Universal's New Park/Site B Blue Sky Thread

[Alicia]

This is a City of Orlando project, it's gonna take them until 2025 even if they start tomorrow

Took 10 years to get to this point and all they have to show is a simulation with bad driving. Still be another year+ before they finish the plans and actually start.

 

[natespf]

Took 10 years to get to this point and all they have to show is a simulation with bad driving. Still be another year+ before they finish the plans and actually start.

I heard they spent nearly $1Million and a good chunk of that time studying the behavior of drunk drivers to get the authenticity just right for that white SUV thing in the beginning. Then with the motion capture, rendering time...

 

[Happytycho]

Yeah, I still expect the roadwork to mostly be done by mid-2022 to early-2023 and for the theme park to open in mid-2023. I don't see any changes to those timelines yet. Maybe things could be ready a bit sooner, but there doesn't seem to be any delays yet.

Allocating further time is expected.

I completely agree with this being the intended timeline. One of the requirements for the Florida Job Growth Grant funding discussed in the Sentinel article is that projects must be finished within five years of the final agreement, so I'm guessing that that is where the five years comment is coming from, not that they actually expect it to take five years to build.

This is a City of Orlando project, it's gonna take them until 2025 even if they start tomorrow

It's an Orange County and FDOT project, not the City of Orlando.

 

[Parkscope Joe]

I'm putting my flag in for the park opening Spring 2022.

 

[Disneyhead]

I'm putting my flag in for the park opening Spring 2022.

I'm going with "Fall 2022".

 

[Nick]

I'm putting my flag in for the park opening Spring 2022.

Bold prediction, but I think it's unattainable. I'm betting Spring 2023, although I could totally see it opening later in the year.

 

[Mad Dog]

Good to see all of you heavy hitters playing into the same time frame I've been throwing out for the past year.

 

[Mike S]

I'm putting my flag in for the park opening Spring 2022.

I'm going with "Fall 2022".

Hope either of you are right so I can still be in my 20’s and not feel old

 

[Legacy]

Its not YA like the Host, Mortal engines, and all the dystopian novels. Its Wicked meets Shrek meets Mean girls YA which do rather well.

So, it's YA in a vein similar to Mortal Instruments, Beautiful Creatures, Vampire Academy, Percy Jackson...

Those all did well.


I'm a sucker for YA movies. My wife and I write YA fiction. We follow the craze closely. The craze is dying.

 

[Parkscope Joe]

Hope either of you are right so I can still be in my 20’s and not feel old

Yet not make me feel any younger :|

 

[Imperius]

So, it's YA in a vein similar to Mortal Instruments, Beautiful Creatures, Vampire Academy, Percy Jackson...

Those all did well.


I'm a sucker for YA movies. My wife and I write YA fiction. We follow the craze closely. The craze is dying.

Percy Jackson was a good book brought down by terrible movie adaptions. Still pissed about that.

 

[Skipper Justin]

Percy Jackson was a good book brought down by terrible movie adaptions. Still pissed about that.

The musical is pretty great.

 

[Imperius]

The musical is pretty great.

Whatttttt?? Didn’t know this was a thing and it’s in Tampa in July. Awesome

 

[Skipper Justin]

Whatttttt?? Didn’t know this was a thing and it’s in Tampa in July. Awesome

The soundtrack is on Spotify and YouTube. Worth a listen! I’m excited for the tour.

 

[Mad Dog]

I don't feel the roadway completion will be an issue. Universal should be able to get by with what's there now, some road enhancements, and the continuing road work when they initially open the park, and possibly a hotel and a CitiWalk type area with the first phase. Additional phases of more hotels, parking garage, maybe waterpark and additional entertainment, etc. will probably time in at about the same time the final road and interchange areas are completed.

 

[Magic-Man]

Percy Jackson was a good book brought down by terrible movie adaptions. Still pissed about that.

By far the most disappointing movie adaptation of all time, IMO. It should become an animated movie series whenever Fox/Disney sells or reboots the franchise.

 

[Alicia]

I've received independent confirmation that the new park will in fact be a hub and spoke design, featuring a central icon.

 

[Mad Dog]

I've received independent confirmation that the new park will in fact be a hub and spoke design, featuring a central icon.

:thumbsup:Thank you. Confirms what I wrote about 6 months ago. That info had come from a prominent insider.

 

[GAcoaster]

I've received independent confirmation that the new park will in fact be a hub and spoke design, featuring a central icon.

That will be a first for Universal to create such a traditional layout.

The parks they've built (aside from USH) are the Duell Loop design, but a hub design tends to work better.

 

[JungleSkip]

I've received independent confirmation that the new park will in fact be a hub and spoke design, featuring a central icon.

Hype