Universal Kids Resort - Frisco, Texas

[DOOMBOT]

A significant number of the good ideas listed here to improve the park feel unfortunately "blue sky"-y to me.

As much as all of this stuff would help, I think it has been decently established that at some point UDX did want more out of this project than what is currently being offered. So I don't believe that they just never considered colored pavement, shade structures, indoor attractions, murals, more speakers and lights and greenery and puppets - the evidence says otherwise. I just think they simply weren't feasible with the budget and time allotted for the project.

If we see an extra influx of cash come in to the resort post-opening, maybe some of these issues could be remedied. But I don't believe it was possible for UDX to offer any more than what we currently have, and anything we'd like to see added would necessarily come at the cost of something that exists in the park right now. Limited resources and all.

 

[Alicia]

I bet we see umbrellas.

The Toy Story Land quick fix.

And not much else.

 

[Jerroddragon]

A significant number of the good ideas listed here to improve the park feel unfortunately "blue sky"-y to me.

As much as all of this stuff would help, I think it has been decently established that at some point UDX did want more out of this project than what is currently being offered. So I don't believe that they just never considered colored pavement, shade structures, indoor attractions, murals, more speakers and lights and greenery and puppets - the evidence says otherwise. I just think they simply weren't feasible with the budget and time allotted for the project.

If we see an extra influx of cash come in to the resort post-opening, maybe some of these issues could be remedied. But I don't believe it was possible for UDX to offer any more than what we currently have, and anything we'd like to see added would necessarily come at the cost of something that exists in the park right now. Limited resources and all.

I think then this should have been a new company, something related to Universal but not bare its name

Like while we can argue is Horror Unleashed Making money, what I can say is most people who I've talked to who went to Horror Unleashed, reviews and people on here talk about it like its a good quality and how it feel like HHN but just not at the park

I also rather this park just have less but all the things that came to this park were better made or felt more unique because its not like I want this to fail or most other people but for the amount they did spend on this which wasn't nothing it feels like some cheap but creative solutions to some issues would have gone a longgggg way

 

[Mike S]

This park would’ve been the perfect spot for Kirby or Animal Crossing to have a nice small land that didn’t go crazy.

Just saying.

 

[rabbitsmoon]

I think some of the hard is a bit much but surprised people are finally going after Universal for going what looks like the cheap route. I brought it up here before but the HHN in Vegas does not feel cheap, like the theming is well enough in most areas and the houses all felt top tier.

I think this is a great point. There are things about Horror Unleashed they should tweak, but the scenic design in the houses and elsewhere are all done very well. The only caveat I would give is that Premier House is a super boring, bare space that takes up more overall square footage in the facility than it seems like from photos/videos.

But I think it's just a concept that lends itself better to cheaper builds and operations. It's not really a theme park.

Maybe add a make shift roof to those Shrek jeeps to help with the direct sun ?

I'm apoplectic that the spinning Minion golf carts don't have roofs on them. Real golf carts have roofs!

And while I'm on the topic, does the whole Bello Bay concept strike anyone as overly convoluted? Don't get me wrong, I think a lot of that stuff looks cute, but what exactly is added by setting it in some fictional country club / vacation resort? If anything, it creates a greater chasm between their stated intent and the final product, since his place doesn't look anything like a country club. I know we've all gotten our jokes off about the ride looking like a sewer, but that's actually a likely place for the Minions to be!

 

[tielo]

I was positive about the idea of Universal Kids Resort and the first concept art looked promising (except for the ugly hotel).
But now it's ready it looks even worse that Universal Studios Kids Zone and that is about the lowest standard the main resort has. This entices no one to get excited about the brand or fuels a visit to Orlando.

 

[TheCodeMan95]

This park would’ve been the perfect spot for Kirby or Animal Crossing to have a nice small land that didn’t go crazy.

Just saying.

With the reports of how stringent Nintendo was in the development of the theme park lands, I think the entire company would have a heart attack looking at Universal Kids lol


Also - what are the odds that this park simply opened before it was ready? That some of these minor things could be coming, but they just didn't finish things in time?