[🌎 Universal GB] General Discussion

[dave___]

I was going to say this, though that place is dirt cheap compared to Center Parcs in the UK... and also supposedly dirt ridden.

I can fully imagine Woburn CP pricing their accommodation at the same price year round rather than the school holiday gouging that currently goes on. And by that I don't mean dropping the school holiday price..

American and Far East tourists would absolutely lap it up though I bet.

 

[flyingguitar]

It dose surprise me that universal didn't buy up more land, if you look at a lot of their parks they are all enclosed by cities, limiting expansion and adding a lot of competition for hotels.comparing that to disney in florida, with essentially a monopoly on what hotels are close to their resort and where buses can go

I know buying more land is obviously more expensive but you would have thought that the expansion space, less access for hotel competitions, and reduced chance of neighbors complaints would be a good reason (especially when spending God knows how much on a theme park)

I feel like if successful it will end with either disneyland california or universal orland where to build another park they have to go miles away.

 

[Bert2theSpark]

It dose surprise me that universal didn't buy up more land, if you look at a lot of their parks they are all enclosed by cities, limiting expansion and adding a lot of competition for hotels.comparing that to disney in florida, with essentially a monopoly on what hotels are close to their resort and where buses can go

I know buying more land is obviously more expensive but you would have thought that the expansion space, less access for hotel competitions, and reduced chance of neighbors complaints would be a good reason (especially when spending God knows how much on a theme park)

I feel like if successful it will end with either disneyland california or universal orland where to build another park they have to go miles away.

They have space for a second gate and another hotel/waterpark, enough space to fill up two destination parks from the get-go. That’s already space for more parks than everything they have now but Orlando, a third gate would be 25+ years away from opening, and I’m sure they’ll find another plot of land they’d be able to connect with by then.

Also I’m surprised no one has mentioned the Pokémon announcement from yesterday, looks like that IP is in the bag for Orlando and Japan, but also the potential for other parks to use it. As Universal UK will be their newest park when Pokémon comes around, I can definitely see them leveraging the IP. What if Jurassic World is a stand-in in concept art at the moment? Apparently the park is not going to have any clones of existing Universal rides, period. So it could be more than just the Shrek/Mystery area that’s undefined in the concept art!

 

[xtpower]

They won't remove Jurassic World, it's a Universal staple. But what if they swap out Minions for Pokemon?