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Universal Studios Florida: What Do We Think About It?

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DARK. RIDE.
 
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belloq87 said:
In isolation, as (hypothetically) a B/C-ticket offering to flesh-out an overall Minions Land that had a dark ride and a coaster, or something, I might agree.

But in the park's current state, I think it's basically the last thing it needed. If you want a Minions-heavy screen-based attraction, the superior Minion Mayhem is just across the street. If you want a shooter, the (infinitely) superior MIB is ten minutes across the park.

It’s basically the same issue as WEB Slingers in California Adventure: an extraneous and inferior version of a concept that already exists in the park.
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Genuinely, kinda how it's been feeling to go back to Disney World after primarily frequenting UOR North Campus for awhile. :nervous: UDX has definitely been aggressive in expansion post-Potter, but there have only been a few offerings that truly match the level of the mouse down the road.
 
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DOOMBOT said:
Genuinely, kinda how it's been feeling to go back to Disney World after primarily frequenting UOR North Campus for awhile. :nervous: UDX has definitely been aggressive in expansion post-Potter, but there have only been a few offerings that truly match the level of the mouse down the road.
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Yeah, I was actually gonna say something similar, since I've been starting to go back to Disney recently with friends about once or twice a month, and while I do prefer going to Universal now with a much more stress-free and still very fun experience, Disney quality is still very much on a different level.

It's another example of Unchained earning its universal praise, because it truly is the closest Universal has come to being on that same level of something as Rise and arguably surpassing it.
 
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Yes. Stress free and tour as you feel at the moment, along with the close to everything campus appeal, puts a Universal vacation experience above a WDW vacation experience, for me. But, with all the new Disney stuff in the past decade, their parks are probably a tad better. And the Disney entertainment, show attractions and night shows, are heads and tails above a Universal that relegates non ride stuff to a lower emphasis, especially when it comes to continuity of night shows and parades.
 
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To be fair, it has definitely been a complete pendulum over the past half-decade on who's present and future lineups I've been most interested in. Despite some padded out timelines, Disney had a terrific lineup of attractions across the late '10s and into the early 2020s, but after Tron the slate dried up and things looked a lil bleak short-term, especially when compared to the idea of Epic on the horizon, which to me signaled a really bold push from Universal and almost a dozen new attractions at once.

Now with Epic in the rearview, and a fresh slate of tasty and purposefully fan-pleasing Disney World expansion announcements lined up for the near future, the turns have thoroughly tabled. We're in essentially the exact opposite scenario, and I'm feeling basically the exact opposite.

... Only this time, now I have a decent picture of both companies' complete ability and offerings; and I'll be honest, it's been a little hard to justify getting terribly excited for the company more consistently giving us attractions like Mario Kart, Ministry, Villain-Con, Yoshi, Skull Island, which have all thoroughly whelmed me at best. And especially when the competition is nearly constantly dishing out stellar work like Rise of the Resistance, Cosmic Rewind, Flight of Passage, on top of their incredible legacy lineup of Tower, Everest, Philharmagic, Fantasmic.

Brand new Disney rides have really felt to me like they've been changing the game in a number of ways, and Universal rides just seem to keep hitting the same familiar beats. Between that and their nearly unbroken streak of Hogsmeade-clone lands (Berk and Celestial are the only real exceptions), I've been slightly worried about UDX's range, or potential lack-thereof.

This is all just me and my own ramblings though. It's all obviously complicated and based on my own everchanging biases. I just like talking about this stuff.
 
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DOOMBOT said:
To be fair, it has definitely been a complete pendulum over the past half-decade on who's present and future lineups I've been most interested in. Despite some padded out timelines, Disney had a terrific lineup of attractions across the late '10s and into the early 2020s, but after Tron the slate dried up and things looked a lil bleak short-term, especially when compared to the idea of Epic on the horizon, which to me signaled a really bold push from Universal and almost a dozen new attractions at once.

Now with Epic in the rearview, and a fresh slate of tasty and purposefully fan-pleasing Disney World expansion announcements lined up for the near future, the turns have thoroughly tabled. We're in essentially the exact opposite scenario, and I'm feeling basically the exact opposite.

... Only this time, now I have a decent picture of both companies' complete ability and offerings; and I'll be honest, it's been a little hard to justify getting terribly excited for the company more consistently giving us attractions like Mario Kart, Ministry, Villain-Con, Yoshi, Skull Island, which have all thoroughly whelmed me at best. And especially when the competition is nearly constantly dishing out stellar work like Rise of the Resistance, Cosmic Rewind, Flight of Passage, on top of their incredible legacy lineup of Tower, Everest, Philharmagic, Fantasmic.

Brand new Disney rides have really felt to me like they've been changing the game in a number of ways, and Universal rides just seem to keep hitting the same familiar beats. Between that and their nearly unbroken streak of Hogsmeade-clone lands (Berk and Celestial are the only real exceptions), I've been slightly worried about UDX's range, or potential lack-thereof.

This is all just me and my own ramblings though. It's all obviously complicated and based on my own everchanging biases. I just like talking about this stuff.
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Yeah, I agree. Except for a couple of great themed coasters, the fab Monsters attraction, Kong, and perhaps Bourne, the other new stuff in the past decade has either been just moderate, or downright terrible in a few cases. Universal was really on a roll through Diagon, and since then OK, but not all that memorable except for those four or five excellent attractions. ....But I still enjoy a Universal vacation more than a WDW for the reasons I mentioned above. We enjoy the amenities about equally with the rides, so the rides aren't a deal breaker for us.
 
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