Universal Great Britain

[rob@rar]

Although both the Labour and Conservative candidates are, understandably, trying to claim some credit, this really doesn't seem like a party political issue on which there is much difference of intention. Both parties will undoubtedly want to see this significant inward investment happen, with all the associated economic benefits that it will bring. If both parties want the same thing it's not really an issue which should influence which way you vote.

Whoever the Conservatives used to layout their leaflet should use a proof-reader to spot the missing word.

 

[rob@rar]

This sounds like it would be fun, a new Universal patent on a different kind of ride vehicle allowing the rider to control either a standing or seated riding position.

Universal Files Patent for Groundbreaking Dynamic Vehicle

Everything you need to know about Universal’s new patent for a dynamic ride vehicle.

www.themepark.plus

 

[Cup_Of_Coffee]

I don’t want to over speculate, but that screams Gyrosphere to me.

 

[Doug88]

Project Universal has just had a message saying it's not happening...

 

[TheUniC6]

This sounds like it would be fun, a new Universal patent on a different kind of ride vehicle allowing the rider to control either a standing or seated riding position.

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Universal Files Patent for Groundbreaking Dynamic Vehicle

Everything you need to know about Universal’s new patent for a dynamic ride vehicle.

www.themepark.plus

This kinda gives me vibes of what the original Avengers E ticket ride system could have been like.

 

[Altonsky]

Project Universal has just had a message saying it's not happening...

I’d hardly say a random comment on a YouTube video is a reliable source

 

[Jake S]

Project Universal has just had a message saying it's not happening...

why not share receipts? is it because what you’re saying is nonsense?

 

[rob@rar]

Project Universal has just had a message saying it's not happening...

Troll.

 

[Steeb]

Project Universal has just had a message saying it's not happening...

Cars are next.

 

[Alicia]

BrianMonkey1697 has spoken

 

[Ludus]

Council meeting is tonight at 18:30 (during the football ), hopefully we might have an update this evening on the current progress

 

[Lost Meerkat]

This quote from Council which may indicate Gov has already made some commitments
“If Universal is approved, and we hope to hear about that later this year, we will require a much bigger station to be constructed – happily at central government expense.”

 

[Dinosaurus]

This is incredibly positive news and suggests that maybe the council knows more than we do -- Wixams station is to open in 2026 and now has a much bigger budget Wixams station costs have increased by £30m since 2018 and be "only 13 years late" - Bedford Independent

 

[Altonsky]

This is incredibly positive news and suggests that maybe the council knows more than we do -- Wixams station is to open in 2026 and now has a much bigger budget Wixams station costs have increased by £30m since 2018 and be "only 13 years late" - Bedford Independent

The budget just sounds inflation based to me. I assume it’d cost way more than an additional 30 million if it was made bigger. Probably taking the project into the 3 figures

 

[rob@rar]

Bedford Council Executive Committee met last night and unanimously approved the current plan for Wixams Station (which includes provision for changing to a 4-platform station from a 2-platform if the theme park goes ahead).

In questions, the senior council officer said he was unable to confirm exactly how much the Council would need to spend if the Universal plan went ahead. Of interest to us, one of the Councillors and the council officer both said the Universal plan was “not yet over the line”.

You can watch a recording of the Council’s Executive Committee meeting here:

Executive - Wednesday 19 June 2024, 6:30pm - Start video at 0:31:44 - Bedford Borough Council streaming

Executive - Wednesday 19 June 2024, 6:30pm - Start video at 0:31:44 - Bedford Borough Council streaming

bedford.public-i.tv

[select Agenda item 16]

 

[rob@rar]

Although if you’re going to watch a video today, go watch the Epic Universe promo video of Dark Universe rather than Mayor Wotton and his council colleagues! It looks freaking awesome. Counting the months until our next Orlando trip…

There’s a reason I hope Universal Great Britain doesn’t end up with a ‘movie studios’ theme as its central conceit. It’s such a sterile approach to theme park place-making. The future is Epic…

 

[Elijah Abrams]

Although if you’re going to watch a video today, go watch the Epic Universe promo video of Dark Universe rather than Mayor Wotton and his council colleagues! It looks freaking awesome. Counting the months until our next Orlando trip…

There’s a reason I hope Universal Great Britain doesn’t end up with a ‘movie studios’ theme as its central conceit. It’s such a sterile approach to theme park place-making. The future is Epic…

Maybe Universal Studios Great Britain could be a mix of both a "movie studios" park and Epic Universe/Islands of Adventure? Seems like a fair compromise to me.

 

[OrlLover]

Maybe Universal Studios Great Britain could be a mix of both a "movie studios" park and Epic Universe/Islands of Adventure? Seems like a fair compromise to me.

Yep the UK is not some proven test market for this type of theme park.

They don’t need to go crazy with the concepts like they can do in Orlando.

Make it unique to the local area but it also retains some classic Universal Studios elements that have defined their parks for decades.

 

[bedfordmassive]

Don’t suppose anyone has news of the Stewartby and Kempston Hardwick Parish Council meeting this evening do they? I think a Universal update was on the agenda?

 

[rob@rar]

Maybe Universal Studios Great Britain could be a mix of both a "movie studios" park and Epic Universe/Islands of Adventure? Seems like a fair compromise to me.

But why compromise at all? Mark Woodbury, current CEO of Universal Destinations and former President of Universal Creative, has said that the company lives by the ethos that the next thing they create has to be better than what came before it. That sounds like a wonderful principle on which to run a creative company, and one I very much hope will underpin all that they do for Universal Great Britain. I think the traditional approach to a ‘movie studios’ theme park limits the creativity which can be employed in making immersive places in which fantastical stories, rides and attractions can be located.

How many people think that USF is really up to the standards set by IoA and now Epic? Does anyone get much joy from walking around the large, feature-less faux studio buildings in the front half of USF? Look at Disney’s re-themeing and even re-naming of their Studios park in Paris. I thought that park was a disappointment right from my initial visit during the shareholders’ preview, in large part because of the sterile ‘movie studios’ theme.