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Epic Universe Expansion Speculation

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From the offering standpoint, wouldn't it make more sense to fill in and replace the multiple dead zones in the park? And from the local economy standpoint, Orlando grows more and more unaffordable every year and the parks are understaffed as it is. A new park will only make it worse. The only thing I get is the growth standpoint, but I'm kinda sick of everything being about growth instead of quality (Epic will be quality but the current parks have undeniable problems that should be taken care of first).

I think the land should have been a multi-purpose housing and retail development with some land being affordable housing for Universal employees (which to give them credit is actually happening but not soon enough).
But without growth they can't afford more expansions which means we get less overall in the end. They also don't have the room for all these new attractions. So less money and less room means these lands never would have happened more quickly in the form they have today.
 
Just some quick measurements to give an example.

The MoM building is roughly 152K Sq Feet.

Gringotts is 95K, Mummy is 91K, and FJ is 100K.

That's including the queue buildings though right? The actual ride building looks closer to 90K.

Looking at the FFL plot and the MoM building, and assuming you could clear everything from MiB to Gringotts and from the road to the first outcropping of the lake(just for argument's sake), you can get the ride building in there. Might need to relocate the maintenance outcropping though. The Queue building would be a lot tougher. No way as it is laid out now. It would take a lot of reconfiguring to make it work. That's without knowing what in that area is absolutely untouchable as well.
 
That's including the queue buildings though right? The actual ride building looks closer to 90K.

Looking at the FFL plot and the MoM building, and assuming you could clear everything from MiB to Gringotts and from the road to the first outcropping of the lake(just for argument's sake), you can get the ride building in there. Might need to relocate the maintenance outcropping though. The Queue building would be a lot tougher. No way as it is laid out now. It would take a lot of reconfiguring to make it work. That's without knowing what in that area is absolutely untouchable as well.
Yes. Measurements for all included queue and ride building.