belloq87
Platinum Member
Universal just is not, nor will it probably ever be the "we're here for everyone!" theme park. They have their house style, and it is an incredibly popular one for their guests. That's focusing on mildly-to-high thrilling attractions with a "ride the movies!" theme, with some token kiddie rides thrown in for good measure. They're not going to shift focus to build 4-5 POTC/HM dark rides. It's just not what they do. Heck, look at the family areas of the new park. They have 2 launched coasters, an AR dark ride that has a high probability of inducing motion sickness in some groups, and a very thrilling flat ride. Then they have minor rides like Yoshi and the splash battle as the "family" rides. This is just who Universal is, and I don't think it's going to change.
Some of us just think this is a rather short-sighted and odd limitation to put on yourself as a company. It also doesn't square with building Secret Life of Pets in Hollywood, either.
Nobody is seriously asking for Universal to immediately build five E-ticket-level family dark rides all in a row (Would I love it? Of course. But I know that's incredibly unrealistic, even at WDW these days.). But adding one or two SLOP-type attractions at USF (and/or IOA... but USF needs a wider range of offerings more urgently than IOA does) over the next five to ten years seems incredibly reasonable, and it does not require Universal to move away from their primary focus on thrill rides, either.