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Universal's Epic Universe Construction Thread

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Nico said:
In case youve reached your twitter limit today, Bio has some new shots.

The Viking really makes me laugh. :lmao:



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Seriously, Isle of Berk is going to have such a cool reveal when you enter it. The water, statues, bridges, cliffs, coaster, boats and the Great Hall in the back. Good stuff!
 
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They're going to need razor ribbon to keep people off them
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The two statues that will be in the middle of a body of water?
 
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fryoj said:
The two statues that will be in the middle of a body of water?
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Swimmers? They need trained dolphins, maybe SEA can spare a few
 
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I'm working with Derek to get Bio on other platforms.
 
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JoeCamel said:
Swimmers? They need trained dolphins, maybe SEA can spare a few
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Austin Powers Shark GIF by reactionseditor
 
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Nico said:




@Cup_Of_Coffee -that building definitely is gonna be a sweet cliff structure.
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Sorry to compare the two… but…

Berk is Universal’s Pandora I think.
 
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Cup_Of_Coffee said:
Sorry to compare the two… but…

Berk is Universal’s Pandora I think.
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Except for not having a ride of “riding a Dragon.”

Unless that’s the coaster and I missed something.
 
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Mike S said:
Except for not having a ride of “riding a Dragon.”

Unless that’s the coaster and I missed something.
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I mean, kinda. Simulated riding a dragon.

Guess you can say it’s just…. training, for riding a dragon.
 
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Cup_Of_Coffee said:
Sorry to compare the two… but…

Berk is Universal’s Pandora I think.
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Out of curiosity, in what way? Since for me Pandora is big, pretty looking and has a great quick service, but it's ultimately lifeless with not much kinetic energy to it. And I don't think Berk is going to have that issue with the latter due to the coaster, sky fly's, boat ride etc.
 
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This footage is gorgeous.

 
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I am surprised Brandon didn't pick this up. This will be hard to see from this screenshot but hopefully there will some industrious photographer out there who can get a better shot. A sample panel of the color shifting tiles that will cover the entire hotel when complete

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Tobias said:
Out of curiosity, in what way? Since for me Pandora is big, pretty looking and has a great quick service, but it's ultimately lifeless with not much kinetic energy to it. And I don't think Berk is going to have that issue with the latter due to the coaster, sky fly's, boat ride etc.
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Lifeless? It's got plastic waterfalls for instance.....
 
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Nico said:
This footage is gorgeous.

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Yeah, except the footage looks like it was obtained illegally.
 
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I’d be shocked if that video isn’t down by the time I’m done typing this out! Does not seem okay, hope Brandon doesn’t get in trouble.

The footage is outstanding however. All of these lands, huh included, seem so well designed and thought out. The show buildings are gigantic, the hub coaster looks absurd, HTTYD is even more massive than aerials look, I am just beyond excited for this park!
 
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Cup_Of_Coffee said:
I’d be shocked if that video isn’t down by the time I’m done typing this out! Does not seem okay, hope Brandon doesn’t get in trouble.

The footage is outstanding however. All of these lands, huh included, seem so well designed and thought out. The show buildings are gigantic, the hub coaster looks absurd, HTTYD is even more massive than aerials look, I am just beyond excited for this park!
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This has been brought up before. Previous videos are still up and they seem to think they have the clearance to do it.

If they weren't, I'm sure the previous videos would be down without any updates like this.

It does seem dodgy though.
 
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Scott W. said:
This has been brought up before. Previous videos are still up and they seem to think they have the clearance to do it.

If they weren't, I'm sure the previous videos would be down without any updates like this.

It does seem dodgy though.
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Ya, while it didn’t really show us anything at all, the brief Snapchat inside a show building doesn’t seem okay.

It’s generating hype tho, I’ve shared already with people not on forums and everyone is impressed with the scope of thing so I’d keep it up.
 
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Scott W. said:
This has been brought up before. Previous videos are still up and they seem to think they have the clearance to do it.

If they weren't, I'm sure the previous videos would be down without any updates like this.

It does seem dodgy though.
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A pat on the back to @Scott W. who was prominently featured on Derek Burgin's Touring Plans Blog article today....Cheers !!!
 
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Tobias said:
Out of curiosity, in what way? Since for me Pandora is big, pretty looking and has a great quick service, but it's ultimately lifeless with not much kinetic energy to it. And I don't think Berk is going to have that issue with the latter due to the coaster, sky fly's, boat ride etc.
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I’m guessing because it has a lot of rock work and water.

But I don’t think they’ll be as similar as one thinks.

Firstly, let’s get this out of the way. Pandora’s land is stunning and gorgeous. Disney really did knock the theming out of the park. Outside of the water, it doesn’t really have any kinetic energy, but the sounds, fluorescents and scale really make it impressive even after seeing it a hundred times. Name me a better land to walk through at night in all of Orlando. Credit where credit is due.
The land itself is amazing.

That said, HTTYD is going to be the future of “kid lands”. While Seuss has decent kinetics with high in the sky, and Nintendo will top even that, this one is going to be next level. There’s going to be so much going on it’s going to be hard to focus. We’ll all be like little kids.
It’s going to be a perfect mix of high detailed theming (statues, rock work) and camp theming (flat rides, water ride, crowd stands).
Because of the campy elements, I don’t think pandora is a good comparison at all. It’s going to be a hybrid of taking itself seriously (which Pandora does) while firmly being a theme park with obvious visible rides/mechanics.
 
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GAcoaster said:
Yeah, except the footage looks like it was obtained illegally.
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Bottom of video: “Disclaimer: all drone footage in this video was recorded by a Part 107 Certified Commercial UAS pilot following the operating procedures set by the FAA”

So while unsure of the legality, it’s filmed by someone whose identity is known.
That disclaimer makes me believe it is legal.

On a side note, while Theme Park Stop and our own Alicia is my favorite for Epic updates, I don’t think there is a better narrator or videos on Disney updates than Brayden. He is very talented.

Between the two of them, they’ve really stepped up the videos from the old days where it’s just a Tim tracker-like vlog. I very much prefer these as I don’t care one Iota about the individuals (or should I say, whatever online persona they want to put forward) but just the content. Different strokes, of course.

*aw poop. Sorry mods for the back to back. Can’t delete/merge. Sorry!
 
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Universal doesn't seem to be as vigilant on attacking social media as they were a decade ago. They're probably finally seeing the advantage of all of that 'free' social media advertising that Disney has widely embraced over the years to market their brand.
 
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