There were rumors about 5 or 6 years back that Uni was going to add an Iron Man ride (I think it was a coaster). But then they didn't.
I'm curious as to why you'd rank it so highly. Spider-Man is the only stand out part of the land IMO, it's still one of my favorite rides in any park. Hulk, Storm & Doom are all still fun but they're showing their age; especially Hulk since there's a better version of that ride right across the lagoon now.
While the idea is it's a "comic book come to life" aspect..it only works as your heading towards Toon Lagoon...Coming from the opposite side doesn't work too well IMO.
Yeah, I sort of realized that the last time I was there. It's sort of like you're walking through an actual comic book, not the characters' world. Maybe that'd work if the whole park was like that but Jurassic Park, Potter, Seuss & Lost Continent (RIP) are all highly themed & set in those characters' worlds.
Because I like it. lol
How would you justify having two theme parks right next to each other, both with their own land based on NYC?
I'm sure plenty of New Yorkers would argue they need it lol
Honestly, Studios's New York doesn't really feel like NYC either lol
I think the scale of New York is extremely challenging to accomplish in a theme park. You would need multiple Tower of Terror-scaled buildings to make it work. The New York section of USF is close to working, but notice how any tall iconic building is done with flats while the buildings are all 4-6 stories tall.
It would definitely be hard but I believe either the Imagineers or Uni's team could find a way to recreate NYC in a satisfying way. Or at least find a fictional setting like Wakanda, Asgard or Latveria (Dr Doom's nation) to use; anything is better than what IOA & California Adventure have.
Without being an expert in Marvel at all, I think you are likely to be correct about Wakanda--the scale, materials, and scenery are likely to be achievable in a theme park setting (if my memory from the movies is correct).
Six Flags doesn't even theme their rides anymore.
I can see Universal going in heavily with video games after the success of both the Mario lands & movie. I don't think Disney will go after them since they seem to only want to use their own IPs now; they don't want to have to pay third party licensing fees.
What you mention about theme park rights really depends on the Nintendo theme park right contract terms. I couldn't find out if those terms prevent other Video game companies to put their IPS in Universal theme parks.
Not every property works in a theme park setting.
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