Universal Great Britain

[extrobeiuf]

Was there any truth to Jaws speculation? Or is that not beloved to be in the park anymore? I think a universal park showcasing the three eras of Spielberg sounds really cool (Jaws, Back To The Future, Jurassic), especially if they also end up doing a version of his show from Beijing. Really speaks to my sensibilities and the era of Universal I'm a fan of.

There was some thoughts that the little area in the bottom right looked like it could be themed to Jaws. Not a land, or even necessarily a full attraction, but a nod to the films, photo op, somewhere to eat etc.
But it's all speculation of course.

 

[rob@rar]

If Universal UK recreates major attractions that have already been dumped by Orlando, because it wants to be seen as the nostalgia park, I think it will fail to attract the number of visitors it wants. Jaws was a great movie (not so much the sequels, though), but it’s already 50 years old, will be closer to 60 by the time the park opens. For many families it’s an IP that they have very little engagement with, for plenty of young people they’ll be largely unaware of it beyond the general knowledge that it’s a movie about a shark. Doesn’t seem like a great foundation on which to build an E-ticket attraction. If Universal largely clone the ride that used to exist in Orlando to a modern day audience used to Forbidden Journey, Ride of the Resistance, Jurassic World Adventure, etc, it will seem extremely poor by comparison. Even back in the day I didn’t think it was a great attraction, being cheesy and having very little repeat ride value when you knew where the jump scares would be. Today it would be laughably bad. Universal can do better, and must do better

 

[yepthatguy]

This worked as a free to read article for me.

‘Hoping for a lottery win’: Bedford residents prepare to make way for US theme park

Local MP pledges to work with Universal to support homeowners affected by multibillion-pound project

www.ft.com

 

[Altonsky]

Didn’t work for me so this should work.

https://archive.ph/2025.05.04-042654/https://www.ft.com/content/7c90a253-0cfd-4522-8ed0-c6816cf3e555

Tbh I wouldn’t have sold until it had gotten to this stage anyway, and I wouldn’t try and wrangle as much as possible from Universal.

But if anyone refuses to move (it doesn’t sound like they will) they’ll just be hit with a CPO.

So it’s finding that line where they’re still willing to pay over the odds, but if you cross the line they’ll just stop conversing CP the property and you’ll financially lose out.

 

[marsguo]

There was some thoughts that the little area in the bottom right looked like it could be themed to Jaws. Not a land, or even necessarily a full attraction, but a nod to the films, photo op, somewhere to eat etc.
But it's all speculation of course.

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It's entirely possible that the movie theatre facade on the Hollywood street is the "Lights! Camera! Action! Hosted by Steven Spielberg" attraction's ENTRANCE and the ride will EXIT you out into the Jaws mini-area - an appropriate finale for a Spielberg themed attraction!

 

[BBPH]

It's entirely possible that the movie theatre facade on the Hollywood street is the "Lights! Camera! Action! Hosted by Steven Spielberg" attraction's ENTRANCE and the ride will EXIT you out into the Jaws mini-area - an appropriate finale for a Spielberg themed attraction!

Not sure they would plan to dump you out in a completely different area of the park.

 

[Della]

It's entirely possible that the movie theatre facade on the Hollywood street is the "Lights! Camera! Action! Hosted by Steven Spielberg" attraction's ENTRANCE and the ride will EXIT you out into the Jaws mini-area - an appropriate finale for a Spielberg themed attraction!

That sounds fun, but having the entrance and exit in different areas would be awkward for things like stroller parking, don't want to be dumped out a long walk from where your stroller / pushchair is. I hope we do get our own version of the Spielberg special effects show.