IAmFloridaBorn
Well-Known Member
Not everything needs to be hidden and Universal understands that.I4 and Turkey Lake will be quite visible from multiple slides. They aren't investing heavily to hide it, because it's simply not possible.
Most other areas throughout the park should conceal the outer world quite nicely. It'll be interesting what areas get more effort to conceal then others.
I still haven't really seen anything that has convinced me that attendance will be all that great though. Typhoon Lagoon and Blizzard Beach are built in so well as cheap add-on's to a Disney vacation. I don't think Universal can hit a grand slam by targeting people who don't typically consider water parks as an integral part of their vacation.
Ifyou build a theme park next to a high way, why hide it? Wet N Wild was build smack dead in the middle of commercial sprawl and still was highly visited. If it were themed like Typhoon, Blizzard or had VB amenities?, It'd definitely be a top contender.
Nobody is going to be on a slide and say ""Oh no! We can see a car from here, I don't feel immersed."
People drive on I-4 and see a big frickin Volcano and of course the kids are like
"Coool whats that?"
Maybe even the adults.
Universal, whether anyone likes it or not just built a landmark in the middle of a city full of attraction landmarks. They wanted this..