Universal Creative Discussion

[NemoRocks78]

OK,since we cant have a thread about designing stuff for UO,I thought i'd make a topic about it.

Here's my 8 year plan for the Universal Orlando Resort.

Universal Studios Florida-
2003-
Alfred Hitchcock: The Art Of Making Movies closes
Jimmy Neutron's Nicktoon Blast opens
Shrek 4D opens
The Wild Wild Wild West Show closes

2004-
Revenge Of The Mummy opens
Rush Hour Stunt Show opens in WWWSS's place
A Day In The Park With Barney closes
Back To The Future...The Ride closes for refurbishment late 2004
New nighttime stunt spectacular opens
Nickelodeon Studios closes
Alfred Hitchcock:The Tribute opens in the leftover side of Shrek 4D building
Universal Classic Monsters Cafe closes,reopens as THE KRUSTY KRAB selling Krabby Patties,etc.

2005-
Back To The Future...The Ride re-opens with new scenes and enhanced special effects for the 20th Anniversary
Hanna-Barbera's Animation Celebration opens
Special Effects Stages featuring King Kong opens in the Hercules and Xena building
The Gory Gruesome and Grotesque Horror Make-Up Show closes
Construction begins on tearing down Nick Studios and the area between Men In Black and BTTF
Woody Woodpecker's KidZone closes

2006-
Twister closes
Nickelodeon Central area opens in place of Nick Studios,features The Wild Thornberrys River Adventure,Rocket Power stunt show,Runaway Reptar indoor coaster somewhat like Kongfrontation with Reptar on the loose,and Spongebob Squarepants in 3D moving theatre

2007-
The Fast And The Furious attraction somewhat like Test Track opens between MIB and BTTF
Cartoon Network Studios opens in place of Woody Woodpecker's KidZone,features Sitting Ducks dark ride in the old Hard Rock Cafe,Dexter's Rocket Coaster in place of Nuthouse Coaster,and Townsville playplace in place of Curious George
Enter The Matrix show opens in Twister's building
JAWS closes for MAJOR rehab

2008-
After being closed for 3 years,the Horror Make-Up show now houses Van Helsing dark ride
JAWS reopens basically as a new ride
Terminator 2:3D closes,then re-opens to fit in with Terminator 3 and 4,new name is The Terminator:3D-War Against The Machines


Now for Islands Of Adventure

2003-
Nothing new.

2004-
Sylvester McMonkey-McBean's Very Unusual Driving Machines opens
The Cartoon Theatre is demolished!!!
Construction begins in JP for a major ride

2005-
Daredevil intense dark ride opens where the cartoon theatre once stood as part of Marvel SuperHero Island
Raptor Encounter now opens in JP,Alien Encounter feel but twenty times better,I will post my ideas later
Storm Force closes

2006-
The Lost Continent is closed and a temporary bridge across the lake is built so guests can get to JP while construction begins in LC
How The Grinch Stole Christmas wild mouse coaster opens
XMen extreme dark ride/coaster opens

2007-
Lost Continent opens as Middle Earth,all themed to Lord Of The Rings. Dueling Dragons is now Escape from the Ringwraiths,Poseiden's Fury now has a story about Frodo destroying the ring,possible title Ring of Destruction,Flying Unicorn is either demolished or gets a theme with Gollum or becomes The Hobbit dark ride,Enchanted Oak Tavern gets the theme of the pub from the first movie,and Sinbad show is turned into a LOTR tale,The Hobbit?

2008-
New island is now under construction

And finally,for the rest of Universal Orlando-

Citywalk

2003-
Motown Cafe closes

2004-
Universal Classic Monsters Restaurant opens in Motown's place
Pastamore' closes

2005-
Comedy Central Presents....Comedy Club opens in Pastamore's place
Toy store opens between Pat O'Brien's and the groove
The World,a WWE-themed restaurant and shop,opens

2006-
Two-story Dave And Buster's opens

Other stuff-

2005-
Water park themed to the Amazon opens
Egyptian-themed resort opens

2006-
Movie-themed resort opens
Golf course opens
Low-budget medieval themed resort opens

2007-
Construction begins on new park

2009-
Universal opens its third theme park,one based on classic and newer books. They also at the same time unviel the fourth park,which is based on the state of Florida,similar to DCA.

 

[daniam2188]

Originally posted by NemoRocks78
OK,since we cant have a thread about designing stuff for UO,I thought i'd make a topic about it.

Here's my 8 year plan for the Universal Orlando Resort.

Universal Studios Florida-
2003-
Alfred Hitchcock: The Art Of Making Movies closes
Jimmy Neutron's Nicktoon Blast opens
Shrek 4D opens
The Wild Wild Wild West Show closes

2004-
Revenge Of The Mummy opens
Rush Hour Stunt Show opens in WWWSS's place
A Day In The Park With Barney closes
Back To The Future...The Ride closes for refurbishment late 2004
New nighttime stunt spectacular opens
Nickelodeon Studios closes
Alfred Hitchcock:The Tribute opens in the leftover side of Shrek 4D building
Universal Classic Monsters Cafe closes,reopens as THE KRUSTY KRAB selling Krabby Patties,etc.

2005-
Back To The Future...The Ride re-opens with new scenes and enhanced special effects for the 20th Anniversary
Hanna-Barbera's Animation Celebration opens
Special Effects Stages featuring King Kong opens in the Hercules and Xena building
The Gory Gruesome and Grotesque Horror Make-Up Show closes
Construction begins on tearing down Nick Studios and the area between Men In Black and BTTF
Woody Woodpecker's KidZone closes

2006-
Twister closes
Nickelodeon Central area opens in place of Nick Studios,features The Wild Thornberrys River Adventure,Rocket Power stunt show,Runaway Reptar indoor coaster somewhat like Kongfrontation with Reptar on the loose,and Spongebob Squarepants in 3D moving theatre

2007-
The Fast And The Furious attraction somewhat like Test Track opens between MIB and BTTF
Cartoon Network Studios opens in place of Woody Woodpecker's KidZone,features Sitting Ducks dark ride in the old Hard Rock Cafe,Dexter's Rocket Coaster in place of Nuthouse Coaster,and Townsville playplace in place of Curious George
Enter The Matrix show opens in Twister's building
JAWS closes for MAJOR rehab

2008-
After being closed for 3 years,the Horror Make-Up show now houses Van Helsing dark ride
JAWS reopens basically as a new ride
Terminator 2:3D closes,then re-opens to fit in with Terminator 3 and 4,new name is The Terminator:3D-War Against The Machines


Now for Islands Of Adventure

2003-
Nothing new.

2004-
Sylvester McMonkey-McBean's Very Unusual Driving Machines opens
The Cartoon Theatre is demolished!!!
Construction begins in JP for a major ride

2005-
Daredevil intense dark ride opens where the cartoon theatre once stood as part of Marvel SuperHero Island
Raptor Encounter now opens in JP,Alien Encounter feel but twenty times better,I will post my ideas later
Storm Force closes

2006-
The Lost Continent is closed and a temporary bridge across the lake is built so guests can get to JP while construction begins in LC
How The Grinch Stole Christmas wild mouse coaster opens
XMen extreme dark ride/coaster opens

2007-
Lost Continent opens as Middle Earth,all themed to Lord Of The Rings. Dueling Dragons is now Escape from the Ringwraiths,Poseiden's Fury now has a story about Frodo destroying the ring,possible title Ring of Destruction,Flying Unicorn is either demolished or gets a theme with Gollum or becomes The Hobbit dark ride,Enchanted Oak Tavern gets the theme of the pub from the first movie,and Sinbad show is turned into a LOTR tale,The Hobbit?

2008-
New island is now under construction

And finally,for the rest of Universal Orlando-

Citywalk

2003-
Motown Cafe closes

2004-
Universal Classic Monsters Restaurant opens in Motown's place
Pastamore' closes

2005-
Comedy Central Presents....Comedy Club opens in Pastamore's place
Toy store opens between Pat O'Brien's and the groove
The World,a WWE-themed restaurant and shop,opens

2006-
Two-story Dave And Buster's opens

Other stuff-

2005-
Water park themed to the Amazon opens
Egyptian-themed resort opens

2006-
Movie-themed resort opens
Golf course opens
Low-budget medieval themed resort opens

2007-
Construction begins on new park

2009-
Universal opens its third theme park,one based on classic and newer books. They also at the same time unviel the fourth park,which is based on the state of Florida,similar to DCA.

im sorry to criticize creativeness but 3 things:

1: why would you want to change posidon and sinbad? im my mind there the only 2 things worth seeing in ALL of universal.

2: if nickelodion studios closes where are they going to make there shows and film slimetime et all.?

3: where is all this land for 2 new resorts and 2 new theme parks coming from? universal orlando has almost no land left and contrary to popular belief i dont think they will be able to aquire the land on the other side of I4 to expand.

you had some good ideas though

 

[NemoRocks78]

Have you looked at any satellite photos of Universal Orlando? Trust me,they have plenty of room. Both sides of the resort have a lot of room. By the way,UO bought tons of land from Lockheed. Go to mapquest.com and find the map. Type in 1000 Universal Plaza,Orlando,FL and the zip code. Click on aerial view. You can see to the left of Islands Of Adventure two huge pieces of land. There is also much room in the back of USF between MIB and BTTF. You can see that also. There also seems to be a large parking lot behind USF,so I believe that's where the employees park. Universal has much room to expand to 3 or 4 theme parks. I know you say Disney has 4 theme parks and twice as much land,but then you must remember Disney has like 15 or more hotels and a larger entertainment area. Universal has enough room for 1-2 more parks,a water park,two hotels,and maybe a golf course.

Now for questions 1 and 2-

1. I first dont see how Sinbad and Poseiden's are the only two good things to see in all of Universal Orlando. Second of all,Bob Gault said they were pursuing the Lord Of The Rings rights to build LOTR themed attractions. If LOTR had been released time before LC was built then I definitely would guarantee you that LC would now be LOTR themed. Also,many people arent happy with the LC theme,so I believe many will be happy with LOTR.

2. Nickelodeon Studios rarely ever films at the Studio anymore. Most filming is now done in California. The building is basically only used for the Game Lab now. Also there is much speculation that Nick Studios will close by the end of this year. It's quite a lot of land which USF can use for a couple new attractions.

 

[Mission: SPACE]

OK... I was just looking on MapQuest to see exactly how much room Universal has to expand, and it doesn't even look like they hardly have room for a water park, let alone another two theme parks and a golf course... A golf course alone would take up just about as much land as either park :hammer:. Take a look at this link, if it works... Universal Orlando

Surrounding Area

 

[NemoRocks78]

Look at how much land they have which they bought from Lockheed! They even said it themselves before they opened IOA that future expansion would house 2 more hotels,2 theme parks,and a water park and possibly golf. Please look in the Universal Orlando discussion thread on this site for more info.

 

[StuntDoomBuggy]

a thought about the BTTF thing..

i like what you think about it, but as a fan of BTTF, i found news of stuff like "BTTF outdated" and for that fast and furious thing.. well, the plans are that BTTF WILL be that.. that's the best movie that will fit there when it leaves..

also, the 3D spongebob thing.. they have it already at paramount parks, but i dont know about the "moving theater" part..

and as for everything else, NICE JOB!!!

 

[The_CEO]

Close Twister but redo BTTF?


No.

 

[nikechic]

Originally posted by The_CEO
Close Twister but redo BTTF?


No.

I say close Twister and bring back the Ghostbusters. That show rocked.

 

[NemoRocks78]

Yeah,that Ghostbusters show did rock,but I dont believe it has the power to stay alive.

Twister is an attraction hated by many,never is there long lines. Replacing it with something like The Matrix would definitely work in that building.

BTW,I also am a huge fan of BTTF,but its really in need of some work. It wouldnt be completely changed anyways. All that would happen is a few new scenes and better special effects,and even a new screen(it REALLY needs one). Basically it's a large rehab.

 

[The_CEO]

That BTTF Attraction is crap.. Jerky Poor Quality Film.. If you revamped the ENTIRE attraction.. There is hope