So, @AliciaStella says this started picking up this week. Nintendo’s fiscal year report is also this week. Hmmmmm.
I don’t like the “dark universe is bad” argument. Mummy and Dracula aren’t exactly going to start a shared universe but they also have 60 or so years of iconic filmmaking with these characters and they’re easily the most classic property universal has outside of Spielberg’s stuff.
I think I'm there even without crossover rides.Let's just assume they're thinking about a Nintendo-only park in the context of 2 dry parks at the South Resort..., the question is still why not split them up?
Scenario 1 (Nintendo-only park + another dry park):
Dry Park #3 headliners:
Mario, Pokemon, Zelda etc.
Dry Park #4 headliners:
LOTR + maybe Star Trek or DC?
# of Crossover rides to force multi-ticket hopping:
0
Scenario 2:
Dry Park #3 headliners:
Mario and LOTR part 1 (Mordor + Minas Tirith)
Dry Park #4 headliners:
Pokemon/Zelda and LOTR part 2 (Shire + Isengard)
# of Crossover rides to force multi-ticket hopping:
2 (One between the Nintendo lands, and another between the LOTR lands)
Okay, now if you're a Universal Executive... don't you go for Scenario 2 automatically? You basically force everyone to get a multi-hopper to use the crossover rides for Nintendo and LOTR. You create 2 strong parks instead of a potentially strong Nintendo park and a 2nd park that caters to a completely different audience...
I mean, if they're delaying all the Nintendo stuff, then go all out and make 2 parks with those headliners, and you're looking at 2 parks with 10 million guests easy. Scenario 1? That's a lot more iffy on the 4th dry park.
Yeah, I just don't like the idea of the 3rd and 4th dry parks being so different in terms of targeting/age groups etc.I think I'm there even without crossover rides.
Putting the best few IP's in one park and leaving the others to fend for themselves in a different type of park seems like it would make it far to easy to just write off one of parks completely when planning a short vacation.
By doing Park 1 as primarily Mario & friends, Dreamworks and Park 2 as primarily Zelda, Pokemon, LOTR you motivate people to at least take the time to visit both parks.
A monsters island could have original rides with original storytelling honestly...And it would go great....at IOAI don’t like the “dark universe is bad” argument. Mummy and Dracula aren’t exactly going to start a shared universe but they also have 60 or so years of iconic filmmaking with these characters and they’re easily the most classic property universal has outside of Spielberg’s stuff.
Well yeah. My point was that one bad Mummy movie shouldn’t keep Uni from utilizing an IP that’s been a big part of their movie making history almost since inception.To say this, DU was not what Universal wanted, and that they tried making it to be something that it wasn't.
It's possible, but more improbable due to how bad The Mummy was received, critically and commercially.
Yeah let’s do it!!! I’ll ride the creature from the black lagoon dark boat ride while everybody is funneling into the Nintendo Mega ResortA monsters island could have original rides with original storytelling honestly...And it would go great....at IOA
Side note, I honestly don't think the Monsters need anymore films or a dark universe to be relevant...They're rather engrained into movie cultureYeah let’s do it!!! I’ll ride the creature from the black lagoon dark boat ride while everybody is funneling into the Nintendo Mega Resort
A monsters island could have original rides with original storytelling honestly...And it would go great....at IOA
Hogwarts express was the most brilliant theme park move ever. Can't imagine that was lost on the bean counters.
I don't even want to imagine the ticket price for a 200-acre theme park.What if this was a 200 acre park, with Nintendo taking up half of it?
Universal’s Nintendo & Middle-Earth park would be a bit thematically jarring but I'd certainly take it.What if this was a 200 acre park, with Nintendo taking up half of it?
I don't even want to imagine the ticket price for a 200-acre theme park.
I don't even want to imagine the ticket price for a 200-acre theme park.