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Theme from a Theme Park.
Good news it's in a shopping area and the theme park isn't the preview center.
Theme from a Theme Park.
We can compare it to the summer tribute store if that makes you feel any better.
Honestly they are not the same thing I think it’s only right they utilize modern technology like AR to showcase their vision of the park.We can compare it to the summer tribute store if that makes you feel any better.
I'm glad I wasn't the first person to say this.On one hand this is really cool, on the other the IOA center is streets ahead of this
The IOA Preview Center is the last time Universal had such a thing, so of course it's fair to compare.Can’t we judge this without always referencing the IOA center?
I just looked at a video of it and definitely screamed the 90s. It’s one thing to be nostalgic but can’t have anything new without the constant comparisons.
If the end goal is the same, something physically in front of me will always be preferable to something I have to look at my phone for.Honestly they are not the same thing I think it’s only right they utilize modern technology like AR to showcase their vision of the park.
That wasn’t available in the 90s so physical sets were used to fulfill the same function way back then.
Well they have to make up for the several years when the JAWS Ride existed with little to no merch available.pushing Jaws merch
I agree with this to an extent, but having a separate app you have to download to get the full experience and a model being the main centerpiece in the room just feels a little thrown together. The portals are also pretty barebones. Ironically the combination of these makes it feel dated *from the pictures*Here’s the thing: Not only is this a different time than the IOA Preview Center, but the Epic Preview Center has two goals and that’s really it:
Raise awareness that the park exists for vacationers the rest of this year and then bouncing off that, try and get people to book vacations to come back to go to epic, stay at Helios potentially, etc.
The average vacationer mostly doesn’t know Epic is opening next year still so that’s something Universal is looking to change here.
I agree with this to an extent, but having a separate app you have to download to get the full experience and a model being the main centerpiece in the room just feels a little thrown together. The portals are also pretty barebones. Ironically the combination of these makes it feel dated *from the pictures*
Maybe the AR app saves it, I won't be there until HHN to see it so I can't judge 100% but I'm just underwhelmed from the images online. Putting on my GP hat I'm probably not going to download a new app just for one store, and if that becomes the selling point to make me super excited for a new park then ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I think the IOA Preview Center would have still been really impressive to all of us if the forums existed at the time and we all knew what was coming to the park.I'd argue it's because you're already up to date on the info, and have a good idea on what's coming where you don't need the app. You are on the forums, after all.
I think the IOA Preview Center would have still been really impressive to all of us if the forums existed at the time and we all knew what was coming to the park.
The displays were really cool! They were unique interpretations of the elements that were going into the park, done in a style that only ever materialized in that Preview Center.
Like it or not, we live in the times of social media. As I stated earlier, everyone can carry a world of info in their pockets. If that model isn't enough for ya... I don't know what to tell you.
Nothing wrong with physical sets or presentations however no matter how you put it was very much of its time period.I'm glad I wasn't the first person to say this.
The model looks great. The rest...? It's a store. The IOA version was an experience in itself.
The IOA Preview Center is the last time Universal had such a thing, so of course it's fair to compare.
If the end goal is the same, something physically in front of me will always be preferable to something I have to look at my phone for.
It makes me feel much older than 37 when intricate displays that had to actually be built, crafted, engineered by people are seen as somehow old-fashioned and outdated.