Yesterday, Tomorrow, and To-Mario

@@JChandlertheGreatdamn you beat me to it lol

I have never laughed harder in my whole life XD

@Repent-and-believe-in-Jesus HAIL SANTA! 🎅🏻🤘🏼

The actual plaque at the park will read: With Sun & Moon, the Stars and Time The Chronos spins and Worlds align. For if you seek the curious heart, your compass true, and Stars to chart: Beyond this Gate find gardens green and Epic Worlds to fill your dreams. They were inspired by the Disney speech.

We'll see you there. :)

​@@UniversalOrlandoquick question will there be a grand opening broadcasted live on NBC streaming live on peacock because honestly I would love to be the host of the gold carpet coverage of this because this will be so epic so can we talk I'm a content creator

@@braylonlee1924 Bro you have 1,000 subscribers on KZfaq, I would expect to be ignored by them. Not worth their time.

​@@braylonlee1924 Lmao

It’s not fantastic, it’s epic! 😊

This is the underdog... classic movie monsters! Should be awesome.

Mack*

@@guyman4155why you gotta be that guy? Lol

@Repent-and-believe-in-Jesus Lol shut up.

@@cagunderص

Me niethier!!!🥰🥰🥰

I don't think we've been to the same parks. Some sections are themed nicely, but transitions between lands is not their strong suit (and the majority of their park in Florida still looks like an outdoor mall or cheap tourist traps along I-4). People may not like Disney for whatever reason, but they have much better theming than Universal.

Disney has much better theming, at least at the time of me writing this. Epic Universe may very well set a new standard

My favorite part is the part where they think there is still a middle class to pay for the tickets.

Uhhh Disney?

I like Universal and I'm not a Disney adult, but no matter how big of a hard-on you have for DeSantis that's blinding your judgment, Disney has had the upper hand for a while and still does as of this very moment. Epic Universe might move the scale in Universal's favor, but it will take a lot to dethrone Disney.

Lmao

Hey Swoozie! Didn’t expect to see you here.

There already are some 😂🙋🏽‍♀️

Families actually.

Universal adults are gonna be a trip

Let us cook ;)

Universal is definitely giving disney a run for there money. I think they might be winning lately.

This will be the secret weapon that brings people to Orlando to go to Universal first, and Disney if they have leftover time/energy/want to

Not only this park they are giving Disney their.IPs and improving Universal Studios Orlando again.

​@@kevinschneider17072025 will definitely be a shift. When Disney spends a bunch of money on digital signage close to Epic. It shows they are concearn

I was just thinking the same thing tv! Back to normality instead of indoctrination campaigns

Yep😂

@@trying3841what do you mean? What indoctrination?

​@@arwyss you're joshing us right ?

universal is releasing a movie called " the american society of magical negros" don't get your hopes up.

5:55

cant yall enjoy both lmao this aint a turf war

@@matthias8161exactly!! I totally agree

@@more2me100 both are amazing theme parks and i wish both can keep progressing and creating amazing experiences for everyone. dont know what disney did for them to say this but whatever more for us right?

Wow...Disney NEEDS to take a Page off of Universal's handbook

Wishing her the best ❤

God bless you pray and have faith 🙏

God bless you guys! 🙏

Will be praying for her

Hoping her best.

fr, cant watch that shit without tearing up a bit.

It's seriously a very underestimated land I think. Some are like HTTYD??? But I think once they see and experience it they will like it. Great land for families too!

IM SO EXCITED FOR IT TOO OMGGGG

Smart move, considering when the people who grew up with HTTYD are about to start making more disposable money as adults -- and then they can spend it on their childhood dreams they never had -- on their kids.

Just imagine a ride when your flying dragons, im gonna assume some sort of simulator but it would amazing

And HOTD

Whats H0TD?

@@darthvader3936jon snow

@@bkc587HOTD S2 is out this summer though right?

​@darthvader3936 HOTD is short for House of The Dragon. It's a prequel show for Game of Thrones, it's 2nd season js coming out soon.

Wish they would've spent as much time describing the Dark Universe park as they did the other attractions. Was like in-depth analysis of each park and then just throwing in "and there's a monsters park ... now onto Harry Potter ..."

@@MrRaydennis1980i agree! im hoping its cause the land only has two rides and they dont want to give too much away, but we just want to see it alllll 😂😭

Omg Garrett Watts! I am also so excited for Dark Universe, the amount of money I’m going to spend in that land is not healthy 😭😭

@@hellorcleorr I worked at Universal Hollywood for 3 years and was so mad that they got rid of the House Of Horrors

What Dark Universe park? They don’t HAVE a Dark Universe to make a park out of!

Prob not especially if they dont improve rides

We can't wait!

That’s a fantastic observation. The passion and care for people comes through. Very refreshing.

That’s a fantastic observation. The passion and care for people comes through. Very refreshing.

"We listened to the fans." Disney execs must have laughed out loud at that part

I bet Disney watched this video and thought, OH, SH*T!!!

@@michaelhuff3653someone who worked at higher up at disney said they laughed when asked to walk the parks

"pushing the boundaries" with a carousel and some little water jets?? 😭😭 making a two-track coaster and a dragon ride like they ALREADY HAD but they had to close down because of safety concerns & low interest? this doesn't feel very boundary-pushing to me 😂

​@@happyhauntzz Except with the buyout of Hulu they will have spent over 90 BIllion for Fox. The Pixar brand took a hit by dumping so many movies on Disney+ when they should have been held back. Chapeck damaged the Marvel brand by producing so much content it was overkill. (Plus got trolled by Comcast to pay more) Comcast has a higher market cap than Disney at this time BTW. Both parks have a ton of paying customers worldwide

Real ones found this comment from the Carter culttttt❤

okay shill akay payed for comment.

@Repent-and-believe-in-Jesus Pay me money

Ridiculous

​@@lastlaugh5178you're ridiculous.

This is for the fans 💙

Every land and all the theming, it’s so beautiful!

Yeah, now fork up $2k for the family to come.

@@Solarcloud Don’t be so cynical here!

@@Solarcloud I hate it when people are being so snarky and don’t see the beauty in all of this.

Nothing gets me excited more than FAKE ROCK too!!!

hell yeah fake rock enthusiast

@johnathanl8396 right!? Lol if I ever get to build it I promise to film all of it.

@@matthias8161 a small but mighty community! Are you in the trade?

What wishes? This is such a dumb statement to sound profound.

Walt Disney is ever changing. That was Walt's vision

Yeah Walt wanted change, but it was innovative change, not cheap cash grabs. Story, not monopoly

I agree… a majority out there blur the lines between change and pandering to the masses. Bring back the creativity those parks once had.

The wishes of Disneys original founder being naziism and facism?

Rule #1 - Listen to the fans

@@UniversalOrlando🫡

@@UniversalOrlandorespect

@@UniversalOrlando then why the sex change from Victor to Victoria Frankenstein? Stick with the source material - "listen to the fans."

You've got that right!! People are going to Orlando ONLY for Universal these days and it's well worth the trip! They've done amazing!

Absolutely. I LOVED Disneyland growing up. Now it’s so directionless, crowded, and out of touch that there’s no way I’m taking my kids there. Epic World will be our big family theme park destination as soon as they’re old enough.

​@@Scientist_Salariancrowded? Lmfao. It's an amusement park

@@Rathkan Have you been to a Disney park in the last decade. There's amusement park crowded, and then there's Disney crowded. Not the same thing, troll.

Disney is business with other situations now

​@@Rathkanyou must be very ignorant if you think disneyland crowds are comparable to average amusement park crowds lol

It’s a single roller coaster…

​@@jaredf6205coasters aren't everything... It's the experience.

@@Macky4941 I wrote that before I watched the second half of the video lol. I thought the whole addition was only that celestial area.

Bro why does everything have to be a diss and a competition? I’ve never heard a single kid complain about going to Disney World😂 And obviously most of you taking these shots at Disney aren’t kids which makes it even more weird.

Both parks are already amazing and now universals getting a big upgrade. I'm excited!

But muhhhhh Tiana and Louis and new trees n lights in Epcot

Screwww that hahaha. Visiting on opening day? Talk about a nightmare. I just can't tolerate stuff like that. I'll probably wait a year or two.

This is why i love universal! they actually listen to the fans and guests! i feel like after this DISNEY IS GOING TO BE IN SHAMBLES@@clath2823

@@jonny-b4954I’m an annual pass holder I’ll be there way before opening day

@@TiangeloDisney has been playing catch up. The ONLY reason Star Wars galaxies edge exists is because they were trying to play catch up to the Harry Potter worlds of universal. (That’s not conjecture either those are hard facts stated by the company)

I think they’re likely gonna pay real close attention to this and take notes for what they have planned next.

@@benmalsky9834Disney ain’t got nothing planned 😂

@@dtrizzle67 No, they DO, we just don’t know it yet.

@@benmalsky9834 Yes, endless blue skies, just no blueprints. 🤣

Come D23 Expo, you will be proven wrong.@@Zero11235

Universal rarely gives us anything that's not IP-based. The last time they did was with the Port of Entry at IOA and The Lost Continent, which is essentially gone now. I hope Celestial Park is allowed to grow and expand with new attractions without being completely taken over by a sci-fi IP!

@@Tortidis987 That's not true. Volcano Bay is an original concept.

I agree 100%. I think Disney has forgotten that Haunted Mansion, Big Thunder Mountain, Pirates of the Caribbean, Space Mountain, the People Mover, Everest, and Soarin’ Over California were not IP-based. These are iconic amazing rides.

@@Tortidis987 Port of Entry somehow tied all of the seemingly unrelated IPs together in such a great immersion that I still think it's the unsung hero of that entire park - and I still wish I could go back in time and re-experience the Lost Continent for the first time in all of it's opening day wonder. It was so awesome not knowing what to expect at all since there was no pre-existing knowledge to inform your every step.

It also makes it timeless. IP gets old

Hi

Found the Universal account!

Yeah you're not a real person.

See I would care about this block of text, but you bought this account so therefore your opinion is instantaneously invalidated :/

How this this account has 6millions subscribes and only two videos with less that 1million views?

Listen man, it’s just a basic theme park with Mario in it. It’s not like this is some extraordinary experience like seeing Grand Canyon or going to space. Most of the theme park experience is waiting 2 hours for rides that last 2 minutes - you don’t need to “find out what lies beyond” that😂😂

@@johnathanl8396 I disagree. The immersion is real, the love for the classics is real, and I cannot wait to be there. It’s not a substitution for amazing locations in real life, but it offers something else that they are doing their best to realize for us…. and I cannot be more excited for that realization.

​@@johnathanl8396You must not have a very fun imagination. Things can be what people make them. If you go anywhere with that attitude, you are definitely NOT going to enjoy yourself. You're acting like the type of person to visit the Grand Canyon and say, "it's just a hole in the ground" or go to Mt. Everest and say, "it's just a dumb hill." Have you ever tried to have a positive attitude about anything?

It’s awesome, but also go to islands of adventure (still universal but the other park). the best rides in Orlando are there :D

Marvel and Star Wars? But let's be honest, there's only so much they could do with Star Wars and they done it. But Marvel could have a whole theme park dedicated to it, if Disney really goes for it. They could have an Asgard area, a Wakanda theme area, a space themed area for Guardians and Captain Marvel, a sanctum for Doctor Strange and an Avengers area with Avengers themed shows, attractions, rides and a giant Avengers tower as the centerpiece. I know it won't happened, but a girl can dream, can't she?

Hey we also have dudes dressed as a fairy princess…

Do you mean that Disney doesn't bring anything new? If so, that's ridiculous, Disney has opened so much stuff in the last 10 years (Avatar land, Toy story land, Starwars land) they've also created attractions that have top-of-the-art technology (rise of the resistance, avatar's flight of passage, etc.) they also have much better food options.

Yeah, don't forget. Disney is always implementing new ways to screw you over! They also have frustration and depression, waking up before the crack of dawn, only to still miss out on booking a spot to ride what you really came for because the app is so full and booking is closed. Oh, what a shame you spent all your savings from the past 5 years, just to get here and experience this one ride. You didn't book it fast enough. Maybe you'll get another shot in another 5 years, huh?

I think Disney really needs to go back to its roots. Make a park with more original attractions, no IPs

Disney will be open just to lgbt+ q community

Well said. It's also much more direct and genuine than Disney's strategy to sponsor bloggers to run their PR for them. I know Universal is running a business but it's refreshing to see what looks like a more direct connection between what fans want, what Universal is delivering, the fans' reactions, and Universal's response. I've been a Disney passholder for years and this is just refreshing.

will u be there?

Well Universal and Islands has a track record of having horrible opening days due to the amount of rides with down times. I bet it'll be similar

@@jaredf6205bro what? Each land has a coaster

He deleted his comment when he realized how wrong he was@@ElizaMonster27

Hopefully it'll mean Disney steps up their game a bit. Or at least gets competitive with some offers. Don't get me wrong, I'm a capitalist at heart but over the last few years they have turned every screw as far as possible (and even too far in many cases!) to get the maximum expenditure from visitors and give them the least in return that they can get away with.

@@JD-wn3cc Disney messed up Galaxy Edge being a world that was not present in the movies. That Star Wars hotel still can be fixed if they include half and full day packages to go alone with the three day stays and lunch, dinner theatres. Disney also must get a family friend video game character IP's into that park. A nice Alien V Predator in Hollywood Studios would be nice as well.

@@Smiggly2574 I love Galaxy's Edge, and I don't think they messed it up. It feels like being on parts of Tatooine or other parts of the movies, and it looks and sounds like Stars Wars. I'm glad they are allowing characters from other time periods into it as well. With that said, I definitely like what Epic is doing, including having a hotel integrated into the park. I hope Epic is successful, and Disney innovates some more as well. Theme parks are just all about wonder to me, so that's all it has to achieve. Star Wars Cruise Hotel was a big mistake, but they could still turn it into a really nice hotel. Still no word on what they are doing with it now that it closed.

Universal will always be PEPSI. Cheap version of the gold standard.

​​@@TheGenXerWell, the gold standard is SUCKING HARD right now!

"I so wish Disney would take notes on this and LISTEN to what their fans want!!". So you're aware of it and spend your money with them anyways. Back to that in a moment. I was a huge fan of the brand. I loved everything Disney. I moved my family to Central Florida specifically to be near them. But little things kept popping up that made me question the blind loyalty. But when the beer flu hit, and the way they treated us annual pass holders was the final straw for us. I didn't hate them. I just didn't want to spend my money with a company that blatantly told me they don't care about me. When Disney (based in CA) publicly announced they would fight with everything they have against what Floridians voted for, is when I learned started seeing how it's not that they just don't care about their fans, but are actually quit toxic. The law that they want repealed is that school employees are not allowed to discuss sexual content with students between the ages of 5 and 7. That's it. That shouldn't even have to of been written. You have to be a special kind of mentally ill person for that to upset you. I understand not everybody is aware of this. But the saddest part, and this get's back to the beginning, there are plenty of people that are aware of it and set aside their values and morals to be entertained. Disney, and I know this is hard to hear because I refused it for awhile myself, does not care about you. They used to. There was a time when they did everything they could to earn your loyalty so you'd be back next Christmas break. That has been gone for a few years now.

@@VerbilKint I try to stay out of politics. The way I see it, it’s just a lie no matter what side you’re on. It’s hard for me to give up my passes since I’ve been an AP holder for years and I guess I just have hope that they will change. I love living in central FL because of the theme parks, but I can’t do universal because their rides get me so nauseous, that’s why I stick with Disney World as well. Yes I am hoping for change though.

@@ZaraVal My wife and I just had a conversation about Disney leadership and specifically what it would take for them to get back the people like us that left. We concluded that they would have to be gutted and start over like Musk did with Twitter. The wokeness is too dug in. I'm glad you didn't seem to take offense because that was not my goal. I merely seek to educate people on what their money is being used for once they give it to Disney. USO isn't perfect neither. Of the Big Three central Florida attractions, we think SeaWorld/Busch Gardens aligns best. Yeah there's the whole Blackfish thing and animals being held in captivity. I'm not a biologist so I can't make an informed opinion on that. But I do know, as fact, is when we pay for annual passes with them, some of our money is being used for a huge animal conservation and rescue program. They spend an enormous amount of money on that. Maybe in the future we'll both get our wishes and Disney turns things around. We love the parks themselves, but it's like crossing a picket line for us. Wouldn't it be a hoot if 10 years from now, we're all standing in line for Haunted Mansion and this conversation comes up? Stay cool neighbor ✌ seaworld.com/orlando/commitment/animal-rescue-rehabilitation/

@@VerbilKint The law's a joke. It's vague as can be, and they set the bar to 12th grade months ago. A teacher could theoretically be fired for casually mentioning their non-traditional spouse.

​@@kylegathright Exactly. The fact that they take issue with Disney's incredibly tepid denouncement of a fraud law meant to slowly weed out diversity in classrooms through vague definitions and not Disney's blatant greed, anti-consumer practices, and borderline monopoly in the film industry says everything. Disney is a horrible company precisely because it is such a powerful company, and there's plenty to take issue with, especially in how they've turned a section of Florida into their own self-governing, hyper consumerist city. But when the arguments are this flimsy, bigotry hidden behind dogwhistles and scare mongering, I'm forced to side with the multi-billion dollar conglomerate.

This IS the park you've been waiting for.

@@UniversalOrlandois there going to be a Pokemon theme park as well as a Zelda theme park

I don't think it's been officially confirmed but word on the street is that Universal is going to build a Pokemon land at Universal Studios Orlando by where The Simpsons section is now and they're going to build a Zelda themed land to replace The Lost Continent at Islands of Adventure.​@@Ljkrummen987

@@Ljkrummen987 there are rumors simpsons land will be turned into pokemon since disney owns the simpsons

@@ocheyns. thank you 😊

That's what Disney is worried about losing

And that’s what’s really changed there was always nostalgia for the Disney parks and vacations but now uni has the nostalgia factor too as people want to bring their kids to something they loved as a kid .

Going to Universal and Disney theme parks in the 90's were great memories I always get to have... I went again as an adult recently and it was such a special experience

And you know you guys are getting that worker soft launch day too! No lines, no crowds and that fresh new ride smell

I think it won’t be long before we see Disney finally reveal something new and exciting to help them easily compete with Universal. They did it back in the early 2010s when Wizarding World debuted and they can do it again.

​@@benmalsky9834current Disney leadership is a mess right now. They probably won't have anything to combat this til 2035

@@0dylan I don’t think it is. I’m always optimistic.

@@0dylan They probably will very soon. We just have to wait until D23 Expo to find out.

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@@UniversalOrlando OMG HI VELOCIBESTIE (velocicoaster bestie) (do not kill me I haven’t been back since 2014 and missed out on dueling dragons D: )

I agree!

Same

@@emiline1328 are you a prior fan of Universal or are you also mainly a Disney person like me that Epic Universe is drawing over to their side? Like I said, my family would take at least yearly trips to Disney together with my same-age cousins beginning in like ‘03 or ‘04 and kept that tradition until we all graduated high school. So I’ve been to Disney more than I can count, but only ever went to universal Orlando for the first time in 2022, mainly because I finally watched all of the Harry Potter movies and got super into them lol. I finally had an excuse to get myself to sacrifice a Disney day to go to universal instead, and to my sorta surprise, the wizarding world stuff is easily every bit as good as any of Disney’s best stuff. That trip is what finally got me to take off the Disney blinders and realize that universal is also making world class attractions, sometimes better than Disney. Now with Epic Universe, for the first time ever I think I would actually choose Universal over Disney at this point. They truly are really nailing it right now on a level Disney hasn’t been at since who knows when. But yeah, EU is truly gonna be epic.

One time about ten years ago, my friend came with me, but only got to go for one day, and there was an issue with his ticket, and it cost us like an hour. My dad complained to them, and they gave us both free fast passes to make up for the time we lost.

Good luck getting into that park on opening day (or even Orlando lol)

The reason we originally got the tickets was because we were in line to get in and they asked us to give tickets to employees that went above and beyond for the day. It was for big prizes that employees could win. They were very happy to receive a ticket. I would have done it even if they didn’t give us the free tickets. I was just so surprised 20 years later they still honored them.

I don't know but I feel themed parks really boring

Can't Agree more, love going to Florida, but a Theme Park in the UK anything like that would be great.

They hearted it, It's official.

As long as it’s a significantly different product - part of the joy of going to Florida (aside from the weather) is to experience all the attractions that you cannot get at home. If they build a really similar park you can do go to every week, I think it will ruin the magic a little! If they really make it unique to Britain with some different themes it would be amazing!

@@davidro77 I agree, thankfully they've already said if it goes ahead it will not feature any rides found in the Orlando parks. I imagine this is to not to cannibalise their market of brits who visit Orlando, but to wet peoples whistle who might not have visited their international gates without a taster closer to home.

@@WorldofCoasters wow that’s good news! Although struggling to see how they’d be able to do HP without borrowing existing rides like the castle and escape from gringotts

We're here for you. 💙

Especially when they decide to do Halloween Horror Nights!

@@-djblizzard-1358 October 2025 is gonna rock so hard

😂I thought the exact opposite

This right here is why I love Universal. Disney makes a vacation so so stressful with having to be on top of everything at the exact right moment. Give me an express pass (or not) and still ride everything. Probably gonna do 3 days here at least for my first visit.

It’s the people who make excuses for the needlessly stressful and greedy way Disney now operates that only enable them to continue screwing over guests. Free Fastpasses for 20yrs-now they have Genie+. Used to love WDW, but have zero desire to go back. Especially as they strip away more classic attractions.

To be fair Volcano Bay is an entire park of virtual queues, and Universal does sell their Express add-on. But in general you're right they require way less planning and allow more spontaneity...even in something as simple as switching parks or grabbing a meal since their footprint is so much more compact and walkable. To me the most impressive element shown is the BALANCE between authenticity to their IP and allowing the guests to experience their own journey in said IP. Even these quick glimpses of their four themed lands reveal how much Disney missed the mark with Galaxy's Edge in their insistence on in-universe realism over guest experience. In-universe Dracula and Frankenstein, or Mario and Donkey Kong, or Paris and the Ministry of Magic all wouldn't exist in the same geographic space, but by relaxing the rules just a bit Universal ended up with four spaces which look thematically pure while allowing guests to encounter and experience the full assortment of characters and spaces within each world. Star Wars fans want to drink at Mos Eisley Cantina, ride a speeder on Hoth, fly on the Falcon with Han Solo, and go shopping at Cloud City. By insisting that all the action takes place on Batuu and at one specific time period guests are denied all of those moments, in exchange for a more pure experience in a setting no one actually cares about. I'm so glad Universal seems to have learned from that lesson and allowed their guests to actually experience what it is that makes each of their fictional worlds so special.

Honestly, there has been absolutely no communication by Universal to confirm how the introduction of the new park will impact Premier hotel prices, express Pass, Annual Pass pricing and benefits, or Park tickets prices. We have no idea what will change or when.

I mean a virtual queue sounds great. I would rather be able to do something else while I am waiting in line.

I'm 46, and I'm sitting here in Spain yearning to be able to go back. I to have a few tears. Used to fly for a living and stayed opposite Universal twice a month for 5 days, we'd get in free with our staff passes, so I'd be there everyday. I truly miss that park.

If you think this is "cool" you should see what GOD has in store for all who are saved. NOTHING this earth has can compare to the GLORY of GOD & HEAVEN! HOME is where I'm looking forward to the most. PRAISE JESUS!!!!

Gonna be next level!

​@@-djblizzard-1358But God has helped me to this very day; so I stand here and testify to small and great alike. I am saying nothing beyond what the prophets and Moses said would happen- that the Messiah would suffer and, as the first to rise from the dead, would bring the message of light to his own people and to the Gentiles. Acts 26:22-23

awesome