Universal Plaza

[techmaniac16]

Nice! Could we get a photo?

 

[William]

This was simply something I observed on some social media accounts, so hopefully one of our trusty forum members will have a photo of it soon.

 

[b4ben24]

I took a photo of it today... Hopefully I can post it.https://www.flickr.com/photos/130954718@N04/16818034205/

Btw that is not me

 

[JPLA]

Here's one I took Friday night.

 

[William]

More cars have been added, and they've brought back Madame Tussaud's Vin Diesel figure for one of the photo ops.

 

[JPLA]

Here they are.

 

 

[William]

I like that they've "Fast-and-Furious-ized" the plaza to create hype for the new animation. This would explain why we haven't seen the Universal Plaza stage return with CityBeat and the All Access Band.

 

[Jonathan]

I hope that's not the only reason why we haven't seen CityBeat.

 

[William]

I actually liked CityBeat. Not a big fan of the All Access Band (sorry!). A couple of the beatboxers from the CityBeat group were also part of the Who-liday Singers group during Grinchmas '13 and '14.

 

[JPLA]

Do you know what's NOT here anymore?

Yup, the donkey cart.  If you go to the Shrek forum there may be an update there for you.

 

[Jon Fu]

I'd be curious to see if we see a similar setup like this in Fast and Furious: Supercharged.

 

[Allen The Actor]

I wonder if they'll keep the cars in the Plaza, or if they'll relocate them in front of Supercharged or somewhere along the tram route.

 

[Wesker69]

I'm curious to see how long they keep the cars on display within the Universal Plaza... because its a nice dual-advertisement for Furious 7 and the new Studio Tour attraction. I'm sure the cars will remain on display for at least a week or two after Furious 7 is released, but will they go away after that?... If they do, will they make a brief return for the Supercharged debut in the summer? Or will we see some other set-up for the debut?

How long was the KONG figure on display when KONG 360 debuted? I didn't really keep track of that, but it made me miss our old KONG photo-op when we still had KONGfrontation at UNI Orlando..

 

[Allen The Actor]

The Kong figure that was next to BTTF was flown to USH after the movie premier in 2005, then stayed there for a year or so, then was moved to the Backlot, immediately after the parting of the red sea, and then was removed entirely. It probably deteriorated. Long gone before 360-3D Opened.

 

[Wesker69]

Ah okay. That's right... forgot that its already been 10 years since the movie came out... time flies (literally... its 2015!).

 

[William]

Pink's in Universal Plaza is now listed as "Plaza Grill" on the new maps. Interesting change, as there's currently no sign of Pink's leaving.

Also, the snack shop next to the Universal Plaza tower is now dubbed "Tower Snack Shop".

 

[Allen The Actor]

Hmmm! That's interesting! Maybe they're planning on getting rid of it now that Springfield will have that small Hot Dog location, and Krusty's will feature a hot dog item as well? I wouldn't be too sad. Ever since they got rid of the unique Hot Dogs last year, it's been less tempting and too generic.

Plus.....Pink's kitchen is MASSIVE. Too big, in my opinion, for the rather simple menu. It'd be nice to see some updates.

Or maybe they're just changing the name due to Pink's backing out or something? Seems too random of a "mistake" to be incorrect on the map.

 

[Hey_Zeus]

Hmmm! That's interesting! Maybe they're planning on getting rid of it now that Springfield will have that small Hot Dog location, and Krusty's will feature a hot dog item as well? I wouldn't be too sad. Ever since they got rid of the unique Hot Dogs last year, it's been less tempting and too generic.

Plus.....Pink's kitchen is MASSIVE. Too big, in my opinion, for the rather simple menu. It'd be nice to see some updates.

Or maybe they're just changing the name due to Pink's backing out or something? Seems too random of a "mistake" to be incorrect on the map.

From what i heard, Pink's is backing out because Universal had added a few items to menu in which they didn't approve of. Sounds odd but that's what a little birdie told me... I may have misheard as well

 

[Allen The Actor]

Wouldn't be surprised. I mean, I don't think the original Pink's sells Turkey Legs and some of the other generic stuff haha.

Either way, I was very disappointed that some of the unique items were taken away last year and it became watered down.

 

[Jon Fu]

Bye bye Pink's.... http://insideuniversal.net/2015/03/pinks-to-be-replaced-by-plaza-grill/