IzzyB
V.I.P. Member
Dragon Challenge for 2018 I imagine. Would be nice if they could have Nintendo by 2019 instead of 2020.
I think Dragons could be 2018 or 2019. I wouldn't be surprised if 2018 is a down year for them. With F&F opening late 2017. I don't see kid zone being taken down until F&F is open. Which is why I really don't see Nintendo occurring until 2020. I actually wouldn't be surprised if in 2018 and 2019 Disney opens more than Universal. I think the construction of Nintendo, hotels, and a 3rd gate are going to dominate. Universal knows they can have a couple off years here and there and still increase attendance. Look at 2015 as a perfect example.
This would not surprise me. As awesome as nighttime shows can be.......they can also become a big cluster where people are standing around for hours not spending any money and creating a total hassle for people trying to move around the park. The mindsets of Disney and Universal are different in some ways and nighttime shows seems to be one area that they differ greatly. Universal wants to move people into City Walk at night........not stand around a lagoon for a couple of hours.
No one waits around hours for most night time shows. The only ones I know of are MK night time and Fantasmic. Like at Epcot you can do things all the way up to 15 minutes before (or even closer) and still get good seats. We walked in at the last minute for Star Wars fireworks and had great seats. What causes the waits at Disney is the back to back night offerings. So people find a place to park and watch the 3 night shows offered. I think it is silly and never do it. I ride stuff while those suckers are waiting. But these people have already ate and would not be the citiwalk type of people anyways. So Disney isn't losing a ton of money. They get people to buy more in fact with glow stuff and the snack stands all over the place. I see people buying crap all the time while waiting.
Universal could do a lagoon show and prevent from the waiting. No one waits hours for the studios night time show. It is all how you set it up and making sure there are lots of great places to see the night time stuff. Also, do one show and not 3 in a row.