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The only building I can really see getting converted for a RRR replacement is SS33, and that would be a massive adjustment to park operations so I don’t actually see it happening.
FWIW - Harold and Kumar was an actual rumor floating around at the time of that map.
Beetlejuice is a more recent discussion.
And some history: Universal originally licensed Bill and Ted for a show because they were, at that time, known but cheap. The design team had an idea/need for a show...
I still think Universal should buyout Cartoon Network and replace it with that. Then it simply becomes “Cartoon Lagoon.”
Or buy the Looney Tunes and turn it into “Looney Tune Lagoon.”
There are a lot of options if you give it 10 years.
Elemental had a much larger market available, so that’s not really an apples to apples comparison. Word of mouth may give it some legs, and it will likely recoup, but its competition this weekend was incredibly weak.
Big reason that question isn’t getting answered is because, from an insider perspective, it’s hard for us to know definitively what happened. I’m getting different explanations from different sources. Sometimes it takes a bit to find out the truth. And, especially now, insiders are less inclined...
It’s a good example of the “disconnect” that exists within Universal as a corporation. They’re not “unified” the way you’d expect. Unless corporate/films tells the parks (especially Entertainment) about properties in advance, the HHN team only knows about stuff that’s available publicly. HHN has...
I understand the disappointment, but the problem is that everyone will start talking about how great the house would be. Then someone sees that discussion and assumes, “Oh, they’re discussing it because the house is coming.” Then it gets thrown into the echo chamber and speculation goes insane...
It’s always… annoying… to me how fans get so displeased about the potential for an IP coming twice in the span of 5 to 10 years, while pleading for originals to come back the following year.
The best part about Korea is I can make a statement right before I go to bed and, because time zones...