Universal Studios Florida: What Do We Think About It?

[Jake S]

We've discussed the Minion Lands before. USF jumped to replace Neutron with their latest hit, not realizing how lucrative it would end up being, so the other lands are much more fleshed out.

The Minions are truly Universal’s Frozen.

 

[TheCodeMan95]

Let me throw out a hypothetical -

10 years from now. 2035. We now have a new coaster in place of HRRR, a Supercharged replacement, and a highly immersive Pokemon land with an E-ticket ride.

Will Central Park still be an issue? Will anyone care that the front of the park doesn't necessarily mesh together perfectly?

 

[belloq87]

I mean, USF will be exactly this once Pokemon is there, right?

Basically. That's why my priority would be attractions over area overhauls.

Let me throw out a hypothetical -

10 years from now. 2035. We now have a new coaster in place of HRRR, a Supercharged replacement, and a highly immersive Pokemon land with an E-ticket ride.

I'd like to see more than that in the next ten years. At least one more project on top of that (replacing the Fear Factor theater, replacing Race Through New York, adding a dark ride to DreamWorks, etc.).

 

[TheCodeMan95]

Basically. That's why my priority would be attractions over area overhauls.


I'd like to see more than that in the next ten years. At least one more project on top of that (replacing the Fear Factor theater, replacing Race Through New York, adding a dark ride to DreamWorks, etc.).

I think that a new coaster, a new dark ride replacing F&F, and a large new immersive land with another E-ticket attraction is fair for 10 years. That gives them time to focus on other things such as expansions for Epic as well as possible Toon Lagoon/Lost Continent replacements at IOA as well.

If anything, I'd maybe expect a Dreamworks dark ride in that time as well. I don't think Fallon is going anywhere anytime soon - and as much as I would love for Fear Factor to go, that has essentially become the HHN Theatre at this point.

 

[SeventyOne]

The Minions are truly Universal’s Frozen.

It's probably the Disney-centric view of kids' culture that no one ever talks about this, but any given week on the Netflix Top 10, there's three or four Despicable Me movies. It's Frozen, Moana and Encanto combined.

I imagine it helps that, like the initial decade of Potter, there's not a mess of merch in Target and Wal*Mart, at least not on the scale of Disney or Marvel/DC. When suddenly presented with the opportunity a variety of Minions merch, fans go nuts.

On the one hand, having your land be more popular than anticipated is a nice problem to have. On the other, having a slapped-together land for such a critical IP (especially compared to Potter, JP, Seuss...) makes USO feel kind of cheap.