Posting for the sake of discussion.
My response would be that that thought process requires more "twist yourself into a pretzel to justify it" work than just putting “New York” (or even something non-geographic-specific) in the name.
Following ETP’s own logic, then why is there a Hollywood set
on a New York set... when an
actual Hollywood set also exists a short walk away?
And I'm sure a rejoinder could be, "Well, Twister didn't take place in New York, either." Right, it didn't. It's also gone, now. Ideally, you smooth over thematic incongruities when you make a replacement. You improve the thematic integrity, not double-down on nonsense.
If Revenge of the Mummy were to ever be replaced (please, no), I would expect its replacement to be themed to New York, as well.
Yeah, I think two things can be true: Ultimately, the name will not matter to 98% of park guests. Still, as a world-class theme park operator, Universal should have given the Florida attraction a unique name that reflected its setting, even if it meant some additional work/expense.
If I were going to be really uncharitable, I'd say it's an amusement park decision being made in a theme park.
We're not talking about some huge additional expense, here; it's signage and preshow stuff (and, perhaps, very unfortunate concerns about the cost of manufacturing two different shirt designs).