So, You Want to be an Imagineer Season 15: Uniting Universal (Official Hub Thread)

[Disney Dad 3000]

Nice work guys on the addl park so far! Things been kind of crazy last 2-3 weeks with house/moving stuff haven't been able to think much about this or be around. If you need to bounce an ideas or I can help with anything let me know.

@spacemt354 I went through the site few weeks back, which looks great btw, and I need to send you the finalized artwork I did. I thought i'd posted the finished copies but mustve misrembered that. If I chance to fool around with any other extras I'll do that.

I did start working on a promotional video for the park and hoping to get a few consecutive hours of free time soon so i can make a bigger dent in that. If anyone out theRe has a good radio voice and wants to do some voice over work.

 

[spacemt354]

Nice work guys on the addl park so far! Things been kind of crazy last 2-3 weeks with house/moving stuff haven't been able to think much about this or be around. If you need to bounce an ideas or I can help with anything let me know.

@spacemt354 I went through the site few weeks back, which looks great btw, and I need to send you the finalized artwork I did. I thought i'd posted the finished copies but mustve misrembered that. If I chance to fool around with any other extras I'll do that.

I did start working on a promotional video for the park and hoping to get a few consecutive hours of free time soon so i can make a bigger dent in that. If anyone out theRe has a good radio voice and wants to do some voice over work.

Thanks! I'm pretty sure I updated your American Mystery one (that was the one with the movie Overlook right?) I did that a couple weeks ago so maybe it didn't update at the time you saw it

Can't wait to see your promotional video!

 

[Suchomimus]

Can't wait to see your promotional video!

So he makes videos now?

 

[Disney Dad 3000]

Thanks! I'm pretty sure I updated your American Mystery one (that was the one with the movie Overlook right?) I did that a couple weeks ago so maybe it didn't update at the time you saw it

Can't wait to see your promotional video!

Ill double check, I think when I'd last posted them they were still missing some detail and coloring.

 

[Suchomimus]

Looking at the new Super Mario Odyssey game that just came out and I personally believe that it is worth making into an attraction or even a mini land!

 

[spacemt354]

Ill double check, I think when I'd last posted them they were still missing some detail and coloring.

Ah alrighty sounds good (for what its worth it looked pretty good to me!)

 

[spacemt354]

So he makes videos now?

Who? @Disney Dad 3000 ?

He's does videos before - he just made the awesome results video for GMR back in late August.

 

[Disney Dad 3000]

Who? @Disney Dad 3000 ?

He's does videos before - he just made the awesome results video for GMR back in late August.

Thanks for the props! That was fun, for the most part, to put together. Hoping after we move and get settled, to get a new laptop with some halfway decent photo/video software to play around with.

 

[spacemt354]

Just had a thought on the Universal Plaza that has been like the plague of creativity for some reason haha

Originally we didn't want a traditional CityWalk because we had mentioned how it was a bit tacky and we could do something better. And the better idea was something along the lines of Mediterranean Harbor, being a quaint waterfront European setting.

For some reason though I can't get off the ground any unique ideas to place in it. It feels too quaint if that makes sense.

So what if we went back to the citywalk idea...but did something better than CityWalk?

An indoor 'city' block?

Attached to the indoor parking garages, there's the breezeway over Resorts Blvd to take you to Universal Plaza

But what if it remained all indoors and just took you into a large indoor amusement space? With shopping, dining, and entertainment.

Indoor skiing? Movie Theaters? Bowling? Could have 6-7 floors of entertainment!

Atrium in the center with neon elevators

It could really be something unique for theme park resorts and put Universal on the map in a big way! It also offers a ton of directions for shopping and dining as well, so we don't have to be stuck with a coastal European atmosphere.

A waterway with bridges will still disconnect Universal Plaza from the theme parks, so we can soften the transition walking into Victorian London or UniMK, as well as the Mediterranean Resorts.

Thoughts on this?

 

[Suchomimus]

Just had a thought on the Universal Plaza that has been like the plague of creativity for some reason haha

Originally we didn't want a traditional CityWalk because we had mentioned how it was a bit tacky and we could do something better. And the better idea was something along the lines of Mediterranean Harbor, being a quaint waterfront European setting.

For some reason though I can't get off the ground any unique ideas to place in it. It feels too quaint if that makes sense.

So what if we went back to the citywalk idea...but did something better than CityWalk?

An indoor 'city' block?

Attached to the indoor parking garages, there's the breezeway over Resorts Blvd to take you to Universal Plaza

But what if it remained all indoors and just took you into a large indoor amusement space? With shopping, dining, and entertainment.

Indoor skiing? Movie Theaters? Bowling? Could have 6-7 floors of entertainment!

Atrium in the center with neon elevators

It could really be something unique for theme park resorts and put Universal on the map in a big way! It also offers a ton of directions for shopping and dining as well, so we don't have to be stuck with a coastal European atmosphere.

A waterway with bridges will still disconnect Universal Plaza from the theme parks, so we can soften the transition walking into Victorian London or UniMK, as well as the Mediterranean Resorts.

Thoughts on this?

On one hand I prefer the Mediterranean European version; on the other, we can experiment with this like what what we did with WaterfrontWalk.

 

[DisneyFan18]

Just had a thought on the Universal Plaza that has been like the plague of creativity for some reason haha

Originally we didn't want a traditional CityWalk because we had mentioned how it was a bit tacky and we could do something better. And the better idea was something along the lines of Mediterranean Harbor, being a quaint waterfront European setting.

For some reason though I can't get off the ground any unique ideas to place in it. It feels too quaint if that makes sense.

So what if we went back to the citywalk idea...but did something better than CityWalk?

An indoor 'city' block?

Attached to the indoor parking garages, there's the breezeway over Resorts Blvd to take you to Universal Plaza

But what if it remained all indoors and just took you into a large indoor amusement space? With shopping, dining, and entertainment.

Indoor skiing? Movie Theaters? Bowling? Could have 6-7 floors of entertainment!

Atrium in the center with neon elevators

It could really be something unique for theme park resorts and put Universal on the map in a big way! It also offers a ton of directions for shopping and dining as well, so we don't have to be stuck with a coastal European atmosphere.

A waterway with bridges will still disconnect Universal Plaza from the theme parks, so we can soften the transition walking into Victorian London or UniMK, as well as the Mediterranean Resorts.

Thoughts on this?

This looks amazing, it would be a delight to walk through this concept of Universal Plaza

 

[spacemt354]

I like the Mediterranean concept in theory -- but with over one month on the concept and nothing other than a premise narrowed down, I think this might be an opportunity to try something that offers us a ton of options to explore (and that would all fit under the umbrella of a 'city' - minus the tacky CityWalk archetype.

 

[spacemt354]

Plus in both of the parks we really don't have a 'tomorrowland' - that is something futuristic/sci-fi

The mall could end up being our 'sci-fi' land!

 

[Suchomimus]

Plus in both of the parks we really don't have a 'tomorrowland' - that is something futuristic/sci-fi

The mall could end up being our 'sci-fi' land!

Technically we have Wells Labs as the sci-fi land but that’s just Victorian sci-fi.

 

[spacemt354]

Technically we have Wells Labs as the sci-fi land but that’s just Victorian sci-fi.

Very true - though like you said that's more of a timepiece future.

Will post some ideas on the layout and possible attractions later today!

 

[D Hulk]

Indoors sci-fi CityWalk?

 

[spacemt354]

Indoors sci-fi CityWalk?

Apparently my response on Monday didn't go through haha

" Yes please!"

 

[BigThunder26]

Since this would have multiple floors, would it take up a smaller amount of space? This might mean we might have an empty walkway to Monaco Bay.

I like this idea, but the Mediterranean one also allowed there to be shops and things scattered all about near the hotels and the parks.

 

[spacemt354]

Since this would have multiple floors, would it take up a smaller amount of space? This might mean we might have an empty walkway to Monaco Bay.

I like this idea, but the Mediterranean one also allowed there to be shops and things scattered all about near the hotels and the parks.

We could reconfigure the current layout so it doesn't leave as much open space, though I also think that some transition pathways from the mall to the resorts will help, so leaving a little space I think will be good.

 

[Brer Oswald]

Watch Tiki’s video. He’s right about Mushroom Kingdom. I think we should change the theme of the DK coaster. We also had more attractions in the pipeline (get it?) like the Odyssey ride I had planned.