Anecdotal evidence does not paint a full picture. There were occasions I waited 30 minutes for DC. I waited like an hour during the early years of IoA.
Universal's New Park/Site B Blue Sky Thread
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Anecdotal evidence does not paint a full picture. There were occasions I waited 30 minutes for DC. I waited like an hour during the early years of IoA.
Will certainly be interesting to see, especially if the land is reconfigured. The original idea was nothing was to be seen outside the area. But with it becoming the centerpiece area of the park, I could see them showing off DK much like BTM and Splash are shown off to people across FL and Liberty Square.
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The way I see it it’s diversity of rides. Not everyone wants to ride dark rides or water rides but something a little more intense. Not saying those other ones can’t be just that a coaster would be a nice addition.
Dragon Challenge had a capacity of 3,000+ guests an hour. With the required putting stuff in the locker, walking to the castle itself, and then queuing it was easily a 20+ min wait. You just spent more time actually walking rather than standing.
I think it might be more of a Kumba situation. It could be popular, but only on busy days. The coaster was a ghost-town on slower days.
Diversity is what separates Disneyland/Magic Kingdom from the rest of the parks. There's something for everyone to do.
My guess is it'll be the former. Hogsmeade, Diagon, and what we've seen from Nintendo leads me to believe it'll be a wandering park.
Heck even things like Kong and Fallon make it clear UC wants to design things where you can get lost for an hour or two.
While we’re on this topic, I’m really hoping that they widen SNW. It’s clear that there’s exploration there, but it’ll probably be so crowded that it wouldn’t have any impact at all.
More likely the direction Universal is going... which is the reason why I don't want an exposed steel coaster taking over the skylines.
I expect lots of interactivity. If we end up getting something Fantastic Beasts, more than likely they will have some interactive wands spots. Nintendo lends itself very easily to include things you touch/play with. DreamWorks easily translates itself to play areas and such. This park has so much potential to be more interesting than any other park (even DisneySea).
I think theme park fans get way too hung up on this stuff. I don't think there will be a tall thrill coaster, but if it is, I don't care as long as it's a good ride.
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Let’s say they build Flying Dinosaur. What’s keeping them from building it on an extension at the back of the park, similar to Mako? Why does it have to be inside the land itself?
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I hope your right as I see this park setting a new standard for creating fun interactive immersive lands.
Hopefully Uni Creative has been given the reins to go all out on every aspect from the hotels to the park entrance.
If Loews is still going to be their partners on Site B, I would not expect the hotels to be much different than what we see currently
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Two new Notice of Commencements were just filed for "Site Development Services" for the SLRC land. The most interesting bit is their expiration date is April 30th 2020. These NoCs are in reference to the Mass Grading and Fill permits that were filed with Orange County a few months ago. This likely means veritical/actual park construction will begin sometime in 2020 (or maybe even earlier) after this work is completed.
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Which is fine as none of the current Universal Resort hotels are bad in my opinion. I’m talking about theming or design elements. I don’t think it really matters who is the hotel partner.
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