yeah but MMRR opened on march 4 2020. So by extending your timetable 1 day its now Universal opened 2 and Disney opened 1. Also, while Disney is opening Rat, GotG, Tron, and MMRR in DL, (among many other awesome thing like Space 220 and Harmonious) Universal will be scheduled to open 1 (seemingly underwhelming) mariokart darkride in USH.
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Universal Epic Universe (South Expansion Complex) - Opens May 22 2025
- Thread starter Bob Harlem
- Start date
tommyhawkins
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Yes MMMR opened then, but WDW and UOR didnt close until March 15th 2020. Universal have opened VC (exactly when it was planned to be opened), Bourne and Secret Life of Pets.
Work began on Tron 1309 days ago, whilst only a portion of the Hagrids track had been built on this same day, for example. The other two were also started in 2018. And no, an overpriced theme restaurant is not a ride or attraction. Epcot forever began October 1st 2019, and Harmonious was scheduled to start 6months later. The Disney parks reopened in July, 4 months later, the prjects wont be only 4 months delayed. Rat has been standing but not operating for six months, they could have quite easily opened it, in fact it would have helped them with summer capacity to open in March when it was ready, they chose to keeps it shut. My point is this, nobody is really disputing the cost of the projects Disney will be opening, but the fact is large chunk of the burden of those construction costs fell in 2 or 3 pre-pandemic Financial Years. It was a conscious decision to delay all of these things so severely for guests, and as much as people try to paint a narrative that Disney went super broke for a while, lets see how broke they are when Management take their bonuses
Disstevefan1
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Do you think this will be completed and open before TRON, WDW RR, GotG, and whatever is happening in the dirt piles in EPCOT?
BTW, I notice the dirt piles in EPCOT have been there so long that there are legit TREES growing out of them…
BTW, I notice the dirt piles in EPCOT have been there so long that there are legit TREES growing out of them…
My95cobras
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What new wizarding world ride?!?!
lazyboy97o
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The virtual reality broom ride that was supposed to be in Epic Universe.
trr1
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could this be going in where FFL is as a Diagon alley expansion?
My95cobras
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Do you have any references or other info on this? I’m very interested!
tommyhawkins
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DonniePeverley
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So are most users on here agreed we are not going to see any construction this year ?
Or are still some holding out hope we may see something. We can review this thread at the end of the year.
Or are still some holding out hope we may see something. We can review this thread at the end of the year.
DisneyDodo
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I’m not arguing which company invests more in its parks generally (that’s a separate discussion), but which scaled back spending more as a result of the pandemic. Every Disney attraction you mentioned was significantly delayed. The fact that Disney opened nothing in a year and a half may not seem like such a big deal on its surface, but it is when you consider that 2020-21 was projected to be a particularly busy time for WDW ahead of the 50th. Universal was expected to open less than typical over the next few years even before the pandemic, due to them expending so many resources on EU.
The companies’ philosophies when it came to the pandemic can be summarized as follows:
Disney -
Too far along to cancel? Delay one year
Not too far along to cancel? Cancel
Uni -
Too far along to cancel? Full steam ahead
Not too far along to cancel? Delay one year
The first permanent structure is starting up
tommyhawkins
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i believe thats probably associated with Electrical stuff not 100% sure yet
JoeCamel
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I think you are correct, the way the footings are next to it they look like transformer pads. The steel will support the drops and feeds in the station.
Maybe it's an employee break room?
Disneyhead'71
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I think it is a cooling plant.
tommyhawkins
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Yellow area is where the frame and foundations are on photo, so its all in line with whatever was planned
The red box is where the framed building is. The blue is the concrete pads.
This could be infrastructure for the new central administrative buildings, or for the park, or both.
This could be infrastructure for the new central administrative buildings, or for the park, or both.
The Grand Inquisitor
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Ok. I was just going off of what Alicia said on the Universal forums. Are we getting a dark ride to replace the show if it it's replaced?
JoeCamel
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Sure I can get behind a chiller plant for the offices/warehouses in that location. Leave it to the people who study this plot to have the permit at the ready
Like these at the star wars hotel. Just a larger layout for the larger buildings
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