Right?! It’s great that a theme park actually has a theme (and a good one!)

Volcano Bay involves TONS of friction, so that experience plus the amount of moving/kinetic items shown in the Epic Universe trailers has me a bit concerned. But optimistically this evokes a lot of the positive design elements from the best theme park in the world, Toyko DisneySea. Their central spire seems like a more themed and more ambitious version of what Epcot aimed for (and scaled back...and scaled back again). Toothsome at CityWalk is aging well and Celestial Park looks to draw on a lot of those same design notes plus the space elements you highlight. I think it has a good chance to look original and stay fresh for years.

@@SunriseTheEwe What is "friction" in this context?

@@QuesoGr7 In this case I'm using friction to describe the resistance present at VB which interferes with guests' desired actions. Primarily I'm thinking of having to park away from the...park...and be bussed to the entrance, the inability to get in line for rides when/if desired, and the wait to depart the park (though that's not an exhaustive list and omits other friction points like security, picking up tubes and lifejackets, lockers, and some aspects of food & beverage). I love VB. I love the theming and placemaking, the layout (once I got a handle on it), and the rides themselves. But I recently visited Aquatica and even on a busy day it was just so much to park, walk in, jump in a line, and then walk out at the end of the day. At VB on an equally busy day had my party wait almost an hour for a bus back to the garage, and most of that wait was underground or in a queue with high fencing blocking us in. I'll happily concede that on a slow day and especially if walking from lodging on-property this is less of an issue, but it's enough of an issue at other times to meaningfully affect the overall experience. It's too bad because Studios and Islands compare favorably to SeaWorld and Disney whereas Volcano Bay is a lot more challenging.

No chance. There will be endless hurdles to jump through, virtual queues, park reservations. If you’re not a theme park influencer or an annual pass holder, the first year this park is open might as well not count.

That would definitely kill SeaWorld

😂😂😂

Lol

Stephen Spielberg was the creative consultant for the park!

Universal studios has now stepped in creative mode lol😂😂😂😂😂😂

Minecraft

YES!!!

But this theme park is focus on IPs. Universal Studios monsters, Nintendo, Harry Potter, and how to Train your Dragon.

@@Nicole-by3ngJust not this land

This park is just as IP focused as any six flags, Disney, or cedar fair park lol.

This park is just as IP focused as any six flags, Disney, or cedar fair park lol.

for this gen. imagine being alive when Disney opened

@@1saamor897both monumental moments. He said theme park history which means all of it lol

@@louisianimal24nope only Disney is monumental

@@AnakinSkywalker_1858 sure it is 👍

“Putting the park back in theme park” as their other promo video said. What an incredibly simple yet brilliant idea

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And there’s also portals that lead to worlds that are based on IPs

Anyone know what software it’s on?

@@Mijehake no clue probably some expensive shit

MS Paint 2025@@Mijehake

Probably unity. It does not appear to be in unreal engine@@Mijehake

​@@Mijehake Possibly Cinema4D?

Me too

Pun intended.?😁

But this time, it gonna be big than the one from Universal Studios Hollywood.

@@VictorGonzalez-xs9ocyup, and it’s supposed to have more rides in the Florida location too. I wish Texas had a Universal park so I could visit more often

Fear not freind they are making one! ​@@drowningin

Haha same. Im sure someone playing planet coaster is making this

I actually did cry during the initial trailer

go ahead. I won't judge.

There is, it’s on their website!!!

I would LEGIT DIE if they ever opened a LOTR themed land! But do they have the rights for LOTR to use the theme? Someone needs to just build it already! Another world I have been fiendishly waiting for is a Wonka land like the Johnny Depp Wonka movie! That would be incredible, but I don't know the ins and outs of who owns that franchise.

I'd prefer Wonka over most of these lands@@Purplealegria7

They might have it for the theme on the actual coaster ride itself :)😊