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They already own one and will own the other soon. Universal already has the theme park rights.Disney steals Simpsons and Marvel?
They already own one and will own the other soon. Universal already has the theme park rights.Disney steals Simpsons and Marvel?
Legally can’t do either. Simpson’s will be up soon though while Marvel is never happening. Losing Simpson’s wouldn’t kill anything really.Disney steals Simpsons and Marvel?
Disney won’t please you because it seems you’re only interested in making excuses to say what they’re doing now stinks when it’s the kind of build schedule we’ve been begging for for years. What Star Wars Land looks like is much more interesting than if they just copied Tatooine which, in all honesty, was pretty plain design wise.The only way Disney could actually eat part of Universals business away is to let the family friendly, snowflake, pixiefarters, overweight princess humping demographic go and grow some balls. It's what Disney doesn't have. Universal already has that part and serves them rides and ip's they want, with their next park I'm sure they focus on the demographic they don't have yet and that is the family friendly, etc. Sure there will be a bit of an edge, it's Universal, but I think they understand what market they want to get next.
Regarding Disney cleaning up their parks, it's about time. DHS, Epcot and AK never could exist on their own and see the numbers they get when they weren't part of a resort. From what I see now they are not on track on doing that successful. AK needs more rides, Avatar only had 1 good one and the total thing costed too much for what it offers, the nighttime show doesn't do what it should. Epcot doesn't need another restaurant, there are enough places to get overpriced bad food, no need for a space restaurant. Placing a Guardians coaster confuses me, sure they slam an "educational light" sticker on it making it even worse. A new lagoon show, it's about time but there are more empty buildings that needed to be filled with meaningful rides first. Slinky dog, downgraded oven that is designed in a bubble. Walt told imagineers to visit the parks, try that first and actually think about your guests as humans. And than there is Star Wars, the only thing that could get me back to the mouse but it's not like Potter from the movies but a Chinese knock off that took some familiar part and threw it together to a patchwork land I don't care about (a DJ in a cantina wtf).
In the end I hope Universal will feel the pressure, Disney sure does, it only makes things better (at Universal clearly).
Disney can play dirty all they want right up until 2020 when a concept art leak of the new Universal park reveals a land with an unmistakable tower and a watchful eye on top(staring at WDW no doubt) and the LotR announcement follows. BOOM goes the dynamite lol. Wishful thinking at work.
It's also possible for Disney to put pressure on local politicians to squash things like transportation right of ways and bus lanes.
Or, or, or...getting Universal to sunset the Marvel IP for them to do Wicked, because that makes TOTAL SENSE.
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Nice, out of the box thinking. If we could get 1 or 2 of those, that would be incredible.You guys all mention things that already exist. I would like to see new ride vehicles and systems. Variations on current rides no one has tough about.
- a trackless water ride with caves, show scene's and different hills and drops.
- a choose your adventure dark ride where at each junction the guests in the vehicle decide where to go next.
- a stand-up hanging coaster with swinging vehicles.
- a ride that goes from a simulated plane crash/drop tower ride into a real roller coaster like car chase into a boat race.
- a flatride that integrates a video game on the area around it.
- a drop tower with robot arms on the side and a great story.
- a show where the whole theater is a screens (no projection) and can change in pre-defined shapes that adapts to the story in the show.
- a show that uses an underwater viewing area with indoor skydiving tubes inside.
I expect multi level, vertical building. PhantasiaLand does that kind off well but they work from an existing park. If you build something new it could even be more intricate. I think the development of Nintendo World (an evolution from Diagon Alley) triggered the creative juices. In the end this will make the footprint smaller but adds entertainment value. It also helps creating shade, kinetic movement in the lands, sound barriers and ugly view lines from silly high carnival rides on Idrive.
I have been frustrated by Diagon Alley and all the empty space in the higher levels of the buildings that is unused (or doesn't exist but could have been build). What if you could actually sit and eat your ice cream at Florean Fortescue on the first floor watching the people below? Why not an upper level in Carkit to view the shows from with a nice beer.
What if there actually was a restaurant in Hogwarts at the top of the ride building instead of an empty shell. A magical elevator/floo powder fireplace to bring you to the top. No needs for real windows because of projections but it could add a whole restaurant on top of a ride if you add that to your design. The extra building costs will be offset by more space for hotel rooms, an extra boutique park etc.
What id like to see in the new park
- A ride that can bypass any showscene in case of maintenance or updates
- Indoor rides that matches the time of day/weather in real time.
- A dark ride that picks up the ride vehicle for certain scenes.
- Queues that build up the story slowly from the start rather than saving it all for load when nobody's paying attention.
A whole park, where you HAVE to return to the "hub" in order to move from land to land, has never been done.
But what I could see is a park that has his lands connected via a horizontal people move like system to get around. Transference from 1 land to the other will go trough almost dark ride scenery to get into the mood.
This could even reduce the size of the hub or even the need of one.
You mean Walt Disney Imagineering? Oriental Land Company was essentially the investor for DisneySea. Imagineering got lucky with a large budget.
I had heard that a fair number of the extremely negative Tripadvisor reviews for Volcano Bay originated in some office in Celebration. So it's not beyond Disney to play dirty.
Just for the record JK Rowling wanted to put Potter at Disney first but didn’t like the deal they gave her so Universal is probably going to be the only place you can find HP and FB stuff if it gets built.That would be Universal's worst nightmare to have Disney aquire the rights to Harry Potter and buy Warner Bros properties I think Uni should stick with WB IMO. Universal is trying to add more Warner Bros properties which I also read on Alicia Stella article on UUO Podcast.
Lol... How?!? Someone at Trip Advisor tipped you off? Color me skeptical.
Let’s be honest JK Rowling didn’t want to put Potter at Disney. Disney wanted Potter and approached JK Rowling for the movie rights. Disney wanted control with Rowling being limited in her control. She quickly showed them a picture of kite and offered a suggestion of a windy park near by.Just for the record JK Rowling wanted to put Potter at Disney first but didn’t like the deal they gave her so Universal is probably going to be the only place you can find HP and FB stuff if it gets built.