I just don't get it Universal. Their theme park/hotel lot is not huge but has a significant working studio on it that isn't visited by their park guests (some exceptions of course). Why not move these studios to another location and free up that land for a water park to round out their entertainment offerings? The (water)park would be within the same distance as the parks with no need to move guests form one side of the I4 to the other and back.
I read somewhere that from a certain time on Uni started to build new slides at WnW so that they could be unbolted quite easily so they will be able to re use them at another location.
Building a convention/themepark hotel on the current WnW site would be good business with access to the convention centre and USOR with nicely themed busses. Just thinking out of the box here...
I just don't get it Universal. Their theme park/hotel lot is not huge but has a significant working studio on it that isn't visited by their park guests (some exceptions of course). Why not move these studios to another location and free up that land for a water park to round out their entertainment offerings? The (water)park would be within the same distance as the parks with no need to move guests form one side of the I4 to the other and back.
I read somewhere that from a certain time on Uni started to build new slides at WnW so that they could be unbolted quite easily so they will be able to re use them at another location.
Building a convention/themepark hotel on the current WnW site would be good business with access to the convention centre and USOR with nicely themed busses. Just thinking out of the box here...
I have a feeling that the studio buildings/sound stages may begin getting more use in the future as Comcast/NBC/Universal is really starting to figure out the whole theme park/media synergy thing works and we will see more things going on using the studios.
Plus, there are probably tax advantages to having the studios as part of the property. I imagine there was an incentive package setup when Universal was built to bring film/TV projects in exchange for tax breaks.
If they really do a new water park, it will definitely be interesting to see if they can completely re-imagine the water park. What I wonder though, can you do a lot of new things with slides? Perhaps create a dark ride with them using water coaster technology?
If they really do a new water park, it will definitely be interesting to see if they can completely re-imagine the water park. What I wonder though, can you do a lot of new things with slides? Perhaps create a dark ride with them using water coaster technology?
I have been to Water World in Denver many times. Their 2 dark ride/water slides are pretty cool. Some of the AAs are pretty cheesy, but the concepts are solid. I would love to see what Uni could do with that concept.