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I'm awaiting Awesome Super Silly land for the new Minions themed land. Universal should get it's own A.S.S.
I'm awaiting Awesome Super Silly land for the new Minions themed land. Universal should get it's own A.S.S.
If Uni wants another “Universal Escape” situation on their hands, that might be the case
Anyone want to elaborate on Universal Escape? Or at least send me to the direction of where I can read about it myself.
Fun fact: you can still call the old 1-800-U-ESCAPE phone number to get the UO ticket and reservation line.When IoA, CityWalk, and the resorts opened, Universal called the entire resort "Universal Escape". It was a disaster, as people were confused and thought IoA was not a whole new park but just an add on to the original park. Attendance was poor, and then 9/11 happened afterwards and completely tanked the resort. Eventually they changed the name to the much better "Universal Orlando Resort".
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Wait, so the name was changed because people were misguided?When IoA, CityWalk, and the resorts opened, Universal called the entire resort "Universal Escape". It was a disaster, as people were confused and thought IoA was not a whole new park but just an add on to the original park. Attendance was poor, and then 9/11 happened afterwards and completely tanked the resort. Eventually they changed the name to the much better "Universal Orlando Resort".
Wait, so the name was changed because people were misguided?
Wait, so the name was changed because people were misguided?
Escape doesn't sound too bad. I think of Escaping your reality lifestyle and entering into theirs which is exactly what theme parks do. That would've been dope.The name was changed because it was a disastrously bad name, yes
That was the idea....People didn't get it thoughEscape doesn't sound too bad. I think of Escaping your reality lifestyle and entering into theirs which is exactly what theme parks do. That would've been dope.
I imagine that’s what they were thinking. I think some of the confusion may have have stemmed from rebranding the resort at the same time that they opened IOA. Trying to market a new theme park as part of a resort with a new name that was previously a single park was probably challenging.Escape doesn't sound too bad. I think of Escaping your reality lifestyle and entering into theirs which is exactly what theme parks do. That would've been dope.
Yep, I KnowYou're gonna be disappointed with the new JP Coaster if this is your expectation...
From those drainage plans that were posted a while back for the new resort, the current official resort name seems to be: Universal Studios Two.
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I've seen a lot of anxiety about the parks the past few months and I'm not sure why people are freaking out, there are new projects coming and there is shuffling going on but it's not to reduce or scale back development. I'd be more worried if projects were changed, moved, or cancelled due to budget cuts and development cuts. Instead projects are moving around based on changes in priorities.
Good Post...No doubt....Yes, this needs to be emphasized. :thumbsup:2 Universal 2 Studios
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I've seen a lot of anxiety about the parks the past few months and I'm not sure why people are freaking out, there are new projects coming and there is shuffling going on but it's not to reduce or scale back development. I'd be more worried if projects were changed, moved, or cancelled due to budget cuts and development cuts. Instead projects are moving around based on changes in priorities.