OK, I have tried to stay out of this fray, but here goes. First, I haven't been to WWoHP and don't really plan on going. While it would be neat to see, honestly the Universal Parks were a huge disappointment to me (but I remembered enjoying Universal Hollywood in the 90's). Most of the attractions have never updated or really been theme'd like they could have done. Honestly, having attractions based on 70's movies shows a lack of originality in their design concept. As far as Islands of Adventure, it was better and had some bigger rides/coaster, but it wasn't a whole day park for me or the young adults we took (half the group went to the movies and the other half went back for a nap). With that being said, I don't see wasting a day at Universal just to ride the re-themed rides...maybe one day some friends will want to go while we are there and I will go, but until then I don't have any plans.
As for the news that WWoHP has been paid for and phase 2 is on the way, I haven't seen anything to support either of these items. First, as pointed out, how do they say it is paid for...is it increased revenue based off attendance figures of years past, or are they just saying enough people came through the gates (which many would have anyway). Second, Universal would make a huge mistake rolling out a phase 2 so soon. The business approach would allow the simmer of Phase 1 to settle down and about when attendance begins to decrease you roll out phase 2 to bring people back in, that have already visited phase 1.
