzone area towards that maintainance ground, which would add more acreage?

I think it'll solidly be in KidZone's space with no overlap. But size isn't the important thing here. There's plenty of substance, which is what we should be excited about.

 

[Mad Dog]

My guess is, and this is a COMPLETE guess, ET's entrance will be moved up past the SpongeBob Store where KidZone Pizza is, and the store becomes the extended queue.

And then ET's existing extended queue can be added to Nintendo if that happens?

 

[JungleSkip]

And then ET's existing extended queue can be added to Nintendo if that happens?

Unless what I heard is completely wrong, ET's extended queue is already going.

 

[Mad Dog]

I think it'll solidly be in KidZone's space with no overlap. But size isn't the important thing here. There's plenty of substance, which is what we should be excited about.

Agreed. Universal doesn't need to do a Disney and spend half the area on fake mountain stonework.

 

[Macfr3ak]

Yea. Everything in KidZone besides ET is gone for Nintendo.

Is this new or has this been the plan from the get go i recall when official word first came out that Animal actors and ET were staying.. sad to see animal actors go but never really matched anything in that area that is why i thought maybe this (PETS) would save it.

Thanks for the insight JS