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There are 3 turntables within the main turntable The figure 8 was a patent but not used for this ride

You forgot the stage show at Dragons... which will blow away nearly every theme park show in Florida.

Universal demolished a building and built a multi-story attraction in its place -- in the middle of an operating theme park - in less than a year.

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It sure would be nice if Epic opens big and popular, considering how the first two parks had botched openings. While possible, I can't see them offering Epic as a stand alone, as that basically gives people to skip IOA and USF a priority - something Universal definetly does not want. I could...

The show in Dragon, if it is even close to Beijing, will put every theme park show in Orlando to shame

I hear that all the time, and I remind people the highest grossing film of 1955 was..... "Cinerama Holiday" LOL

Ironically the version in Japan is in.... Fantasyland.

My two complaints: It feels like the portion from load to launch, and from end break to unload is longer than the actual ride and the fact it brakes so hard entering the show building. It's like it teases you outside with the visible launch and then you hit the brake and slow waaaaay down. It's...

There will be no fifth gate. And they haven't even broken ground on anything, which means anything they start is 3-5 years away. One can assume Universal isn't going to sit on their butts all that time. There's Zelda for IOA and possibly new coaster for USF among other.

Not the exec's in Florida. They didn't want the damn thing. But the higher ups approved it on the condition the budget build two for cost sharing. They were stuck with it.

IOA outdrew all Disney parks except the MK last year. There's blood in the water :)

Heck, Disneyland's two main icons (The Castle and the Matterhorn) both came from movies, and the castle in particular is an IP icon (built to promote the forthcoming movie).

"EPCOT", as conceived, would not be possible. You can't put people into living situations with unproven (i.e., prototypes) equipment nor can you experiment with peoples lives. Imagine if they had built the city and installed the Evac garbage system. We now know it clogs, smells and breaks down...

If it had opened at Disneyland first it probably would have been fine. But our Magic Kingdom has the "kiddie park" reputation so parents expected it to be kid friendly, even with the warnings

It's not that narrow (look at the crane). Plus there are side entrances. No different, really, then the arch at USF

If they had done a SR version of Mario people would have complained it didn't have any game elements and was just a dark ride version of Racers. Plus Nintendo wanted it to be more family friendly.

If they want to tweak Disney's nose a bit they should use "Why visit a world, when you can visit a whole universe" :D

A common question was "Universal Escapes what?" People didn't understand it was a new park and resorts. They thought it was the old park with a new slogan

A good example of demand driving ticket changes was when HoP and Country Bear swapped D and E classifications due to CBJ popularity