Epic Universe Expansion Speculation

[Clive]

I trust James, he's number Wan in my book.

Whatever he can come up with has to be better than what Dark Universe had planned for Gil-Man.

 

[HHN Maddux]

Whatever he can come up with has to be better than what Dark Universe had planned for Gil-Man.

Now I'm morbidly curious...

 

[simon]

I'm really looking forward for the theater expansion next to the Atlantic restaurant.

If I'm being honest, Buck Show and Paris Show capacity was quite limited than expected, and some of people weren't made to inside of theater even though they waited in line due to one-floor seating capacity instead of a multi-floor seating option that Beijing's majestic theater has. But once they build a scale of a 3 floor MAIN theater as California Adventure's Hyperion or Universal's Beijing Majestic Theater, it will definitely improve the park's capacity and lack of current offerings issue. Currently, Epic desperately needs indoor attractions due to the weather as well.

Also, I believe that theme parks just can't be all about rides. To be a modern world-class theme park, there needs to be a diverse and balanced offering as unique food experiences, interactions, kinetic factors, shows, unexpected entertainment options. And that's one of the factors that Epic Universe is typically doing better than other theme parks already.

Imagine this. You paid 160 dollars for just to be at the theme park to prioritize riding the attraction. But experiencing 160 bucks worth of Broadway-level scale show unexpectedly in a theme park would make quite of impression and improve guest satisfaction drastically. Making guests feel like it's worth of buck to visit with this main show alone, giving audiences different E ticket options than waiting in excessively long lines for E ticket attractions (One of the biggest complaints Epic has these days)

If they complete their main show theater(more than a 1500 seats) on the expansion pad and put new shows like USJ's Wicked, CA's Aladdin, Or utilize Universal's original IP on a big scale. It will be a huge factor of revisitability for Epic and put Celestial Park on another level for a main hub offering.

I mean, look at those theaters. It would be awesome to have this scale of show offering in Epic!
And I would be pretty disappointed if they build a typical event soundstage instead of this.

 

[UniversalRBLX]

I'm really looking forward for the theater expansion next to the Atlantic restaurant.

If I'm being honest, Buck Show and Paris Show capacity was quite limited than expected, and some of people weren't made to inside of theater even though they waited in line due to one-floor seating capacity instead of a multi-floor seating option that Beijing's majestic theater has. But once they build a scale of a 3 floor MAIN theater as California Adventure's Hyperion or Universal's Beijing Majestic Theater, it will definitely improve the park's capacity and lack of current offerings issue. Currently, Epic desperately needs indoor attractions due to the weather as well.

Also, I believe that theme parks just can't be all about rides. To be a modern world-class theme park, there needs to be a diverse and balanced offering as unique food experiences, interactions, kinetic factors, shows, unexpected entertainment options. And that's one of the factors that Epic Universe is typically doing better than other theme parks already.

Imagine this. You paid 160 dollars for just to be at the theme park to prioritize riding the attraction. But experiencing 160 bucks worth of Broadway-level scale show unexpectedly in a theme park would make quite of impression and improve guest satisfaction drastically. Making guests feel like it's worth of buck to visit with this main show alone, giving audiences different E ticket options than waiting in excessively long lines for E ticket attractions (One of the biggest complaints Epic has these days)

If they complete their main show theater(more than a 1500 seats) on the expansion pad and put new shows like USJ's Wicked, CA's Aladdin, Or utilize Universal's original IP on a big scale. It will be a huge factor of revisitability for Epic and put Celestial Park on another level for a main hub offering.

I mean, look at those theaters. It would be awesome to have this scale of show offering in Epic!
And I would be pretty disappointed if they build a typical event soundstage instead of this.
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Removing Aladdin from DCA is arguably the worst attraction removal in theme park history (up there with original Imagination) Easily the best stage show in any theme park ever.

I think Untrainable is a solid show, but I do wish for longer 30-45 minute productions in Orlando. The parks certainly need it, but like you mentioned, require large theaters to justify longer runtimes. I don't agree entirely with the idea of the standard guest having low attentions spans, resulting in shows being shrunk down to less than 20 minutes. If the show is great, people will pay attention.

 

[simon]

Removing Aladdin from DCA is arguably the worst attraction removal in theme park history (up there with original Imagination) Easily the best stage show in any theme park ever.

I think Untrainable is a solid show, but I do wish for longer 30-45 minute productions in Orlando. The parks certainly need it, but like you mentioned, require large theaters to justify longer runtimes. I don't agree entirely with the idea of the standard guest having low attentions spans, resulting in shows being shrunk down to less than 20 minutes. If the show is great, people will pay attention.

Exactly, showtime for Aladdin was 45 min.

 

[OrlLover]

Removing Aladdin from DCA is arguably the worst attraction removal in theme park history (up there with original Imagination) Easily the best stage show in any theme park ever.

I think Untrainable is a solid show, but I do wish for longer 30-45 minute productions in Orlando. The parks certainly need it, but like you mentioned, require large theaters to justify longer runtimes. I don't agree entirely with the idea of the standard guest having low attentions spans, resulting in shows being shrunk down to less than 20 minutes. If the show is great, people will pay attention.

40 minutes is pushing it in a theme park setting nowadays in my opinion.

 

[UniversalRBLX]

40 minutes is pushing it in a theme park setting nowadays in my opinion.

Not every theme park show needs to be 40-45 minutes, but I'd like 1 or 2 at the resort. With the right concept, a 45 minute show will be popular. If we do end up getting Wicked at the parks in a form of a stage show, I can't imagine a 18-min show will do the IP justice.