I’m shocked. Shocked I say. :tired:
Anyone think that Summer 2021 was a possible placeholder by the web dev people? Or is that going to be the official opening? I’ve been saying for awhile that construction is set to wrap up in Spring, but they may want to give themselves a lot of time to test to avoid a Hagrid situation. Opening May, a month or so before the (currently scheduled at least) new JW film may be a great tie in.
I mean, they obviously aren’t changing JP River Adventure currently, so it makes sense if they’re going to name it a Jurassic World ride. We’ll see if it changes, I still bet it does one day. But for now, since they’re 2 different names they have to acknowledge it. No one will really care
I think everyone seems to agree and so do I, definitely summer 2021. For literally so many reasons:
- Avoid a Hagrid situation
- Covid, maybe the parks will really open up but I don’t expect it to be crazy busy next winter/spring
- As you said, movie tie in. Regardless if it plays next summer if the film is pushed back, push the ride back even to mid summer or late summer and buzz carries closer to the release date.
- They’ll need a summer draw for locals. We’ll see if they can produce a decent weekend event for Mardi Gras to get the weekend crowds, plus IOA will need a draw eventually as USF plays more to the locals since they’re more the “event” park.
- We’ll see if all hotels open for the holidays, but if they dont, opening them BY or during the summer will at this point in time make sense, even better to open a new ride then to help fill them up.