Honestly, as much as this delay sucks, it could be a blessing in disguise if Universal acts on it. They could use 2025 to tackle many "smaller" things that the park could use, spread out over the year:
In time for the new Jurassic film, they could FINALLY get something in the old dancing cars location for the Studio Tour. Obviously there's rumblings that something is happening there, but they could really lean into it now next year to hype whatever it could be alongside the arrival of the movie. (And even, like mentioned earlier, add a new feature or two to the ride itself.)
If Shrek 5 ends up being announced for next year, since we know it's happening, they could FINALLY replace Kung Fu Panda with a new film, and that pent-up Shrek nostalgia people now have lined up with the release of the sequel would be a perfect storm for them to bring Shrek "home" and give the DWT a long-overdue new experience.
They could finally close up/repurpose Supercharged and replace it with something new, too, which we've all discussed ad nauseam in other threads.
Hell, I'm not a fan of Villain-Con coming here just because it's not my "thing," but it took Orlando less than a year from construction to opening, and if Hollywood wanted to bring it (or at the least the system with a different IP), it's more than feasible that they could have it open by the end of 2025. It's obviously not a "lesser" project, but it's an example of what they could do.
Jurassic and (potentially) Shrek alone provide them with a nice open door to hang their hats on for next year if need be, but they have lots of feasible options to spread things out throughout the year, like the Jurassic/dancing cars thing during spring break or Memorial Day ahead of the movie's July release (or even that July 4th weekend), a DWT replacement by summer's end/beginning of fall, etc., especially now that they have seven months of lead time still to go before 2024 is even over.
