Plus, water taxis are not too efficient and costly. They'd be better off with a gondola or train-type system.
I'll take "immersion ruining" buses that allow more funds to go to the parks than an expensive mass transit system they may never get approval for.
I don't expect water taxis, not because Universal doesn't want but because I don't expect any new "deluxe" hotels other than a possible one at the park entrance.
After looking at the road plans in-depth, I've picked up a few details I think may have an impact on the layout of the resort.
1. Their is no bus lane on the main east-west road except for the portion from the circular ramp to the first intersection. This I assume is because buses will turn left/North onto that intersection where there will be some sort of bus loop / transportation center.
2. If parking was planned to be on the south side of the main east-west road then I would think the main circle ramp would not direct cars back into the middle of the road. It would instead keep to the southernmost side of the eastern portion and possible have a dedicated lane to garages. To get cars to cross over 2 or 3 lanes of traffic in such a short time would be a nightmare.
Also, I wanted to share my first blue sky draft of the resort's layout if there were 2 garages on the north side of that road.
Now I know that this won't happen but it's just a thought. Keep in mind that those 2 large retention ponds on the southeast side of the resort can always be moved around more to create space for a potential second park, water-park, and hotel. Additionally, each of those hotel plots are HUGE and can easily fit 2000 rooms each, they can also be split up into more hotels too.
P.S. This is draft number one, going back to the drawing board after I post this
The best option for those who do care about immersion will be to split your stay between the two resorts after the 2nd is fully built.
First couple of years, stay 4 days at a current UOR hotel and deal with taking a bus to the 3rd dry park. You get to keep your immersive experience for USF/IoA/VB.
After the 2nd resort is complete (somewhere around 2030-2034 is my best current guess), it will be reasonable to split your stay among both resorts if you don't want to deal with buses:
Split a 6 day visit with 3 days at a current UOR hotel and 3 days at the south resort. Just really have to move one time. Not that bad if you care about immersion.
We're talking about a resort that may eventually have up to 6 parks and 20000 hotel rooms.
Buses will be everywhere. On the busiest days, you could see upwards to 125k-150k people across the resort. Impossible to move that many people around without mass transit like buses.
The plans specifically mention how much parking will be provided, so yes, it looks like it's a surface lot:
After looking at the road plans in-depth, I've picked up a few details I think may have an impact on the layout of the resort.
1. Their is no bus lane on the main east-west road except for the portion from the circular ramp to the first intersection. This I assume is because buses will turn left/North onto that intersection where there will be some sort of bus loop / transportation center.
2. If parking was planned to be on the south side of the main east-west road then I would think the main circle ramp would not direct cars back into the middle of the road. It would instead keep to the southernmost side of the eastern portion and possible have a dedicated lane to garages. To get cars to cross over 2 or 3 lanes of traffic in such a short time would be a nightmare.
Also, I wanted to share my first blue sky draft of the resort's layout if there were 2 garages on the north side of that road.
Now I know that this won't happen but it's just a thought. Keep in mind that those 2 large retention ponds on the southeast side of the resort can always be moved around more to create space for a potential second park, water-park, and hotel. Additionally, each of those hotel plots are HUGE and can easily fit 2000 rooms each, they can also be split up into more hotels too.
P.S. This is draft number one, going back to the drawing board after I post this
@ParkRumors original post showed “maximum allowed building height 400 feet” - that’s twice ToT or more than twice Aventura! Unless “building” is a verb and thus relates to crane height!?
That's pretty neat. Thanks for making that! BTW Do we know for sure there's going to be 2 parks and a water park or that's just speculation?
Universal's attorneys have confirmed 2 parks, but did not confirm the water park.That's pretty neat. Thanks for making that! BTW Do we know for sure there's going to be 2 parks and a water park or that's just speculation?
Universal's attorneys have confirmed 2 parks, but did not confirm the water park.
Universal's attorneys have confirmed 2 parks, but did not confirm the water park.
Universal's attorneys have confirmed 2 parks, but did not confirm the water park.
Anything stated by their attorneys are “options” and not actual plans. I will give you that land will be set aside for such an option but that does not guarantee a second park will ever be built.
Thats not what Universal's attorneys have said, infact, they requested the more detailed plans for Universal's land use be sealed (which was granted) and did use that as evidence they were actively working towards 2 parks and the lawsuit damaged them by delaying both parks.Anything stated by their attorneys are “options” and not actual plans. I will give you that land will be set aside for such an option but that does not guarantee a second park will ever be built.
The second park referenced in that statement was Universal Beijing.Thats not what Universal's attorneys have said, infact, they requested the more detailed plans for Universal's land use be sealed (which was granted) and did use that as evidence they were actively working towards 2 parks and the lawsuit damaged them by delaying both parks.