News Round Up 2019

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mollmoll4 said:
Right. I'm just saying that EVEN if I was a member of the "general public" (in the sense that I wasn't on these boards...) I think this was a little underwhelming on the details front. They couldn't hype the NUMBER of lands, or the approximate time frame? That's all I'm saying. It's going to have a lot of buzz, but it'd have MORE if they gave the public more.
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I do see your point. I'm sure my local news will pick up the story eventually and so will other news outlets. What people will be paying attention to is that a new Universal theme park is coming all the other details probably become white noise at this exact point.

I think an announcement of a new theme park (NOT a water theme park) in Orlando for Universal where the last one was opened 20 years ago is very big news. It's not a new land, it's not a new ride and those two things are ones where I would be more likely to expect more details like the theming and approximate timeline, it's an entirely new theme park which to me is a big enough annoucement at the moment. It's something people have been wanting for a long while and now Universal has confirmed it.

I guess this is one of the times (rare for me lol) that I don't think they need to spill all the details right now right here. It's possible they are floating the excitement out there that a new theme park will be coming and will be giving details over time. Maybe they are waiting for some Star Wars fervor to die down a bit. IDK.
 
Mackenzie Click-Mickelson said:
I guess this is one of the times (rare for me lol) that I don't think they need to spill all the details right now right here. It's possible they are floating the excitement out there that a new theme park will be coming and will be giving details over time. Maybe they are waiting for some Star Wars fervor to die down a bit. IDK.
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I agree no real details are necessary - but I still think it odd no time frame. The only reason you don't give a time frame is if the timeframe is extremely long. If the rumored 2023 is the date - that may be long enough out that they are thinking "No reason to hurt our press conference telling people it's four years away."
 
Mackenzie Click-Mickelson said:
I do see your point. I'm sure my local news will pick up the story eventually and so will other news outlets. What people will be paying attention to is that a new Universal theme park is coming all the other details probably become white noise at this exact point.

I think an announcement of a new theme park (NOT a water theme park) in Orlando for Universal where the last one was opened 20 years ago is very big news. It's not a new land, it's not a new ride and those two things are ones where I would be more likely to expect more details like the theming and approximate timeline, it's an entirely new theme park which to me is a big enough annoucement at the moment. It's something people have been wanting for a long while and now Universal has confirmed it.

I guess this is one of the times (rare for me lol) that I don't think they need to spill all the details right now right here. It's possible they are floating the excitement out there that a new theme park will be coming and will be giving details over time. Maybe they are waiting for some Star Wars fervor to die down a bit. IDK.
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Looking at it from a marketing standpoint I think they wanted to get the general announcement out of the way prior to D23. Disney has a lot of stuff in works but nothing quite as big as an entirely new theme park. Universal is smart to build the buzz but not over-promise right out of the gates. Im expecting a drip feed marketing campaign where they introduce each land separately. Probably after D23 and news of EPCOT expansion/updates have settled.
 
Anyone think that the top left of the high res picture shows what looks like a quidditch stadium besides me? Also, not surprised they haven't released a time frame yet. I wouldnt be surprised if they are still having issues finding enough contractors to build the park. Disney has alot of the classic construction companies tied up with announced projects, that are of a smaller scale. So even if one of these companies would also be used to Universals new park, just getting the people hired or subcontractors hired is prob taking time. If they are forced to use sub contractors or hire more then their is a learning time curve to build themeing at this level of scale. I dont think universal has a contract set yet for a timeline with penalties yet for any one contractor. They prob wont announced a time line or year until that is all worked out.
 
skier_pete said:
Don't assume the front of the park is the front of the picture. Remember the concept art for Epcot from D23 last time that was looking at Future World from towards World Showcase, with the front of the park at the back of the photo. I would say it's likely similar here - the hotel will be at the front/hub of the park.
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certainly could be the case - just that looks a like like an entrance with security tents in front of it, etc. in the lower left (my red circle):

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Iowamomof4 said:
OH MY GOODNESS!!!! We're going to WDW in just 17 days and now I have to make plans about a possible trip with the family for next summer. I'll be watching for more exact dates so we can figure out what might work best for us. Thank you for mentioning this!
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DarthGallifrey said:
It could be a situation like the Grand Californian and DCA at Disneyland where hotel guests have their own separate entrance from the general public.
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yeah, figure that - but the GC is still towards the front of the park ... in this image (assuming I have the entrance correct) it almost makes the tall hotel the "wennie" of the park, drawing guests towards it.

Not necessarily bad - could be really cool, certainly for guests of that hotel - just different
 
Assuming they have the funding in place and there's no severe recession..how long would a park like this take to build from start to finish ?
 
Speaking of the hotel (knowing this is just a concept art of the park) but iI would have expected a hotel built into the new gate to be more themed towards an epic world. The concept art certainty has it looking nice, but not as themed as I would expect it to be.
 
TheMaxRebo said:
certainly could be the case - just that looks a like like an entrance with security tents in front of it, etc. in the lower left (my red circle):

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Oh, I missed that. Then I would guess the hotel will have a separate entrance and just be attached to the themepark so they can overcharge for rooms.

KevM said:
Speaking of the hotel (knowing this is just a concept art of the park) but iI would have expected a hotel built into the new gate to be more themed towards an epic world. The concept art certainty has it looking nice, but not as themed as I would expect it to be.
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Actually, the concept art makes the theme look like "Vegas Casino", but concept art this early is usually pretty unspecific.
 
Universal’s made me skeptical on what they’re delivering with this given their history of overhyping things. Volcano bay was the first “water theme park”, but was really just a nice water park. And hagrids was the first “story roller coaster” which is a patently false statement when one sees what the ride is: a solid coaster with good theming and AA’s.

I’m not trying to insinuate that the new park won’t be good, but I’m skeptical of it “revolutionizing the theme park industry” as they claim
 
So with some of the things announced about why they aren't doing details, they mentioned competition (probably Disney) and that a universe is bigger than a World (probably a dig at Disney World) :) They are probably going to announce more after D23 :)
Also, 1st proper theme park in Orlando (not sure where Legoland is?) since Animal Kingdom or Islands of Adventure. That is pretty monumental :)
 
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