Universal Great Britain - Speculation & Rumors

[JoeMcSqueezy]

I’ve thought for a while that Universal Great Britain legit could just take Hollywood Boulevard and Jurassic World - Isla Nublar from Universal Beijing and just completely clone those areas for UGB. The only changes you would have to make is putting a new show in the Majestic Theatre (Given that Untrainable is coming to Orlando) and maaaaaybe replace Raptor Encounter at JW with a new Meet & Greet show

 

[mccgavin]

and maaaaaybe replace Raptor Encounter at JW with a new Meet & Greet show

I don't think they'd have an issue including the Raptor Encounter as is. Even if the park may list it as an "attraction", it really is a character experience. It's very essential to any Jurassic World land, and I don't think it would fall under the alleged "no Orlando clones" rule for this park.

 

[JoeMcSqueezy]

Yeah, that's why I said maybe cuz I was kinda unsure if it would even count towards the No Clones rule

 

[Altonsky]

I just want something to the same standard as The VelociCoaster!

Our rides in the UK are notoriously short!

 

[tielo]

I don't think they'd have an issue including the Raptor Encounter as is. Even if the park may list it as an "attraction", it really is a character experience. It's very essential to any Jurassic World land, and I don't think it would fall under the alleged "no Orlando clones" rule for this park.

If it all is situated in Isla Britania and the raptor handlers have a britisch accent it'll be unique. On the other hand, lets not overthink this.

 

[Chessy]

Judging by rumours then I’d say the entry plaza will be very similar to USB with a grand hotel over the entry. And judging by EU these signature hotels may be a part of future park designs?

Other than this I’m not sure what to expect, of course I’m sure they’ll be some original ideas and concepts. One thing I could definitely see them carrying over is the JW world ride from Beijing. They already have the blueprints for it so I suspect it wouldn’t cost too much to replicate. Fun to speculate but who knows.

 

[Luke Hutchinson]

So say I was to drive down to visit the potential site via the public footpath, Where’s the best place to park?

 

[Dinosaurus]

So say I was to drive down to visit the potential site via the public footpath, Where’s the best place to park?

Any one of these three spots I reckon.

 

[Ludus]

I just want something to the same standard as The VelociCoaster!

Our rides in the UK are notoriously short!

Now this I'm desperate for, and it's the one thing about the no Orlando clone rule that's annoying. I'd love a VC clone

 

[Alicia]

Now this I'm desperate for, and it's the one thing about the no Orlando clone rule that's annoying. I'd love a VC clone

What if you get an original coaster that’s just as good

 

[rob@rar]

… that’s just as good …

(…or better). I hope that’s Universal Creative’s motto as they work on the plan for USGB. I love the idea that there will be no duplicate rides or attractions from Orlando, but only if what they build is just as good (or better) than the wonders they’ve created in Orlando.

 

[xtpower]

(…or better). I hope that’s Universal Creative’s motto as they work on the plan for USGB. I love the idea that there will be no duplicate rides or attractions from Orlando, but only if what they build is just as good (or better) than the wonders they’ve created in Orlando.

Their mantra should be, 'better than what's come before.' They should have the aim of outdoing anything Universal has done before, and maybe they won't succeed everywhere but they will at least make a Park that is as good as anything else they've done.

 

[Ludus]

What if you get an original coaster that’s just as good

 

[Disneyhead]

What if you get an original coaster that’s just as good

Jurassic World: Dino Drift Coaster

 

[kingcooger]

Question: would anyone consider Transformers and Spider-Man to be “cloned attractions”?

I am assuming no.

Given this, could we see The Hobbit at one park (GB or EU) and LotR at another park with the same ride system, but just rethemed to that particular property?

 

[Jake S]

Given this, could we see The Hobbit at one park (GB or EU) and LotR at another park with the same ride system, but just rethemed to that particular property?

I don't know about this specific example, but in principle absolutely.

 

[OrlLover]

I’m assuming LOTR would be the anchor of this park if it were to move forward?

I wonder if EU is still in possible contention for the land or something else is planned for the large expansion pad?

 

[kingcooger]

I’m assuming LOTR would be the anchor of this park if it were to move forward?

I wonder if EU is still in possible contention for the land or something else is planned for the large expansion pad?

Hopefully it’s just a HP situation where they divvy up the same IP between multiple parks.

Do LotR at one park then The Hobbit at another.

Or, instead of covering time periods, cover different areas of the sprawling LotR world. Gondor, Moria, the Misty Mountains, Rivendell, Mordor, etc all could support some attractions.

 

[OrlLover]

Hopefully it’s just a HP situation where they divvy up the same IP between multiple parks.

Do LotR at one park then The Hobbit at another.

Or, instead of covering time periods, cover different areas of the sprawling LotR world. Gondor, Moria, the Misty Mountains, Rivendell, Mordor, etc all could support some attractions.

I hope for the same.

 

[Doug88]

A customer of mine is an electrician who specialises in high voltage stuff and works on big jobs. Last week he got a call saying he's going to Bedford....
That is probably just me looking too much into stuff and putting 2+2 together.
It's for a new project but wouldn't tell anyone what it was.