You're right. I personally hate the ride as it is now. I'd be totally all in for completely demo'ing the building and starting over from scratch.
The Bumblebee Man's Taco Truck could become Bumblebee Transformer Taco Truck. (yeh no Spongebob love from me, yuch)
People line up for FF and Kong, your trapped at Universal. So whatever food they put here will sell unless is that bad. I've been going to these parks for years and never seen restaurants have trouble gaining huge lines.
I think they would take out AA if they were to expand beyond the current Simpsons plot. The area with the spring tents are ripe for a massive new land. But back to the AA proposal, they would have to find a way to work around FFB or whatever it gets reskinned into unless that also take out Dreamworks Destination. If they went that route, they should repurpose the Simpsons plot into a Shrek ride should Shrek 5 come out by them. The Shrek meet and greet is by there so it would make sense for the entrance for that ride to be where AA is now. But if they did expand to where those sprung tents are, they could go bigger and even do a MMRR scale dark ride. Or they can do both options I laid out.
Bingo. I think Spongebob lost it’s chance for a permanent attraction when Dreamworks took over KidZone. I’d definitely prefer this side of the park remain driven towards an older audience, but that doesn’t mean kids won’t be able to enjoy what is there as well.
What ride system should this use then? Maybe another version of the SCOOP? Or maybe another try with a trackless ride? And giving it more though, if they wanted to add a Shrek attraction as part of a Kidzone expansion they would be better adding it in the back where Curious George once stood have the showbuilding expand outward into the staging area.
Oswald definitely meant more to the Disney Company for historical purposes though which was why they got him and did very little with him, although they HAVE used him in video games, animation, and in theme parks and he has an upcoming Disney+ show.
If they do an Omnimover setup they could probably get away with using the Simpsons plot only without expanding into where AA is to the right or the staging area on the left. I view that a win as that large staging area should be preserved for a massive expansion to USF. But for this hypothetical Universal great movie ride, should they have an original character or a legacy Universal character (Woody Woodpecker anyone) host it? And would would the ratio be between live action and animated Universal movies be?
SCOOP themed to Deloreans (they wouldn’t even need to change the door designs!) would be ideal for me, but I could see a scenic omnimover ride as well. Ideally a SCOOP version would be something like JWA in Beijing, good pacing with large sets. More thematically thrilling than physically thrilling. Few screen segments unless completely necessary.
If they went the SCOOP route they could also theme the vehicles to basic old school art deco theater theming. The aforementioned theming would be default if they went with the omnimover setup. Screen portions blended with practical sets would be great for showing off different era of Universal animation from Illumination to Dreamworks. Aside from Despicable Me, Shrek, Pets, and maybe HTTYD, what other Illumination and DW IP could be showcased?
I would think it would feature mostly live action films. Just to be clear this will probably never happen, I’m just spitballing here.
