- Oct 17, 2008
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Only downside is that our new Universal Studios overlords can’t bring the weather with them!
[News] Universal Theme Park - UK
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The obvious negativity will come from a) the cost of going and b) the queues (although the latter kind of negates the former). Very much ‘build it and they will come’…….
Probably better here than Orlando in June/July
Taybha
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Hi,my Universal credit has been stopped,could you tell me why please?
Yes madam we're giving it to Mickey Mouse and possibly the 6 of the 7 Dwarfs,Dopey won't notice so it's saving money in the long run.
Yes madam we're giving it to Mickey Mouse and possibly the 6 of the 7 Dwarfs,Dopey won't notice so it's saving money in the long run.
Nothing wrong with it being hotter than the surface of the sun with occasional monsoon like rain
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Erm… what?
Having taken two kids to a theme park, I know exactly how they feel
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Yeah, it won’t be cheap, that’s for sure. It’ll sell out all the same. It’s just such a huge step up from what we have currently in terms of experience.
As I demonstrated
Universal is brilliant in the States.
Hard Rock will inevitably build an on-site hotel.
Comfortably surpasses Disney for me.
Only slight point of note is the government getting an infrastructure to support it, when (successive governments) are failing to do it properly prior to building housing.
Great news nonetheless.
Dick Swiveller
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Yep. But not Universal as this is the UK. 300 baud, no parity is the fastest we can go.
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Excellent point. I’d hope the infrastructure investment would be self-funding from a combination of the land sales and external income. I’m just pleased about the jobs in the meantime, and excited for the project. This has serious money behind it, one of the biggest if not the biggest leisure investment in the country in my lifetime.
I’d like to think, with my optimistic hat on, that we have our ducks in a row on this one
Yep - will be interesting to see the traffic/parking arrangements (works brilliantly in Orlando). Using one of the in-park hotels will be the way to do it, but at an eye-watering cost (having just done this at Christmas in Orlando). Get in the park an hour before the main opening and Express passes included with the room - with some of the queues being over 3 hours at times when we were there so without the Express passes it would have basically been a waste of time. They’re also subject to dynamic pricing - buying them on the day would have cost $400 each, per day
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How does the site size compare with the US sites? What I'm trying to say is... is it going to be as impressive as in the states?
Aren't the rights to Bond now owned by Amazon rather than Universal ?
We stayed at Hard Rock hotel in Florida, which gave us early morning access to Universal prior to the gates opening every day of our stay, just after Harry Potter opened.Yep - will be interesting to see the traffic/parking arrangements (works brilliantly in Orlando). Using one of the in-park hotels will be the way to do it, but at an eye-watering cost (having just done this at Christmas in Orlando). Get in the park an hour before the main opening and Express passes included with the room - with some of the queues being over 3 hours at times when we were there so without the Express passes it would have basically been a waste of time. They’re also subject to dynamic pricing - buying them on the day would have cost $400 each, per day
It was fantastic, did the rides several times, then went round to the other coasters (Hulk etc), as the gates were opening.
Just fantastic
Indeed. The rumours I've read are that this has complicated things but are not insurmountable but I stress this is just stuff I've read and heard over the past few months - I have no inside knowledge.
It's not early entry that's the main selling point of staying at Hard Rock, as well as the Royal Pacific Resort and Portofino Bay Resorts. Even the cheapest Universal hotels - and Endless Summer costs around a quarter, or less, of a night in the HR, RPR and PBR - come with early entry, it's the unlimited Express you get at the premium hotels.
We're annual pass holders at Universal Orlando (although we're letting the passes lapse as visits are now trickier) and always stay on-site, principally for the convenience of being able to walk to and from the parks, which also means no one has to drive home after some drinks in the parks and/or CityWalk.
We actually attach little value to early entry because it's Islands of Adventure only and then just Hagrid's, Velocoaster and Forbidden Journey. During school holidays at least, unless you get to the gates very early, ie a good 30-45 minutes ahead of the start of early entry, you'll just be behind a lot of other on-site guests most of whom are heading for Hagrid's meaning you spend 60-90 minutes waiting for that.
If you're not in one of the three posh hotels, so don't have unlimited express, it can work if you want to get on Velocicoaster once or twice with minimal waits.
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