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Rumor: Universal Building Third Park Based On Games. (Including: Nintendo + Blizzard)
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The Xtortionist
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Dude, no. I'll take the two compact parks in Cali over the spread out bullshit in Florida anyday. Not to mention that Disneyland has fuckin Indiana Jones Adventure.
Fun fact: a sound wall was installed on the border of the Dueling Dragons roller coaster because Dr. Phillips High School complained about the noise
Yeah I hate how the sound wall takes you completely out of the immersion on that ride. It's a drawback to building so close to everything but it really hurts the illusion of the theming.
Eeeeeh the Cali Universal park only has something like 7 attractions total. The real reason to go honestly is for the Tram Tour. It also has inferior versions of Jurassic Park and The Mummy.
Love Waterworld tho.
Finale Fireworker
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You have no idea what you're missing. But okay. I am sorry.
matrixman92
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agreed 100%. Disney world even took out Mr Toads Wild Ride, a classic
The Xtortionist
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Tom Nook Sawyer
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IJA's good, but overrated. Although I'll concede it's better than Dinosaur.
But I much prefer Disney World--particularly with the rumors of the MASSIVE investment it's getting across most of its parks. Disneyland's great for a brief escape, but Disney World offers a level of immersion that's unmatched.
neogaffer1
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have a forza ride where they hand you the keys to a lambo and tell you to go nuts
Finale Fireworker
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That's why Disney bought all the land he did to build Disney World. He wanted the outside world to be completely undetectable. The anecdote is that a family complained about being able to see the traffic in Anaheim at the peak of a ride. So he built Disney World.
And it's amazing.
The Xtortionist
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Each non-Magic Kingdom park in WDW only has 3 or 4 things I like doing, and transportation between them is a total bitch. Bad combination.
Nazgul_Hunter
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But will we get a digital fireworks show
Tom Nook Sawyer
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Yeah Hollywood's Mummy is laughably short, but their Jurassic Park is far superior. It's longer, has 2 T-Rex encounters, and a falling Jeep effect that destroys the Raptor cage (well, when it works that is lol)
vinnygambini
Why are strippers at the U.N. bad when they're great at strip clubs???
Eh, maybe you're right, but I think it will be re-purposed for Nintendo, but this is all speculation really.
Though I doubt MIB & Fear Factor are part of Universal's longterm plan so that's also a place where they could expand for a Nintendo themed-area.
The Xtortionist
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My bad. I was talking about DL and DCA.
I'm sure that investment will pay off when the rides finally open in 2025
Tom Nook Sawyer
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I'm sure that investment will pay off when the rides finally open in 2025
Touche
Finale Fireworker
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My bet is that it will take over the Play Area and adjacent attractions. Or a major renovation to one of the dated Islands of Adventure, like Toon Lagoon.
It will be Nintendo, Blizzard, Minecraft, and possibly Tomb Raider to coincide with the new movie.
And I could see Microsoft approaching with Halo. Single ride for these latter two.
That's my conservative estimate.
BUT, if it really is a third park, everyone is going to want in. Expect major partnerships from all major players.
It will be Nintendo, Blizzard, Minecraft, and possibly Tomb Raider to coincide with the new movie.
And I could see Microsoft approaching with Halo. Single ride for these latter two.
That's my conservative estimate.
BUT, if it really is a third park, everyone is going to want in. Expect major partnerships from all major players.
They're going to keep MiB. Fear Factor is rumored to be knocked down to build another HP ride.
I realize you're comparing DL with WDW but I wanted to touch on a few things you mentioned.
Since Daigon Alley, I have to make the switch to Universal on the immersion front. They've figured out how to get around breaking immersion by creating exceptionally tall buildings relative to the field of view of the patrons.
Another issue is that WDW may do MASSIVE investments to renovating their parks, but it takes 5-7 years for them to actually finish. Within 2 years USF basically rebuilt half of their park. They demolished a building and built Transformers in under a year FFS.
Tom Nook Sawyer
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Finale Fireworker
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Diagon Alley could really use another headline attraction, but the area itself is a masterpiece of theme park architecture and design. It's the gold standard now.
Razgriz-Specter
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I want a Hyrule Castle,
just imagining one like Cinderella's castle makes me sad.
just imagining one like Cinderella's castle makes me sad.
That includes visible show buildings
From where? The queue? They enclosed the extended queue with a themed canopy so you can't see the show building.
Also, it appears the 3rd gate rumor is based on land Universal's attempting to acquire.
http://www.slashfilm.com/universal-video-game-theme-park/
thomasmahler
Moon Studios
Love that idea. Day 1.
Jawmuncher
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I need Dino Crisis land.
Every tourist gets a free pair of Depends when you enter.
Tom Nook Sawyer
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You can see it from the extended queue within Harry Potter--the canopy doesn't fully hide it. It's even worse in Japan where you can easily see it from elsewhere in the land
Freyjadour
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Disneyland is pretty much an improvement over World in every way but space and late 1980s EPCOT.
hodayathink
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Is Twilight Zone? Is Jaws? Is Jurassic Park (actually, scratch that)? If we're just talking a ride, I don't think it matters very much.
Why would that Mario Kart DLC get its own ride?
NYCmetsfan
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Behind Simpsons and to the right of MiB is where they could extend the kids zone too.
They probably should just knock down MiB, trash ride
NYCmetsfan
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Disney had a Alien ride. The R rated Alien.
If something has pop-culture cache they can make anything work.
deletethis123
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Wait so it's going to be one for both Nintendo and blizzard or one for each? It would be kinda crazy moving from Mario's castle to a Starcraft space mountain.
Okay I wasn't really arguing that a ride based on a video game wouldn't work.
Inferno313
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Don't even need to go to Disney. Universal has a Terminator 2 show, another R rated movie.
Inferno313
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If the rumor is true, the article suggests it would be one park with different themed areas based on different games. Similarly to how Jurassic Park, Marvel Super Hero Island, and Harry Potter's Wizarding World are all different areas of Islands of Adventure.
EDIT: Sorry for the double post.
Finale Fireworker
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We shouldn't really make this a Land vs World thread. I'll concede that Land has the undebatably superior Pirates, okay?
The Xtortionist
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That's just a very small part of The Great Movie Ride at Hollywood Studios.
Tom Nook Sawyer
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Well, they both lose in that battle, because Disneyland Paris actually has the best version
Apollo Cree
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His movies always get blasted by reviewers and still do alright.
The Xtortionist
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Well, they both lose in that battle, because Disneyland Paris actually has the best version
And Big Thunder
You're talking about the IoA land right? I'm talking about Daigon Alley. They actively looked to fix the exposed show building problem.
He's talking about Alien Encounter. Before it was neutered for Stitch.