Kudos on another great video cast. It’s great getting to know you guys, and to hear your thoughtful and passionate take on USH, as the most unique entertainment venue around. All this talk of unifying the themed lands has got me thinking about the overall look and feel of the park.
I must admit that after the entrance plaza, there is a sort of no-man’s-land with the Hollywood Photoland, House of Horrors, Studio Grill, Cartooniversal, and Blues Brother’s R&B Revue and the path to Waterworld. Frankly, I’d like to see the New York/Chicago theme start right away, after the California themed entrance plaza.
Let’s put Chicago on the left, with your photo center, then some Chicago themed foods and gifts, and a venue for the Blues Brothers. On the corner that leads to the Streets of the World and Despicable Me, let’s put in the Chicago Theatre marquee, with an entrance to “Universal’s Monsters Horror Film Festival: The Ride (Does it bother anyone else that they stick ‘the ride’ and now ‘3D’ after everything?!). This trackless dark ride begins with a fancy movie theatre queue, and loads riders in theatre seats that become trackless dark ride vehicles which take you through the screen and into the world of each monster! Not only does Universal beat Disney to the trackless system, but this ride has live actors and animatronics. Take that Imagineering. The transition to London and now Universal Plaza would work fine.
The left side of the street takes us to new York, with an alleyway that leads us to a new stunt show based on the Bourne film series (or The Fast and the Furious if you insist, just replace the current show!), which fits well into the metropolitan sets. Adios fake Kevin Costner, and your 18 year reign.
The transition to the Western sets works fine, but some work will need to be done to reconfigure Shrek, and make the whole Duloc area more cohesive. I’m still working on what to do with the Flintstones fairway and the empty center of the south side of the Entertainment Center/Upper Lot. After that, I guess we’ll be onto the path to Harry Potter, then Studio Tour Entrance/Shop, and Simpson’s Springfield. After the StarWay (help needed!) we have fake soundstages (again, uh, ok.) and onto DM and SHFL. Pretty cohesive, but I’ll leave it to the folks at Universal Creative to figure this whole thing out.
I must admit that after the entrance plaza, there is a sort of no-man’s-land with the Hollywood Photoland, House of Horrors, Studio Grill, Cartooniversal, and Blues Brother’s R&B Revue and the path to Waterworld. Frankly, I’d like to see the New York/Chicago theme start right away, after the California themed entrance plaza.
Let’s put Chicago on the left, with your photo center, then some Chicago themed foods and gifts, and a venue for the Blues Brothers. On the corner that leads to the Streets of the World and Despicable Me, let’s put in the Chicago Theatre marquee, with an entrance to “Universal’s Monsters Horror Film Festival: The Ride (Does it bother anyone else that they stick ‘the ride’ and now ‘3D’ after everything?!). This trackless dark ride begins with a fancy movie theatre queue, and loads riders in theatre seats that become trackless dark ride vehicles which take you through the screen and into the world of each monster! Not only does Universal beat Disney to the trackless system, but this ride has live actors and animatronics. Take that Imagineering. The transition to London and now Universal Plaza would work fine.
The left side of the street takes us to new York, with an alleyway that leads us to a new stunt show based on the Bourne film series (or The Fast and the Furious if you insist, just replace the current show!), which fits well into the metropolitan sets. Adios fake Kevin Costner, and your 18 year reign.
The transition to the Western sets works fine, but some work will need to be done to reconfigure Shrek, and make the whole Duloc area more cohesive. I’m still working on what to do with the Flintstones fairway and the empty center of the south side of the Entertainment Center/Upper Lot. After that, I guess we’ll be onto the path to Harry Potter, then Studio Tour Entrance/Shop, and Simpson’s Springfield. After the StarWay (help needed!) we have fake soundstages (again, uh, ok.) and onto DM and SHFL. Pretty cohesive, but I’ll leave it to the folks at Universal Creative to figure this whole thing out.