Project Eight: New Islands, New Adventures
There's ten of you on the merged team. That means it's time to throw a real challenge your way, one that will require you to think on multiple levels of the park you're working with. The park in question is Islands of Adventure. Let's just go ahead and time travel to a few years past the opening date of Epic Universe. With Epic Universe as the big new draw and the original Studios park as the "classic" of Universal Orlando, Islands of Adventure has been left as the awkward middle child, or even worse, "the place you pop into to ride Hagrid's from time to time...". Needless to say, something drastic needs to be done. Something on an even bigger scale than California Adventure 2.0. For this project, teams will take a TWO billion dollar budget and rework three lands in Islands of Adventure.
Because of increasingly stressed copyright negotiations, Marvel Super Hero Island and Toon Lagoon will for sure be two of the lands that require a top to bottom retheme. The other land you work with is between Seuss Landing and The Lost Continent. Both have their pros and cons. Seuss Landing is easily the most whimsical and kid friendly land in the park, but also by far the least popular and thematically consistent land in the park. Not to mention the ever growing problem of the bright paint colors rapidly fading year by year in the Florida heat. The Lost Continent on the other hand features some of the most acclaimed architecture and exteriors in the entire theme park industry and the park's flagship table dining location, but the lack of IP and awkward attraction set up make it prime for a redo. Good luck teams, this project is due Monday, July 20th at 11:59PM Eastern.
There's ten of you on the merged team. That means it's time to throw a real challenge your way, one that will require you to think on multiple levels of the park you're working with. The park in question is Islands of Adventure. Let's just go ahead and time travel to a few years past the opening date of Epic Universe. With Epic Universe as the big new draw and the original Studios park as the "classic" of Universal Orlando, Islands of Adventure has been left as the awkward middle child, or even worse, "the place you pop into to ride Hagrid's from time to time...". Needless to say, something drastic needs to be done. Something on an even bigger scale than California Adventure 2.0. For this project, teams will take a TWO billion dollar budget and rework three lands in Islands of Adventure.
Because of increasingly stressed copyright negotiations, Marvel Super Hero Island and Toon Lagoon will for sure be two of the lands that require a top to bottom retheme. The other land you work with is between Seuss Landing and The Lost Continent. Both have their pros and cons. Seuss Landing is easily the most whimsical and kid friendly land in the park, but also by far the least popular and thematically consistent land in the park. Not to mention the ever growing problem of the bright paint colors rapidly fading year by year in the Florida heat. The Lost Continent on the other hand features some of the most acclaimed architecture and exteriors in the entire theme park industry and the park's flagship table dining location, but the lack of IP and awkward attraction set up make it prime for a redo. Good luck teams, this project is due Monday, July 20th at 11:59PM Eastern.
