Universal Studios Japan General Discussion

[fryoj]

I'm real curious to see if they build another Dueling Dragons castle or if the queue is different

I'd assume they'd do it different. There's no need to copy it directly.

 

[BatCom]

Osaka Gov. Yoshimura is seeking to close theme parks again. High chance that this will happen. Universal Studios Japan Poised to Re-Close as Osaka Governor Requests Third State of Emergency

 

[BatCom]

And it's official: USJ will close again on April 25 until at least May 11.

 

[JawsVictim]

Well, this doesn’t bode well for my November reservations. :'(

 

[GAcoaster]

Well, this doesn’t bode well for my November reservations. :'(

A lot can happen between now and then with getting vaccines out to the population. Japan is a very efficient country and I can see them rolling it out to the population quickly with great availability. Now the U.S. has secured all the vaccine needed for our population the pharma companies can get more out to other countries.

 

[dxwwf3]

Well, this doesn’t bode well for my November reservations. :'(

I wouldn't give up yet, but I'd also start looking more at 2022. I had plans for December this year, but I'm not really even thinking about that anymore. I'm looking at Summer 2022.

 

[JawsVictim]

Thanks for the positivity. We’ll see what happens. I was really hoping tourism would return by November; which might still be possible. On top of TDLR and Uni, I’m dying to see their fall foliage.

 

[PerceptiveCoot]

Thanks for the positivity. We’ll see what happens. I was really hoping tourism would return by November; which might still be possible. On top of TDLR and Uni, I’m dying to see their fall foliage.

I suppose I'll wait till summer 2023. Might as well wait a year for those Fantasy Springs rides.

 

[dxwwf3]

I suppose I'll wait till summer 2023. Might as well wait a year for those Fantasy Springs rides.

If you aren't able to travel there often, I agree with this 100%. I'm hoping to do 2022 and 2023 myself, but if I wasn't able to, waiting is definitely the way to go.

 

[JawsVictim]

I suppose I'll wait till summer 2023. Might as well wait a year for those Fantasy Springs rides.

Those additions will be cool, but I care way more about riding Jaws again before it’s gone.

 

[Brian G.]

Our blip:

Universal Studios Japan to close on April 25 due to State of Emergency

Universal Studios Japan has announced they will be temporarily closed from April 25th to May 11th following a "state of emergency declaration" to the Osaka Prefecture due to the recent increase in Coronavirus infections. Universal states the closure may be extended beyond May 11, if need be. U

www.insideuniversal.net

 

[Mad Dog]

The United States State Department has issued a high level warning for US tourists 'not' to visit Japan due to the spread of covid there, and their lack of a viable vaccination campaign to combat covid. .......Oh my. How things have changed....

 

[JawsVictim]

It’s looking pretty unlikely that my November trip is going to happen. I’ll probably rebook for November 2022 assuming USJ still has Jaws by then.

 

[Brian G.]

It’s looking pretty unlikely that my November trip is going to happen. I’ll probably rebook for November 2022 assuming USJ still has Jaws by then.

If there is ever an announcement that it's going away, I'm on the first flight out of here and going.

 

[Tristan]

As someone who never went on the ride and doesn't care too much for the films; I'm all for it closing so that Pokemon can get it's own land.

 

[JawsVictim]

As someone who never went on the ride and doesn't care too much for the films; I'm all for it closing so that Pokemon can get it's own land.

As someone who never played Pokémon and doesn’t care much for the films; I’m all for it staying so that the greatest film of all time still has the greatest ride of all time in a theme park.

 

[Brian G.]

As someone who never went on the ride and doesn't care too much for the films; I'm all for it closing so that Pokemon can get it's own land.

 

[Jerroddragon]

Poor Japan, I hear the Olympics are just wanting the show to go on no matter what and could fine the country if the event doesn't happen

As for people booing about Pokemon Replacing a ride...Spiderman I get why people could be upset but not sure if that's what people are talking about since they said based off one of the greatest films ever

 

[JawsVictim]

The rumors indicate Spider-Man’s getting replaced by Pokemon and Jaws is getting replaced by Hagrid’s. Nothing solid, though.

As for greatest films of all time, you can’t tell me any iteration of Spidey gets included in that pantheon. Jaws gets mentioned on every greatest films of all time list alongside Citizen Kane, The Godfather, Gone With The Wind...I admit it’s all personal preferences, but Jaws has always been and will always be considered a cinematic classic.

 

[Jerroddragon]

The rumors indicate Spider-Man’s getting replaced by Pokemon and Jaws is getting replaced by Hagrid’s. Nothing solid, though.

As for greatest films of all time, you can’t tell me any iteration of Spidey gets included in that pantheon. Jaws gets mentioned on every greatest films of all time list alongside Citizen Kane, The Godfather, Gone With The Wind...I admit it’s all personal preferences, but Jaws has always been and will always be considered a cinematic classic.

Agreed

I think Spider Verse is close but has NOTHING to do with the ride.

I think people really need to look up how BIG Pokemon is....its just giant for one IP. Would I rather them not take away rides 100% I hate them doing it in Hollywood as much as they do but Pokemon is not only a safe choice but will make them even more then Spiderman.