Large scale demolition at Lost Continent

[drkarcher22]

Maybe I’m off base but wouldn’t it be a lot simpler to retheme Toon Lagoon to One Piece than anywhere else in the park?

I admittedly don’t know much about the manga but I know they are pirates. So wouldn’t a retheme of the two water rides and putting a pirate ship where “me ship, the Olive” is just fit better. Heck you could just retheme the back of Toon Lagoon and then take the front half and the walkway into it from Superhero island and have a whole new land.

 

[lazyboy97o]

For a long time I thought making Toon Lagoon a Sponbebob area was the obvious choice, but now that it's destined for Universal Kids, I guess not. One Piece may be a better candidate.

Pokémon going into Islands of Adventure doesn't quite make as much sense to me as USF, but that's just personal preference compared to Zelda or Wicked. If we're still trying to hang onto the idea of Islands being about books, than Wicked/Oz is the most logical and could work as a better thematic bridge between Seuss and Harry Potter

There are Pokémon books.

 

[Andrew C]

Maybe I’m off base but wouldn’t it be a lot simpler to retheme Toon Lagoon to One Piece than anywhere else in the park?

I admittedly don’t know much about the manga but I know they are pirates. So wouldn’t a retheme of the two water rides and putting a pirate ship where “me ship, the Olive” is just fit better. Heck you could just retheme the back of Toon Lagoon and then take the front half and the walkway into it from Superhero island and have a whole new land.

It’s a more mature animation style. And if they consider the live action…

 

[Andrew C]

The attractions though, for the attractions. I’d imagine Mythos and the shops will get a light retheme, but no need to close them down yet.

What idea would align with a light retheme of mythos ya think..

 

[ToTBellHop]

What idea would align with a light retheme of mythos ya think..

Zelda was the easiest to slot into Lost Continent stylistically. But, if Nintendo insists on it going to Epic, we wait. Personally, I think Luigi’s Mansion is the better fit there.

Not really sure what else I’d want next to Hogsmeade.

 

[drkarcher22]

It’s a more mature animation style. And if they consider the live action…

Oh I’m not say to keep the Toon Lagoon name, just to retheme the two rides and area around it to One Piece and rename it Pirateland or whatever. (like I said, I only have the smallest amount of knowledge one the manga)

Then you could take the amphitheater, the shopping and dining section and retheme that to any IP (personally I think Wicked would fit in there great, you could even keep the bones of the theater and have a truncated version of the stage play in there)

 

[Andrew C]

Oh I’m not say to keep the Toon Lagoon name, just to retheme the two rides and area around it to One Piece and rename it Pirateland or whatever. (like I said, I only have the smallest amount of knowledge one the manga)

Then you could take the amphitheater, the shopping and dining section and retheme that to any IP (personally I think Wicked would fit in there great, you could even keep the bones of the theater and have a truncated version of the stage play in there)

I just don't see a retheme to that working there. Would need a tear down for most, if not all, of it.

 

[JT3000]

One what? Are you all sure you're not getting rumors for Florida confused with Japan?

 

[Andrew C]

One what? Are you all sure you're not getting rumors for Florida confused with Japan?

It’s just rumors and speculation. But universal Hollywood did have one piece characters out during fan fest.

 

[BrianLo]

For a long time I thought making Toon Lagoon a Sponbebob area was the obvious choice, but now that it's destined for Universal Kids, I guess not. One Piece may be a better candidate.

Pokémon going into Islands of Adventure doesn't quite make as much sense to me as USF, but that's just personal preference compared to Zelda or Wicked. If we're still trying to hang onto the idea of Islands being about books, than Wicked/Oz is the most logical and could work as a better thematic bridge between Seuss and Harry Potter

Funny you say that as 12 years ago I always pictured Pokemon as the toon lagoon replacement. Was the literature thing ever a real intention or a happy accident? I guess Kong probably ruined it first.

Pokemon at least can do “an island”; Alola would be nice. Albeit I’m not quite confident the company cares about that anymore either.

 

[BrianLo]

What idea would align with a light retheme of mythos ya think..

Dunno! Maybe they strip the facade and it’s just left open until the last minute.

Geodude cafe.

 

[BrianLo]

One what? Are you all sure you're not getting rumors for Florida confused with Japan?

One Piece is very large right now. The live action show was fairly reinvigorating for its popularity among a North American audience. It isn’t Pokemon, but it’s not hard to see why they’d be looking at it.

“One Piece” led the pack of the most-watched shows on Netflix during the second half of 2023. From July to December of 2023, the live-action take on the beloved manga was viewed 71.6 million times and racked up 541.9 million viewing hours.

 

[ToTBellHop]

Walls already up by Poseidon.

 

[Streetway Again]

Pokémon isn’t replacing The Simpsons. They moved on from that.

The whole purpose of creating The Pokémon Company was to have an entity that could act independently instead of the owners having to always be so active in decision making.

What even is replacing the Simpsons at this point? The future of USF is very weird rn.
down with LC Pokémon though

 

[lazyboy97o]

What even is replacing the Simpsons at this point? The future of USF is very weird rn.
down with LC Pokémon though

Theme parks are not planned out so far ahead as fans think.

 

[JT3000]

Theme parks are not planned out so far ahead as fans think.

The contract expires in less than three years. That is significantly closer than the time frames theme parks typically plan for. Disney literally spent more time than that building a ride, much less planning it.

 

[lazyboy97o]

The contract expires in less than three years. That is significantly closer than the time frames theme parks typically plan for. Disney literally spent more time than that building a ride, much less planning it.

He says in a thread for a project that is less than two years old. Both Disney and Universal utilize fast-track project delivery which overlaps construction with the design phases.

 

[JT3000]

He says in a thread for a project that is less than two years old. Both Disney and Universal utilize fast-track project delivery which overlaps construction with the design phases.

You seem to take great joy in mentioning this every chance you get, but the overlapping of design & construction is irrelevant here. We are talking about "planning," ie the entire design phase, starting with blue sky. I mentioned construction only to emphasize just how long these projects can sometimes take to fully bring to fruition, and the one I chose to use as an example was not "fast tracked" by any reasonable definition of the term. It took more time to finish just the construction than entire parks. So have several other projects in recent years. So even if they decided they're going to build them the day before they were announced (or actually brought out the equipment unannounced in Universal's case), which they obviously don't do, it would not make any difference.

If they are going to replace Simpsons before the contract expires, and do so competently, they need a solid idea yesterday. They can't just start demo when the time comes and then fly by the seat of their pants (and I guarantee that's not what they're doing in LC.)

 

[AidenRodriguez731]

I honestly think she's just playing it coy about what they're doing. They love to start building things before they announce what it is, then it feels like they build it in one year when it's actually been two. With Disney, it's usually five years AFTER the announcement of what it is!

Instead they just leave a land completely empty for 2 years with no major attractions but a "top rated" Mediterranean style Applebees! (that we get to keep I guess?) and a talking fountain.

Or 7 years since everyone KNEW this land was gonna be closed. Instead of just letting it close and SOME construction start, they let this land rot for 7 years with STILL nothing to show for it and no construction to even begin at a specific timeframe.

 

[FoodRockz]

Instead they just leave a land completely empty for 2 years with no major attractions but a "top rated" Mediterranean style Applebees! (that we get to keep I guess?) and a talking fountain.

Or 7 years since everyone KNEW this land was gonna be closed. Instead of just letting it close and SOME construction start, they let this land rot for 7 years with STILL nothing to show for it and no construction to even begin at a specific timeframe.

Ahem. You're forgetting that you can get your palm read too!