Funny how that works, isn't it?
If anyone would bother to look they would notice that Uni's profits and attendance has fell dramatically this year (upwards of 30% they have announced, though I have heard it is even worse) ... The parks are closing past 9:00 pm all year only a handful of times (mostly closing at 6 or 7 pm all summer!)... sorry but they are much more in need to announce these "major" attractions than Disney ...
Since the mid-90s or so (let's say since around Twister), Uni has never built a failure of a ride. The day it opened, IOA truly was the best theme park in America--it just had a horrible marketing plan. Cautionary tale in business school bad.
However, since opening, managment allowed maintainence to go down hill (burned out bulbs, chipped paint, non-working ride F/X). Moreover, they added almost nothing new--they only closed old rides or occasionally replaced them. Uni's focus instead became other ways to separate guests from their money--pushing after-hours events (HHN), letting time-share vultures into the park, etc. The average guest could tell they were no longer getting their $65 a day worth. Hopefully, Uni learned thier lesson, and with the uberprotective JK Rowling keeping them honest, won't blow this second change at running a great theme park.
BTW, all the complaints I lobbed at Uni above also to apply to WDW since the late 90s. For what it's worth.
Right on. HP isn't even in the same stratosphere as SW ... and anyone who lived during the 70s could tell you that
Born in '71, and I'd say they're roughly comparable, Gen X to the Millenials. Both are classic "hero" stories with ridiculously involved mythologies and silly character names that captured their respective generations.
The biggest difference would the huge population of 20- and 30s-something man-children (and woman-children) Gen X and Gen Y seem to have spawned. Back in the 70s, people my current age were into Raging Bull or The Godfather, or at least even Love Story; now, it's Batman and Transformers. I'm probably the only one in my circle of friends who hasn't read the books. That's an added fan base SW didn't really have (yeah, there were always some adult geeks, but it was certainly less socially acceptable).
go to PL, BUT their going to stay @ Disney 
