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  1. mitchada04

    What's next for Busch Gardens Tampa??

    Merlin run their Midways brilliantly, and Legolands too but that's help by the higher up powers of Lego itself. Their Resort theme parks not so much but that's mainly down to their business model of not sharing profits around from each area. Theme parks cost most to run and in England make less...
  2. mitchada04

    Volcano Bay Construction & Preview Discussion

    So the opening hours are now online up until the end of October; Universal Orlando 10-10 the busy summer period which is great, and I know it's a water park but 10-6 midweek off season? Wasn't this meant to be staying open each night for the eruption show etc? I know in December you can get...
  3. mitchada04

    The Fate of the Furious (2017)

    Good film, easy to see how they keep making more as they somehow find ways to tie everything together and leave holes to be filled further. Good fun with some great action sequences, and stunning cars!
  4. mitchada04

    The State of Epcot

    Oh. I thought Ratatouille was pretty naff at DLP. It's a few large props and very boring action scenes on the screens whilst the trackless element is hardly utilised to its awesome, magical potential. If they work on it and make it 10x better then maybe it won't be too bad. Shame, I'd really...
  5. mitchada04

    Future of Dragon Challenge?

    This is the sticker on the blue/turquoise track. So it's off to China. The red one is rumoured to be for a wing coaster.
  6. mitchada04

    Nintendo Coming to Universal Parks

    They hid Diagon Alley pretty well, I'm sure they know what they're doing! They'll be able to use the Simpsons show building to hide stuff behind and you don't see E.T ride building as it is now so it'll be fine!
  7. mitchada04

    Toy Story Land - General Discussion

    Looks like you stayed in Val D'Europe? That's where I stayed in November, lovely place! I don't hate ToyStory Playland but that's probably because the park is that bad I have no hopes for it. It's kinda clever with the Slinkydog queue being Slinky's box etc but yeah it isn't Disney standard...
  8. mitchada04

    Volcano Bay Construction & Preview Discussion

    Reserving more than one defeats the object of the system. You're not meant to plan your day around it. Unlike Fastpass+. You'll walk up to one ride that you want to ride but instead of joining the line you'll come back in x amount of time. You then ride the ride and go to what you want to do...
  9. mitchada04

    Universal's New Park/Site B Blue Sky Thread

    Maybe the third park could have a big Halloween day time event with theming and special shows for all the family. Keep HHN to Studios cos nostalgia and the set up works.
  10. mitchada04

    Volcano Bay Construction & Preview Discussion

    Those white slides are the Ohno Ohya slides that drop you out from a height I believe
  11. mitchada04

    Attendance Tracker

    It just creates a great vibe I find. Walking around and bumping into these live pieces of entertainment, especially the newer street performances! If you aren't fussed you walk by, if not you stay and watch. Either way I really liked the vibe they gave off just from being there. I also really...
  12. mitchada04

    Kraken Unleashed

    Journey is out till end of February I think. As for Kraken, just extend the station building and use transfer track as the offload. That way you only have to extend one path and can keep the other side off it open sided for the transfer track to still run. The queue is likely to get some new...
  13. mitchada04

    Fun Spot Expansion

    So there's this little launched coaster from Liseberg called Kanonen which has been sold to make way for a B&M dive machine and apparently its an American park and will open in 2018. Anyone think this would be good for Fun Spot?
  14. mitchada04

    Race Through NY Starring Jimmy Fallon

    The idea is you go to the entrance of the ride when you would want to join the normal stand by line. But instead of getting in the physical line you get a return time. But unlike Fastpass or whatever, the whole rides capacity is dedicated to that. When they trialled this type of thing at Thorpe...
  15. mitchada04

    Will Another Coaster Ever Be Built At Universal?

    Just going to mention Taron at Phantasialand here. It's a thrilling ride witha 42 (?) Height requirement and is highly themed all around. Something like that, and just that type of ride would be good for the 3rd park as it's something Florida doesn't yet have.
  16. mitchada04

    Hell Week Wait Times

    What were the other rides like while FJ was that long a queue?
  17. mitchada04

    Volcano Bay Construction & Preview Discussion

    Just saw a new Vacation Like you Mean It ad here in the UK. Same shots of Hulk but with the new trains, Kong was featured and it had snippets of Volcano Bay concept art and ended with the "Our Third Park Rises Summer 2016" image!
  18. mitchada04

    Shanghai Disneyland

    Disney isn't huge in China though is it? This is one thing Universal has up its sleeve, a vast mix of IP's especially with Fast & Furious and Kung Fu Panda that are huge out there. So it's easier for them to play around and make a unique park even for them, where as Disney always run off a...
  19. mitchada04

    Nintendo Coming to Universal Parks

    How much work have they done on the Beijing site? And is that still looking like 2020? Cos if so then surely that time scale would be what we're looking at plus up to a year for planning approvals etc.
  20. mitchada04

    Volcano Bay Construction & Preview Discussion

    With the drop slides, I saw an image from the patent earlier today with an inlet pipe and then an outlet pipe just below the waist of the person. So that's your fail safe!
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