Disney Execs Visit Universal Epic Universe: What Might That Mean?

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When Disney executives Josh D’Amaro and Bob Iger were spotted touring Universal Epic Universe, it didn’t take long for the internet to light up with speculation. After all, it’s not every day that the leaders of The Walt Disney Company are seen walking the grounds of a direct competitor’s most ambitious project to date. While there’s been no official word on why they visited, fans and insiders alike are buzzing with theories, and what this could mean for Disney’s future in the theme park space.

Read the rest of my article here and weigh in with your thoughts on their visit!

 

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Probably just what you say, inspiration. What Disney really needs to do a better job at is dogfooding their own products.

 

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I sure hope it means Disney getting back to being Disney! Creating detailed, immersive lands and not scaled down versions. Watching initial videos of EU made me really excited and sad at the same time. Excited to see the creativity and detail that was put into every little part. Sad that that was what Disney used to do, but hasn’t been since Cars Land. Sad that I knew EU would draw a lot of people from Disney and that it would no longer be the one day add on park for people visiting WDW, but the park people would plan for and maybe add MK. Sad because I have felt some of the incredible Magic leaving the parks recently and EU brought it back. I so enjoyed sharing it with my kids and wanted to share it with my grandkids in the future. I hope this is a wake up call for imagineering and they bring the Magic back to Disney in the special ways that they used to. I had not been holding out much hope with where they have been going, fingers crossed, they will see that we all love what used to make Disney the standout. Imagination!