I'll be honest I was never expecting much pyro to begin with, though that's not something I care much about in general
Since UOR is, right now, in a residential neighborhood with sound ordinances and inside the city of Orlando, they are very restricted on pyro and ride height. This new land has none of those restrictions, but if you build a hotel in the middle of the property, that’s going to limit what you can do with nighttime shows.
I’m not really understanding the benefit of the multi-gate setup. It sounds like four smaller, mini-parks, connected with a CityWalk. I think a better idea would be to put two entrances on either side, and then run a monorail or transit system to connect two halves of the theme park, with a “neutral zone” in the middle as a CityWalk shopping/dining district, and a hotel at the back. Each “world” would not need its own gate, and guests could freely move between the East and West parts of the park.
Think about a layout like Epcot’s Future World, but the entrance would be near the World Showcase gateway shops/pathways. You’d enter into shopping and dining in the center (old Communicore buildings), and then go right to get to Test Track, Mission Space, etc. Left would take you to Imagination, The Land, and The Seas. SSE would be a hotel in this example, and the breezeways between the old Innoventions buildings and retail/dining would be your actual gates. Once you’re inside, there would be a transportation ride (train, monorail, aerial tramway, peoplemover, etc) to take you to the other side, or you could exit and walk through the center if that’s faster.
And that kind of layout wouldn’t restrict future plans as much, because under the current rumor, a one-off ride/land like Skull Island: Reign of Kong or Men in Black could never justifiably open, being so small and underdeveloped. Or if they wanted to reposition a “world” decades later, ala Wizarding World of Harry Potter at IOA (that ate into parts of Lost Continent and JP expansion space), they could still work one in, without having to build a whole new branch of the hub and entrance path. Even the two new “worlds” could just piggy-back off the two existing gates, without having to build dedicated entrance portals and have extra staff added. Just a thought for the future.
I’m all for deconstructing the idea of a theme park, but you have to be realistic about capacities, ride closures and refurbs, and future expansion plans.