Let's assume the Mouse stops Universal from using Marvel in their park...

Let's assume the Mouse stops Universal from using Marvel in their park. What other cinematic universe or television franchise can they use for Islands of Adventure park?

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Went there once when I was 8. I'm 22 now. Wonder how much it's changed.

If I'm doing drunk math right, then the last time you went was 2005 (incidentally, I went that year too).
A lot has changed.

In Studios proper, Twister is replaced with some dumb Jimmy Fallon Race through NY, Despicable Me replaced Jimmy Neutron, Transformers replaced Hercules and Xena, Jason Bourne (?) is about to replace Terminator, Simpsons replaced Back to the Future, Harry Potter: London replaced Jaws, and Fast and Furious replaced Earthquake (and it's Disaster reskin).

In Islands, Kong is newish and lives between Toon Lagoon and Jurassic Park. Spiderman and Hulk were remastered. Harry Potter: Hogwarts replaced the GOAT medieval portion of the Lost Continent. And some "family friendly" Hagrid ride is replacing Dueling Dragons. Poseidon's Fury was remastered.

Fuck, it sounds all worse. The Harry Potter stuff looks cool from what I've seen though.

Yeah, it's alright I guess.
Universal's problem is that they keep moving toward a ride philosophy of "3-D screen + something squirts water at you". That, and their limited space means they replace rides too readily vs Disney keeping classic attractions.
The Harry Potter stuff is their money maker, so it's generally well done.

Studios is a joke now. They just need to bulldoze that whole place and extend IoA.

Seriously, who gives a fuck about Jimmy Fallon, Fast and Furious or Jason Bourne?

Disney seems like it's way superior. Last time I went there I was 7. The problem with Disney is I think it's gotten way more popular year round lately. When I was a kid I'd go to theme parks during the off season and have no waits. I don't know if it's worth the money to go down there and wait in lines for hours all day.

True, those are some dumb decisions. Only the Mummy and Men in Black are kino and have longevity. Maybe E.T. too.
Spot on. There's no "off-season" anymore. There are too many "futbol" school groups during certain times of the year. You can youtube it and see the chanting and nonsense people are subjected to.

Universal was supposed to have a Nintendo-themed area in Studios, but I guess that stalled.

Replacing the Marvel theme in Islands of Adventure with Nintendo could probably work, as long as it wasn't too cartoony because it would be neighbors with the already cartoony Seuss land and Toon land.

I can't handle that man. I was homeschooled as a kid, and on those trips to Disney and Universal we'd go in October or November and it was perfect. Almost no waits for anything. I think the longest we ever waited for anything was 45 minutes and we thought that was extreme. Mostly it was walk-ons or five minute waits. I could maybe handle it if it was 30 minute waits for the big rides, but fucking 45 minutes for everything, an hour or two for E-Ticket rides, I just don't know if it's worth going.

We frequented Dollywood when I was younger, and I just went on October 1st. There were literally no waits for anything. The only time you'd ever wait is if you insisted on the very front or very back of the ride. Everything else you just walked up and got on. When that's what you're used to, I think Disney might be unbearable these days.

Califag, longtime US and DL passholder
I just went to USO last fall for the first time and was shocked at how they managed to take 10 times the space and make 10 times worse park than Hollywood US. The Harry Potter shit was great vs CA, I liked a few of the coasters, but holy fucking shit lay off the stupid simulator rides.
Done right: HP hog warts ride
Done wrong: Fallon, Minions, F&F, Simpson all shit
Fav ride was the Mummy coaster

Yeah, September was traditionally good too. Even the FastPass is nearly useless, because fucking housemoms planning family vacations snatch up the slots for the good rides as soon as they become available 30 DAYS in advance.

Epcot during the booze around the world events or marathons is the best bet.

>Califag
Yeah, no shit. Hollywood Universal is alright, but its layout with the two levels is shit, and it has fewer rides. Are you really going to argue that the exclusive Walking Dead and Waterworld make it better?
Even your assessment that the Mummy is better at USO vs Hollywood is wrong.

When I was a kid I loved it, and I've wanted to go back ever since, but it's so crowded, and so fucking expensive. And when Star Wars opens up it will only get worse. I don't even want to go. Maybe I'll wait for the economy to get bad again, and maybe a major terrorist attack on US soil.

Every passing day yields another piece of childhood dead, didn't know they got rid of so much from Universal Orlando What's the difference between mummy rides?

>maybe a major terrorist attack on US soil
actually going when Star Wars opens up is smart. Hollywood Studios is going to be so packed, it might thin the crowds from other rides/parks.
Even with the "no-off-season", you can check historical crowd calendars. I think September is still comparably a good time to go.

And fuck EuroDisney. Someone needs to build a SouthAmerican Disney so the Brazilians don't have to travel here.

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What I mean is that tourism was down after 9/11 since everybody was scared. I want to ride the Tower of Terror, but I can't imagine being down there with all those people. It just makes me sad. It's something from my childhood that I always looked forward to revisiting, but it's just not the same anymore.

Off memory, pacing and exterior ride theming. The USO has a weird meta-theme where Brendan (un)JUST Fraser is filming a Mummy movie, but the mummy and curse are somehow real too(?). The line props are cool though.

Hollywood plays it straight. It's a bit shorter, with the scarab beetles appearing elsewhere and having less fire effects. I think the Mummy himself is cooler at Hollywood.

I think it was like that after a gun scare at Disneyland Paris.
Singapore's Mummy looks GOAT though.

*blocks your path*

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>lost the GOAT beetlejuice show
>Back to the Future, Terminator, Jaws, and Twister are gone
>Harry Potter and other trash franchises swooping in
It ain't fair bros

Do they have still the stuff based on newspaper comics? Stuff was probably dated in its own way from day one.

*when the Brazilian youth group chants and blocks your path*

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bruh, remember the Ghostbusters show? The original Kong?
Toon Lagoon? Yeah, but in a way it's timeless. The Popeye and Dudley Dooright rides aren't going to be out of style and demand replacement in the same way that Fast & Furious, Shrek, and Despicable Me will be.

I went to Universal Studios in 2001. I'm glad I got to see BTTF, Jaws, and Kong (the one with the cable car). At least I have my memories. I think by 2001 the Ghostbusters ride had been replaced by MIB Alien Attack or something.

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Of the top film franchises, obviously Star Wars, Marvel, Harry Potter, Pirates, Fast and Furious, Spiderman, Batman, and X-Men are out.

It'd be a tough sell to have a James Bond or Lord of the Rings themed land.

If the Dark Universe hadn't fucked up, that'd be a good work for Universal. It wouldn't be too hard to retrofit the Spiderman and Hulk rides into something themed to Dracula/Van Helsing and the Creature from the Black Lagoon/Frankenstein's monster respectively. And Doom and the X-Men "teacups" are so simple, a theme doesn't have to be strong.

Yeah, Ghostbusters was replaced by Twister which was replaced by Jimmy Fallon.

>post yfw realizing the Mummy has been around longer than Kong ever was

Twister wasn't really that impressive from what I remember. It was basically a lot of lightning and thunder effects as props "broke" apart in a stage in front of you.

It was unique. And definitely better from a movie/theme standpoint than "quicky TV host faggot narrates 3-D nonsense through NYC".

They could replace the singular Transformers ride in Studios with something else. Then retrofit Spiderman with Transformers and make the whole Marvel area themed to that.

If it came down to it then a general spy theme could be comfy if they went all out (Get Smart, 007, Bourne, etc.)

Valid, I'd be interested in seeing how they'd re-theme Hulk and Spiderman though, even if they decided not to press with Bourne in Studios proper.

>t. Mouse

i thought the marvel theme was being phased out to make it a nintendo land

I want an original concept ride. Fuck IP rides, Universal doesn't have anything left.

Marvel is in Islands of Adventure. The E.T./kiddie/Woody Woodpecker land was supposed to be phrased out in Studios for Nintendo.
>IP rides
>drawing normalfag audiences