If you do not think Universal smelled blood in the water before...

[BryceM]

"Oh boy."

 

[TubaGeek]

How is DM2 NOT beating Frozen? It cost half as much, is currently winning by about $300K, and hasn't even opened in China yet.

The thread is about Comcast puring money into theme parks

That's what I thought.
Just be a man and admit you're wrong, just on that point. Or convince me otherwise.

yeah let's see it, all of it, you should make a video about it and outline exactly HOW IT DID NOT HAPPEN BECAUSE INSTEAD THEY BEGAN INVESTING IN THE PARKS thanks

Kind of like how Comcast is investing in the parks?

 

[AndyS2992]

yep, their 5th resort is going to start construction by the end of 2014 according to a very good source

Oh dear, sounds like they might do a Disneyland Paris and over expand into hotels and lose money. Hopefully not but it is a risk.

 

[Funmeister]

Oh dear, sounds like they might do a Disneyland Paris and over expand into hotels and lose money. Hopefully not but it is a risk.

I think part of the hotel room expansion is to support what is coming in addition to what is already here.

 

[Voice of Disney sanity]

And then there's this
http://www.foxnews.com/travel/2014/...s-way-more-than-harry-potter/?intcmp=features

 

[Tony Perkis]

And then there's this
http://www.foxnews.com/travel/2014/...s-way-more-than-harry-potter/?intcmp=features

Comcast didn't even have to push MSNBC to get this story out.

 

[marni1971]

yeah let's see it, all of it, you should make a video about it and outline exactly HOW IT DID NOT HAPPEN BECAUSE INSTEAD THEY BEGAN INVESTING IN THE PARKS thanks

Oh dear... It DID happen. They DID contemplate selling of P&R. Which is what the question was.

Now stop being snarky and grow up.

June-August 2011.

 

[marni1971]

Oh dear, sounds like they might do a Disneyland Paris and over expand into hotels and lose money. Hopefully not but it is a risk.

Paris was different. They over built rooms from the very start and misunderstood the guest they were aiming at. The early 90s recession didn't help either.

 

[71jason]

And then there's this
http://www.foxnews.com/travel/2014/...s-way-more-than-harry-potter/?intcmp=features

There is a tendency in online discussions to equate Universal to "the Harry Potter park" ... which is negated, for example, by the 135-minute wait for Minion Mayhem last weekend (without MM+ inflating wait times!) or the fact that Minion shirts are as ubiquitous as Mouse ears in Orlando these days.

Not to mention Simpsons, Transformers ...

 

[Disneyhead'71]

The Minions have turned out to be a merchendising juggernaut.

 

[ParentsOf4]

The Minions have turned out to be a merchendising juggernaut.

I have a Minion coffee cup while my DD15 twins both have their own Minion stuffed animals.

And, of course, there's the Minion keychains we bought for their friends.

Among teenagers at my local high school, Minions were very trendy after Despicable Me 2.

 

[montyz81]

It is amazing how much apathy everyone has towards Comcast's remarks and bullish plans. It is that kind of apathy that GM had towards Toyota's plan to compete and eventually beat out GM for world dominance (remember, we all had to bail GM out). It is that kind of apathy that has left EPCOT almost completely abandoned (in terms of updating) for 10 years where they believe they do not have to do anything because Epcot is the 3rd (or top 5) most attended park in the world. The longer you shrug off your competition, the quicker it will come around to bite you in the !

 

[Funmeister]

The Minions have turned out to be a merchendising juggernaut.

I am almost 100% positive that there is a Minions movie spinoff coming out this year?

 

[lazyboy97o]

I am almost 100% positive that there is a Minions movie spinoff coming out this year?

It was pushed back to Summer 2015.

 

[Pumbas Nakasak]

Agents of baw baggery at work again.

 

[Tony Perkis]

I have a Minion coffee cup while my DD15 twins both have their own Minion stuffed animals.

And, of course, there's the Minion keychains we bought for their friends.

Among teenagers at my local high school, Minions were very trendy after Despicable Me 2.

Among my friends, who are all between the ages of 24 - 30, the minions are very trendy. We find them hysterical, for some unexplainable reason.

 

[maxairmike]

So it seems like Universal may have an even easier time getting back all that old land to south than any of us ever expected...they may have actually never truly lost complete control of it (minus Lockheed and any other developed parcels).

 

[lazyboy97o]

So it seems like Universal may have an even easier time getting back all that old land to south than any of us ever expected...they may have actually never truly lost complete control of it.

Details? Links?

 

[maxairmike]

Details? Links?

Check out this post on OU.

 

[TalkingHead]

There is a tendency in online discussions to equate Universal to "the Harry Potter park" ... which is negated, for example, by the 135-minute wait for Minion Mayhem last weekend (without MM+ inflating wait times!) or the fact that Minion shirts are as ubiquitous as Mouse ears in Orlando these days.

Not to mention Simpsons, Transformers ...

Funny you mention it, but I was at the parks today and Despicable Me was running an 80-minute wait around noon. Forbidden Journey was 60 minutes and using its outdoor queue before you get to the lockers. Walking around Hogsmeade was shoulder-to-shoulder. Transformers was 30 minutes (on a day when Star Tours was supposedly a walk-on).

I was surprised the parks were as crowded as they were. I can't wait to see what this summer will be like.


(Had the chicken-and-waffle sandwich at Fast Food Blvd for the first time. Thumbs up on the syrup mayo stuff.)