Universal's Epic Universe Construction Thread

[OrlLover]

They're really scrambling to get things started

I'd bet they're working on getting contracts inked and POs signed before any inflation hits due to energy shortages. My (soon-to-be-former company is doing the same thing).

Yep we can literally be in an energy crisis any day now.

Might as well get going as quickly as they can on these various projects.

 

[dmc493]

Yep we can literally be in an energy crisis any day now.

if the current situations turned into large scale impacts on jobs, could very well argue it as being a force majeure type event that protects the contractors from that dollar increase anyway, leaving universal to cover the cost premiums anyway

 

[Jake S]

my friends, if we enter a full blown energy crisis we’re going to have bigger fish to fry than when Epic Universe expands.

 

[PerceptiveCoot]

my friends, if we enter a full blown energy crisis we’re going to have bigger fish to fry than when Epic Universe expands.

Buddy, I've been having a Southern barbecue with all this fried fish!

 

[rageofthegods]

my friends, if we enter a full blown energy crisis we’re going to have bigger fish to fry than when Epic Universe expands.

Look, I like thinking about these things in terms of theme park expansions because otherwise I'd have to think about them in terms of my extremely vulnerable job instead.

 

[Grabnar]

my friends, if we enter a full blown energy crisis we’re going to have bigger fish to fry than when Epic Universe expands.

I work in fine chemicals I’m cooking all day lol

There’s some form of price increase baked, people are trying to lock in favorable pricing now for capital investment

 

[UniversalRBLX]

I'm not too worried about a potential energy crisis impacting the parks (assuming nothing major changes for the worse) yet, as these large projects tend to be confirmed months in advance. I'd imagine with permits in place that most negotiations for supplies are in by now.


One thing I think the parks have realized is that even with some sort of major economic crisis... you need something at the end of it to get folks back into the parks. Universal benefited tremendously from having Velocicoaster ready to go in 2021 post-Covid.

 

[Mad Dog]

The war is proving too troublesome for a country (USA) with a major election in 7 months. The present situation will probably be very short term.

 

[OrlLover]

The war is proving too troublesome for a country (USA) with a major election in 7 months. The present situation will probably be very short term.

Fingers crossed it ends soon.

Too many countries in the Middle East that heavily depend on tourism are being affected.

Also with the Midterms looming I wouldn’t want that happening if I was president because it’s setting yourself up for a major loss.