Universal Studios Japan General Discussion

[ParkExplorer9513]

No Limit parade previewed today apparently

Oh my God, Yoshiiiii! Man, I wish we could meet him for pics! CX

 

[UniversalRBLX]

Universal Creative is now hiring for a future project.

 

[BatCom]

Masks optional at USJ from March 13! Finally.

 

[Bobharlem]

 

[PerceptiveCoot]

3:14 That Niffler's bashful little head turn :bigeye:

 

[Jerroddragon]

Wow I need that Dragon at USH like yesterday, so cool.

Really hope these small kinda updates happen more often as the Parks keep gaining bigger crowds and more profits

 

[UniversalRBLX]

Love how Universal is following in Disney's footsteps by having Japan pay for R&D lol

 

[Cup_Of_Coffee]

Oh this is a wonderful tease for Epic Universe. I expect these all throughout Paris! They look great!

 

[PerceptiveCoot]

Love how Universal is following in Disney's footsteps by having Japan pay for R&D lol

Mmm, yummy R&D money

 

[PerceptiveCoot]

I'm sorry, but I love this little guy, look at how he holds his little belly when he's mad.

 

[salismetho]

Love how Universal is following in Disney's footsteps by having Japan pay for R&D lol

Weelll, USJ is wholly owned by NBCU

Niffler is definitely my favorite, and I guess @PerceptiveCoot’s too lol. I haven’t seen the hippogriff yet, I wonder if it’s delayed?

 

[Jerroddragon]

I love Japan


Also below is more video of the other new additions at USJ Potter World

Spoiler

 

[Jerroddragon]

Lol

This is insane, my god even 20 years ago Japan was pulling out all the stops

 

[quinnmac000]

One thing USJ does that USO does not is partner with musical artists to promote the parks and IP...from Charli XcX and Galantis with Born to Play to working with popular Japanese artist to promote the parks....and then incorporates those songs into their version of RRR...hollywood dream while we can't even get an update.

 

[Jerroddragon]

One thing USJ does that USO does not is partner with musical artists to promote the parks and IP...from Charli XcX and Galantis with Born to Play to working with popular Japanese artist to promote the parks....and then incorporates those songs into their version of RRR...hollywood dream while we can't even get an update.

I think its not a bad idea but also maybe US artist don't want to be associated with the parks? The industry might just be very different, and I have no idea if its true or not but I'm just taking a guess that most just want to do what they want vs being an Ad

 

[wutisgood]

How do people in japan feel about universal vs Disney in terms of seasonal events? It seems like universal has a ton of new things all the time from the videos I have viewed. Maybe this is due to having one park vs two. In particular I thought the universal night parade was better than Disney in japan or the US has done. I am not sure how their other parades compare. Universal food seemed to be more specialized to events but the Disney food seems to be a much better value possibly just due to the ownership not setting prices as high for Disney.

 

[BatCom]

How do people in japan feel about universal vs Disney in terms of seasonal events? It seems like universal has a ton of new things all the time from the videos I have viewed. Maybe this is due to having one park vs two. In particular I thought the universal night parade was better than Disney in japan or the US has done. I am not sure how their other parades compare. Universal food seemed to be more specialized to events but the Disney food seems to be a much better value possibly just due to the ownership not setting prices as high for Disney.

TDR has been losing some support among its local base in Japan since the pandemic, at least the ones who I follow. Obviously Disney is still popular in Japan and the parks aren't hurting for attendance, but TDR has been very bare minimum ever since re-opening in 2020. The continued lack of APs and silence on if they're ever coming back is a big one, plus neutered entertainment and budget cuts hitting seasonal events and food particularly hard.

As a local, I feel like there's very little to keep me coming back to Disney lately. The seasonal events are small and lame (TDS's 25th anniversary in 2021 was a joke and so is this year's TDL 40th from the looks of things). Meanwhile USJ is doing Horror Nights every year (still not 100% back to normal but they're getting there, hopefully this year), just launched a new day parade and has WAY better food.

 

[TheUniC6]

TDR has been losing some support among its local base in Japan since the pandemic, at least the ones who I follow. Obviously Disney is still popular in Japan and the parks aren't hurting for attendance, but TDR has been very bare minimum ever since re-opening in 2020. The continued lack of APs and silence on if they're ever coming back is a big one, plus neutered entertainment and budget cuts hitting seasonal events and food particularly hard.

As a local, I feel like there's very little to keep me coming back to Disney lately. The seasonal events are small and lame (TDS's 25th anniversary in 2021 was a joke and so is this year's TDL 40th from the looks of things). Meanwhile USJ is doing Horror Nights every year (still not 100% back to normal but they're getting there, hopefully this year), just launched a new day parade and has WAY better food.

Fantasy Springs looks cool though. Maybe that will draw people back

 

[OrlLover]

TDR has been losing some support among its local base in Japan since the pandemic, at least the ones who I follow. Obviously Disney is still popular in Japan and the parks aren't hurting for attendance, but TDR has been very bare minimum ever since re-opening in 2020. The continued lack of APs and silence on if they're ever coming back is a big one, plus neutered entertainment and budget cuts hitting seasonal events and food particularly hard.

As a local, I feel like there's very little to keep me coming back to Disney lately. The seasonal events are small and lame (TDS's 25th anniversary in 2021 was a joke and so is this year's TDL 40th from the looks of things). Meanwhile USJ is doing Horror Nights every year (still not 100% back to normal but they're getting there, hopefully this year), just launched a new day parade and has WAY better food.

I’m shocked because TDR is always getting praised among the Disney community as being the best park. But I guess it isn’t perfect either which I say sarcastically.

 

[BatCom]

I’m shocked because TDR is always getting praised among the Disney community as being the best park. But I guess it isn’t perfect either which I say sarcastically.

There are valid reasons to praise TDR (perfect maintenance, good customer service, strong attraction lineup including classic attractions with no changes) but the resort is very idolized among the theme park community. Some of that I think is gatekeeping (it's "exotic" and not easy to travel to for many people), or first impressions reacting to the positive differences with the U.S. parks. It's different when you visit somewhere once compared to living there and going back multiple times.

TDR is a strong resort on paper but imo it has always missed the "soul" of a Disney park. There's some critical component missing which it doesn't really get and so it sometimes feels like merely a foreign imitation to me. Plus it has all of the baggage that all Japanese institutions do; reluctance to change, slow to modernize, terrible digital infrastructure, stubbornness against accommodating foreigners etc.