Universal Orlando Resort Expansion (Part 1)

[Viator]

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

As far as it seems; JS and other Insiders have said, AA was safe with ET but now, ET is the only one that's safe from this damage..

 

[JungleSkip]

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

The original KidZone rumor was that AA would indeed stay. That was also like 2 years ago haha

 

[UNIrd]

What other family rides have we legitimately heard about?

I don't know about legitimate since they were just rumors but The Lorax, Mt. Crumpit, and Smurfs.

 

[UNIrd]

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.

I've always liked the idea of ET's new entrance being in Hollywood, even if just to give Hollywood another attraction other than T2 and Horror Make-Up and guests another reason to go that way.

 

[JungleSkip]

I don't know about legitimate since they were just rumors but The Lorax, Mt. Crumpit, and Smurfs.

I think Lorax was something they definitely wanted to do if the movie did well enough. Grinch always struck me as a "wishlist" rumor that realistically won't happen until the Illumination version of the story comes out. I don't think Smurfs was ever anything more than a survey question.

 

[fryoj]

How true... except in this case, it is coming.

If what I heard is true (big if), it'd be something bigger.

Could this be the huge new practical effects ride that was discussed on here a while back? I think it was discussed due to the blowback from all the screens complaints.

 

[captainmoch]

I like the idea of this taking over Shrek. Makes sense for the two family Illumination attractions to be next to each other. I would also hope they update the Despicable Me facade to Gru's neighborhood like in Hollywood, and maybe the Pets facade could be something similar and they could just do away with the studio theme in that area entirely.

 

[TJwny]

Do you think having these highly popular attractions directly at the entrance will cause more congestion issues?

 

[Scott W.]

Daniel Radcliffe definitely doesn't want to play Harry Potter anymore | Metro News

I wonder how this would have an effect on any HP expansion.

 

[Viator]

Daniel Radcliffe definitely doesn't want to play Harry Potter anymore | Metro News

I wonder how this would have an effect on any HP expansion.

Nothing will be affected in any future potter expansion due to Daniel wasn't even apart of the Diagon Alley project.

 

[WAJAS]

Nothing will be affected in any future potter expansion due to Daniel wasn't even apart of the Diagon Alley project.

He did film one second worth of footage in front of a green screen.

 

[Viator]

He did film one second worth of footage in front of a green screen.

It was more of a body double if you want to be more frank.

They mainly got a person who could of done a good impression for Daniel and just made sure the face wasn't as shown to make it seem like its Potter. The same could go to Hermonie in that case, due to both Daniel and Emma wanted no involvement in anymore potter-oriented projects.

 

[JungleSkip]

Realistically, it'd be really easy to do something like Ministry of Magic without Harry.

 

[martymcflyy85]

This may be something to keep an eye on..

This showed up as blank for me. Do I have something wrong on my settings? I have missed a couple of posts from Alexshow that have showed up blank for me. I don't want to miss out. What was it that "is coming" ?

 

[Blue]

This showed up as blank for me. Do I have something wrong on my settings? I have missed a couple of posts from Alexshow that have showed up blank for me. I don't want to miss out. What was it that "is coming" ?

"Universal has applied for trademark use of "The Secret Life Of Pets" in amusement parks." Here's a link to the tweet:

 

[martymcflyy85]

"Universal has applied for trademark use of "The Secret Life Of Pets" in amusement parks." Here's a link to the tweet:

Ok, it must be that anything from Twitter gets blocked for me for some reason. Your link is blank for me too. I'll try to see if its something on my end. Thanks for the help

 

[JungleSkip]

Orlando Informer has an interesting article about SLOP up...Also, poor Secret Life of Pets. Its acronym is SLOP.

Secret Life of Pets coming to Universal Orlando? - Orlando Informer

 

[Macfr3ak]

The original KidZone rumor was that AA would indeed stay. That was also like 2 years ago haha

i remember reading it much sooner than that i havent been gone THAT long! i guess it mustve been someone echoing old info thank for the heads up tho broke the hard news on my fiance she loves that show cause of the animals lol.

Do you think having these highly popular attractions directly at the entrance will cause more congestion issues?

the entrances can always be shifted to face the other side such as where transformers is, or really any other way is possible.

 

[JungleSkip]

the entrances can always be shifted to face the other side such as where transformers is, or really any other way is possible.

Secret Life of Pets isn't replacing Shrek. *points to link above*

 

[NJBrandon]

"Unknown" from Orlando Informer forums:

Proud to bring to you today that The Secret World Of Pets is coming to both Universal Studios Hollywood and Islands Of Adventure in 2017. It will be a track less ride, more details to come soon.

*Mic Drop*"

Meant to post this as Unknown, but it posted as a guest. None the less it is happening and will blow you all away. No screens, track less lots of AA's and much more.