CaptinEO
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Is this a sponsored review/stay? Or did you go out of curiosity?
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Rich T
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I went as an unsponsored fan who had never gone to an opening day theme park hotel event (made my reservation the moment they became available last year). I paid about $150 for the room.
I’m glad I went: The opening was super fun: The hotel entrance features a huge revolving door, which prevented unsuspecting early birds from seeing that on the other side, dozens of hotel staff and costumed astronauts were waiting to cheer and applaud everyone entering during the hotel’s first 15 minutes. It was overwhelming in the best way (and the free space punch was delicious!
)I’d never visited the EU area before, so it was also a great chance to get my bearings on how the resort is laid out. And it was great to give the shuttle a try; I’d compare the ride from the hotel to Citywalk drop off to a well-timed WDW bus park hop.
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Man, I just reread that and I really do sound like a prescripted PR plant or something. Sorry about that. I try to sound natural, but old work habits are hard to break. I promise everything I post here is unsponsored and from the heart (and often clumsy and ineffectively phrased
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Rich T
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While writing my thoughts on Stella Nova, I was so tempted to say something in that direction…
I’ll just say this: I believe an equivalent to Stella Nova (a budget-priced, non-larp-focused, pleasantly themed sci-fi hotel) at WDW —with the classic Star Wars characters— Could have been a roaring success for Disney.
But nooooooooooo….
Phroobar
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Disney budget-priced? I don't think those words go together.While writing my thoughts on Stella Nova, I was so tempted to say something in that direction…
I’ll just say this: I believe an equivalent to Stella Nova (a budget-priced, non-larp-focused, pleasantly themed sci-fi hotel) at WDW —with the classic Star Wars characters— Could have been a roaring success for Disney.
But nooooooooooo….
How hard can it be to have a scheduled stunt show in the lobby?
AlexMBush
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A Sneak Preview of Universal Fan Fest Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood
It’s time to get ready to “Really Go There” as Universal Studios Hollywood prepares to soon welcome guests to the inaugural Universal Fan Fest Nights – a brand-new after-hours event designed to take fandom to the next level by transporting guests into numerous immersive in-world experiences tapping
www.insideuniversal.net
Tickets are now on sale for Universal Fan Fest Nights, with all of the experiences now detailed and in some cases; given special titles and logos.
In-World Experiences (The Core Attractions for Universal Fan Fest Nights)
- Dungeon's & Dragons: Secrets of Waterdeep- Located in SS15, Join the Harpers as they plan to foil a plot by the beholder Xanathar. The Experience will contain seven rooms; with Xanathar The Beholder being curated by the legendary Jim Henson Creature Workshop
- Star Trek: Red Alert - Located within the Universal Boulevard Entertainment Venue, the experience will be a pulse-based walkthrough attraction where guests join in on an adventure aboard the USS-Enterprise NCC-1701-D to prevent a galactic threat while being attacked from those unknown. The experience will include various special effects and highly detailed sets; including the bridge from Star Trek: Picard S3 that guests will be able to walk around.
- Back To The Future: Destination Hill Valley - Board the Fan Trams on a trip through time; and be dropped off in the heart of the Universal Backlot as you get to walk around Hill Valley, otherwise known as Courthouse Square. Reenactments of iconic sequences from Back To The Future: Part 1 will be occuring during the night, including a grand finale reenactment of the climax of the original film.
- Jujutsu Kaisen: Hunger of The Cursed - Originally debuted at Universal Studios Japan, this Cinema experience located at DreamWorks Theater will immerse guests to the world of the anime; as we follow Yuji Itodori and his friends on a large scale battle. This experience debuted at Universal Cool in Japan, and is a full on overlay of DreamWorks Theater
- Magical Creatures & Hogwarts Always in Hogsmeade - Originally debuted in Japan, Magical creatures will be roaming about in the village of Hogsmeade; with the originally debuted show from Universal Orlando Resort, Hogwarts Always; making it's debut.
- One Piece: Grand Pirate Gathering - Located in New York Street, Luffy and the Straw Hat crew will be arriving to Universal Studios Hollywood in a exciting bout of photo opportunities and meet & greets of Luffy, Nami, and the rest of the gang.
- Yoshi in Super Nintendo World - Making his first debut for Super Nintendo World, Universal Studios Hollywood welcomes and celebrates the arrival of Yoshi! Yoshi will be out and about for meet and greet opportunities alongside a egg hunt; and alongside that--drones will be flying above Super Nintendo World at night.
Phroobar
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Anyone going to FanFest at Universal Studios in April and May? It sounds like a blast. There are two mazes (Star Trek and D&D) and a scare zone (One Piece), get to walk around Hill Valley (Marty go back to the future, go to the enchantment under the sea dance), meet & greet Yoshi and Fantastic Beasts and see Jujutsu Kaisen: Hunger of the Cursed 4D movie. Too bad they didn't add more walk around Transformers and dinos.
Disneyland/DCA
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Got my ticket. I'm surprised they didn't get the film division's marketing dept to pony up some cash for a small Jurassic rebirth setup.
Misted Compass
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mickEblu
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Saw a comment saying bring ET back as the finale to the studio tour. Sounds good to me. Or Monsters. Or Ghostbusters if they don’t want to do my drop tower on the Simpsons plot.
BuzzedPotatoHead89
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Back to The Future seems like a logical choice.
mickEblu
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Absolutely! Completely slipped my mind.
Professortango1
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As long as it's a practical scene and not a simulation. Kong is the big simulation part of the tram and I don't want to have two similar experiences in the tram again if we can avoid it.
mickEblu
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This is part of the problem. Kong needs to have an AA. It’s like having a Jurassic Park ride with no AAs. Back to the Future doesn’t really scream practical to me. Other than a parked Delorean and actor playing Doc Brown. If they re going to focus on a practical experience I think Monsters or GhostBusters would be better. Much rather see some practical ghosts/ monsters and those settings in 3D than any of the characters or settings from Back 2 the Future.
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Agent H
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I mean hey if we get a ghostbusters themed experience that uses entirely screens it would still be an improvement over fast and furious.
Professortango1
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Not if it is the same quality as Supercharged. Bad is bad, no matter what franchise is flavouring the bad.
Having a giant AA doesn't save the Orlando Kong. The AA has to be used in an effective way rather than casually looking around.
Agent H
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True but fast and furious is bad for more reasons than it uses nothing but screens. also I actually like the King Kong ride.
mickEblu
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Sure but just from a legacy standpoint, USH needs a Kong AA and having one is better than not having one. My point is, of the two, kong would benefit more from being a practical focused attraction than Back 2 the Future and that Back 2 the future in general isn’t the first IP in their arsenal that I’d choose if I was going to focus on more of a practical attraction.