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The obesity levels are out of control in our country and with all u can eat several times a day cruising, is a big draw for many.
If you told me 0% outside of theme park aficionados did not know about Epic universe I would not be surprised. My boss at work went to universal this past week. I’m interested to hear if he even knows about it.It's possible. It also could be Disney trying to get people to book a vacation in early 2025 before people decide to go to EPIC Universe in the summer and Disney loses them all together in 2025.
I track theme park news. I'm curious how much the regular Disney traveler from out of state is aware of EPIC Universe being built. For example, I think my husband only knows about EPIC Universe because I told him.
We went to a restaurant last week, and I was wearing my Universal Studios shirt. A server from another table came over when we were seated to say how excited they were about Epic Universe opening. I was to say the least, surprised.I track theme park news. I'm curious how much the regular Disney traveler from out of state is aware of EPIC Universe being built. For example, I think my husband only knows about EPIC Universe because I told him.
My neighbors continue to vacation at WDW with maybe a day trip to Sea World or Universal if even that. One didn’t even know what Epic was.If you told me 0% outside of theme park aficionados did not know about Epic universe I would not be surprised. My boss at work went to universal this past week. I’m interested to hear if he even knows about it.
they will once it opensMy neighbors continue to vacation at WDW with maybe a day trip to Sea World or Universal if even that. One didn’t even know what Epic was.
I have been seeing them quite a bit up here in NYC.. MarieA small tangent, but is any one else getting bombarded by advertisements for one park per day for $99 pp ?
Pre-pandemic free dining was offered in December, typically up to the 24th.Are the Disney chase free meal deals for next December new? Saw those today and was surprised to see them during XMAS season.
Confirmed. My boss spent a week on site in a Universal hotel. And had no idea they were even constructing a new park. Sounds like Universal's advertising strategy for on site guests is...do nothing. Seems like a miss to me.If you told me 0% outside of theme park aficionados did not know about Epic universe I would not be surprised. My boss at work went to universal this past week. I’m interested to hear if he even knows about it.
I went to a pub like restaurant last week and this ad showed up every time commercials came on. I live in MD.A small tangent, but is any one else getting bombarded by advertisements for one park per day for $99 pp ?
Universal's marketing team bothers the hell out of me lol. They botched yesterday's DreamWorks/Summer Entertainment announcement and Epic Universe is not well-known just yet outside the fan community. Maybe a Nintendo announcement soon can change that.Confirmed. My boss spent a week on site in a Universal hotel. And had no idea they were even constructing a new park. Sounds like Universal's advertising strategy for on site guests is...do nothing. Seems like a miss to me.
Simple signage on-site seems like such a small thing to do that would create interest and return visit potential. But what do we know...Universal's marketing team bothers the hell out of me lol. They botched yesterday's DreamWorks/Summer Entertainment announcement and Epic Universe is not well-known just yet outside the fan community. Maybe a Nintendo announcement soon can change that.
Universal is still "healing" from their botched openings/marketing efforts (internally) of Islands of Adventure, Hogsmeade, Hagrid, and Volcano Bay. Even if they're not 100% solid on an opening timeframe, just simple signage at their onsite resorts and parks with "Hey, Look what's coming next year" would do wonders.
They're afraid of people "skipping" visiting the resort this year, but Universal has built a great resort, with great onsite resorts, that can avoid what happened in the 2000s easily.
I sound like a broken record, but Universal Creative does wonderful work that gets botched by their operations team.
Signage, informing TMs properly. etc., can do a lot. Disney does a masterful job at this. We are getting an Epic Universe preview center, so I'd imagine that will help.Simple signage on-site seems like such a small thing to do that would create interest and return visit potential. But what do we know...
Yeah, that will help a lot. We are now getting close to the one year to opening mark, so I'd imagine it'll ramp up more.All ills will be offset by the preview center in CityWalk which will open in plenty of time to hype the park, we are more than a year from opening so the campaign is just getting ramped up and they don't want to reduce the numbers that want to travel now.
I get your point about the company should get the word out for business purposes, but at least when they announce something it has a real opening date. All this stuff opening in June, I just heard about Yesterday. From a fan standpoint its exciting because its only a few weeks of waiting, not years and years of waiting.Universal's marketing team bothers the hell out of me lol. They botched yesterday's DreamWorks/Summer Entertainment announcement and Epic Universe is not well-known just yet outside the fan community. Maybe a Nintendo announcement soon can change that.
Universal is still "healing" from their botched openings/marketing efforts (internally) of Islands of Adventure, Hogsmeade, Hagrid, and Volcano Bay. Even if they're not 100% solid on an opening timeframe, just simple signage at their onsite resorts and parks with "Hey, Look what's coming next year" would do wonders.
They're afraid of people "skipping" visiting the resort this year, but Universal has built a great resort, with great onsite resorts, that can avoid what happened in the 2000s easily.
I sound like a broken record, but Universal Creative does wonderful work that gets botched by their operations team.
Signage, informing TMs properly. etc., can do a lot. Disney does a masterful job at this. We are getting an Epic Universe preview center, so I'd imagine that will help.
A simple "Get Ready For More Epicness" sign on the moving walkways on the way out can do a lot.
Universal is afraid that you'll skip visiting today... but if you are already there what do they have to worry about? Considering Epic is expected to open sometime in the summer, you've already captured APs for a full year and don't have to worry about them not renewing their APs until next year.
I can understand avoiding a massive online media blitz, but they're should be signage resort wide soon.
Yeah, that will help a lot. We are now getting close to the one year to opening mark, so I'd imagine it'll ramp up more.
Well the issue yesterday isn't the timing of when it was announced ,it was how it was announced. It was sloppy with external media sites revealing some stuff and the Universal site not working properly to confirm those announcements.I get your point about the company should get the word out for business purposes, but at least when they announce something it has a real opening date. All this stuff opening in June, I just heard about Yesterday. From a fan standpoint its exciting because its only a few weeks of waiting, not years and years of waiting.
Has MCO have any advertisement on Epic opening?. Last visits I've not noticed any. Is there a count down digital click timer on a billboard on I-4 to when Epic opens?Signage, informing TMs properly. etc., can do a lot. Disney does a masterful job at this. We are getting an Epic Universe preview center, so I'd imagine that will help.
A simple "Get Ready For More Epicness" sign on the moving walkways on the way out can do a lot.
Universal is afraid that you'll skip visiting today... but if you are already there what do they have to worry about? Considering Epic is expected to open sometime in the summer, you've already captured APs for a full year and don't have to worry about them not renewing their APs until next year.
I can understand avoiding a massive online media blitz, but they're should be signage resort wide soon.
Yeah, that will help a lot. We are now getting close to the one year to opening mark, so I'd imagine it'll ramp up more.
Understood. But me as a fan, Universals announcement yesterday was exciting and its no waiting!Well the issue yesterday isn't the timing of when it was announced ,it was how it was announced. It was sloppy with external media sites revealing some stuff and the Universal site not working properly to confirm those announcements.
I think there's a happy medium between Disney's way too early announcements with way too much early information and Universal's way too late with little detail announcements.
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