I think it'll happen a helluvalot sooner than that, *looks to Beijing*
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I think it'll happen a helluvalot sooner than that, *looks to Beijing*
It's remarkable how little effort it would take to strip out the IPs if Comcast disowned the park. There's not many rides like Potter, where the ride just wouldn't make any sense without the IP. Mummy, Battlestar, JP, and Waterworld could have their IPs taken out overnight and still be coherent rides.
Transformers, Madagascar, and the Sesame Street ride would be harder.
Transformers, Madagascar, and the Sesame Street ride would be harder.
To me, Transformers and Sesame could be more easier than you would think; but I do agree that Madagascar would be the harder, along with Far Far Away in general.
I really doubt that's going to happen. This was built as a Universal park from the ground up. Port Aventura was built as its own thing, then just had the Universal branding slapped on it, then just stripped away once they sold it off. If there is genuine buzz that the Wizarding World is being looked at for the park, that doesn't seem to indicate that there are any thoughts of Universal divorcing themselves from it.
Then I think there would be only one way for Potter to happen, something that I don't think Comcast would invest for.
Buying the entirety of Resorts World Sentosa.
I don't know if there is a phrase for the opposite of throwing out the baby with the bathwater, but I think this would be when you would use it.
Never, ever gonna happen. Resorts World is a giant chain, similar to MGM or Caesars.
Which, as I said; I don't think that it's something that Comcast would be willing to do.
I would love to be proven wrong, as I want Singapore to prosper..but; I think Beijing is going to have a very similar effect to what is going on Shanghai/Hong Kong. I think there will be a large dip of attendance, as Beijing will not only have more, but that it will include the better Universal experiences.
Sincerely, hoping to be wrong; but I can't see Singapore surviving the Comcast era.
I think we're having a basic failure of geography here. The distance between Singapore and Beijing is almost four times the distance between Hong Kong and Shanghai. Singapore and Beijing are even further apart than Orlando and Los Angeles are, with multiple countries in between. Beijing is on the far opposite side of China from Singapore. The Beijing park is way, way, way closer to Osaka than it is to Singapore. So, no, I don't think there's going to be much of an effect.
To me, I think Osaka will be able to sustain itself more-so than I would even argue Singapore, due to that by the time the park opens, it will be the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
But, we are also arguing on that it's somewhat like the United States in the terms of flow, as Beijing will be in the middle-point of geography between Singapore and Osaka.
It's just how I see it, and that should be perfectly fine as many can have different opinions and outlooks on what we may see. Will Beijing take away from Osaka? Probably. Will Beijing take away from Singapore? Probably, and we should look at it from an overall perspective.
I haven't seen anything on attendance drops of Tokyo Disney due to Shanghai, and I can't see it having that much of an impact for Osaka when Beijing opens.
Yeaah, not really. Beijing will just slow down Chinese travelers to Japan which isn't that much as foreign travel to Osaka is high (US and UN military presence in Okinawa/Misawa go to Osaka for vacation). Koreans aren't traveling to China and will not unless the political situation changes meaning they will continue going to Osaka. Singapore will also be unaffected as it attracts a different crowd and Singapore is mainly for the people of Singapore not for tourists.
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Singapore has some weird fire code in regards to number of attractions that can be indoor and whats allowed which I heard was the reason why they didn't have Potter as not all the effects would be allowed. Also its near impossible to be able to evacuate all vehicles going on Forbidden Journey in 200 seconds.
https://www.scdf.gov.sg/content/scd...ARSA FIRE SAFETY REQUIREMENTS VERSION 1 0.pdf
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Isn't Portaventura actually a really good park that opened a large almost 1/2 park expansion in Ferarri land this year? and don't they have still more expansion land? It would seem dumb that universal left this for Singapore.
They lost a lot of money also it was the same guys in charged who sold all the land in Orlando for the future park because they sucked at management.
Thanks for bringing that up on the codes. That's what I was alluding to in my former post, but in my old age, I couldn't remember the specifics.
Like you, I don't think Beijing will affect Singapore. It's not similar to the Hong Kong situation. Singapore park attracts an international gambling/entertainment clientel. I think the park will just always muddle in the mediocre attendance range. Universal won't lose any money. They'll make a few bucks with the licensing and development charges on any new attractions. I doubt Universal would ever purchase it, like Osaka, since the park really has no potential. So it will just remain an outlander until the day that the Casino decides there no longer is a use for the park.
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Screams like this isn't going to be permanent and be seasonal offerings to me.
EDIT: Did some additional search, and yes, this is an event and not anything permanent.
