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Limiting one-day passes and selling the three parks as a bundle is an obvious preventative strategy to keep attendance from cratering at those other gates.

Which is partially because WDW shrewdly differentiated those three parks. They each had a distinct brand identity so customers understood what they were losing by skipping one of them. The Universal parks all feel like mix and match from the same barrel. From a customer POV, getting the latest...

Ok but we need to stress they’re not trying to do Disney numbers

High today is mid-80s but Sunday is in the 90s, so you lucked out.

I’m sure there will be a decent amount of repeat business before it loses IMAX screens next weekend. What’s crazy is it’s losing Dolby theaters this weekend for Accountant 2.

Sinners is outstanding, best tentpole-type movie in ages. Its third weekend coincides with Thunderbolts’ opening weekend fwiw.

Could see it maybe being appealing for the proximity to WDW but otherwise it’s not where I’d go for local food and drinks spots. Not a sushi connoisseur but good to know they have that covered.

Genuinely asking why would tourists go there?

Guessing but maybe the actor is too old. Isn’t the character supposed to be youngish?

Also curious how Epic being detached from the original resort affects perception. The IOA-USF link, made literal by Hogwarts Express, is an interesting twist. People were encouraged to do both of those parks because of the train. Epic is detached from them and could conceivably be seen as a...

Hard to say without any idea of capped attendance numbers. Is it a success if it cannibalizes business from USF and that park drops below DHS? Really depends on how many travel packages get sold, etc.

Unfortunately they don’t seem to be getting the “best park in Orlando” word of mouth which is what’s probably needed to have any chance of a seismic change in travel patterns for central Florida. This will service Universal loyalists, Potterheads (again), and theme park fans, but normies? I...

Just wait until Universal botches the park ops this summer. The paragraphs of Dis v. Uni argumentation will be flowing as far as the eye can see.

Still wondering how the business side is supposed to work with the number of Orlando tourists who will simply swap out USF for Epic. That’s not a problem that gets solved in a year or two.

Sorta seemed like Gringotts pacing at least in some sections. Which, if so, is a wild thing for them to double down on.