Universal's Epic Universe - News and Discussion

[BaymaxFan78]

Love their statement at the press conference "A universe is bigger than a world".

OH LORD

 

[xultimatefanx]

damn it, thought it was official, got all excited

A lot of the stuff mentioned has been highly rumoured like Fantastic Beasts, Nintendo World and Classic Monsters. Not heard of the How to Train Your Dragon rumours before but it's just best not to take that map as official confirmation until it comes from Universal Studios themselves.

I'm intrigued by the hotel, it looks gorgeous and handy being so close to the park.

 

[JimmyBean42]

Probably the opposite, they are over the screen thing for this park, it'll be mostly practical/physical stuff.

I'll believe it when I see, but I hope so.

 

[Disxuni]

It looks like if that is the Fantastic Beasts area, that it appears to be a city setting. New York makes the most sense, as it's the original city setting (since the other films are going to be set in different locations throughout it seems). If that is the case might be a MACUSA attraction. However, whether being FB, or not, the attraction building looks massive when you look at the high res picture and ignore that the fact that the fireworks is blocking half of the building which makes me intrigued.

 

[Keetchino]

Looking at the renderings, it looks like they are leaving *a lot* of room for expansion

 

[gtitan21]

Looking at the renderings, it looks like they are leaving *a lot* of room for expansion

The CEO stated in the Conference that they are leaving plenty of room for future development. Which is smart because should Ilvermorny be revealed in Fantastic Beasts, Universal will want to add that castle

 

[Luxurious_Lumiere]

It does look like that lower left land is Nintendo/Mushroom Kingdom. The entrance to the land even looks like you'll be walking through a warp tube to enter, which has my little nerd heart bursting.

If the renderings are at all accurate, there are also at least 2 very large expansion plots. I'm sure they're hoping to add to Nintendo and Fantastic Beasts in the future.

 

[Tonyz]

I'm not a Universal fan in the slightest, but a Nintendo/Mushroom land will absolutely get me to go!

 

[BaymaxFan78]

I updated the first post, but I'm not sure how to get rid of the very bottom where it says "attachments"

 

[Spotpkt]

Posted this over in WDW rumors thread, but I plotted the outline in google earth. Looks like 1.2 square miles, which matches the 750 acre comment (I got 740 acres).

 

[DisneyKrayzie2]

Posted this over in WDW rumors thread, but I plotted the outline in google earth. Looks like 1.2 square miles, which matches the 750 acre comment (I got 740 acres).
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Im not very familiar with Orlando other than studying google earth. What is the huge facility west of their land? Looks like a nearly abandoned factory. Looks like a good oppurtonituy for future expansion of another park.

 

[ErinBoBerin]

For those more familiar with the Orlando area, what's the distance between the new park and the others? Are we talking about an Animal Kingdom situation or farther?

 

[mi*vida*loca]

Love their statement at the press conference "A universe is bigger than a world".

Universal threw serious shade at WDW with that comment.

I'm a huge WDW fan and haven't been to Universal in about ten years. But with Disney's rising prices, huge crowds, taking more away, etc., we've been talking about a Universal trip, instead of WDW, next time. This almost seals the deal. We only go to WDW every 3 years or more so this is good with us. We will just switch it out.

 

[PollyannaMom]

What's the poll question?

Am I excited for the new park? - YES!!
Do I like the name? - No, not really.

 

[0FF TO NEVERLAND]

Typical Universal. Make a big announcement without telling you anything at all lol

Can we at least talk about how horrible that name is?

The rumored one sounded so much better.

 

[atricks]

Im not very familiar with Orlando other than studying google earth. What is the huge facility west of their land? Looks like a nearly abandoned factory. Looks like a good oppurtonituy for future expansion of another park.

https://www.lockheedmartin.com/en-u...-areas/missiles-and-fire-control/orlando.html

 

[TommyJK]

Im not very familiar with Orlando other than studying google earth. What is the huge facility west of their land? Looks like a nearly abandoned factory. Looks like a good oppurtonituy for future expansion of another park.

I believe it's Lockheed Martin facilities. Neither abandoned nor owned by Universal to use.

 

[BaymaxFan78]

Im not very familiar with Orlando other than studying google earth. What is the huge facility west of their land? Looks like a nearly abandoned factory. Looks like a good oppurtonituy for future expansion of another park.

That's a Lockheed Martin plant. They make stuff like defense for the U.S government.

For those more familiar with the Orlando area, what's the distance between the new park and the others? Are we talking about an Animal Kingdom situation or farther?

The distance from the middle of the new complex to the current resort is roughly 2.5 miles. The distance from magic kingdom to animal kingdom is roughly 4.2 miles.

Posted this over in WDW rumors thread, but I plotted the outline in google earth. Looks like 1.2 square miles, which matches the 750 acre comment (I got 740 acres).
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Very impressive.
This is what it would look like with those new roads from the bus map

And this is just what I think the layout could be
Green circle is the park. Blue is the hotel and yellow is for any new shops/restaurants. Or theme park expansion

 

[ErinBoBerin]

The distance from the middle of the new complex to the current resort is roughly 2.5 miles. The distance from magic kingdom to animal kingdom is roughly 4.2 miles.

Oh okay cool so not that bad.

 

[Spotpkt]

And this is just what I think the layout could beView attachment 421977
Green circle is the park. Blue is the hotel and yellow is for any new shops/restaurants. Or theme park expansion

That makes sense, one of those might be for parking though as well.