Los Angeles city ordinance is also probably much stricter than Orlando. Would not be surprised if there's certain bureaucracy they're still wading through.
Fast and Furious: Hollywood Drift coaster (Opening 2026)
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Dooming is like half the posts on this forum.
Ever since I made my Happy Gilmore joke, we've gone from "The future of USH is bright," to "nothing but DK and maybe F&F is happening and God has forsaken us,"
By page 32, this thread is gonna be, “Universal Studios Hollywood is clearly closing down forever.”
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you heard it here first: universal studios hollywood is sinking.
And then Inside the Magic will source it for an article.
I always get a laugh when a forum poster here attributes solid info from other theme park sites, when in reality, that solid info wasn't official info from the site, it was just speculation from some poster
, who has no inside info, on their discussion forum. Then that suspect info becomes an echo chamber.
, who has no inside info, on their discussion forum. Then that suspect info becomes an echo chamber.
Followed swiftly by Screamscape who will not give credit to either site. I say that but I actually like Screamscape as an aggregator of news/updates but they aren't good about citing credit.
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bad news guys the project is clearly cancelled
"Generates project estimates for all projects ranging from new attractions, retail, restaurants, and resort hotels to entirely new theme parks." @AlexanderMBush might finally get his hotel???
"Generates project estimates for all projects ranging from new attractions, retail, restaurants, and resort hotels to entirely new theme parks." @AlexanderMBush might finally get his hotel???
Nah. The project was canceled. Project 409 is actually the codeword for a bench beautification project.
the bench beautification project entails putting a brand new bench every 50 feet throughout the entire park. And yes. Thats a lot of new benches
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Well I hope they did sightline studies for the benches. I wouldn't want to see a big office building when sitting on one.
It finally happened. USH has come to their senses. They finally realized that nobody wants a dumb and stupid Fast and Furious roller coaster and they can make so much more money by putting a hotel there instead.
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sightline's were way down the list of priorities when using a bench, since the main job for a benh is a place to sit.... Plus with the amount of benches they needed to buy for this beautification project, they had no money left over to work on any Sightline issues...
Looks like this is moving ahead after all. Now hopefully they hire this position and put the shoulder to the wheel and get this thing built for a Summer 2024 opening.
Me, having tricked Universal to build the Hotel as opposed to a HRRR style modern Intamin LSM coaster:
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It looks like 2 permits have been filed to Demolish 4420 and 4432 (on PW LA County Building Permit Viewer). Both Work Descriptions mention "409". The permits were requested on 2/23/2023, but their App Status is New and no permits appear to have been issued yet. For one of the permits it says "3406 sf". If that means 3406 square feet then it would seem like they're only requesting a permit for one of the buildings to be demo'd since 3,406 square feet is a small structure (any other thoughts on what "sf" could stand for?). Also, can anyone confirm if 4420 and 4432 are the numbers for AA and SE show?
If the roller coaster is really going to be located on the side of the hill then the AA building should be plenty large enough for a Q (especially if the Q is multi-level). The SE show building could be repurposed for a new stunt show.
