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Old Theme Park Rumors Discussion

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WAJAS

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Mad Dog said:
For the newer Forum members... @Disneyhead , in his prime, along with Teebin and Hate to Fly, were the most prominent Universal Insiders in the years before @Alicia. Disneyhead had a knack, good sources, for Blue Sky projects, many of which became prominent attractions. Stuff like Hagrids replacing Dragons coasters. SLOP. Zelda long ago too....and Indiana Jones at AK....and the list is almost bottomless. Of course, with Blue Sky projects, many, like a small Potter hotel outside Diagon, never got approved, and a few, like a couple of the above, are still waiting to break ground.
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I remember looking forward to HateToFly's articles on Orlando United. Pretty sure those are what originally brought me to the forums.
 
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WAJAS said:
I remember looking forward to HateToFly's articles on Orlando United. Pretty sure those are what originally brought me to the forums.
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Same here. Prior to that, the only site I followed, and commented on, was Theme Park Insider. I read Orlando United, renamed IU, for a year or so before I started commenting. I now only sporadically follow Theme Park Insider since Robert Niles often lies about his previous posts to make it look like he's always right about his predictions. Plus, he's too political. So he has a real credibility gap with me. IU (OU) is really the only theme park site, besides Alicia's Theme Park Stop Blog, that has mostly accurate info on Universal, and it's only legitimate insiders.
 
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cabel.com

Paradise Lost ’06

If you know me, you know I’m easily obsessed with ideas that never made it. Well, great, now I’ve got a new one. When it opened, Disney’s California Adventure was a good theme par…
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This one was never really rumored since it seemingly was lost for years, but it's a really cool find in my opinion.

Personally, I've always been happy we never got that expansion of Diagon Alley via the broomstick VR ride (or whatever it was ultimately believed to be). Also, were there rumors that Mummy initially had a different theme?
 
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cabel.com

Paradise Lost ’06

If you know me, you know I’m easily obsessed with ideas that never made it. Well, great, now I’ve got a new one. When it opened, Disney’s California Adventure was a good theme par…
cabel.com cabel.com

This one was never really rumored since it seemingly was lost for years, but it's a really cool find in my opinion.

Personally, I've always been happy we never got that expansion of Diagon Alley via the broomstick VR ride (or whatever it was ultimately believed to be). Also, were there rumors that Mummy initially had a different theme?
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The terraced viewing area for World of Color looks like the Central Park lagoon viewing area that Universal ended up building a decade later.
 
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I miss HateToFly’s vault for (OU days) members only where he shared all the juicy nuggets for upcoming projects.
 
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That was always a 'must read'.
 
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And some changed drastically. Like Wonka in the remaining Lost Continent became Toothsome's in CityWalk.
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That was one of my favorites. I really wanted a Wonka boat ride.
 
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That was one of my favorites. I really wanted a Wonka boat ride.
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That woulda actually been pretty cool!
 
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In regards to Animal Kingdom, besides the obvious Beastly Kingdom, I remember there were a lot of rumors that they were gonna port over Mysterious Island from Tokyo DisneySea as the replacement for Camp Minnie Mickey. Of course, then we ended up getting Avatar instead.
 
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Ooo, I remember a juicy one from back in the mid-2000 DISBoards days. Did anyone ever hear about Tom Sawyer Island being swapped for the Island from LOST? :lmao: Smoke Monster and all. The 2000s were bonkers.
 
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GA-MBIT said:
Ooo, I remember a juicy one from back in the mid-2000 DISBoards days. Did anyone ever hear about Tom Sawyer Island being swapped for the Island from LOST? :lmao: Smoke Monster and all. The 2000s were bonkers.
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Yes, and I remember Myst Island replacing Discovery Island in Bay Lake.
 
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GA-MBIT said:
Ooo, I remember a juicy one from back in the mid-2000 DISBoards days. Did anyone ever hear about Tom Sawyer Island being swapped for the Island from LOST? :lmao: Smoke Monster and all. The 2000s were bonkers.
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I remember this rumor, but for Discovery Island!
 
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Yes, and I remember Myst Island replacing Discovery Island in Bay Lake.
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Man that would’ve been awesome.

Imagine pulling off an effect where you touch a linking book, and you instantly get “transported” to a new age via the teleportation event from the Cosmic Rewind preshow?
 
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One rumor I don't think got very much traction but is something I definitely remember hearing was that at one point, Universal was considering making Harry Potter exclusive to Orlando and the USH equivalent was gonna be Lord of the Rings, with the idea of having to fly between both coasts if you were a fan of both and wanted to see both.. idk how far that went before Universal was like "Okay nah, let's give USH Potter as well".. and also, another one I remember hearing was that Universal was looking into doing a Hunger Games stunt show at USH, with the possibility of it crossing over to UO if it was a success for USH..
 
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One rumor I don't think got very much traction but is something I definitely remember hearing was that at one point, Universal was considering making Harry Potter exclusive to Orlando and the USH equivalent was gonna be Lord of the Rings, with the idea of having to fly between both coasts if you were a fan of both and wanted to see both.. idk how far that went before Universal was like "Okay nah, let's give USH Potter as well".. and also, another one I remember hearing was that Universal was looking into doing a Hunger Games stunt show at USH, with the possibility of it crossing over to UO if it was a success for USH..
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Yeah - that wasn't a thing. Sorry.
 
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I don't know if this is the relevant place to bring this up but I watched the National Treasure films recently and it's a travesty, they never made it into the parks.
 
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I don't know if this is the relevant place to bring this up but I watched the National Treasure films recently and it's a travesty, they never made it into the parks.
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Just think how amazing it would’ve been to have a Nicholas Cage animatronic.
 
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Just think how amazing it would’ve been to have a Nicholas Cage animatronic.
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Replace Hall of Presidents with a stunt show.
 
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