Universal Announces Texas Resort

Andrew C

Andrew C

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devoy1701 said:
As a local to the area (literally live 4 miles from the site), most of the local city, town, and community groups are upset by the news. Most of what Frisco and West Plano/Legacy area has been doing and businesses they've been attracting has been value add/property value add to the area. I'm not sure that a theme park up here is going to have the same affect. We've been the growing artery of the Dallas side of DFW (the Dallas North Tollway artery) but DNT and 380 already can't support the standard workday traffic and the ever increasing population here (our town of Prosper has grown from 24,000 to 36,000 people in just 4 years since we moved from Tampa). Putting a theme park between Prosper/Celina/McKinney and the rest of the metro is gonna be just as bad as I-4 between Lakeland and Orlando.

Secondly, we don't have the affordable housing. This areas median household income is like $160k and the average home value is $700k with a WHOLE BUNCH of homes in the $1-$5M range. Collin County is one of the richest counties in the state...I'm extremely worried about what this is going to do to our home values and quality of life.

Living in Tampa I would have been thrilled to hear of another Orlando area park being built. Living here, not so much, would have preferred to hear it being built in Arlington, Fort Worth, or even the Colony.
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Move west of the metroplex like the rest of us. :)
 
Haymarket

Haymarket

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California, Florida, and Texas are the megastates. The populations of Florida and Texas are growing.

California: 39 million

Texas: 30 million

Florida: 22 million

Reminds me of Disney's America. Smaller-scale, kind of regional, but premium. It's among the biggest disappointments of my childhood that it wasn't built (I lived in the area).

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tanc

tanc

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Good, this is the kind of competition I like to see. They are pioneering a new kind of attraction and also will likely set the standard for parks for children. It will be very interesting to see how the mouse is going to respond to this. With 3 huge projects, it will certainly be quite stressful for Disney.
 
Tony the Tigger

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tanc said:
Good, this is the kind of competition I like to see. They are pioneering a new kind of attraction and also will likely set the standard for parks for children. It will be very interesting to see how the mouse is going to respond to this. With 3 huge projects, it will certainly be quite stressful for Disney.
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Disney is just getting comfortable with “thrill coasters” which was probably one of few things older kids liked better about Uni.

They’ve got younger kid rides down pat.
 
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JT3000

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Tony the Tigger said:
Of course, it could also give folks in the area a taste and make them want to visit Florida.
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That's probably what they have in mind. The theme park equivalent of free samples at the supermarket (except, you know, not free. Because theme park.) So long as they don't expand it into a larger resort, which I think runs the risk of diluting their product.
 
Haymarket

Haymarket

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From Quora:
Let’s say the Walt Disney Company announced that they would be buying property in the USA to build a new theme park, where would you assume it would be and why do you think so?
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Texas. I could see them building a version of the Disney's America concept along the lines of the education-light and far less controversial/divisive “Disney's American Celebration" iteration (focusing on the fun aspects of America—e.g., the various regions’ cuisines, music, landmarks, etc.) plus hotels, and maybe a water park and a golf course, outside someplace like San Antonio.

Most of Texas is still business-friendly: you can still build bigger projects there without much fuss. Large parcels of land can still be found at affordable prices. It's also the other American mega state, along with California and Florida, and it has the second-largest population, and it's still growing ([unlike] California).
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I would think the Houston area would be more likely, rather than San Antonio, but the rest of it resonates with today's news: Texas just works.
 
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No Name

No Name

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I understand the desire for a catchy headline but that’s kind of a stretch. Disney’s core audience is the entire family on a vacation, this park’s core audience is little kids (and their parents) who are local or already nearby. This looks much more comparable to Lego Land or Sesame Place.


As a fan of new things, I’m still very interested to see it built!
 
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JT3000

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Disneyhead'71 said:
Today Universal announced Universal Kids Frisco and a 21+ attraction in Las Vegas. Seems their plan is 4 year olds visit this place, move on to the big boy Universal parks around 7, do their first HHN in their teens, graduate to Universal Las Vagas at 21, have babies and start all over again.
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Why is the Vegas attraction 21+?
 
Disneyhead'71

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JT3000 said:
Why is the Vegas attraction 21+?
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I am not sure if it will be actually be limited to 21+ but by its nature, HHNs is aimed at a more mature audience and the press release mentions themed bars. So I am assuming this is the opposite end of the spectrum from Texas kids resort they announced today.
 
Coaster Lover

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Tony the Tigger said:
Of course, it could also give folks in the area a taste and make them want to visit Florida.
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Maybe it's kind of like the "farm" system in baseball. You get them hooked on the brand at a young age with smaller regional parks that are designed for younger crowds, then when they get older, it's a natural transition when they get older to want to go to one of the larger parks.

Or maybe this is a test by Uni for the Texas market and if the smaller park is successful, they build a complementary larger park in the area in the future.
 
Jrb1979

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Coaster Lover said:
Maybe it's kind of like the "farm" system in baseball. You get them hooked on the brand at a young age with smaller regional parks that are designed for younger crowds, then when they get older, it's a natural transition when they get older to want to go to one of the larger parks.

Or maybe this is a test by Uni for the Texas market and if the smaller park is successful, they build a complementary larger park in the area in the future.
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I love the direction they are going in. They have been investing in their parks and trying to grow their brand. It's good for them.
 
LittleMerman

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Very cool! Wish it was a bigger park but I'll def want to check it out when it's open. I wonder if other theme parks will follow suit like they did in Orlando. Would be fun to do a Universal/SeaWorld TX trip.
 

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