Ok, seeing as this is the Blue Sky thread for the new park... and seeing as we are getting some form of official announcement this week, I figured now was the last chance I had of dropping my own opinions and hope's for the parks as I see it in my head. For the most part I try to keep it in the realm of possibility, so hopefully nothing too over the top. I'm also running under the assumption that the idea of the park being made up of multiple "Worlds" that contain within them several different themes lands is still the plan.
Entrance/Hub: Jules Verne meets steampunk'esc astronomy theme. As for the parks icon, a surrealistic "telescope" that not only let's you see other worlds, but transports you there as well?
Nintendo:
I think, as far as Nintendo is concerned we will get basically what we have already seen, only less compact. Mushroom Kingdom and Donkey Kong Land with both get more breathing room and extended theming, but little else. And as much as people would love to see another property in the form of Pokemon or Zelda become a third land here, I think the most budget and family friendly way for them to go is expand on the Kirby's Dream Land idea for the original Nintendo leaks years ago. It would give them room to drop a Kiddie Coaster (themed to riding Kirby's star), another flat ride or two and an expansive play area. The new parks "Kidzone" so to speak. And there you have it. One World, three lands.
Monsters:
So my initial idea for the classic monsters land took inspiration from Knockturn Alley: completely enclose it and give it an eternal night element. Themeing it to an old European village would give it plenty of options for food and shopping. The one issue this would create is, in an enclosed environment, it would lack the ability to show off something truly jaw dropping like, say, Dracula's Castle for instance. However, with the proper storytelling and forced perception, they could create the illusion of the castle looming off in the distance, with a possible attraction "entrance" actual being a cemetery tomb that leads to the catacombs and tunnels beneath the castle itself, where the attraction takes place. The enclosed aspect to the land would also allow them to utilize projection technology to an number of reasons, including hordes of bats flying above, ect.
Now with classic monsters taking up one land of this world, it left me wondering what other property/properties existed that could be used under the "monster" umbrella. The Godzilla fan in mean of course ran towards Kaiju, however the realist in me thinks Godzilla would work best as a stand alone attraction and not a full fledged land. And as we have heard that Universal wants to emphasize family friendly with this park, another property screamed at me... Scooby Doo!
Scooby Doo is for many kids their gateway to horror. I have stewed over this, and actually think themeing the land to a haunted abandoned "theme park" (not the live action movie style theme park... think more classic era amusement park) would solve many potential problems. It would allow them another area to drop kid friendly flat rides that would blend seamlessly into the story and themeing. And it would give families of more fright prone kids something to do in the "Monster World" instead of them potentially skipping it all together. As far as the main attraction here, a dark ride would seem the most obvious, but I would leave that up creative LOL.
Dreamworks: I think DreamWorks at this point is pretty well expected: lands dedicated too How To Train Your Dragon, Shrek and Trolls.i don't really have much to add here.
Fantastic Beasts: Seeing as this one is one that doesn't seem to be dying, I think its likely to appear. How they get multiple lands in the World would probably come down to the series globe trotting nature. One "Land" based on the American wizarding world and one based on the wizarding world in Paris. Perhaps even a third land based on the next film of the develop it alongside the filmmakers. As far as attractions, that's one I haven't given too much thought too.
Anyways, that my overall thoughts (and a little lowkey dreams) if what I expect to see in the new park.