Nintendo partnering with Universal to make attractions.

sonoma15

sonoma15

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From what I've heard, it's probably around $6-7 billion, for reference Universal Beijing was $6.5 billion and is currently the most expensive theme park ever built, and they had to build out more infrastructure including their own citywalk and parking garage. Also have to remember that a lot of this park was being built during covid so the budget probably has been inflated even more.

DonniePeverley said:
So we have media reporting 1 billion - but posters on here say 6, 7 or 10 billion, their sources being 'assumption' and 'thin air'.

Back to Donkey Kong - has there ever been an attraction that had so much possibilities, but ended up being such a horrendous damp squid ?
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I'm pretty sure this has probably already been explained to you multiple times and you just are trying to troll and start arguments, but the 1 billion cost thrown around was just the cost of 1 year of on the ground construction.
 
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DarkMetroid567

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DonniePeverley said:
So we have media reporting 1 billion - but posters on here say 6, 7 or 10 billion, their sources being 'assumption' and 'thin air'.
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Universal Beijing reportedly cost around $7 billion, albeit that likely includes their resorts and CityWalk, and it might even include infrastructure like the Metro station. But this is in a country with far cheaper construction costs.
 
ToTBellHop

ToTBellHop

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Eleventy billion dollars!

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celluloid

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DonniePeverley said:
Back to Donkey Kong - has there ever been an attraction that had so much possibilities, but ended up being such a horrendous damp squid ?
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How about an entire hotel themed to one ofthe biggest franchise spread of all time or the bones of the famous log flume being changed that they "have to get it right?" Or Disney's second California park in 2001. Webslingers.
 
DonniePeverley

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Whose the creative team behind Nintendo Land ?

They've designed a beautifully themed land, but have completely failed on the attractions.

Comcast need to do an internal investigation. It's been beyond misery after misery (except Hagrids) for Universal for nearly a decade now. First the horrific overuse of screen rides ending up with the calamity of Fast N Furious ... it's just been a horrific failure, since the brilliance of Potter.
 
sonoma15

sonoma15

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DonniePeverley said:
Whose the creative team behind Nintendo Land ?

They've designed a beautifully themed land, but have completely failed on the attractions.

Comcast need to do an internal investigation. It's been beyond misery after misery (except Hagrids) for Universal for nearly a decade now. First the horrific overuse of screen rides ending up with the calamity of Fast N Furious ... it's just been a horrific failure, since the brilliance of Potter.
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You are absolutely hilarious. I'm sure Comcast is really angry and concerned that you don't like the recent additions as they sit in piles and piles of cash while their theme parks are more popular and profitable than ever before.
 
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J4546

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I dont think Nintendo land is bad at all but it doesnt nearly live up to what could have been. Kinda seems like Universals version of Avengers land. they are cramped and small, they are putting them in a bunch of parks and they are underwhelming for what could have been. But at least Avengers Campus in DCA is getting 2 more rides, so hopefully the e ticket is amazing.
 
Tom Morrow

Tom Morrow

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I think it's just - Universal's hit/miss record of attractions post-Forbidden Journey hasn't been the greatest, and they should have ensured that every major attraction in Epic would be a hit that satisfies guest expectations. With both Nintendo attractions - which we've been anticipating for nearly a decade now, they once again failed to deliver and now the rest of the park has heavier lifting to do.
 
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andre85

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J4546 said:
I dont think Nintendo land is bad at all but it doesnt nearly live up to what could have been. Kinda seems like Universals version of Avengers land. they are cramped and small, they are putting them in a bunch of parks and they are underwhelming for what could have been. But at least Avengers Campus in DCA is getting 2 more rides, so hopefully the e ticket is amazing.
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Let's not get hyperbolic here. Avengers Campus would be an embarrassment for most parks, and is even more so for Disney, and is easily outclassed by a land themed to a literal parking at AK. The version of SNW Orlando is getting isn't THAT small, and the theming is impressive with an unheard of amount of animatronics, let alone being OUTSIDE. It's by far the most kinetic land of any ever made.

While the rides may not be exactly as we all wanted, Mario Kart is 10x the ride that Webslingers wishes it was.

Edit: Rereading, I realize you said it wasn't a bad land, but any comparison to Avengers Campus triggers me lol
 
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DonniePeverley

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You just know someone during the creative process must have utter the immortal words 'We have to keep the queue short and reduce the time of the ride'



WALKING BEFORE YOU CRAWL.



The ride will be very busy because of the IP, and it's still a shiny new thing - but had been called something random like 'star racers' it would be irrelevant in a few months. They've made wrong creative choices, and have cut corners imo.

I have to agree with fellow posters regarding the overall theming and cardboard cut outs of trees as shameful.
 
Tom Morrow

Tom Morrow

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Guys pweeese stop criticizing scrappy lil underdogs Universal Destinations and Experiences, a division of NBCUniversal, owned by parent company Comcast. They're new at this and they don't have a lot of resources and they're trying their best okay??

Sarcasm aside, both Nintendo attractions, based on their respective games, should have been slam dunk E-tickets and it IS an issue worth discussing that they don't come close to living up to expectations.
 
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coffeefan

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Something is not clicking with Nintendo and Universal. It's not the same as Universal and JKR. My excitement for Pokemon land and other Nintendo lands will be reserved.
 
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JT3000

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Tom Morrow said:
Guys pweeese stop criticizing scrappy lil underdogs Universal Destinations and Experiences, a division of NBCUniversal, owned by parent company Comcast. They're new at this and they don't have a lot of resources and they're trying their best okay??

Sarcasm aside, both Nintendo attractions, based on their respective games, should have been slam dunk E-tickets and it IS an issue worth discussing that they don't come close to living up to expectations.
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Is Donnie your alt account or something? Because there's no conceivable way that anyone could possibly find this troll's "criticisms" even remotely legitimate, yet here you are actively egging him on. :cautious:
 
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andre85

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Tom Morrow said:
Guys pweeese stop criticizing scrappy lil underdogs Universal Destinations and Experiences, a division of NBCUniversal, owned by parent company Comcast. They're new at this and they don't have a lot of resources and they're trying their best okay??

Sarcasm aside, both Nintendo attractions, based on their respective games, should have been slam dunk E-tickets and it IS an issue worth discussing that they don't come close to living up to expectations.
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I don't know who you're addressing, but it's fair to say that Nintendo World both fell short of expectations when it came to the rides, while also pointing out that the land is far from a Avengers Campus-level disaster
 

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