Nintendo Coming to Universal Parks

[Alicia]

Pokémon as a miniland would be a nightmare crowd control wise.

That's all it would be if it were at USF?

 

[Bobharlem]

Didn't an insider on Magic allude to the possibility of Nintendo in TL a while ago? "I Don't Nintend to Infringe Your Ship," iirc. It's all making sense now.

Popeye? or Everything but popeye

 

[JungleSkip]

Popeye? or Everything but popeye

Meh. I’d be okay with a Popeye retheme

 

[Alicia]

Seriously doubt Nintendo is going to allow any rethemes. And I doubt Universal would touch the water rides. But there's a whole lotta land between Marvel and Popeye that is severely underutilized. My two cents.

(Plus, still leaves Lost Continent for Dragons.)

 

[Viator]

Seriously doubt Nintendo is going to allow any rethemes. And I doubt Universal would touch the water rides. But there's a whole lotta land between Marvel and Popeye that is severely underutilized. My two cents.

(Plus, still leaves Lost Continent for Dragons.)

I would actually highly disagree about that for Dudley Do Right.

 

[ChrisFL]

IMO newspaper comics are just not popular anymore. I bet most guests under age 20 couldn't name most of those characters.

 

[captainmoch]

I think Popeye is the one retheme I would accept for Nintendo. It'd be perfect for some sort of Magikarp/Gyarados-based water route retheme.

Dudley on the other hand... kill it with fire.

 

[JungleSkip]

Seriously doubt Nintendo is going to allow any rethemes. And I doubt Universal would touch the water rides. But there's a whole lotta land between Marvel and Popeye that is severely underutilized. My two cents.

(Plus, still leaves Lost Continent for Dragons.)

If they took everything in Toon Lagoon from the end of Marvel to the beginning of Sweet Haven, they'd have about 4 acres

 

[Kungaloosh1937]

Why is everyone assuming a retheme of anything? More likely than not it’ll be a demo and rebuild just like everything else they’ve done recently.

 

[JungleSkip]

So, since KidZone is what it was always going to be, I'm interested in how it's already coming out that it'll be in two other parks.

Could Universal announce an IoA project when they finally give us a Nintendo announcement?

 

[captainmoch]

So, since KidZone is what it was always going to be, I'm interested in how it's already coming out that it'll be in two other parks.

Could Universal announce an IoA project when they finally give us a Nintendo announcement?

I'm under the impression that IOA is this 1.25 we've heard about. It make me wonder what the timeline will be. When would Toon Lagoon close? How long would demolition and construction take? Would this interfere with the LC replacement's timeline? So... many... questions...

 

[Viator]

Why is everyone assuming a retheme of anything? More likely than not it’ll be a demo and rebuild just like everything else they’ve done recently.

I am actually not assuming a retheme for Dudley and TL (Exluding Popeye). I hope, and plead that it get's the rip.tear.kill treatment. If Popeye's ride layout goes, that would honestly be unfortunate.

 

[Imperius]

So permits have have been filed, but we think it’s delayed. When do we assume KZ closes now and when do we think they actually announce Orlando’s? This has to mean something soon.

 

[JungleSkip]

So permits have have been filed, but we think it’s delayed.

If it’s starting in 2018 as the permits say, it’s not delayed

 

[Viator]

If it’s starting in 2018 as the permits say, it’s not delayed

It said completion of certain permit's I think lasting to July.

Maybe they could keep KidZone (Excluding ET and StorePants) open till after Mardi Gras, but that could lead to issues for Spring Break.

 

[Imperius]

If it’s starting in 2018 as the permits say, it’s not delayed

Thought it said beginning July 2017 and ending 2018. Maybe read wrong.

 

[Bobharlem]

Thought it said beginning July 2017 and ending 2018. Maybe read wrong.

That's the range of time to start Construction. I said January 7th in the When will the Kid Zone closures begin?. thread, this permit doesn't change that guess

 

[fryoj]

Thought it said beginning July 2017 and ending 2018. Maybe read wrong.

If they were filed in July, these could be old plans that are subject to change.

 

[captainmoch]

My guess is FFL closes in January, KidZone closes after F&F opens, and Shrek closes after summer. Then we have one reeeeally rough holiday season until stuff starts opening again in 2019-2021.

 

[Mad Dog]

My guess is FFL closes in January, KidZone closes after F&F opens, and Shrek closes after summer. Then we have one reeeeally rough holiday season until stuff starts opening again in 2019-2021.

They're going to put a half dozen portable flat rides in the expansion plot next to MIB and have a "Special Two Year Spinning Festival" ...Fake News Alert.