Universal United Kingdom Resort - Speculation & Rumors

[EllieB]

Very true.

Alton Towers can easily accommodate 8.5 million visitors, it's massive. I don't think I would want to be trying to get on a ride, enter a shop or buy food if it did though!

 

[Parkscope Joe]

How do you know if it’ll be able to handle 8.5 million visitors if you don’t open first and see if 8.5 million visitors come

They can just *say* it can hold 8.5 million visitors and get approval. Doesn’t mean there’ll be enough rides to accommodate them all once they get there

Building fire codes? Attraction capacity? Queue sizes? Restaurant plates per hour? They need to know these things and can work backwards to see if it’ll fit 8.5 million.

 

[Alicia]

Building fire codes? Attraction capacity? Queue sizes? Restaurant plates per hour? They need to know these things and can work backwards to see if it’ll fit 8.5 million.

These walkways, parking lot, and empty green field are designed to hold 7 million people per year. The rest are rides shops and dining.

All I’m saying is they can say the park will be able to hold x amount of people and sign off on it. This company convinced itself that Volcano Bay and Epic Universe could hold more too, and they can blame the manufacturer in the case of VB and who knows who for Epic, but the reality ended up different than they claimed… so I’m not holding them to any number they think they’ll hit and be able to accommodate.

Just because they promised the government it’ll be able to accommodate it doesn’t mean I believe them. Even if Universal themselves “believe” it.

 

[Parkscope Joe]

These walkways, parking lot, and empty green field are designed to hold 7 million people per year. The rest are rides shops and dining.

All I’m saying is they can say the park will be able to hold x amount of people and sign off on it. This company convinced itself that Volcano Bay and Epic Universe could hold more too, and they can blame the manufacturer in the case of VB and who knows who for Epic, but the reality ended up different than they claimed… so I’m not holding them to any number they think they’ll hit and be able to accommodate.

Just because they promised the government it’ll be able to accommodate it doesn’t mean I believe them. Even if Universal themselves “believe” it.

I apologize that I came off blunt, I was just kinda confused. Yeah it's all estimating, Industrial Engineering is very much a science but still has artistic elements to it. I remember Disney's calculations for the WoC viewing area being off back in 2010. I don't think Universal is lying or being deceitful by agreeing to 8.5 million and then building a smaller park (which was what I thought the OG anxiety and discussion was about).

 

[DragonSlayer]

Having worked guest services in the industry in the UK, the joke will be on Universal pretty quick if they open something small and underwhelming…