Yay!!!

Any idea if they have plans for transportation between the other parks? I haven't seen anything about that yet

@@russmacc316 We discussed it in the recent podcast on the channel, near the start of the episode. They are building dedicated bus lanes to connect the parks and will offer free shuttles between the new areas and existing resort.

@@ThemeParkStop Cool! I will give it a listen, thank you!!

Yes finally we are getting closer and closer to epic universe

That creature from the black lagoon ride sounds so sick

I hope it gets built.

Me too!

Same here. That sounds like a scary ride lol

I feel the same way. The attention to detail from the classic films is so refreshing to see!!

I hope there are some Easter eggs of the less popular Universal horror films too. Maybe a couple tattered circus posters boasting “Cheela the Gorilla” or “Dynamo Dan the Electrical Man”.

Yes this area looks like it is going to be amazing. It looks like they are paying close attention to every aspect of each land. I think Universal does a great job with that. Like Hogsmeade & the castle they are modeled after some actual places they went & studied & replicated. We stay at Portofino Bay when there & it looks so much like the one in Italy, the only difference is in Italy there are more boats in the bay since it’s a actual working area & mountains behind the town, no mountains in Orlando but it still looks really like the real place. Can’t wait for Epic to open I think we will all be amazed at what they have done in really a very short time.

I would say look to their more recent openings over in Asia. Really positive reports in recent yrs. The issue with VB was tapu tapu. It took a while to work out the kinks and many just did not know how to use it. Now it's great & works well the majority of the time.

How long did it take Volcano Bay to fully work? To know what to expect with this park and how much I have to wait to book a reservation

@@Linkmik90 Fully work... not sure. We went in the 1st yr, within a few months and it worked for us as intended, except for payment processing. I still randomly have issues with that. BTW, I have heard the facial recognition is working well during the trials in place. The biggest issue I think will surface, will be crowd mgmnt, which will include getting on site guests to and from the other parks. I hope they buy enough buses.

⁠@@LChatmanFLwe went over Halloween (not long after they started using the facial recognition system) and it worked great-I think it’s actually faster than the fingerprint scanner. I’ve seen a couple of complaints about it in some FB groups and for the life of me I don’t understand why.

@@schues317 Well that's good news. Does it work if you're wearing sunglasses, hats etc. ? Also, does this mean they can link the face to a valid passholder and there we will no longer need to scan an AP card, so we can just walk in (making rope drop much easier)? Lastly, will they have a separate line for actual date based ticket holders? I am assume they will not be using facial recognition since they may only be one time guests. That would be awesome as well. It's tough thinking your line is moving along and then you realize the family of 5 in front is having ticket issues and line comes to a screeching halt. That's when I really need Jesus!!

Universal Hollywood has had Castle Dracula, Van Helsing: Fortress Dracula, Universal's House Of Monsters and Creature From The Black Lagoon: The Musical.

@@toddjones1480 Yeah Hollywood … Not Orlando my friend

I was recently wanting it to be “Now you’re playing with power!”

@@moneygrabbercodswollop8133 That would be amazing too lol

“Here We Go!”

"my body is ready" 😂

@@ThemeParkStop what kind effect will this have on the original universal theme park.?. Would this cause the other theme park to close down because this one may be so popular knowbody goes to the other park?

Thank you! Hope you have a wonderful 2024!

I can’t imagine managing even part of this huge project.

Right?! In probably just a little more time than it took Disney to build ONE rollercoaster in MK (a copycat from one they already had!) and a walk-through exhibit and glorified planter box area in EPCOT, universal is building a whole state of the art theme park from scratch (other than the Nintendo area) and 3 hotels!

Disney is a disgrace, there to busy figuring out what there going to take away next 👍👍

Disneyland California absolutely has to deal with those kinds of restrictions. There are residential homes just on the other side of Disneyland California, so there are noise restrictions. Universal Studios Hollywood is also having to install sound barriers on its new Fast & Furious roller coaster. Phantasialand in Germany has even stricter regulations to follow, but unlike other parks, it actually manages to turn these restrictions into strengths.

@@kentslocum i was criticising my country in how poorly we manage these things, it's hilarious how amazing Phantasialand is despite having the greatest restrictions of all

@@chrisogrady28 Most parks are like, "we can't build really tall, really loud rides right next to a residential building? Then I guess we can't do anything!", while Phantasialand is like, "We'll put the roller coaster underground and give it an extra launch and hyper-theme everything so no one notices that it's not super tall!"

Do it

you're kinda lucky if you can look a theme park every day you work. its like a way to brighten up your day

@@Eldollow well, for three years it was just moving dirt.

Good idea.

It probably wouldn’t. They would have moved at same pace because the point they were at it was all initial stages which would have been the same amount of people working as they had. Epic wasn’t impacted by employee shutdowns as they could operate the same amount of people that they needed for those initial stages. Was gonna take 5 years to build a massive park no matter what

@@camhesse1 we had a bad hurricane as well that impacted the pace…a lot of factors in Florida that’s for sure.

From looking at the way it has a wiring harness attached, I bet that the end of that wand will feature a beautiful spell lighting feature! Those portals are all incredible

Thank you!!

Lmao they coulda picked a better name😂

Hahahaha

Universal needs a VR coaster or dark ride that can swap out film/theming seasonally..like what they have in Japan. They could literally just port all of the 4d ride movies they have in Japan over to orlando and it would draw in massive crowds. They have the space for it in the fear factor section and it would be cheaper since it would be a copy of Japans version..plus for HHN they could swap out the film for a horror experience instead and make it unique.

That’s what we said in our video revealing the possible Great Britain theme park’s location. Just like major construction started on Epic Universe after Beijing was wrapping up, it seems that Comcast wants to always be building one major theme park somewhere in the world.

@ThemeParkStop I've been watching alot of universal orlando videos to see what uk guests could expect and how it may work it has given great insight into what it may be like obviously with some changes I'm even considering becoming a annual pass holder

Hmmm ... So 1st UK park 2030, 2nd Beijing park 2035, Epic Universe companion park 2040, and 2nd UK park 2045 ... @@ThemeParkStop

@@KyleCleric Or, they could build a new park in another part of the world!

@@KyleClericI think the parks in Florida will get expansions as well before the UK park opens also

MIB is a great ride but Springfield (along with The Simpsons Ride) has got to go in my opinion.

I like Springfield, but I think MIB needs to go.

@@NocturneFexy The Simpson has run it's course. MIB is still really fun to ride. I hope that area gets replaced with a roller coaster or at least a dark roller coaster.

@@a.y.greyson9264 There is a ton of space behind The Simpsons' show building which means that they can make a whole new land with multiple attractions. I'm thinking it would be Pokémon, but we'll just have to wait and see.

@@NocturneFexy I thought that space is usually reserved for HHN?

Happy new year!