Tron. It’s not costing much less. Roughly $1B between the two rides, which is absolutely insane.Anyone of you know what the other most expensive coasters are? I would assume Hagrid's, Gringotts, and Everest.
Tron. It’s not costing much less. Roughly $1B between the two rides, which is absolutely insane.Anyone of you know what the other most expensive coasters are? I would assume Hagrid's, Gringotts, and Everest.
Anyone of you know what the other most expensive coasters are? I would assume Hagrid's, Gringotts, and Everest.
Which is even crazier, as it's a clone.Tron. It’s not costing much less.
Tron. It’s not costing much less. Roughly $1B between the two rides, which is absolutely insane.
Tbh, I don’t think the ride is reliant on getting the actors to film. They could probably use the comic versions of the characters as backup and have Pratt, Saldana, Cooper, etc record voice over.
I could see a 150 million but not any higher. I think that 300 million number got tossed around erroneously without any citation, then got picked up by mainstream outlets who, as history has shown, know very little about theme parks.Hagrid is quoted as close to 300...but honestly I don't buy that, as it'd be way out of character for Uni's budgets. Everest was 100 million, but that was also built a decade and a half ago.
So Everest is $100 mil in 2006, yet somehow Tron and Guardians each cost about as much as Pandora (if $500 mil estimate is true), and together as much as a Galaxy's Edge.Tron. It’s not costing much less.
I could see a 150 million but not any higher. I think that 300 million number got tossed around erroneously without any citation, then got picked up by mainstream outlets who, as history has shown, know very little about theme parks.
So Everest is $100 mil in 2006, yet somehow Tron and Guardians each cost about as much as Pandora (if $500 mil estimate is true), and together as much as a Galaxy's Edge.
Something doesn't add up here. There's inflation, and then there's Weinmar German chicanery inflation.
Hagrid is quoted as close to 300...but honestly I don't buy that, as it'd be way out of character for Uni's budgets. Everest was 100 million, but that was also built a decade and a half ago.
ReasonableMay I ask what a typical Universal budget is assumed to be?
Forbidden Journey clocked in at under 100 million. Everything in the Diagon Alley project was like 250 ish, I think?May I ask what a typical Universal budget is assumed to be?
Also does anyone know how big the Guardians building is supposed to be? How it compares to other large indoor coasters?
Both are great examples of doing a lot with a little space. Diagon Alley fits compactly within those five acres yet still has nooks and crannies to explore. Forbidden Journey can put lots of detail into the areas you're going to see since your view is constricted by your position and the walls of the ride vehicle. Sort of like a modern Haunted Mansion omnimover.Forbidden Journey clocked in at under 100 million. Everything in the Diagon Alley project was like 250 ish, I think?
Maybe someone should make a list of the estimated costs of attractions from this decade.How much did F&F cost again?
The could be true lol, but lets see if its actually worth something ya know!Probably just referring to the fact that it’s the most expensive roller coaster in the history of mankind by a wide margin.
Literally laughed out loud at this - wrong project and NASA wouldn’t return their calls but A+ for the WDI thought process.They must be working with NASA to make hyper accurate space nebulas.
Whereas the price of a coaster like Fury 325 is driven primarily by size because the cost is primarily in track and supports, for Disney and Universal style rides the price is primarily driven by the special features and accessories put around the track. And that stuff is expensive.How does any one ride cost HALF A BILLION?! An entire land? Sure. But one ride?
For fun I looked up what Fury 325 cost to build-the B&M Gigacoaster at CaroWinds. It’s 325 feet high and 6,602 feet long. It cost 30 Million in 2015.
I get Disney and Universal put a tremendous amount of detail and theming into each ride and that’s what set these parks apart from a Cedar Fair park, but GoG costing 470 Million more than one of the talent and longest steel coasters in the world is insanity.
How is that possible? No wonder Disney stretches the cost over 5 years. How can you pitch a ride like this and say 500 Million with a straight face? I would looooove to ever get my eyes on a budget sheet for a ride like this.
This ride was not supposed to cost what it is costing. They thought by reusing the UoE building for the queue/station that they'd save money when it turns out it would've been cheaper to demolish the building and rebuild. The interior needed extensive amount of work seeing as the building is over 38 years old, which overran the initial budgets considerably.How can you pitch a ride like this and say 500 Million with a straight face? I would looooove to ever get my eyes on a budget sheet for a ride like this.
This ride was not supposed to cost what it is costing. They thought by reusing the UoE building for the queue/station that they'd save money when it turns out it would've been cheaper to demolish the building and rebuild. The interior needed extensive amount of work seeing as the building is over 38 years old, which overran the initial budgets considerably.