Major Expansion Coming?

[kevdad]

It sounds like USO is about to get much, much bigger.

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/busi...-universal-colony-property-20151201-post.html

Game on!

 

[wilkeliza]

Interesting. It will be a big change for them as this isn't walking distance from their Parking garage and hotels so if they buy and build a park here they'll have to invest in transportation that will have to use public roads.

 

[kevdad]

It certainly would be a transportation challenge, but I have to think it wouldn't be significantly different than the bus system at WDW.

As a customer of both USO and WDW, I'm excited for the potential of it leveling the playing field a bit. More competition is good for all of us, no matter which parks people frequent.

Granted, we'd probably be looking at quite a long time before anything opens. I could take the grandkids!

 

[rstamm]

I can't find it on that site what does it say?

 

[kevdad]

Try one or both of these. Orlando Business Journal reported that USO may be under contract to purchase a "450 acre stretch of land near Universal Boulevard (which is adjacent to International Drive) from Sand Lake Road down to Rosen Shingle Creek Resort."

http://www.slashfilm.com/universal-orlando-third-park-rumor/

http://attractionsmagazine.com/rumor-queue-universal-orlando-rumored-land-acquisition/

 

[damo]

Here's a thread, dating back to 2012 and continuing through to today, discussing this exact thing.

http://forums.orlandounited.com/threads/universal-resort-expansion.7114/

 

[rstamm]

Thanks
I hope they get it.

 

[DOOM1001]

At some point a third park was coming,obviously there's no more space in their current site,there's been rumors of it happening in the Wet n Wild site and across Kirkman rd,obviously while possible the space would be limited but in this location you're talking about serious amount of room for a new park,and even enough space for parking.They would obviously offer bus transportation for those wanting to park hop,hopefully the buses are better than the ones they use for Cabana Bay that have regularly broken ACs.What's funny is they used to own land back there somewhere when the resort was not as popular and ended up selling it off.

 

[Musicman20]

I hope they expand!

 

[damo]

At some point a third park was coming,obviously there's no more space in their current site,there's been rumors of it happening in the Wet n Wild site and across Kirkman rd,obviously while possible the space would be limited but in this location you're talking about serious amount of room for a new park,and even enough space for parking.They would obviously offer bus transportation for those wanting to park hop,hopefully the buses are better than the ones they use for Cabana Bay that have regularly broken ACs.What's funny is they used to own land back there somewhere when the resort was not as popular and ended up selling it off.

What a shame that that land behind Gringotts is now houses.

 

[snoopboop]

What a shame that that land behind Gringotts is now houses.

I wish my house was behind Gringotts.

 

[minnie-apple-mouse]

Hoping so.