Let's say this park alone profits Comcast $1B.
Why that's enough to pay off one percent of their debt!!
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Universal Epic Universe (South Expansion Complex) - Opens May 22 2025
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Why that's enough to pay off one percent of their debt!!
Misted Compass
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Turns out the "Gamer" lot wasn't referring to Nintendo but rather the LEDs in Celestial Park.
I mean, they literally said that's what's happening. We've also been hearing rumors of various quick expansion plans since before construction on the park was even in full swing.
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Have they...
1. Mentioned how much Capex they're going to spend to expand/upgrade the parks?
2. Given a timeline of when that Capex will be spent?
3. Mentioned specific new/reimagined attractions?
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Agent H
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Ironic how people don’t trust when Disney announces stuff but if universal vaguely mentions doing something the same people take it as a leak from the universal ceo themselves.
What am I, their accountant? Why would such details interest me? They just said there were more attractions on the way, which is all the confirmation I needed.
James Alucobond
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*Continues to wait patiently for Rhine River Cruise, Equatorial Africa, Israel, etc.*
Did they announce those things? Hell, I'd settle for Mary Poppins.
We're mixing up Disney's overpromised attractions with Universal's secrecy.
James Alucobond
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There were signs for them (and more) when the park opened. Honestly, I’m far more wary of nebulous pre-opening promises of possible future 2.0 expansion than I am of targeted individual attraction adds once you get a bit farther into the life of a park.
Andrew25
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Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit is being replaced... that's the first domino to fall.
Fast & Furious: Supercharged is on the chopping block, with USH's version now gone. Wicked experiences are on their way according to Universal themselves.
Disney is very transparent... Universal loves to wait until things are under construction.
Universal has lots of things under development, but they obviously don't want any sort of attention on those things since they have a massive park to open up first.
Fast & Furious: Supercharged is on the chopping block, with USH's version now gone. Wicked experiences are on their way according to Universal themselves.
Disney is very transparent... Universal loves to wait until things are under construction.
Universal has lots of things under development, but they obviously don't want any sort of attention on those things since they have a massive park to open up first.
Literally telling everyone that you're already working on new attractions isn't really secrecy, but even if their current, unspecified plans were to fall through, I'd certainly take that over officially announcing something only to later cancel it. I don't think Universal's ever made that mistake, thankfully.
Gusey
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If the Hero Parking Lot rumor is true, that along with a shop window will likely confirm what their next attraction intends to be, unless we end up with another AK Unicorn parking lot.
James Alucobond
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It’s not really a mistake, at least in the “unintentional” sense. I guarantee that if Universal had the same announcements-to-dollars pipeline as Disney, they’d also announce things way earlier. Disney has D23 seats to sell, books to publish filled with unrealized plans, no additional property rights holders to whom they’re beholden, and a department in Imagineering that has enduring mystique and a vault filled with ideas that can generate D+ content.
Andrew25
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Agree. Similar to DVC, Disney has trapped itself into a program/process that can be burdening yet rewardful... so they just push whatever they can no matter what it is.
D23 has become a spectacle for them, so they have to release stuff to fill 2 hours of content.
Disstevefan1
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They will simply repeat stuff from the last one.
Its Disney's process - Talk about stuff for two or three years before dirt moves.
Andrew25
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This is what I expect for next year's D23. One year with significant announcements, with the next year revealing details on previous announcements and minor announcements.
Attractions/new experiences should have a maximum 4-year cycle between announcement and debut.
Tom Morrow
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I agree with these statements based on what I’ve seen / heard. I do think a lot of theme park enthusiasts will need to temper their expectations a bit from what the hype train has built this up as. This is not a ”Disney killer” and not a game changer for the theme park industry. If all four portal lands were on the immersive level of Ministry then it might be different.
Disstevefan1
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At least you can see where the money went.