The Future of Lost Continent (Poseidon Fury closing May 9)

[Alicia]

If I may ask, back to the drawing board for what to replace TLC with, or back to the drawing board on what exactly Zelda land should entail?

They’ve gone through half a dozen attraction concepts, still no greenlight on which one to build… but they’re always still Zelda.

 

[OrlLover]

Pretty remarkable that Sinbad closed in 2018, half a decade ago, and a replacement realistically won't happen until a full decade later in 2028 at the earliest.

Not that Universal isn't investing elsewhere, just not a fan of empty areas.


Zelda boat ride won't get you wet like the others, it's just the means of propulsion/theming. I'd imagine a Zelda ride to be more akin to Pirates of the Caribbean than JPRA. IOA desperately needs an indoor experience available to all (or most) ages.


Definitely, I don't like that LC is essentially sitting abandoned, but it's understandable. If it weren't for Epic, we'd probably have HTTYD land taking over LC by now lol

Only thing I'm worried about Epic Universe is if Universal's marketing team botches up everything with convoluted messaging on what Epic Universe is. They tried too hard with the Escape stuff, hoping Universal's messaging continue to be clear like they've done so far.

To be fair I think Universal has learned a lot of lessons since the 90s. I don’t think they have the same philosophy considering a good amount of the executives from during that time probably don’t work for them anymore.

 

[luckoftheirish]

They’ve gone through half a dozen attraction concepts, still no greenlight on which one to build… but they’re always still Zelda.

I'm happy it's still Zelda. You had me worried there for a second lol

 

[Cup_Of_Coffee]

They’ve gone through half a dozen attraction concepts, still no greenlight on which one to build… but they’re always still Zelda.

It’s encouraging they at least have several solid concepts they’re considering. Glad the creative team has a lot of ideas for such a deep IP.

 

[Mad Dog]

Hoping its just a simple ride system with real high capacity. It's getting old with some of these overly high tech Disney & Universal attractions having so much down time and low capacity. Basic systems can be entertaining and fun too. Not everything needs to be an innovative technical marvel.

 

[Paulio]

I'm all down for a Zelda dark ride, something similar to Disneyland's Fantasyland attractions, but something better along the lines of the thrill from the Mummy ride. That is something the LC needs.

 

[tielo]

The land should be fairly easy though, just interactive experiences based on the puzzles from the game. I'm not sure why the ride is giving them trouble though, all the leaked designs seemed pretty good.

I'm sure someone from Creative reading this would like to do a Will Smith on you.

I’m not an expert in contract law; can Nintendo ask for the land to loosely connect with the movie (theme/aesthetics) without getting Sony’s approval?

Example: In the Sony movie they will go to X location: Nintendo then asks Universal to come up with their version of the location, bypassing Sony’s approval.

Or, maybe even more likely, the opposite. The Sony movie is about Hyrule. Universal originally wanted the land to be Hyrule. To sidestep movie rights & brand confusion, Nintendo asks that the land represent a location that isn’t Hyrule. Universal goes back to the drawing board.

Nintendo is very protective with their ip. I'm sure Nintendo can (and will) have say in every aspact so using the movies estatic wouldn't be a surprice to me.

 

[GA-MBIT]

Might Nintendo themselves be a reason why they keep going to the drawing board? Maybe they want something incredibly specific or playable or high-tech? It definitely feels like something they would do.

 

[Skipper Justin]

They could justify almost any vehicle if they wanted to use the locations in Tears of the Kingdom. Basically, you can build so many types of moving objects.

 

[GA-MBIT]

Nintendo wants guest-customized, plug and play ride vehicles. Think Test Track 2.0 but real.

 

[WebHead1138]

They should make this area a meet n greet. It’s got an awesome backdrop for it lol