Universal Great Britain - Speculation & Rumors

[xtpower]

@Alicia just dropped the Theme Stop video about the planning docs.

 

[yepthatguy]

What would stop someone flying over in a microlight if they wanted to?

Probably just wind and rain

 

[yepthatguy]

@Alicia just dropped the Theme Stop video about the planning docs.

26mins too! Awesome!

 

[rob@rar]

Nice update video from @Alicia. Comprehensive and highlighted all the important bits that we can glean from thousands of pages. That's a really good effort to digest it all and make something very watchable.

I had a slightly different reading about the phrase "Future Year". I don't think it actually means the second year of operation, but a point in the future when the growth in visitor numbers has stabilised to reach their longer term target. This might be year 2 or it might be year 5, depending on how well received the park is by domestic and international visitors. Rather than specifying a specific year by which they hope to reach this post-opening target, Universal have used the catch-all phrase "future year".

I'm slowly ploughing my way through the arcane annexes, currently looking the forecast models and timetabling issues for rail capacity to Wixams station. If I'm reading it correctly, the consultancy was contracted to do that work seems to indicate Universal told them that there might be an (unspecified) boost in visitor numbers from 2050, beyond the 'future year' targets that are specified in more detail throughout the documents. I wonder if this gives a small insight in to Universal's thinking about the very longterm development of the site? Single gate at opening with one hotel, then a steady build of convention centre, lots more hotels, more restaurants, etc (plus filling out expansion pads in the theme park). Then 20 years after opening a step change in attendance for some unspecified reason, at which we can hope and guess?

 

[Alicia]

Nice update video from @Alicia. Comprehensive and highlighted all the important bits that we can glean from thousands of pages. That's a really good effort to digest it all and make something very watchable.

I had a slightly different reading about the phrase "Future Year". I don't think it actually means the second year of operation, but a point in the future when the growth in visitor numbers has stabilised to reach their longer term target. This might be year 2 or it might be year 5, depending on how well received the park is by domestic and international visitors. Rather than specifying a specific year by which they hope to reach this post-opening target, Universal have used the catch-all phrase "future year".

I'm slowly ploughing my way through the arcane annexes, currently looking the forecast models and timetabling issues for rail capacity to Wixams station. If I'm reading it correctly, the consultancy was contracted to do that work seems to indicate Universal told them that there might be an (unspecified) boost in visitor numbers from 2050, beyond the 'future year' targets that are specified in more detail throughout the documents. I wonder if this gives a small insight in to Universal's thinking about the very longterm development of the site? Single gate at opening with one hotel, then a steady build of convention centre, lots more hotels, more restaurants, etc (plus filling out expansion pads in the theme park). Then 20 years after opening a step change in attendance for some unspecified reason, at which we can hope and guess?

Yea there seems to be some inconsistency with the future year terminology, but for the most part it just means not the first year.

Given that multiple research firms were hired to put together multiple packages, and not everything was prepared in house, there’s bound to be some contradictions. Some are saying by year 5 while others (like maybe Team Members needed) may mean year 2, while others, (like parking) mean all the way up till 2051.

But that’s why when breaking down the stats, I tried to focus on opening year.