I expect you’ll learn well in advance of 2025 what it will look like and when that new version of the AP will become available. They might not have the new cost (depending on when they announce it relative to opening though). I don’t imagine they could start selling that more expensive 3 park AP until the new park is actually open, and then not likely at the very beginning.
I'm not too sure, it's Universal we're talking about, they like to hold their cards to their chest.
They're gonna build a Spaceship Earth in Epic Universe?
Nope, they're gonna build a hotel instead. An absolute low-point in theme park design that had Disney attempted would have literally melted this site, but is somehow aspirational since it wasn't Disney doing it.
If you swapped the DLP Hotel with the castle then you'd have an apt comparison.
How do you figure? The castle is in the hub centralized in the park surrounded by themed lands. The Epic Universe hotel is not...it is set at the far end of the central spine...more akin to American Adventure albeit without the expansive lagoon.
Where do you think the hotel is located? It is along the perimeter of the park, just like the Disneyland Hotel, the planned WestCOT hotels, the Grand Californian, Hotel Mira Costa and the upcoming Fantasy Springs Hotel.
Isn’t it literally the tallest structure in the background as you walk back through the park, with the lands off to the sides? Seems like a focal point to me.
it isn’t a gateway or tucked away, it is the weenie. I don’t get how the same forum that believes a hotel in the Epcot parking lot would be a crime against humanity, but has reached consensus that placing one front and center as the icon is just fine.
Because designing something from the outset with a specific intent is radically different than adding something in later that disrupts the design intent.
Yes, a design decision I find deplorable, but am clearly in the minority so I’ll leave it at that and just be utterly baffled from the sidelines.
I would imagine access to the hotel from the park will be limited to hotel guests and people with dining reservations.
Because Universal gets a free pass all the time. I pointed out a bunch of cuts at UOR and got 6 responses. A toilet breaks at WDW and it’s a CNN headline.
I've been very adamant/vocal against Universal over the past few months now (you can see some of my brutal comments on Twitter and the InsideUniversal forums), so Universal is on my bad side at the moment. But complaining about a hotel (that is visually breathtaking from the concept art) is a separate issue from entertainment. Universal Creative has matched (or surpassed) the design and quality of Imagineering... yet Universal still operates the parks like a damn regional Six Flags. It's embarrassing as they claim to be a world-class resort and dampens the experience that Universal Creative designed.
That last statement is the one thing that really bothers me about Universal. Islands of Adventure, especially, is beautiful all lit up and they close the parks so early that you don't get to experience it. While it's far from my favorite attraction in the park, the Seuss Trolley at night during the holidays is one of my must-do's and there is a small window to experience it.
