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    General Discussion - Hagrid's Magical Creature Motorbike Adventure

    It's been pretty windy all day and Hagrid's closure was listed as weather related on the app. For context, I don't think HRRR ever opened today.
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    Universal Great Britain

    I'm no expert on stock images/overlays, but some of the firework clusters on this art seem to perfectly match the Epic Universe concept art, if that lends any additional credibility to this being Universal created.
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    Universal Great Britain

    The Frisco deed was recorded and effective on December 22, 2022: Document Preview
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    The Future of PortAventura

    If they want a park either way, isn't there significant value in eliminating a major competitor? And getting preexisting land + infrastructure + planning approval has major value too. Unless they just don't care about the Spanish market.
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    Brightline Station Coming to Orlando

    I suspect they have already missed their chance to get construction funding from the bipartisan infrastructure law, if such opportunity ever realistically existed.
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    Reedy Creek Improvement District

    I've wondered if an attempt to raise property taxes for litigation costs might get its own legal challenge. From the RCID replacement bill: "Section 24. Ad valorem taxes.—The board of supervisors shall have the power to levy and assess an ad valorem tax on all the taxable real and tangible...
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    Universal Endless Summer Resort - Surfside and Dockside Inn & Suites

    Looking back in this thread, it appears Surfside's parking garage went vertical in early March 2018, with the first room tower following in mid April 2018. The resort opened end of June 2019, so less than 16 months from vertical construction to opening. They could absolutely have P912 ready for...
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    Brightline Station Coming to Orlando

    I'm feeling a little scared that the whole Sunshine Corridor proposal could fall apart due to Disney and Universal fighting about direct trains to the airport that don't stop at the other resort making the entire project financially nonviable.
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    Universal Orlando Resort to Epic Universe Transportation News & Speculation

    I think the planned station location partially overlaps the current parking lot there too, so I imagine this would involve a complete makeover of everything south of Destination Pkwy and east of the parking garage. They haven't been super clear about the exact station location so I'm not 100% on...
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    Brightline Station Coming to Orlando

    There's also a new sunshine corridor map floating around that's reportedly from Universal and depicts the "South International drive" station much further north by the Vineland Outlets rather than just south of Disney Springs, but I can't tell if it's an actual plan change or just an artist error.
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    Universal's Epic Universe Construction Thread

    I believe this is for a bridge that will carry the exit ramp from NB Kirkman to Sand Lake Rd over the exit from Lockheed's property to NB Kirkman.
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    The Current State and Future of Universal Studios Florida

    An all new ride could be ready for late 2024/early 2025 but I don't think summer 2024 is possible at this point.
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    Pipeline - SWO Surf Coaster (Spring 2023)

    I believe the leaked layout appeared to only have three block zones and therefore would only be able to run two trains. And the storage shed looks long enough to hold both trains.
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    New Project for Dinoland?

    It feels a little early to start complimenting the Splash Mountain retheme timeline...
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    Epcot Forever

    Was HEA also performing poorly at the end of its run? I'm curious how just keeping HEA would have compared financially to what they've actually done where they're now headed into a second round of development costs. And the same question for simply updating Illuminations tech vs Epcot Forever...
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    Epcot Forever

    I'd love to understand the logic and financial/business cases that Disney has used for their nighttime spectacular decisions over the last decade. They spend so much on each new show and their success rate is so low that it seems like there should be more status quo bias (keeping old but...
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    Magic Kingdom (General Discussion)

    This feels silly to ask, but is there any way that the expansion beyond big thunder could be connected to new hotel(s) back there? I'm struggling to understand why else they would ever even consider investing so much into what is already the most popular park of the four by far.
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    TRON Lightcycle Run

    If TRON's construction is anything to go by I'll look forward to riding it in 2034.
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    Pipeline - SWO Surf Coaster (Spring 2023)

    These supports are for the storage/maintainence area
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    Universal's Epic Universe Wish List & Speculation

    Crypto themed hotel sounds fun. They're both about taking all your money so I guess it works.