At this point anything replacing that abomination would be fantastic, I’d actually prefer that BttF takes over Simpsons when it expires. Not the same ride as the original of course, USF doesn’t need any new simulator attractions, but restoring the facade and then building a show building behind it would be incredible. Either a coaster or Scoop dark ride would be great, emphasis on physical sets for both though. If we are talking about a Supercharge replacement though, just knock down the building and build a whole new Jaws ride. How it would distinguish itself from the original I’m not sure, but Jaws is such an evergreen concept and property that you can’t tell me that people wouldn’t be eager to queue up for it. Make it scary as can be.
Monsters is another reason I brought up classic properties in this thread, it’s a totally great idea and anyone can enjoy it whether they’ve seen the movies or not. I feel like too many attractions today, especially in Studios, rely on dumping too much exposition on you in case you haven’t seen the movie. Transformers are F&F are the biggest offenders.
Those are fighting words lol. Joking aside I’d argue they’ve certainly held up better than a lot of films USF has rides for now, even if they’re great attractions like Mummy and MIB.
It’s future hasn’t been written yet, no one’s has!
The gap was caused by F&F, which is an unmitigated "Disaster". That put a hole in the park that they haven't come close to filling. Lot's of space taken up by an attraction that's nearly useless.....Universal mgt. needs to swallow their
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I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, BttF and Jaws are more relevant and more quality than mostly every other property represented in USF, and would make excellent attractions regardless of if you’ve seen the movies or not.
Yup, and you can also understand them without having seen the movies. Although seeing the movie helps, especially with BTTF, time travel and shark attacks are universal interests that will always be popular. A lot of the current attractions can be confusing if you aren’t familiar with the IP. I’ve had family members go on the Harry Potter attractions and talk about the “Weird black ghost things in the castle.” They always seem to be slightly more confused than satisfied when getting off. Both FJ and Gringotts are great rides, they just don’t allow everybody to have a universal understanding that simple concepts such as a shark attack do. I said this on another post but if they could even get the Godzilla rights and replace F&F that would be a nice E-Ticket with the appeal of a giant mutant monster. Personally I’d choose Jaws or BTTF because they’re both essential Universal properties that are more popular than ever, but anything of that same vein would be great. My dream would be for the Simpsons contract to lapse and for universal to bulldoze the building and start fresh with a massive Delorean slot-car ride in its place. They could even retheme Springfield to Hill Valley 2015. This park just needs a big, old-school classic universal e-ticket that will give people a ride to rope-drop
My man I couldn't agree more. Hill Valley could make a great theme park land, like tell me the lines wouldn't be out the door for Cafe 80s. Amity still has potential too, I can't imagine it being too difficult to retheme San Francisco to it. Replace F&F with a modern age Jaws boat ride and add some boardwalk/beach themed flat rides to make up for K&K lost capacity if Springfield is replaced and you have a pretty solid land.
