Wicked: The Experience coming to UOR

[DodgsonHere]

Replacing Hello Kitty with Wicked is like Disney replacing the Haunted Mansion gift shop with a Hamilton store.

What?

 

[GAcoaster]

I assume the plan is for the store to remain for about two years (minimum), to promote both movies and continue sales beyond.

Looking at the merchandise they seem to have partnered with most of the same higher end vendors that produce the Potter merchandise (Mina Lima, etc.) so it will be decent quality.

 

[Doug A.]

This actually looks really cool, I would check it out for sure. I have been a huge fan of the musical ever since it started touring.

 

[DarkMetroid567]

While Hello Kitty is received very well out in Hollywood, it never moved the needle in Orlando.

This sounds so weird to me, as it’s getting impossible to avoid Sanrio characters these days. The Orlando crowd must be strange.

 

[JohnAF45]

I’m s o excited that Wicked is coming to Universal! Interactive experiences and merchandise sound awesome. Character meet-and-greets would be a great idea, and maybe even stage shows? It would be nice if these attractions lasted longer , as suggested. It might be worth considering fan events to celebrate this new addition!

 

[saint.piss]

 

[Crypt Keeper]

 

[SpatulaShack]

It's like they're actively trying to make the front of the park as hideous as humanly possible in the hopes someone greenlights a redesign.

 

[Wesker69]

The Orlando crowd must be strange.

Understatement

 

[Brian G.]

It's like they're actively trying to make the front of the park as hideous as humanly possible in the hopes someone greenlights a redesign.

Good grief, man - the project just started. Chill. It's not even permanent.

 

[Mad Dog]

It's like they're actively trying to make the front of the park as hideous as humanly possible in the hopes someone greenlights a redesign.

Ugly might have some value after all . What an entrance difference from the beauty of IOA and Epic.

 

[Brian G.]

Ugly might have some value after all . What an entrance difference from the beauty of IOA and Epic.

I mean, it never was anything grandiose.

 

[Mad Dog]

I mean, it never was anything grandiose.

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Yes, and that's an understatement., and a 'nice' way to describe it. , that's what I was referring to. Worst looking entrance around. I did have a wink and laugh added to it. They always should have used Hollywood as an entrance. That's decent looking. Wicked doesn't make it any better looking, but at least it should be more interesting than Hello Kitty, that was a step backward from Lucy. Unfortunately, I doubt there's any budget money to change it in the near future with so many other things needed first.

 

[Wesker69]

If they don't add a Minion dressed as Elphaba, I'll be more disappointed since Gru already has the pink fairy costume covered

 

[Disneyhead]

If they don't add a Minion dressed as Elphaba, I'll be more disappointed since Gru already has the pink fairy costume covered

Not a Minion, Vector. Hahaha.

I would literally pay for a ticket to whatever movie had a short with Gru as Glinda and Vector as Elphaba singing Popular before the feature.

Or even just a :30 TV ad.

 

[saint.piss]

 

[Mad Dog]

Hello Kitty is asking/begging the Wizard for 'Better Sales' , instead of being exiled to the back shelves of Toon Lagoon stores along with the poor selling SLOP merchandise.

 

[GAcoaster]

Rumor is that October 22nd is the tentative opening date.

 

[GAcoaster]

The Hollywood store just opened, and here’s a look at some of the merchandise:

 

[Nico]