To push this discussion in a different direction, here's how I rank the lands in order of my excitement for them:
1. Classic Monsters - As a GIGANTIC fan of the Monsters, if Universal nails this land, the rest of the park could be subpar and I’d still come away satisfied. Whether we get one ride, a walk-through, and the show,
or two rides, a walk-through, and the show, this has a chance to be an incredibly well-balanced land.
2. Nintendo - Being the land we know the most about already, all of the three major attractions sound great. I have every confidence this area will be exceptional.
3. Wizarding World: Whatever It Is - The massive showbuilding gives the impression there are some pretty big experiences in store inside there. Give me lots of the Fantastic Beasts in animatronic form, and offer rides that don’t borrow heavily from Forbidden Journey/Gringotts/Spider-Man, and this has all the potential in the world to be a terrific land.
4. Berk - The Hagrid-esque family coaster sounds promising, but until I hear more about what the other significant attractions in this land are going to be, I’m holding off getting too enthused. Like with the FB area, I hope for lots of creature animatronics throughout the land and its attractions.
5. The Hub - I place this last only because it feels like the biggest unknown quantity. Are there going to be any other significant rides here (i.e. not just flat rides) besides the mega-coaster (which I assume will be too extreme/unthemed for me, and therefore don’t expect to ever ride)? I think if Universal could manage to put even one C+/D-ticket dark ride here somewhere (or a dark family coaster along the lines of Space Fantasy), this area could vault up my list.
For Creature of the Black Lagoon... Hear me out...
Would a 360 screenz ride with a driverless boat work for this? Think Kong but on a boat. Throw in some fx like wind, fog, waves, splashing, and some scenes with animatronics (creature popping out of water).
I think anything other than “scary Jungle Cruise starring the Creature” would be kind of disappointing to me, but I share the desire for a Creature boat ride in some form!
Sounds like we’ll probably be waiting for an expansion for that, though.
Because the way the street splits, what if one street is Parisian and leads to Paris Ministry and the other London or NY leads to a different indoor Ministry? Could be a cool way to experience more than one at a grand scale.
There are certainly ways to incorporate BOTH Ministries into a single ride if they wanted to do that. Start in Paris, Floo/Apparate to London, etc.
I do hope we get to see London's Ministry, as I think it's just a cooler and more iconic design.
With this park probably being Universal's answer to MK, sounds like HTTYD land will be Universal's answer to Fantasyland.
It would need a laid-back dark ride or two to really be comparable.
Everyone is speculating about rides and I'm over here hoping they will give us a Slaughtred Lamb bar or pub in the Monsters Land :grin:
While there would be time period incongruities, I could live with that in order to get a Slaughtered Lamb. Complete with dartboard and occasional wolf howls off in the distance.