What'cha bet HP will end the Uni/Dis factions

[bubba's mom]

I am a fan of both Disney and Universal. While the HP park will be an asset to Universal, I do not think that it will lead to a significant cut in Disney's attendance and popularity.

no, it won't...BUT it WILL boost attendance at UO

 

[LukenDC]

no, it won't...BUT it WILL boost attendance at UO

Of that I'm certain!

 

[tarheelmjfan]

Any more reasons to hurl?

Too much to drink at the Food & Wine Festival. BTW, anybody got a cure for that?

 

[macraven]

Too much to drink at the Food & Wine Festival. BTW, anybody got a cure for that?

 

[tarheelmjfan]

Second, I am not going to look for every thread where somebody knocked Disney but I know they are here. Heck, even in the beginning of this thread there is an unprovoked knock about Disney moms or something. It is out here.

Here's my thoughts on rivalry..... I'm a Tarheel fan. Like you, my 2nd favorite team is anyone playing Duke. Do I feel like a 2nd class citizen for being a Heels fan? Heck no! We're better than Duke!!! Their fans only get sympathy from me. Too bad they don't like the better team.

However, I don't feel a need to constantly compare the 2 teams, & say things like, "That team is just not for me. I'm used to the way the Heels play." I also don't spend months talking about how I know I'm going to hate watching them play, because I love the Heels so much. After watching them, I don't come back to all my fellow Heels fans, & tell them how bad it was to have to endure the rude, out of control fans Duke has. Why can't they be perfect like Tarheel fans are? Naturally, I have to share my impression of how extremely rude & unhelpful the employees at Duke are. How can employees be so different just a few miles apart? I definitely don't comment on how bad their team is, before I watch them play. Then again, I'm not one who needs my opinion validated, & don't feel a need to be part of the "anti-Duke" fan club.

IMHO, only a person looking for problems & thinking immaturely could truly believe Heels fans in general are superior to Duke fans & all Heels employees are of a better class than you experience a few miles down the road.

PS: I'm a WDW/UO fan, & have no problems supporting both "teams". More fun for me.

 

[ChrisFL]

Lots of posts about gangs, thugs, bad language, filth. And the favourite, "That would never happen at Disney." It just gets so tiring.

Which is why, as bad as it is, I post the tasering incident, to show that things can happen anywhere. I DO feel safe at Universal and I DO feel safe at the Disney parks, but it doesn't mean that no one ever has anything bad happen.

Its especially annoying hearing "that would never happen at Disney" when a few threads below it would show the same thing at Disney.

Or something happens at Universal and its horrible, the same thing at Disney and it's a forgivable occurrence

 

[GemmaPixie]

Hahaha Im half way through reading the 'princess hurl' thread and it's such a shame its been over for a year!! Im laughing my *** off over here reading what these people are saying!! it's hilarious!! One person actually said "Universal is nothing like disney" no s**t sherlock!! lol. I may just write something anyway thanking them for a laugh. hahaha

 

[Spidey7]

I have lurked on here a lot longer than I have started posting. In all honesty I have seen a LOT of universal bashing, haven't seen hardly any Dis bashing, except maybe about the crowds being to big, weather etc., that was the main reason I started this thread. I have always been amazed that there were some that would bash the best park in the world Universal. I mean it just doesn't make sense to me. I love ALL parks, even some of the lamer 6-Flags. But they are all what they are. 6-Flags over BFE isn't going to be Universal or Disney nor do I expect it to be, but I'll still enjoy it and not bash it. Just not so sure why there are some that like to bash a park, especially one as high tech as U.

 

[Tink's Tormentor]

Can't people just enjoy both parks? I am an annual passholder for both Universal and Disney... They offer two different kinds of fun... True, Disney has more to do, and blows the competition out of the water, but Universal, what they lack in creativity and amusement, make up for it in thrills... Universal is a glorified Six Flags.. and there is nothing wrong with that... As for the kinds of crowds the two parks bring in: Disney bring in families with screaming kids and rude parents.. Universal brings in rude teenagers who think they own the world.. Face it, both parks have pros and cons....

 

[macraven]

i'm not even going to try to comment on that last one.

 

[GemmaPixie]

As for the kinds of crowds the two parks bring in: Disney bring in families with screaming kids and rude parents.. Universal brings in rude teenagers who think they own the world.. Face it, both parks have pros and cons....

Please don't generalise the whole of the crowds at both parks. I've never seen rude teenagers at UO, but Im sure there have been some. Just like there are rude teenagers at Disney and there are also nice famillies with well behaved children. Every type of people everywhere....

 

[bubba's mom]

i'm not even going to try to comment on that last one.

on what...the lack of creativity at Universal or the glorified Six Flags?

I happen to think IOA is VERY creative...with Suess Landing and Spiderman and DD...... glorified Six Flags? I really think I am missing something?

 

[ChrisFL]

Universal is a glorified Six Flags.. and there is nothing wrong with that...

whoooa, there's a LOT wrong with that....and Universal is NOTHING like Six Flags at all, its much closer to Disney quality in its theming, dining and attractions than any Six Flags park.

The only difference I can see is that a couple of rollercoasters are outdoors, but besides that, where do these Six Flags comments come from???

 

[tropical depression]

pics of the last 40 or so pages of the final Harry Potter book have leaked online. if I post them in here, do you think WDW diehards will come in?

 

[damo]

Sometimes the six flags comment makes me wonder if people have ever been to a six flags or are they just repeating what they've heard.

Spiderman -- a glorified Six Flags ride. Oookay.

 

[GemmaPixie]

NOOOOOO I don't wanna see them!!! arghhhhhh noooo!! don't ruin the ending!!!

I posted on the pricess hurl thread. I know I really shouldn't have because it was over so long ago but I couldn't help myself!! It was so funny!

 

[Spidey7]

Can't people just enjoy both parks? I am an annual passholder for both Universal and Disney... They offer two different kinds of fun... True, Disney has more to do, and blows the competition out of the water, but Universal, what they lack in creativity and amusement, make up for it in thrills... Universal is a glorified Six Flags.. and there is nothing wrong with that... As for the kinds of crowds the two parks bring in: Disney bring in families with screaming kids and rude parents.. Universal brings in rude teenagers who think they own the world.. Face it, both parks have pros and cons....

No offense but I have to completely disagree. First I see rude teenagers EVERYWHERE, the mall, church, Disney, I honestly don't see how anyone could claim Universal has a monopoly on rude teens.

Second, I have been to the 2 best 6-Flags in the world. Dallas, and Los Angeles. I love those parks but they are totally NOTHING like Universal. They are essentially great thrill ride/roller coaster parks with very very little themeing. They do have a little Gotham City Batman themeing, a little wild west (at Dallas) a little this a little that, but they have nothing like the "ride the movies" thing Universal has. They have nothing like the very "themed" rides like anything from ET, MIB, Mummy, Spider man, Jurassic Park on and on, to the awe inspiring Lost Continent, JP (how it makes you feel like you are really at JP), Suess Landing, all of which are architectural masterpieces. I never feel like I'm in another dimension or time and space at 6-Flags.

6-Flags are great for what they are, and they have some great super coasters at 200ft. plus, which is great, that Uni does not have. But comparing them to Universal is like comparing a Volvo to a Ferrari, total apples and oranges, one is a theme park, the others (6-Flags) are coaster parks, with little to no theme rides. I don't even remember a single boat ride at any of the 6-Flags parks, except for a very small rip off of a small world in Dallas that was re-worked as a Bugs Bunny theme. But that's it.

 

[tarheelmjfan]

Sometimes the six flags comment makes me wonder if people have ever been to a six flags or are they just repeating what they've heard.

Spiderman -- a glorified Six Flags ride. Oookay.

I think it must be 1 of 3 things:

1) They've never been to Six Flags.
2) They've never been to UO.
3) They've been to a SF in a totally different league than any of the SF parks I've ever been to. I'm all up for giving it a shot, if they'll point me in the right direction though.

 

[Metro West]

Can't people just enjoy both parks? I am an annual passholder for both Universal and Disney... They offer two different kinds of fun... True, Disney has more to do, and blows the competition out of the water, but Universal, what they lack in creativity and amusement, make up for it in thrills... Universal is a glorified Six Flags.. and there is nothing wrong with that... As for the kinds of crowds the two parks bring in: Disney bring in families with screaming kids and rude parents.. Universal brings in rude teenagers who think they own the world.. Face it, both parks have pros and cons....

I'm shocked!

You're an annual passholder and you think Universal is a GLORIFIED Six-Flags? What? Are you kidding me here?

 

[macraven]

pics of the last 40 or so pages of the final Harry Potter book have leaked online. if I post them in here, do you think WDW diehards will come in?

i say go for it.
it will liven things up here