State of USH - What's Next?

[Jerroddragon]

I do wonder if they bring back a January/February event, if to compete with Peanuts Celebration and DCAs Lunar New Year down the road.

Ideally I’d actually love if they could bring back the planned Top Chef festival from back in the day, before COVID happened. A true food festival during January/February would do a lot for USH in a good handful of ways.

If we can fill the Calendar like Disneyland and have mostly have events happening in some way all year (not just merch and food, like the HP ones...the events need some sort of show even if one and meet and greets characters along with new food and merch)

Then honestly, I can live with that because USH does great events

I just truly feel without things drawing guests into the park, along with inflation its going to be hard for USH to hits the numbers and money it wants.

I know people here think the hotel and coaster are taking this place to the next level but when I talk to people its all "I want more HP...I want more nintendo...I want BTTF in the park..."

Cool if none one else has friends like that but thats what people I walk want, more to do at USH and they'd love to visit but the park to them hasn't changed enough from their last visit to make them want to come back or get APs again

 

[Brian G.]

No one said they weren't they are working on the resort but...with guests coming less (per last years numbers) I just hope this coaster can really work because there is no Plan B

There are no rides being worked on now, so the park as is has to draw guests and if SNW hype died down after 1.5 years thats the time you have to have something else new to draw people

People can crap on Disney all they want....they are bringing Bluey and redoing two attractions this year (the Mando one I think will make the ride from....whatever to a new classic) along with a somewhat fan demanded land refresh with GE


Can USH use the plaza more for mini events at least if we can't get rides? Like for example WW is closed right now, perfect time to bring in Lunar New years in the plaza to make up for that big attraction and the only big show to be gone.

USH kills it with events, so if they can't build us a new ride. Can we get a food event? Lunar New years? Also Change up the HP events to include new shows and or meet and greets with the Fantastic beast?

I don't think my idea's would break the bank and if done slowly an grow up, should be able to draw in more guests and get AP's in more and make more money while they work on the resort

 

[Jerroddragon]

We were so close to finally getting a food festival. So close.

Is there a reason why USH can’t do their own Mardi Gras event? I know a parade can’t happen, but they could always do performances in the stage at the plaza and have a Mardi Gras-style food fest. After all, the event in Florida is essentially a glorified food fest.

I'd be so happy if we got a Mardi Gras-style event

Food Booths, Characters in fun "holiday" costumes, during the day you can do some live Jazz Music and later on have a dance party with the characters like they did last summer

 

[PerceptiveCoot]

Guys, I think they're still working on the complex, boundary-pushing ride that's supposed to open this year, along with the security hub changes and, hopefully, the hotel. Stuff's happening on the backlot, too, as we've discussed. It's not as if they aren't building anything.

True, I just presumed that things like the hotel, the security update, and the shuffling of the backlot were precursors for a marketable addition larger than a single ride or coaster, and was wondering whether such a thing had been rumored. It's also been a few years since a new ride has been solidly rumored and many years since USH has worked on multiple ride projects simultaneously.

Of course, all the infrastructural changes, more so than something like Disneyland Forward, are probably necessary to even facilitate expansion at a large scale.

You need a new tech services to relocate tram maintenance and provide space for expansion behind Simpsons or a pathway to Falls Lake.

You need new soundstages and various other facilities to relocate the services provided by the Lower Lot soundstages.

You need new security checkpoints and a broader territorial definition of "on-property" if you want to push the Upper Lot closer to CityWalk.

Etc. But it seems like there should be a near-term project in mind that leverages all the affordances that these infrastructural changes give them while also more broadly improving their ability to do any future development.

 

[Magic-Man]

So, is there gonna be another new ride this decade or...

(just curious what the latest rumors are as a lapsed forum dweller)

I'm guessing that we'll get the hotel and a new ride for the Olympics in 2028, but after that is unknown. Just an early guess but I could see Transformers transformed (heh) into Pokemon like they're doing with Spiderman at USJ.