To be fair, it looks like they've changed now as they know they have a brand new park to go up against. Pandora's land clearing started in 2014 and opened in 2017. So if this opens up in 2027 then that's progress.Wow Disney is already clearing land you know what that means... only 5 more years until the attraction opens
They've known for years they would have a brand new park to go up against. Two months before that new park opens is not the time to start work on new projects.
Why not? Do you seriously think Disney was gonna release a new land this year? That would be a stupid idea and I don’t know how people don’t understand this concept. Disney knows to let universal “have this omelette since they’re gonna be hurting financially as they recover the major costs of the new park and are trying to figure out operations. Universal is going to stagnate at their other parks as the money flow gets adjusted and then Disney will have a planned 2-4 summers worth of announcements that will help them
Really its 2026 that's Disney biggest problem for new offerings (Millennium Falcon new mission and Buzz Lightyear's new gun at the moment) 2025 WDW at least has 2 new shows at HS, Epcot's Test Track 3.0, MK's new night parade and AK's Zootopia show
I feel like Muppets RnRC could make an appearance as well.
I feel like there wont be axing of the tropical americas project,,,,,others however....
Agree. The upcoming slowdown will at the very least cause budget cuts to planned projects, or cuts/delays to the projects themselves. Fans won’t be happy. Universal is in a good position. Already paid for their new park which is about to open, they can delay announcing expansions in epic and no one will be upset with them. Disney on the other hand will be caught between a rock and a hard place. I can see cars/ villains land getting delayed.
Speculation or you have sources? It would not make logical financial sense to delay projects 2-4 years out from needing the general public to fund their vacations based on economic conditions currently or in the near future.
We have precedent. They did this to the Epcot transformation during Covid.
What do you mean?
Expansions in Epic will be fine, but if those other parks don't get some TLC soon Universal will absolutely suffer. Especially USO.
Agree on that instance but I would argue Covid was the great unknown we had not seen before. Recessions are not unchartered territory.
Depressions are, unless you're 90+ years old.
Bob also just said a couple days ago that if tariffs cause the prices of things like steel to go up, it may force their hand to scale back. He was specifically referencing to new cruise ships, but I’m confident park expansion is not immune to this line of thinking.