Universal's Epic Universe General News & Discussion

[JealousKenny]

Hot damn now you’re talking my language! Pull! Kanbans! Kaizen! Production Leveling!

Oh God no. I'm on vacation I don't want to read this. Where is the 5S plan, are layered audits in place, when is the VSM scheduled? ?

 

[mitsuramos]

I was listening to Alicia's podcast the other day about this park and I gotta say, I think she really hit nothing but facts the entire time haha. There's one thing I think she pointed out where she said something along the lines of certain areas being re-colored/re-shaped so that it's not completely obvious as to what it could be.

 

[Alicia]

I was listening to Alicia's podcast the other day about this park and I gotta say, I think she really hit nothing but facts the entire time haha. There's one thing I think she pointed out where she said something along the lines of certain areas being re-colored/re-shaped so that it's not completely obvious as to what it could be.

There's definitely large themed elements removed from all of the lands in the art, to attempt to throw us off the scent!

 

[mitsuramos]

There's definitely large themed elements removed from all of the lands in the art, to attempt to throw us off the scent!

A clever move I would have never even thought of until you mentioned it haha

 

[RFRees]

I was listening to Alicia's podcast the other day about this park and I gotta say, I think she really hit nothing but facts the entire time haha. There's one thing I think she pointed out where she said something along the lines of certain areas being re-colored/re-shaped so that it's not completely obvious as to what it could be.

A good example is the entrance to SNW, which is expected to be a warp-tunnel (and possibly Peach's Castle), which should likely look something like:

Instead, they made it look square:


This purposefully throws off people who may have an untrained eye. This entrance could be anything to them... like maybe...

That and some of the attractions are either unfinished or purposefully inaccurate, for example the dueling coaster has what looks like disappearing tracks:

 

[mitsuramos]

A good example is the entrance to SNW, which is expected to be a warp-tunnel (and possibly Peach's Castle), which should likely look something like:

Instead, they made it look square:
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This purposefully throws off people who may have an untrained eye. This entrance could be anything to them... like maybe...

That and some of the attractions are either unfinished or purposefully inaccurate, for example the dueling coaster has what looks like disappearing tracks:
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You know what's funny? I was actually thinking that's exactly what it looked like lol you can't fool us Universal

 

[Joel]

You know what's funny? I was actually thinking that's exactly what it looked like lol you can't fool us Universal

 

[IndyRs]

A good example is the entrance to SNW, which is expected to be a warp-tunnel (and possibly Peach's Castle), which should likely look something like:

Instead, they made it look square:
View attachment 10537

This purposefully throws off people who may have an untrained eye. This entrance could be anything to them... like maybe...

That and some of the attractions are either unfinished or purposefully inaccurate, for example the dueling coaster has what looks like disappearing tracks:
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Why haven't I thought of Emerald City before?! That would be FANTASTIC!!

 

[RFRees]

Why haven't I thought of Emerald City before?! That would be FANTASTIC!!

It was suggested a few times in previous blue sky threads. I'm not sure if Universal had put any real consideration into it (as they have with Wonka, Lorax, and probably Smurfs).

 

[xxbrothawizxx]

The short version is that Virgin doesn't want to do it because it's expensive.

The southern route straight to Disney goes along 417, which has a median they can lay tracks in, while the northern option to OCCC goes along 528, which has no space left in its median. This means that the northern (OCCC) option basically requires building a 10 mile long bridge along 528, adding about 500 million to the construction cost compared to the direct to Disney option. That's around what it would cost for any MCO-OCCC fixed rail transit, and I don't believe that Virgin Trains wants to be in the business of bringing people from the airport to I-drive. I personally think it is unlikely they choose the OCCC routing unless Orange County (or Universal) kick in a large portion of the money required to build it.

If they choose to go along 417, I hope they at least consider adding a spur from Disney to OCCC along I-4 that would allow them to run local service on a MCO-Sunrail-Disney-OCCC routing. It would have a longer travel time to OCCC (~35 minutes), but could still provide a one seat ride from the airport to convention center, and would have a much lower build cost.

Is there a map of the proposed routes out there?

Edit: Found the old proposed routes from OIA, but a more detailed map showing the pre and post OIA routes would be nice.

 

[xxbrothawizxx]

Whoops, DP.

 

[Happytycho]

Is there a map of the proposed routes out there?

Edit: Found the old proposed routes from OIA, but a more detailed map showing the pre and post OIA routes would be nice.

An image that shows the two options can be found in this article:
https://www.clickorlando.com/travel/virgin-trains-officials-to-break-ground-on-high-speed-rail-system-in-orlando

 

[OLSinFLA]

I remember the abandoned high speed rail was supposed to run along 528 to I-4 (I remember the blueprints were posted online and I remarked that's not far from where we live).

 

[quinnmac000]

Michael is in charge of live entertainment for the new park....

 

[rageofthegods]

Michael is in charge of live entertainment for the new park....

Mini-shows throughout the park? Have we mentioned what those might be like?

 

[Nick]

Mini-shows throughout the park? Have we mentioned what those might be like?

There's that giant stadium that's in the Monsters area that seems like it could use a show...

 

[tielo]

Michael Aiello's career shows how awesome Universal is giving talent a place to grow.
I'm glad for him he moves on. I'm sure every Epic world will have multiple shows small and big. There is the huge stadium and the big fountain area. I'm sure there is a ton of work to do and I'm glad his passion is involved.

 

[UNIrd]

Will there be such a focus on entertainment in the new park? When the USF & IOA have like 3-4 empty theaters currently between them?

 

[Teebin]

I cannot recall, but has Mike been directly involved in the new Bourne show in the last year? Has he alluded to this?

 

[JungleSkip]

I cannot recall, but has Mike been directly involved in the new Bourne show in the last year? Has he alluded to this?

AFAIK his team is behind it, yes