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First for the GOAT

>>2844532
Ugly

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That one guy who suggested that Luigi's Mansion was perfect for LC because of the trees must be beside himself

>>2844581
Seems really unlikely to be anything other than Zelda but it is weird we've not heard much concrete on this area yet. Are Universal becoming less leaky? Is Disneyland Paris going to take the crown of being the leakiest?

>>2844592
Universal has never really been leaky. Their "leaks" are just publicly submitted documents to the state of Florida and shipping manifests from coaster manufacturers. Only actual leak I've ever seen from Uni was the construction worker that posted a video from inside of ministry during construction, but we already knew about the ride at that point. The nintendoland leak happened like years after the pitch was approved by nintendo when it was already known info.

Best chance at a leak is UCs walking around the parks yapping it up.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Qxp-XAGJiQ

>>2844940
Amazing

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LOL

>>2844993
The movie Cars and its consequences has been a disaster for the DPH Race

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yall niggas know what time it is, its fuckin TOON LAGOON TIIIIIIIIIIIIME

>>2844992
Wakabayashi

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>>2844993
>DUDE YEAH LETS JUST TEAR UP THE EQUIVALENT OF TWO LANDS WORTH OF SPACE IN THE MOST POPULAR THEME PARK IN THE WORLD TO MAKE BARELY A STEP ABOVE A CLONE OF AN OKAY RIDE
and this guy will probably be CEO too. grim is an understatement

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Wizarding World confirmed for Europe

Threadly list of Disney/Universal announcements and dates for your convenience:
Florida:
>Zootopia 3D show open now
>Monsters Inc. at Studios opens 2027?
> Dinosaur and Restaurantasaurus closing Feb 2, 2026
>Front Tire Land replaces Tom Sawyer Island circa 2028
>Liberty Belle Steamship future plans unknown, but intact as of late Nov 2025
>Big Thunder Mountain (Florida) refurb finishes by Nov 2026 w/ Rainbow Caverns
>Walt Disney robot coming to Carousel of Progress
>Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin refurb until sometime 2026
>Rock N' Rollercoaster: Muppets opens summer 2026, multiple animatronic Muppets confirmed (Scooter included)
>Disney resort guests have FREE water park admission (Typhoon Lagoon) on their check-in day in 2025.
>Volcano Bay closed thru Mar 24, 2026
>Lost Continent demolition underway behind some new temporary walls
>Jurassic Park River Adventure closed Jan-Nov 2026.
>RRR Replacement early 2027?

California:
>Fast and Furious roller coaster opens in Hollywood sometime in 2026
>Mr. Lincoln shows when Walt is uncooperative. True rotation soon?
>Mike & Sully closing 2026, becoming Avatar ride

Both:
>Soarin' Over 'Murica by July 4 2026
>Millenium Falcon: Smuggler's Run gets the flight rethemed to Mandalorian May 22, 2026

Europe:
>Frozen land and Rapunzel teacups, opens in Paris March 29, 2026 (Previous Mary Poppins report here was exaggerated)
>Lion King Splash Mountain water ride at Paris Studio park, late 2027 at the earliest
>Universal UK set for 2031

Asia:
>Multi-launch Spider-man coaster at Shanghai DL, no date yet
>Spider-Man Drop Tower at Hong Kong DL, Doc Ock at some point
>Wreck-It-Ralph omnirover shooter replaces the already closed Buzz Lightyear in Tokyo by April 2026
>Tokyo Disneyland Space Mountain currently closed until 2027 for ground-up rebuild
>Tokyo maybe razing Adventureland 2026 or later?
Did I miss anything?

>>2845227
>Did I miss anything?
Yes, any news/updates from parks that aren't Disney or Universal

>>2845229
You bitch about this every time and have yet to step up and provide such information yourself. Why dont you go do all the research and make your own list for all the parks he didnt include rather than being a little cocksucker?

He literally says "Disney/Universal announcements" and you get assblasted over it every single time

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The DCA Avatar-Land is gonna be based on Way of Water and Fire and Ash. Disney is developing animatronics that can swim for it.

I cant wait for this to never actually show up in the land or ride just like 90% of the other cool things disney imagineering develops for no apparent reason whatsoever

>>2845230
>Why dont you go do all the research and make your own list for all the parks he didnt include rather than being a little cocksucker?
Let me turn that around: Why don't you?

>>2845232
Because I'm not that guy, I dont give a fuck about other parks like you do, I value his contributions to the thread.

You on the other hand are demanding someone else do research on your behalf because you're a fucking entitled faggot.

>>2845233
>Because I'm not that guy
Then why are you so flustered over it?

>>2845238
Why are you?

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Countdown to Extinction's plot was so unhinged
>Hell yeah I'm gonna send some randos back in time to when the meteor killed the dinos, even though my boss said no and that it's a """stupid""" and """dangerous""" idea
Scientists, man.

>>2845241
This is /rcg/ & /tpg/ not /dug/

>>2845243
Same as it ever was with Dinosaur theme park rides
>Oh no the river ride through herbivore enclosures was rerouted by the unforseen scenario of a single dinosaur slightly pushing it and the carnivores clearly breached containment long before we sent the guests out.
>Let's build a roller coaster that runs straight through the raptor enclosure

>>2845245
>>Let's build a roller coaster that runs straight through the raptor enclosure
kek

>>2845243
>>2845245
the hubris of scientists makes for baller plots

At disneyland paris at the moment. The night show really is incredible and theyre getting better and better at integrating drones.

Park was pretty quiet BTM never went past 30 mins (did it twice in a row at the end of the extra magic hour). Heres hoping the star wars land rumoured for the castle park happens, park desperately needs a new ride and a "family+" ride would fit in well (especially as kids turned away for indy will be able to ride)

>>2845243
>Dr. Seeker, couldn't we go back, like, an extra hour or so rather than RIGHT BEFORE the meteor?
>No.

>>2845223
>DUDE YEAH LETS JUST TEAR UP THE EQUIVALENT OF TWO LANDS WORTH OF SPACE
Ok and?
More people will visit cars land in 1 day than would have visited tom sawyer island in a month.

>>2845260
Depends entirely on the quality of the ride replacing it. Always does. Tiana is going to hell for what she did

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>>2845243
Scientists are just wizards with real life shit.

>>2845227
>Volcano Bay closed thru Mar 24, 2026
this needs updating.
it only shuts in October next year and reopens Mar 24, 2027
>Universal UK 2031
dont be surprised if this gets delayed. Country is a nightmare for bureaucracy. The local council are demanding Universal give 10% of car park fees (£millions)

>>2845245
my suggestion:
ride sabotaged on purpose by dinosaur supremacist plot

>>2844993
Thank you Bob. Very cool!

>>2845232
Answering a question with a question makes you a faggot.

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Mardi Gras Tribute Store > Summer Tribute Store > HHN Tribute Store > Christmas Tribute Store

>>2845227
Yes. Where are the updates for Busch Gardens and SeaWorld?

>>2845229
This

>>2845437
The updates in question:
>SeaWorld Orlando is getting a dark ride next year
>Iron Gwazi is still running one train
>Idk if they fixed the sign on the flying theater yet

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>>2845437
>>2845438
/tpg/ welfare queens demanding /rcg/ contributing members subsidize their irrelevant regional parks that will be facing budget cuts and park closures

I cant wait for the WB sale to Universal so we can take the DC and Looney Tunes licenses from you so your parking lot parks look even more like parking lots.

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>seat restraints that react to your body placement in real time

Cant wait for my legs to be ripped off my body when these get hacked by the Chinese

>>2845451
I meant that the other way but you get the idea. If you want to see something talked about, talk about it. If you want to see news from Six Flags, look it up and post it yourself. Be the poster you wish to see

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>>2845451
nta but
>WB sale to Universal
I don't know how to feel about this
On one hand it's like how Disney gobbled up FOX, but on the other hand -- could we at least get a looney tunes ride?
[spoiler]And a revival of the Hanna Barbera ride[/spoiler]

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>>2845454
Universal actually has a bunch of concepts for lands based on DC Comics and Looney Tunes from the development and cancelation of Cartoon World (Which became Islands), so it would be cool to see that stuff brought back. The Indoor/Outdoor batcoaster especially. Toon Lagoon was originally going to be a whole Looney Tunes area and Marvel was going to be DC.

Maybe if WB didnt make dumb financial decisions like opting for Six Flags over Universal they wouldn't be for sale right now

>>2845262
Why’d they put so much sovl into a ride based on a movie that was controversial even before it was released

>>2845457
>that was controversial even before it was released
Historical revisionism.
Song of the South was one of Disney's most common theatrical re-releases
>1946
>1956
>1972
>1973
>1986
>1989
The final release was to promote the ride.
Up until that point everyone recognized it for what it was:
An Oscar-worthy performance by Hames Baskett bringing the Uncle Remus of southern folklore to life with beautiful animated sequences, great music, but held back from perfection by the child actors and mid-tier live action plot.

>>2845459
James Baskett, typo.

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>>2845451
Comparing BG and SW to regional parks, NGMI

>>2845462
They're a mere step up, let's be real. And when they announce things they do get posted here. Disney and Universal just have way more going on every year and are travel destinations which is the entire reason this general exists on this board anyways.

I'm sure when BGT announces the mack rocking boat it will be covered here.

they just updated the Six Flags and changed everything, it unifies six flags and cedar fair stuff.
you have to log in again so uh, make sure you do that before you pull up to the parking lot gate and look like a retard

>>2845475
*the six flags app

>>2845439
I heard IG went back to two trains. Did one of those get removed? Also Cheetah Hunt is closed again.
>shit food
>shit faux-african theming
>shit ops
>shit maintenance
How do we fix BGT? You can’t even blame United because BGW and SWO aren’t remotely this awful.

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>>2845477
Don’t forget they got rid of Scorpion…
>”prepare to feel the STING, *STSSSH*, of the Scorpion”

>>2845451
Speaking of which /ourguy/ finally made that video on regional parks vs. Disneyversal
https://youtu.be/E7Ej4zUXXYw

>>2845481
Pretty much explains to a T why the general quality of BG and SW has gone down since Anheuiser Busch was acquired by InBev who then sold off the parks to private equity. Private equity kills the quality of everything it touches, not just theme parks…

>>2845453
>If you want to see something talked about, talk about it.
It gets drowned out in Disney/Universal shitposts

You're mad that people aren't letting you make /rcg/ into your own /dug/ thread

[spoiler]I like local and regional parks[/spoiler]

>>2845459
That underplays how bad the live action sections really are. Theyre long, boring and give really basic moral lessons.

Great songs but the film really isnt good. Bedknobs and Broomsicks was better

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>Epic is having a moderate attendance day

Passholder chads, stand back and stand by.

>>2845508
>Bedknobs and Broomsicks was better
For sure.
It's also 25 years newer.

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>>2845436
mardi gras tribute is the only one I've ever been to but it was really fun. sad they still have fun stores while disney has nothing but outlet mall tier experiences now. mousegear used to be one of my favorite places in all of disney world

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>>2845537
Universal goes a bit nuts with their tribute stores and I'm not entirely sure how the Mardi Gras one turns a profit for them given the level of detail. They do like a story you walk through. This past year was a cryptid museum that led into the swamp with a skunk ape. Before that was based on a haunted riverboat that crashed into the swamp.

It's basically a HHN house you shop in.

>>2845459
Are you saying your post is historical revisionism? Because that’s the only way it makes sense. The controversy at its release is well documented, and Disney himself did a ton of preemptive damage control with it before it was even finished.

>>2845257
Drones are a really cool addition to park shows, but it sucks that they are even more reliant on weather conditions than fireworks already are.
>tfw went to DLP for three days and they cancelled the Disney Electrical Sky Parade every single day

>>2845615
Thats a shame, the show does a lot now to make it enjoyable if the drones arent on or if youre miles from the castle on mainstreet, its all well integrated and no one element gets the focus. Still need to try and clamp down on people who hold their phones above their head or put kids on shoulders instead of hold the at head level.

Did rope drop this morning and the only rides they opened were peter pan, big thunder mountain and star tours. Bit of a waste. Did pirates shortly before fireworks and we managed to get a whole boat to ourselves which was kino

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4ju4ALB4Lw

>>2845777
bot

>>2845787
?????

Apparently (from looking at jp twitter) japanese universal fans/parkgoers are going crazy over epic universe's httyd area and want a similar one at usj

MIB might just have my favorite preshow in the history of preshows ever

>>2845805
MIB's pre-show is amazing if you get a cast member who's into it, but if they're unenthusiastic, it's less fun.

>>2845805
>>2845807
I've been going to Universal for years and have gotten a cast member that did the gimmick where they direct our attention to the fake out doorway then pop up in the elevator one time.

Also Universal is a ghost town since Epic took the already diminished post-holiday crowds. Literally every ride was a walk on all day. Hagrids hit 50 minutes.

Early Dec and Early Nov are the sleeper weeks for no crowds. Do not let this info leave this general or it will become the new September and January where everyone thinks there will be no crowds and create the crowds.

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>>2845791
(note: ヒックとドラゴン ("Hiccup and Dragon") is the japanese name for the HTTYD franchise)

Honestly I'm surprised HTTYD even remotely has a following in japan

Apparently disney execs visited epic universe (probably to "observe the competition")
Is this true?

>>2845888
Not much reason to believe it isn't, the whole Disney vs Universal competition is good PR

>>2845885
Aren't there inverse weebs in japan that are obsessed with american animation?

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>>2845888
Yeah

>>2845888
Park executives visit other parks all the time. There's a good story about Michael Eisner visiting Six Flags Magic Mountain just after Viper opened in 1990:
https://youtu.be/ZkvLZE6iSuM?si=PobznxMwqr6BRFZO&t=505

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>park starts to get boring
>drink $60 worth of IPAs
>park becomes a transcendent experience

>>2845963
/druk/ and /trv/ go so hand in hand it's silly. need to migrate the general.

Back from DLP

Thoughts:

>Still a building site which is a bit understandable but it's been like that for several years now and I'm not sure that'll end when Adventure World 'opens'
>The new Adventure world entrance way is a bit less comfy but it's better overall, more space and a better quality food place with more seating. Plus when you get out you see a straight path to the lake and Frozen along a nicely decorated street. As laughable as it taking 6 years to build a low capacity clone and two spin rides is, it will look really good at least.
>Pirates, Phantom Manor (is the gravedigger stuff new? Don't remember it) and Big Thunder Mountain are best versions of the classic rides in my view.
>Disneyland needs some fresh rides, the Star Wars expansion/coaster would be a massive boost if they build it
>Disney Studios will end its life/name never having been a full park. Closing ratatouille highlighted just how little there is in the park. Once the Lion King is open I would say it will finally be a full day park.
>Hunters Grill is nice, Remy's is really nice. Outside of that, the food is shit. I had a special donut and it was both stale and not fully defrosted (why the fuck aren't these baked on the day for the price?). Pym's lab is a wasted food concept (you can have a small burger and if there had been anyone to serve it, a slice of giant burger and a disgusting looking dirty flask where you can pour out some watery blue custard, that's about all the theming)

Went to Knott's Berry Farm over Thanksgiving. Was the shittiest experience. It was being in a goddamned refugee crisis where everything was a line that queued for over 60+ minutes. Impossible to do anything fucking thing. I will never waste my time at another theme park after how beyond fucked that experience was.

>>2845976
>Go to a theme park on/around a major holiday
>Surprised it's slammed to the gills
Do anons really?

>>2845888
this is standard practice across all industry, it's literally people's whole job to audit and report on other industry happenings

>>2845985
Waste of money desu. CEOs could just hire a C4CO to lurk here all day.

>>2845980
Doesn't Knott's also have infamously bad ride ops?

>>2845453
Poseidon Entertainment just put out an hour long video raging about how people like you are ruining theme parks and should stop going to them bc your mere presence leads to them becoming shittier

>>2845976
>>2845980
Honestly a skill issue, I was there the same day and everything not named Ghostrider had a manageable (~30min) wait

>>2845980
i've been to knott's 20 times this year and I know well enough not to visit on fucking thanksgiving week. jesus christ what was that guy thinking?

hell, if I go on saturday I know it's just going to be a flat rides, train and sky cabin day

>relatively slow day
>hagrids at 90 because of express pass when it was usually around 60 during slower days
it's over...

>>2845962
>Eisner: it would take us 88 days to decide what color to paint it

hilarious considering disney's track record on construction timelines. though i still wonder why the fuck eisner cared about Viper

>>2846001
Eisner is a secret masochist

>>2846001
Eisner built a lot of white knuckle rides during his time. French Space Mountain, Indiana Jones (the rollercoaster one) RoRC, Twilight Zone, California Screaming. He wanted to get Disney attracting a wider ranger of guests so it makes sense he was a bit envious of SF. There was a lot of mixed feelings about these at the time because Disney never wanted to have rides that were too much for Children.

Disney do need to sort out their build times badly though. 6 years for Frozen Land is a joke. Here's hoping they can get the Lion King open for 2027

>>2845990
I dont give a flying fuck what that gay bitch thinks and would heem him irl if given the opportunity

>>2846001
>though i still wonder why the fuck eisner cared about Viper
When Viper opened it was one of the tallest and longest coasters in the world, made a lot of headlines, and it was right there in LA where he and other Disney executives lived. Of course he'd want to see it. It's normal to keep up with the latest & greatest tech in your own industry.

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This got missed in the past few threads but the attendance report for 2024 dropped

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>>2846009
North American parks only

>>2846009
This kinda highlights how hard Disney need to work if they're to get to 20m a year at Paris by 2030 to get automatically awarded the land for a third park. Disney studios currently hits 5m a year (they only measure the attendence of the first park you enter and there's a shitload of park hopping done so the figures are a bit skewed).

Can they ramp up attendance by 30% in 5 years?

>>2846011
The new Universal park in the UK is going to eat Paris' lunch. Paris is old, tacky, and offers nothing new.

>>2846014
It's a good 5-6 years away though.

Also the chance they re-open the eurostar to Marne le Valle route and you can take the train from the doorstop of Universal to the doorstop of Disney (with only a single changed needed). Hoping that Universal makes the UK more of a theme park destination and Alton Towers, Thorpe Park etc. all get boosts.

>>2846015
Should factor into Disney triggering a 3rd park, though. Execs might think 'fuck' our customerbase is going to be halved in 10 years and we won't get ROI.

A Disney vs Universal war of huge investment in Europe could be a double win, like the Oppenheimer vs Barbie marketing. If Disney don't respond, the park will basically crumble into a Chessington-tier kids park.

>>2846014
>The new Universal park in the UK is going to eat Paris' lunch
Still a good chance it never even materializes

>>2846009
>>2846010
Universalsissies... Not like this....

>>2846011
>>2846023
The data is for 2024 so the DLP numbers are generally attributed to the Olympics while the Universal numbers are attributed to people holding off until Epic opened

>>2846022
It would be a HUGE failure for the UK if it didn't happen; it's part of a strategic nation-level investment plan.

There's a new railway being built connecting Oxford to Milton Keynes to Bedford (Universal) to Cambridge as part of some 'tech corridor'.

The UK is investing massively into film and media, and the whole area is effectively the home of film in the UK. The Universal Park is like a capstone to trigger growth and development.

>>2846009
I've said this before but it's insane that Nintendo wanted their rides to be low capacity while being in the 3rd most visited park on the planet

MAJOR happening
>Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. is in talks with theme park operators including Comcast Corp.’s Universal resorts business to license its DC comic-book heroes for new rides, according to people familiar with the matter.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-04/warner-bros-explores-licensing-batman-rides-to-universal-parks

>>2846033
RIP Disney's Hollywood Studios

>>2846026
>The data is for 2024 so the DLP numbers are generally attributed to the Olympics
They should be up then
>while the Universal numbers are attributed to people holding off until Epic opened
Doesn't explain the 10% drop in California

>>2846028
>It would be a HUGE failure for the UK if it didn't happen
Not really it's just a theme park

>>2846033
>https://www.bloomberg.com
Paywalled

>>2846006
Somebody’s triggered. He may be a gay anti-Western anti-White bitch that went on a massive rant about how European theme parks are racist but he’s still less gay than you Disney adults

I went to Six Flags America when I was kid with my cousins. It was called Wild World back then. We were swimming in the wave pool and my aunt walks by. My mom yells over to her "Hey Patty, you should come in the pool and swim with us!" Patty yells back "I'm not getting in the pool with all those niggers". Literally hundreds of black people heard her. Later that day, my mom got into an argument with a black lady who tried to steal our rafts. We had our names written on them in black marker and she still tried to take them until mom threatened to call the cops. I remember that the wave pool have a thick sheen of oil on it when they cleared the pool for a break.

There was a pirate ship with nets where you could climb around. The netting was old and gray and you could climb up really high. My cousin was huge, not fat, just really big. He snapped the net and fell through to the safety net.

>>2846045
I'm not a disney adult and have been to 1 disney park one time in the last decade. I just think that demanding that someone else post news about parks they don't care about while refusing to do the leg work themselves is retarded and gay. YOU are retarded and gay.

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>>2846033
LOL

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Which one of you is this?

>>2846063
meanwhile we have politicians saying that old people don't have autism

>>2846061
This is /rcg/ and /tpg/, so updates should include news regarding all theme parks and roller coasters. This isn't /dug/.

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>>2846065
Then fucking look up some six flags news and post about it faggot lmfao

>>2846067
Six Flags is one of many parks that aren't Disney or Universal. Remember, this is /rcg/ + /tpg/. It's not /dug/. News from other parks should be included as well.

Most people do not live in a shithole third world state like Florida so Universal and Disney news does not apply to almost everyone here and not to anyone who makes enough income to vacation

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If Uni does acquire at least the theme park rights from WB, I think the obvious move is a 4th park basically ripping off Warner Bros. World Abu Dhabi. Indoor park would be a smart move for Orlando cause the heat in the Florida summer is pretty brutal.

Also gives you a place for the inevitable Horror Unleashed Orlando location, as well as a place for:
Stranger Things
FNAF
Other smaller horror IPs that couldn't really carry their own land at the big parks.

It also unifies Wicked and Wizard of Oz and locks down Potter forever until HBO fucks up public opinion of the IP


>>2846070
Then...do that? No one is stopping you from posting about whatever park you want.

>>2846074
You /rcg/ fags will do literally anything but post about things you like. Miserable bastards. No wonder your parks are failing if you're representative of the average passholder.

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Just got back home from Epic Universe (first visit ever)
Holy shit.
I took a ton of pics and vids, is there a good way to share a fuck ton of pics/vids with you guys? I just wanna show you fags the wacky animatronics
Animatronic cranky kong for example

>>2846075
>Then...do that? No one is stopping you from posting about whatever park you want.
Just give news/updates about parks other than Disney and Universal if it's so easy

>>>/wsg/6043965
Here's one of the videos I took.
One of the rooms from the harry potter ride's big-ass queue

>>2846074
This is probably the most braindead argument one could make considering how expensive their tickets are

>>2846079
Ignore him, he's probably an actual third worlder

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ci1xTTrqGk8
>Disneyfags are discovering epic universe

>>2846077
You're asking other people to do work for you and refuse to do it yourself. You're a bum ass loser no different from a bum panhandling on the side of the road. Seethe all you want I don't care. Last (you) you are getting from me.

>>2846076
Epic is a really great first impression park. The cracks only show up on your 2nd and 3rd trip but the first impression leaves your jaw on the floor. They put so much thought into the "reveals" of everything and it can only happen to you once.

>>2846081
This is a bad thing. Disney fans being paypiggies is how Disney got as bad as it is. If they start going to Universal more, you will see the same business practices such as single ride express implemented and demands for "customized magic" and gay shit like reservations and all the nonsense that is now normal with disney trips.

>>2846080
The northeasterners that can afford tickets and all the bells and whistles are the one that keep Disney and Universal alive, and these are not their local parks
Not like the locals who are not social media influencers can afford it lol

>>2846084
>You're asking other people to do work for you
Yes. I'd like updates on parks that aren't Disney or Universal. Was there anything else?

>>2846085
>
Yup, called it, I was right

>>2846070
>>2846065
These threads only exist because mods don't like Disney/Universal park threads on /tv/ and /co/.

>>2846089
Dont feed the retards. Just keep posting about things you care about and let the monkeys throw shit at each other

>>2846089
They'd fall off /tv/ too fast and I don't go to /co/ because I'm not a manchild, so it's fine that it's here.

>>2846090
Thanks for the indirect (You).

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new projection effect being tested at epic universe.

>>2846095
>Projecting an image onto water fountains
Wow that's crazy

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Thoughts on the Mario Kart ride?

>>2846100
I don't care about it at all. I go on roller coasters made for adults

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>>2846102
Fucking based
>glad to hear there are some on this thread that wouldn’t fit right in pic rel

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>roller coasters made for adults

Congrats on being 4ft tall.

>>2846100
It's simultaneously very impressive from a design stand point but mediocre in terms of what you spend 90% of the ride doing. Unless you can maintain shallow and deep focus simultaneously you will either be ignoring the animatronics in the ride or the game due to the AR gimmick.

It's not worth 90 minutes to ride.

>>2846114
Yeah there are 4th graders who will get on a giga while you piss your Donald Duck Huggies watching a POV of it

>>2846040
Disneyland gets packed in the Summer, things like the Olympics actually hurt it because people watch the Olympics instead. It also compounds it by making all the hotels, trains and flights fill up.

In 2000, 2 guys robbed Six Flags America after the busiest weekend of the year. After the park closed, they went into the back office and held the manager at gunpoint and walked out with $300,000 in cash without hurting anyone. A far as I know, they never caught the dudes. It was one of the largest cash heists in US history and it was never solved and no one ever talks about it. My wife worked their at that time.

https://coasterbuzz.com/Forums/Topic/robbers-take-300000-from-six-flags-america

>>2846102
>rollercoasters
>made for adults
lol. keep coping manchild

>>2846123
Cope

What is it about disney and universal that makes sixfags cope mald and seethe?

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>>2846118
Yeah, good point.
I do like the details in the queue though.

Learning japanese so just for fun I'm watching japanese travel vlogs and one of them is this guy going to epic universe and he just goes "UWA SUGOI" at everything in the harry potter area lol

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How do we eradicate this type of theme park guest?

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Netflix bought WB for 82.7 billion

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/05/neflix-warner-bros-discovery-deal.html

That gives them control over:

DC Universe, Harry Potter / Wizarding World, Game of Thrones, Looney Tunes, Scooby-Doo, The Lord of the Rings (film rights), The Matrix, Cartoon Network originals (Adventure Time, etc.), Rick and Morty (Adult Swim), Mortal Kombat, Tom & Jerry, The Flintstones, The Jetsons, Dexter’s Laboratory, Powerpuff Girls, King Kong (film rights), Godzilla (U.S. MonsterVerse rights), The Conjuring Universe, Mad Max, Gremlins, Friends, The Big Bang Theory, The Sopranos, True Detective, Westworld, It (Stephen King film rights), The Shining (film rights), Casablanca, Gossip Girl, Supernatural, etc

What this means for Universal as far as putting the IPs in the park is unclear.

>>2846178
I never go to a theme park without fast pass. It’s not worth it. I rope drop and stay until close and always ride every single ride at least once, and then reride however many times I want. It’s not that expensive, usually less than $150 bucks

>>2846187
America's Next Top Goyim winner right here.

>>2846189
Explain to me the benefit of spending the majority of your day at a park standing in a damn line?

>>2846190
We've gone over this before but provably fast passes artificially blow up wait times to create the problem they then offer a solution to at exorbitant prices. If fast passes didn't exist the wait times across the board would be much lower because the normal line and FP line feed into the same loading station slowing down the normal line whatever % depending on their loading operations (but always intentionally blown up to sell the pass)

And I know your response to this will be "Well that's not my problem" which is true and what the companies want you to feel, but at the end of the day, its an egregiously jewish business practice. They've just monetized line cutting and turned regular park admission (already $100+) into the third class tickets on the titanic.

Their incentive is to create even more of these inconveniences they can then offer solutions to for lots of money. Same psychology as those F2P mobile games that place artificial timers on game actions then offer IAPs to bring the timer to zero. Just picture yourself getting railed by a rabbi wearing a strap on the next time you pay double park admission to do the rides you already paid money to do. That's a pretty accurate analogy for the business deal.

>>2846192
Salient point. Are there parks that don’t offer fast pass and are their operations faster and more efficient? I think Cedar Point doesn’t but I’m not sure. It would be good to have a comparison

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>>2846195
Well you can do comparisons with Universal because their new rides are initially excluded from Express. When Velocicoaster first came out it would hover around the 25-30 minute mark, but after getting added to express it's normal to see it hover at 45-60. They doubled the wait time, intentionally.

As for a park that doesn't do fast passes, I doubt there is one. Even state fairs and carnivals with just flat rides have started doing this because there is a percentage of the population that has no problem whatsoever paying out the ass to wait in a 10 minute line over a 20 minute line, turning a 15 minute line into a 30 minute line.

There is a very interesting point that Six Flags has in the past year given up rights to use DC/Looney Tunes IPs in Florida (as they have no park there), which is added to their current non-usage in Vegas
It is very possible Six Flags keep these and Universal buys the Florida theme park rights

>>2846178
>How do we eradicate a person?
Mentally ill.

>>2846189
America's Next Top Retard winner right here

>>2846192
>And I know your response to this will be "Well that's not my problem" which is true
Correct. And tldr.
you're just malding lmao

Anyone who seethes about fastpasses and TRUE theme parks (aka disney and universal parks) and rants about "jewish practices" is a malding schizo third worlder kek

>>2846209
You sound mad, and probably brown

>>2846212
>
Projection kek

>>2846216
>Responding to me
Yep, you're mad af
Hook, line, sinker
Haters gonna hate lmao
Also I'm whiter than you'll ever be

https://x.com/misterduby/status/1908639500365873600

>>2846218 (me)
>No response from him
I win.

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This general is fucking retarded. Post your rarest credit.

REMINDER to all the people seething about Disney/Universal discussion -- look at the op
>>Can I talk about Disney/Universal parks in this thread?
>Absolutely! Disney/Universal discussion of all sorts including rides/resorts/dining/trip planning is OK.

>>2846228
This general only exists because Theme Park General got banned off /tv/ and /co/, and I went into the mod IRC and was told to move it here. They can seethe all they want.

>>2846100
I'm a huge Nintendofag who went to USJ recently mostly just to do everything in Super Nintendo World.
It's a fun enough ride, but it's complete chaos and the AR doesn't work nearly as well as it should to justify its inclusion. I'm glad I did it once but I feel no desire to do it again, especially not for the wait times it gets. I would unironically prefer to wait two hours for Mine Cart Madness than wait half as much for Mario Kart.

>>2846128
>Disneyland gets packed in the Summer
Not anymore due to aggressive blackouts and variable pricing. Nowadays they even offer deals for summer and are even letting lower-level passes in during then

>>2846211
How did that nigga jump in the portrait to bob-omb battlefield?

>>2846207
once again midwits blame consumers over companies with all of the market power. "vote with your wallet" is like communism, sounds great but will never ever work. it is what it is, if I am spending all the money to travel across the country or even world to visit a park you know damn well I'm going to pay an extra 5% to not wait in line. time is money

Should we talk about Netflix buying Warner Bros?
Could be impactful for overseas parks.

https://www.themeparkinsider.com/flume/202512/11199/

There's also going to be a Harry Potter land at Legoland Germany. I expect that youtube videos of it will give me countless minutes of amusement.

>>2846250
Might end up with a more real castle to explore than the Forgotten Journey queue.
They also mention Harry Potter-themed guest accomodations. I wonder if that's just a slight retheme of their existing Castle hotel rooms or if it means a full building with, say, the great hall as the cafeteria.

>>2846253
No way Merlin spend comparable amounts to Universal.

>>2846247
You mean you haven't jumped into the paintings at SNW?
Do it man, it actually sends you into the other mario worlds

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>>2846249
>once again midwits blame consumers over companies with all of the market power.

I blame both. If I was AG of Florida I would outlaw the practice under already existing dynamic pricing laws. Same way price gouging is outlawed during hurricanes. It's an anti-consumer blind spot and deceptive trade practice. A distortion of advertised experiences (“short waits,” etc., become materially misleading when the parks themselves engineer longer standby waits to upsell the paid line. They also frequently sell fast passes on off days by lying about their necessity so people are standing in longer lines with the fast pass than they would with standby. It's also a coerced purchase which is illegal. Their argument is pay more or your day is made worse.

I'd swag so hard on these jews It'd be another shoah

>>2846256
Cope

>>2846249
>
"I am the intellectual, not the midwit", the midwit said. "You are the midwit for not chimping out over a theme park", he insisted

>>2846257
Le Chaim

>>2846259
I don't speak french, sorry frogman

>>2846254
Small-scale playground/explorable building/walk-through akin to Wizard Quest in Wisconsin Dells seems plausible.
They don't need to go as detailed as Universal when using the Lego aesthetic.

>>2846156
>>2846158
You are literally terrified of getting on coasters that children will board without a second thought. There's a reason why you won't visit Sea World or Buch Gardens - they have Mako, Iron Gwazi, and other thrill rides that you are too scared to ride.

>>2846263
????????????
Buddy I'm just making fun of you for seething at Universal and Disney parks like a manbaby I think you're projectin' or something

Did not realize I would get this much enjoyment out of pissing off this manbaby
holy shit his tears are delicious

>>2846253
I've posted in this general before that the Star Wars Hotel was actually a very good idea just executed in the worst possible way. If Universal actually made a Harry Potter Hotel and scrapped the gay LARP shit and just focused on making a cool area to walk through with a heavily themed room it would be a slam dunk.

You'd go in there and be sorted into a room with a small ceremony where your kid or embarrassing childless adult wears the sorting hat and gets placed into a wing themed to one of the 4 houses. You eat food in a 1:1 recreation of the great hall. Some other exclusive experiences like a bar themed to Snape's potions class or an indoor pool themed to the prefect's bathroom. Could easily charge 500$/night for that.

>>2846249
In the long run more competition to Disney/Universal theme parks will emerge and supply and demand will return to equilibrium. But theme parks are big projects and this will take a while to happen.

Also Disney and Universal will themselves expand their capacity, which also brings up supply.
Universal just opened a new park in the US and they are going to open another one in six months.

Favorite area in Epic Universe?

>>2846270
Celestial park in 10 years once all the trees are bigger

>>2846270
Darkmoor obviously, even though it's probably the second worst spaced out area behind SNW which flawlessly simulates life as a sardine in a tin.

Second best however has to go to the small area at the front of celestial that has the waterfalls and LED reeds. At night that spot is immaculate.

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Dreamwalk Park deserves more attention from the theme park community but I don't think anyone from this general lives in Utah. Very cool concept executed extremely well. I hope to one day make the trip out there.

>>2846273
>I don't think anyone from this general lives in Utah
You're probably correct.
As for me, I live in Orlando, Florida (and honestly, living in this area/city is like a cheat code for theme park sickos holy shit) (though I only recently just moved in here)
Never in my life have I even set foot in Utah actually, now that I think about it.

>>2846268
NO! You're flying too close to the sun! It's too immersive!!!

One day interactive theater performances like Peaky Blinders The Rise are just barely possible, but a multi day overnight thing simply cannot be done until humanity reaches a new evolutionary stage

https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2022/jul/14/peaky-blinders-the-rise-review-immersed-in-a-criminally-flimsy-plot

>>2846275
I wasn't suggesting it be anything beyond a super detailed heavily themed hotel. I said scrap the gay LARP shit. The only LARP aspect would be putting you in a room, but that would be like olivanders little show. Just a quick little gimmick. Not even necessary. No roaming characters or interactions beyond referring to hotel guests as students just like they do in the park.

>>2846270
Berk has all the kinetics of Nintendo without packing you in

>>2846276
Oh okay.

But making a whole themed dining experience exclusive to hotel guests doesn't sound great to me. Not even from a greedy business perspective. Maybe making something exclusive could get more money, but so could expanding the customer base by not requiring it to be bundled with the hotel.

But idk

>>2846278
>But making a whole themed dining experience exclusive to hotel guests doesn't sound great to me.

It works fine for disney hotels and restaurants. They all offer their unique breakfast with characters options and it's part of the selling point of that specific hotel/restaurant. So if your daughter is obsessed with Ariel you have to go to the specific hotel or restaurant that has Ariel. People will pay for this shit cause that's what good parents do.

>>2846278
>What is the Hoop De Doo Revue?

>>2846279
>>2846280
my rank ignorance has been exposed

>>2846265
>>2846267
>I'm not mad you're the one who's mad

>>2846279
>>2846280
Why would you care this much about a costumed character. Sad

>>2846258
nice green text kek. now post your opinion or fuck off fag

>>2846256
I support dynamic gate prices as long as they're set well in advance. It would control crowds on weekends and holidays and give people willing to go weekdays and other slack times a bargain.

>>2846201
>There is a very interesting point that Six Flags has in the past year given up rights to use DC/Looney Tunes IPs in Florida
Link?

>>2846291
>thinking you will ever see dynamic pricing be used to BENEFIT the consumer

It's a casino. House always wins

>>2846289
>triggered the manbaby so much he has to project his no us onto me
I win

>>2846290
U mad? Lmao

>>2846289
>Hoop de Doo
>Costumed Characters
Anon, I

>>2846301
>>2846303
>>2846306
Look at this guy

>>2846303
I accept your concession

>>2846308
>
Another deranged delusion I see. The only one "conceding" is you chimping out, kek

>>2846310
you still have not added a single thought beyond shitposting

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>>2846313
And? You're clearly mad, so I consider my escapade successful.

>>2846314
okay kek you got me

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What does this mean?

This thread would have been better if I had my CUP OF COFFEE!

>>2846317
Battle of the bands audition is referencing BTTF. Club Moon is referencing Jimmy Fallon. VCR Repair is referencing the Summer Tribute Store. Blues Brothers is referencing the Blues Brothers show.

As for what they mean? Your speculation is as good as mine. Only thing of interest is club moon getting a new location "just down the road from 30 rock"

Could it mean Jimmy is leaving? I would fucking hope so cause that ride is dogshit

Parks I went to this year as a CA enthusiast and a pithy comment for each:

>Disneyland: A single day here is the best value in all of theme parks. You heard me.

>DCA: This year I finally made peace with Mission Breakout replacing Tower of Terror.

>Knott's Berry Farm: Wasn't going to renew but then they threw in the all-parks for free. Shrug.

>SF Magic Mountain: This pace is filthy, much of the staff is borderline retarded and the management is a bunch of dirty motherfuckers, but I love the lineup.

>CA Great America: I would have called it a promising park if there were any hope of it staying open.

>SF Discovery Kingdom: I have no idea how I ended up visiting two years in a row, but it's growing on me.

>SF Fiesta Texas: Feels a little more well cared for than the typical Six Flags park and Iron Rattler is short but sweet.

>SeaWorld San Antonio: I visited on Memorial Day and it was walk-ons all afternoon. Is this park okay?

>Epcot: A park playing host to a civil war between the old and the new. Tied for best park of our Florida trip, and not just for the new stuff.

>Magic Kingdom: wtf are you doing to this place Disney

>Hollywood Studios: Welcome to the clone zone.

>Animal Kingdom: Three good rides and bounce.

>Epic Universe: My most anticipated park of the trip, and by far the worst day of the trip.

>Universal Studios Florida: I never predicted I would have ridden E.T. four times in a row, but here we are.

>Islands of Adventure: No words, shoulda sent a poet, yadda yadda yadda. Tied for best park of our Florida trip.

>SeaWorld Orlando: You need to jump through as many hoops as the dolphins do just to ride a fucking coaster.

>Busch Gardens Tampa: Brazilians everywhere made me think it was going to be two hour lines all day but then they all suddenly disappeared and I walked on everything.

That's 17 parks, 11 of them new. 2026 is going to finally be Cedar Point and Kings Island.

>>2846256
Do this for resort fees too. Most jewish shit ever.

>>2846270
Hard to choose for me. They're all pretty great, though Nintendo is WAY too cramped. What the fuck were they thinking with that? Navigating it with a stroller is headache inducing, which should be a big consideration for a kid-targeted land. Dark Universe would easily be my number one, but the area beyond Darkmoor is bland. I might have to give the number one spot to Berk.
>>2846273
Looks neat. I have to try to remember it if I ever go to Utah.

>Berk manages to gain top spot for many people without even having an e-ticket
Httydbros win by doing absolutely nothing lol

I was looking at a lot of japanese social media posts about epic universe out of curiosity, and I noticed something odd: a lot of them were raving about the harry potter area
I had no idea harry potter was popular in japan wtf

>>2846351
>Epic Universe: My most anticipated park of the trip, and by far the worst day of the trip.
Damn, what happened?

>>2846398
The Japanese really love Harry Potter.

It's semi-isekai, appeals to normies and is British as fuck.

>>2846427
Not him but I can confidently predict the length of the lines. Same complaint everyone has about Epic and why the HP expansion is being fast-tracked.

>>2846389
It's the only complete land without glaring issues even if I found Wing Gliders to be a tad underwhelming (cuts off right as the flying starts)

It has a really great pacing to it though. As you navigate the land, you are always encountering new dragons or small interactive things. The premise is "we have dragons" and it delivers on that premise every 40 or so steps.

Darkmoor is frontloaded with all of the interesting stuff being crammed within the first part up until the mansion. The pathways that lead to COTWW and Burning Blade are just trees and the premise of "monsters" kinda drops off.
SNW also has poor pacing because it's an enochlophobics worst nightmare. It's pretty but you're a bit distracted dodging the other guests as they scramble up the stairs you are descending. HPW is probably the second best paced land. Great reveal and great presentation but until they put a ride on the right side, it feels unbalanced. Berk feels like it spent the longest time being developed without any stupid choices holding it back.

What land would you put in Super Disney Adventure 3D World once the Lion King is built?

>>2846493
Song Of The South

>>2846493
Hard to say. Of course it'll be mandated IP, so with the current success of Zootopia 2 that would seem like a good choice (although it would be disappointing to likely get ANOTHER land copied from another park). It should be something completely unique like the Lion King land to draw in more people. I think the ideal would be something like Fantasy Springs that can incorporate two or three different IP, but I feel like they want to go all in on the single IP immersive lands. I honestly wouldn't mind another Star Wars one, but a brand new one that can fix some of the mistakes of Galaxy's Edge. I'd rather they built the rumored speeder coaster there instead of adding more Star Wars to Discoveryland.
It's a moot point anyways since it's all but confirmed to be another Avatar land, which is one of the lamest things they could've chosen. I hope at the very least it's a brand new land based on the third movie.

>>2846516
The rumour is that the Mandalorian coaster would turn the back of the park with Star Tours into a dedicated Star Wars section which makes a lot of sense, especially as Star Tours (and philharmagic) are really hidden away in a corner, you could easily isolate it, retheme, and add an entrance from discovery land and Mainstreet.

Avatarland makes a lot of sense given it's a very popular ride and there's no other flying theatre. What makes it seem less likely is that Adventure World apparently has fairly strict line of sight restrictions which could make it an issue at the edge of the park as Pandora is about 10m taller than the Frozen mountain.

Not sure a Zootopia clone would happen, the ride is too similar to Ratatouille (although it's better in almost every way).

Kingdom Hearts ride when?

>>2846485
Hermoine is my favorite anime waifu

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYRmAp5qwAM

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>visiting disneyland for the first time next month
>haunted mansion, incredicoaster, and the DCA nighttime show are closed the entire week i'm there

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>>2846524
AND FANTASMIC TOO

>>2846525
DL Fantasmic has been insanely neutered so you're not missing much

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japanese guy goes to USF just to get on the et ride (USJ version was closed down long ago)
>"I don't know if this expression is right, but it feels like I get to meet my dead grandpa just once."

>>2846538
I would probably feel the same if I got to ride their Jaws.

I miss Jaws so much bros

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>>2846541
Going to Japan I was able to ride both Jaws at USJ and Splash Mountain at TDL. I've never been able to ride these two rides in their original forms in the US parks, but riding them here made me retroactively upset they got rid of them in the first place. Both are absolute top tier classics.

Why are almost all tweets about BatM littered with QRTs from troons complaining about JK Rowling
They're even more annoying than trumptards my god
let people enjoy things, just because you don't like a britbong doesn't mean you have to be a keyboard warrior about it

>>2846550 (me)
And just to clarify, I'm not a fan of jk rowling either, but not because she "doesn't like trannies" (which atp is kinda looking like a SANE take from her)
I just think she's kind of a mediocre writer who happens to fit the "crazy cat lady" bill

>>2846556 (me)
>I just think she's kind of a mediocre writer who happens to fit the "crazy cat lady" bill
An example of which btw is her basing evil/hateable characters off of certain people from her childhood that (apparently) were bad people
That's lazy fucking writing
"I'm gonna base this villain on the bully who gave me wedgies back in school"

>>2846550
>>2846556
>>2846560

>Theme parks?

>>2846561
Sorry, I had to get the rant out of my system
It drives me nuts when people make "so you hate waffles" QRTs like those

>>2846427
Multiple breakdowns while in line, including two while in the loading station for Mine Cart Madness and Battle at the Ministry. For Ministry, they cleared the queue and kicked everyone out. Tried to see the dragon show at three different showtimes but all three were cancelled. Stardust Racers was running at reduced capacity in July.

I'm still glad I went and experienced it but goddamn.

>>2846511
Checked and this

>>2846569
At least your kids had fun I hope.

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>>2846538
It's always funny seeing japanese park posts come up
What do you mean people think Buzz is world class

>>2846595
These fellas would love the Men in Black ride

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>>2846683
I think they do

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>>2846595
And you thought /tpg/ was autistic

to break up the continuous discussion of non-stop disney/universal, I went to Drayton Manor for their Christmas season - all rides (except the water rides) are open. No queues and a cheaper ticket. Not bad for what it is.
I cant understand why Thorpe Park doesnt offer weekend openings during winter. Being near Heathrow it will drop below freezing maybe two weeks of the year - sometimes it may not at all. That place on a Friday-Sunday 12noon to 7pm opening would be great

>>2846697
k

Think I'm gonna go to epcot, mk or dhs today
Already went to Epic Universe and that was great but I think going again so soon would be excessive

>>2846697
The concept of a randomised coaster is really neat, shame it can only do the two modes when potentially it can do something like 4

does epcot still have figment

>>2846710
keep getting rumours of them re-doing journey to the imagination but nothing ever happens.

>>2846726
God the original was pure magic. I may be misremembering but I think it used like 50% of the electricity of all of Epcot. But it was great, basically cemented my theme park addiction

Sundays are still the day to do Epic.

>>2846840
I went on a thursday and it was fine then

>>2846710
Figgy is still there
They made him a huge merchandise vessel in the park the last several years because they made a popcorn bucket that was the biggest merch drop for Disney in a decade.
There is always rumors they will restore the old ride or do a big revamp but then it never gets announced after a decade of this
There is confirmed work on a Figment film but it is not officially announced and is on/off production, if it ever gets made
So in short they keep teasing stuff but nothing ever happens

>>2846840
I only ever see ridiculous queue times for Battle at the Ministry and Hagrids (IoA). Is it really just Potter autists? Would make sense since only autists will queue 4 hours

>>2846919
Really good family rides get massive queues and sometimes the reputation for being a huge queued ride makes things worse (like with Peter Pan). It's not a coincidence that most of the worst queues in theme parks are family coasters: Crush's Coaster, Slinky Dog, 7D, Hagrids, Cosmic Rewind.

Will be interesting to see what Space Mountain at Tokyo will be like but I suspect it'll be a capacity monster. I would fear for the Monsters Inc coaster but I don't think they'd be spending all that money on the lift system if it didn't come with a large capacity. Probably will be massively popular though, just wish it was free swinging, don't know why The Vampire is the only family invert with it, despite it having custom bespoke post-arrow trains.

Legoland's new multi-launch interactive indoor coaster will be open in Feb which is slightly insane. I know it's not going to be the same level as the big two in terms of theming but it's still frustrating seeing Merlin able build decent rides from scratch in 1/4 the time of Disney

>>2844519
https://youtu.be/xZ5Lzk7XkkE?si=QdnjDC0Xcc3fCtdR

>>2846919
I think they like the lines to be long to prove their popular. They aren't as good as Disney. Hispanics.

>>2847087
bot

>>2847090
>to prove their popular
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you are brown

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>>2846787
Epcots original line up was so ahead of its fucking time. Kinda sucks that the past looks more like the future than the future we actually inherited. Screens were a mistake. The requirement that every prop and effect had to function in real three-dimensional space pushed engineers to create some genuinely impressive technology that stands up even now. That fusion of inventive problem-solving and ride design was always one of the most exciting things about theme parks. It was fake, but because it was happening and you were there to physically witness it, it didn't feel fake. You were really there and it was really happening and you were really part of it. Nothing was left to the imagination or required a suspension of disbelief.

>>2846185
This is horrible. I respect WB, not Netflix .

>>2844992
Where are you when that motivated libtard harassed me for sharing links?

>>2846919
for both rides it's a combination of popularity and low capacity. the rumor is that Ministry is operating below capacity and those days where it has a shorter line are the days where they are actually running it well.

but most of the time even express pass is going to be a long wait. the play is to get there 1 hour before opening and ride it. it opens early for everyone.

the other play is to ride it before closing but the risk is that it goes down for the night.

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Bluey coaster track is complete. I know rcg has been waiting for this.

Looks like it has a fast roller lift hill and a very long train so I'm guessing it'll be a multi-lap coaster which is pretty rare these days.

>>2847274
So they're just slapping this little bitch on pretty much anything huh?

You'd think they'd shoot for a bluey dark ride at one of the better parks but they are behaving as if there's an expiration date on this show.

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>>2847278
Alton Towers is the biggest theme park in the UK. It's part of Cbeebies land which is a park-within-a-park designed specifically for very small kids and special needs kids, half playgroundm half fairground. All the rides are generally lightly themed, partially because of money but also because having half a dozen massively different heavily themed areas would be pretty bad. Also imagine the support the park has given Cbeebies makes them more happy to licence to them.

The Bluey coaster will overwhelmingly be the biggest licence in the area so it's probably reasonable to assume they'll put a bit more effort into the theming to boost merchandise sales but it's never going to be anything approaching Disney. It's still not going to be worse than Six Flags and DC, despite that being much bigger budget rides.

Here's a tour of Cbeebies, it's easy to see why < 7 year olds would love this area, despite it looking a bit cheap as an adult: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7QMQNWqHug

>>2847274
>>2847278
>>2847282
I'm beginning to side with the people who call this a manchild thread

>>2847284
There is fuck all news in the UK at the moment and it beats same old Disney/Universal conversations.

Have a timelapse of the track construction of Paultons Park's new Viking themed Eurofighter:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFXNMxxS4JQ

Could you imagine Disney getting a coaster vertical in just over a week?

>>2847286
>muh "too much disney/universal conversations"
Yup. Manchild.

>>2847289
You would be too scared to get on the giga going up in Texas. Shut the fuck up

>>2847292
No. I don't think I will.

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>>2847293
You're not denying you'd be too scared to ride it

>>2847294
Nah, cause I don't care about gay rollercoasters outside of my state.
Also
Is that pic you?

>>2847295
Lol scared

>>2847296
Nah, you're just mad that I don't care about your gay rollercoaster.

>>2847300 (me)
Also
>>2847296
Did it really take you 15 minutes to come up with that gay response? Loser.

>>2847300
>>2847301
Absolutely malding

>>2847303
...Is what you are doing.

>>2847274
>>2847282
>>2847278
merlin doing the old tactic of calling manufacturer and asking for a deal again. Similar rollercoaster at Chessington but its Paw Patrol themed. Bluey is undeniably the biggest kids IP and they slap it on a coaster that is bright fucking green and the main demographic for Bluey (toddlers) cant even ride it anyway. Shouldve been a ride even newborns can ride.
Disney have the rights to Bluey now in US, they'll show how its done (in 10 years)

>>2847426
The themeing for that one looks a bit fun at least, they're adding a suspension bridge and the tower to it so it's not going to be a coaster in a gravel pit with card cutouts

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QY3tZdYdvY

Do you think that to one-up Universal using Nintendo for theme park shit, Disney will do some theme park shit of random videogame shit too? If so, what?
Imo, they'd probably just do Kingdom Hearts, but it'd be funny if they also made a deal with Square Enix to do theme park rides of other SQEX games too
Imagine a FF7 ride where Sephiroth tries to kill the riders
Or a DQ dark ride

>>2847452
Even if they did do a KH ride, they wouldn't include the FF characters as they don't actually have the rights to them (unlike Sora & co) and it would be easier just avoiding the licencing issues.

The villains area seems like it's going to be a crossover area that's going to tick a lot of the boxes that KH would. Will still find it a bit disappointing if the main ride is just a bramble themed multi-launch family coaster, doesn't feel like it's needed in a park that has Tron. Seems every Disney location is getting a bog standard multi-launch intamin at the moment, they're fun but... they're getting a bit over-saturated.

>>2847452
Why make a KH area when you own all of marvel?
It’s not because it’s a video game that universal are getting success from super Mario. It’s because it’s Super Mario

>>2847469
Disney's treatment of the Marvel IPs (aside from Cosmic Rewind) has been embarrassing.

Having the most popular superhero having a Midway Mania clone was such an odd decision. The avengers ride is going to be using the Peter-Pan (Tokyo) ride system which has been left in the dust by the latest gen Universal tech.