Perhap's it is just me, but I find it interesting that Singapore is being left out of Burke's statements..
Singapore is a leased park and I don't think Universal really wants it as its not profitable and really tiny.
Perhap's it is just me, but I find it interesting that Singapore is being left out of Burke's statements..
When he says other countries around the world, I'm assuming he means England, about 10 minutes from my house, right?
Well if Comcast decides to buy Paramount they could just take over the plans for the Paramount Theme Park that is going to be built in the UK
The 4th (and possibly 5th) [parks] will be further south east. And won't take a decade....
If Uni had four theme parks with more to do combined than Disney's that would be the ultimate blow.Marni over at magic:
Should be exciting
If Uni had four theme parks with more to do combined than Disney's that would be the ultimate blow.
Of course first we need the third.
I'm not saying they should rush into it but they have proven committed to fixing up their current parks that there won't be that much of a problem when the third comes.I have a hard time believing Universal will do a 4th any time soon. I feel there is so much that needs fixed in the 2 they have, that adding 2 more would just cause them to end up where Disney is in 10 or 15 years. I feel 3 is the perfect number until all their parks don't have flaws in them.
And I refuse to call VB their 3rd park. They can say whatever they want in their marketing, it is still a water park.
I have a hard time believing Universal will do a 4th any time soon. I feel there is so much that needs fixed in the 2 they have, that adding 2 more would just cause them to end up where Disney is in 10 or 15 years. I feel 3 is the perfect number until all their parks don't have flaws in them.
And I refuse to call VB their 3rd park. They can say whatever they want in their marketing, it is still a water park.
And then the new park will feel old to us APs because we'll be there constantlyI think it will just be refreshing to have a new park to go to. By the time it opens, we could be talking almost 25 years since Islands opened and personally I think it's now starting to feel dated even though it's the newest park.
They're doing that with Beijing and we're still getting big investment stateside. Doing both at the same time is a much better strategy.For the time being, Comcast has way more growth in content than cable. Their massive cable business grew by 6% last year. Their much, much smaller parks/movie business grew by 40%, with the non-parks part growing 70% (which seems insane).
Who knows how long it'll be that way. I imagine Comcast will have to follow the Disney growth plan. Grow the domestic resorts and then begin to focus more internationally.
Theme parks make Comcast money....like more money than they thought when they first bought the park which is why they are trying to expand Cali and Orlando and bought out Japan as they each shown double digit growth with a building plan for the next 20 years. If Burke didn't mention that last week, then I would buy that statement but he specify mentioned that even with the other sectors of NBC falling at times...theme parks haven't stopped growing at exponential rates.
Idk. It seems to me most other video game IP wouldn't have the same mainstream appeal and/or wouldn't work as well in a theme park setting as Nintendo. They already have the golden goose, so to speak.Gears of War anyone for next park???
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Idk. It seems to me most other video game IP wouldn't have the same mainstream appeal and/or wouldn't work as well in a theme park setting as Nintendo. They already have the golden goose, so to speak.
Not so much the IP but no modern theme park outside Alton Towers has any post apocalyptic lands/attractions...however think about the massive popular non nintendo games such as Halo, Fallout, Gears of War, etc all are post apocalyptic and could easily fall into a solo land based on that theme and would compliment and contrast enough with Nintendo to bring in other people.
You bring up a good point with an opposite feeling land. So what you're saying is a general post apocalypse area? What kind of attractions would be fitting for them?Not so much the IP but no modern theme park outside Alton Towers has any post apocalyptic lands/attractions...however think about the massive popular non nintendo games such as Halo, Fallout, Gears of War, etc all are post apocalyptic and could easily fall into a solo land based on that theme and would compliment and contrast enough with Nintendo to bring in other people.
You bring up a good point with an opposite feeling land. So what you're saying is a general post apocalypse area? What kind of attractions would be fitting for them?