MSHI Expansion?
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Breaking News! Universal announces Thor coaster for MSHI
The heartline spin in the second half of the ride would cause people to black out. I always thought "Thor: Ride The Lightning" would be a great name for a coaster. I always wondered though if people would make the unintended connection the the electric chair death penalty.
Preoccupied with Potter and cloning Hollywood's 360 tram tour sequences
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It’s such a bummer. Marvel is literally the most profitable franchise on the planet and it’s theme park rights are stuck in limbo. This thread is nearly 4 years old and it’s all just speculation/wishful thinking.
Perhaps Universal is waiting to see if Marvel fizzles out in a few years...Or maybe they just aren't Marvel fans, I don't know haha
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Honestly, superhero movies will probably stop pulling in these insane numbers pretty soon, Universal might've missed their chance to increase attendance. F&F was obviously the way to go.
Universal did just completely re-do the Incredible Hulk Coaster, and before that majorly updated Spider-Man. It's not like they're not giving it any love, or leaving it to rot like other areas of their parks.
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Neither of those things brought in the rewards of the craze they could be pulling.
I suspect that Disney is playing spoiler, and Universal isn’t in a position where it needs to fight them because they have enough to be getting on with and are doing just fine.
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Isn’t Uni trying to compete with the mouse? They’re growing, and a new marvel ride beginning construction in 2012-13 would have done some insane growth.
They are competing just fine as is. They have so much going on that they can’t keep up with projects in the pipeline.
And at the end of the day, they already have the best Marvel ride that will likely ever be created.
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I agree that they’re doing fine, I just mean they are always wanting to do better, to compete with Disney, this is a big missed opportunity for them to get even closer to Disney.
Also, I agree, Spider-Man and Hulk are great rides, but also great rides that debuted in 1999 therefore most people interested in them would’ve ridden them by now. They need something new that people, as marvel fans, HAVE to check out along the lines of Hogsmeade to Potter fans.
I appreciate your passion for Marvel. I just think they are getting as much attendance as possible right now, and they are smartly focusing on Resort hotel capacity, Volcano Bay, and now the new park (which surely occupied the legal department’s time.)
I think they should still build the Iron Man ride, if only to balance the park out, but that ship has probably sailed
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Yeah, hotels are going to be important with all the growth. I honestly don’t think a new ride would be profitable now, superhero films are going to die out pretty soon I imagine.
BTW, I’m really not that much of a Marvel fan
I just think Uni missed a big opportunity to have a big attraction open for this Infinity War fever. (Marvel has had their darn film lineup available for years!!!)
Yeah, hotels are going to be important with all the growth. I honestly don’t think a new ride would be profitable now, superhero films are going to die out pretty soon I imagine.
BTW, I’m really not that much of a Marvel fan
I mean Disney owns Marvel and they don't have a new ride open for Marvel, and won't for years, stateside.
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