Universal Epic Universe (South Expansion Complex) - Now Open!

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AidenRodriguez731

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TalkingHead said:
Bottom line is the park’s design, both the attraction menu and IP mix and match theme, is a problem without a quick fix. Arguably it’s a tougher fix than anything that’s existed at the two previous Orlando parks. It’s a mystery why the execs and designers couldn’t see this coming (or could they and hands were tied?)
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I've been saying this for a while but I think this park was designed to be as Instagrammable/Social Media as the #1 priority. It's "epic", "grand", lots of large sweeping vistas and fun backgrounds. Good food to take pictures of and rides that could hold up to a lot of social media attention. But in the prospect of making a park so finally tuned for social media, it sort of fails to go back to being an actual amusement park... with things to do. I mean only 2/5 even have more than 2 rides, that's kinda saying something. Wizarding World is so big and grand... but did it need to be with all of those empty buildings when the park needs RIDES and attractions for capacity? It's very cool to say you made a land with proper sized buildings and super accurate to paris, but there's little to do there. That money would have been much better spent elsewhere. The park is seriously missing some B-C tickets with GREAT capacity.

Current estimates I've seen put Yoshi's at around 1,000-1,200 people per hour max capacity. HOW?? How can you have a omnimover like that with HALF the capacity of Little Mermaid and 1/3 of the capacity of HM or People Mover??? Make it make sense. That ride should have been a people sponge, barely a wait.
 
Gusey

Gusey

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Looking back at IoA's opening, The Flying Unicorn (Junior coaster) and Storm Force Acceletron (Teacups) were fast tracked, but then nothing else was added until High in the Sky Seuss Trolley opened in 2006 (7 years later). I don't think Epic needs another coaster but I could see a few flat rides/walkthroughs added. A barrel themed teacups/splash battle ride feels like an obvious choice to add to Donkey Kong area if there is space, but not sure on what small-scale attraction they could add to Potter, the land that needs attractions the most vs its size (DU is quite a small land without much space in the already existing plot to add a flat ride)
 
The Underminer

The Underminer

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Epic Universe is easily the best park in Orlando.

Hilarious that it did so opening day.

All the complaints online are not reminiscent of the actual experience.

The trees will beautifully mature in Celestial Park. It is very obviously lacking shade only due to this. The YouTubers are being deliberately disingenuous.


The sightline issues are staggeringly overblown.

The food is so much better than any other theme park, it’s actually shocking.

The only park that even remotely rivals its theming is Tokyo DisneySea, and even then, it has taken 20 years to arrive to a ride line up that rivals Epic on opening day.

Rides like Monsters Unchained are the game changers we’ve needed.

But truly, the lands are the star of the show. The portal concept was brilliantly executed, and every portal is frankly better than Galaxy’s Edge to me (minus Rise).

It’s the killer park we’ve deserved as theme park fans, and I’m so thankful we live in a time where Universal and Disney’s rivalry is going to continue elevating the game exponentially.

I also have to say, the AAs everywhere in Berk reminds me of Europa Park, as well as Celestial’s fountains.

If you have any questions feel feee to ask! I’ve been to every Disney park, so I have a lot to compare to.
 
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DarkMetroid567

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The Underminer said:
Epic Universe is easily the best park in Orlando.

Hilarious that it did so opening day.

All the complaints online are not reminiscent of the actual experience.

The trees will beautifully mature in Celestial Park. It is very obviously lacking shade only due to this. The YouTubers are being deliberately disingenuous.



The sightline issues are staggeringly overblown.

The food is so much better than any other theme park, it’s actually shocking.

The only park that even remotely rivals its theming is Tokyo DisneySea, and even then, it has taken 20 years to arrive to a ride line up that rivals Epic on opening day.

Rides like Monsters Unchained and shows like Untrainable Dragon are the game changers we’ve needed.

But truly, the lands are the star of the show. The portal concept was brilliantly executed, and every portal is frankly better than Galaxy’s Edge to me (minus Rise).

It’s the killer park we’ve deserved as theme park fans, and I’m so thankful we live in a time where Universal and Disney’s rivalry is going to continue elevating the game exponentially.

I also have to say, the AAs everywhere in Berk reminds me of Europa Park, as well as Celestial’s fountains.

If you have any questions feel feee to ask! I’ve been to every Disney park, so I have a lot to compare to.
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I’ve also been to every Disney and Universal and would probably rank Epic 9th or 10th of all those parks. Fantastic park but so much to work on — only thing I think I’d agree with you here is the food.
 
SplashJacket

SplashJacket

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TalkingHead said:
Bottom line is the park’s design, both the attraction menu and IP mix and match theme, is a problem without a quick fix.
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This is a claim is what I have a problem with. You make an unsubstantiated claim and then complain execs are really dumb for how obvious these problems are (which aren’t obvious to me because I have no idea what you’re talking about).
 
The Underminer

The Underminer

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TalkingHead said:
Bottom line is the park’s design, both the attraction menu and IP mix and match theme, is a problem without a quick fix. Arguably it’s a tougher fix than anything that’s existed at the two previous Orlando parks. It’s a mystery why the execs and designers couldn’t see this coming (or could they and hands were tied?)
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It’s baffling takes like these that demonstrate how little knowledge someone actually has of theme parks.
 
The Underminer

The Underminer

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TalkingHead said:
The best park in Orlando is the one with a two-star crowdsourced rating. Yeah that tracks.
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Laughable.

Epic has been extremely well received.

Company couldn’t be happier both by the product and the reactions. Even management at Disney internally love it.

It’s going to mean the Villains Land will be killer to compete, so this is nothing but a boon for fans.

Epic is our DisneySea. There just isn’t a park with theming on this level in Orlando, at this scale.

Opening day, this easily beats EPCOT Center, Tokyo DisneySea, and Shanghai Disneyland from a ride perspective as well.

Those were the previous most impressive openings.

And I’m very thankful they’re capping Epic’s crowds as they’re making adjustments still. It’s making for a wonderful guest experience, barring a rainy day, but it’s the summer, what can you do.
 
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AidenRodriguez731

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The Underminer said:
Laughable.

Epic has been extremely well received.

Company couldn’t be happier both by the product and the reactions.

Epic is our DisneySea. There just isn’t a park with theming on this level in Orlando, at this scale.

Opening day, this easily beats EPCOT Center, Tokyo DisneySea, and Shanghai Disneyland from a ride perspective as well.

Those were the previous most impressive openings.
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It's well received on social media, by most influencers who had media events and reduced crowding.

I'm sure the company could be a little happier than their current reviews, they are the lowest in Florida somehow. Even lower than Seaworld which is impressive considering a certain documentary.

I'm saying it again. This park was built to be an influencer park. It's flashy, great for short stays on headliner attractions. Anything that's not a major headline has MAJOR flaws. Yoshi flat out sucks, Dragon Rally Racer is over before it starts, Fyre Drill is fine but definitely not an everyone ride. Curse of the Werewolf could win a reward for the ugliest looking ride in the last 10 years, genuinely, it is such an eyesore and covers up the view for the windmill, who designed it over all those paths so it would have to have the ugliest netting over it the entire time plus we don't even want to talk about the party city end scene. That is actually ridiculous, I've seen better setups at Spirit Halloween than whatever crap they shuffled together last minute there. They were genuinely better off going to Spirit Halloween and maybe buying a few of their end of season $20 cardboard standees than whatever they are peddling. DK is really rough for a new coaster and not in the good "wooden coaster" feeling way. The headliners for the most part are great but definitely not "Disney Sea" levels. I mean, pointing you directly at unthemed curtains/floors, a coaster showing backstage within 5 seconds on the ground level? (Immersive viking land but they point you to look straight at the road instead of building a cheap facade or fence?) plus the obvious white wall that they only half covered with fake moss.


It is laughable to call this Tokyo Sea Level. Hell, I'd barely even call it Hollywood Studios level other than it being overall a more grand park.

A 3rd Harry Potter land? Where you aren't even in their world but instantly magically go back in time and teleport? Who was asking for that? Why does the only ride in this land, not take place in this land? It's like they can't build a park anymore without throwing around their magic money maker Harry Potter.
 

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