Universal Orlando announces Universal's Epic Universe

You're just reading it all wrong.

Read the announcement again in the voices of Bill S. Preston Esquire and Ted (Theodore) Logan. It helps if you imagine it happening on a stage, and the park being somewhere in the vicinity of San Dimas.

Epic is still pretty heavily used in the UK, I didn't realise we were so far behind you.

Jeff said:

I don't think anyone is bitching about anything. No one is saying, "This is gonna suck, I'm not interested."

Bitching about the announcement, not the park per se.

Terrible. It’s a word that gets tossed around a lot in today’s day and age, though not one I use loosely. When I label something as terrible, I want that experience to live up to the promise that the word makes.

It was a terrible announcement.

But hey...at least we know we'll all be able to "let loose"........

Bill and Ted? You are dating yourself dude! This is more like it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tN9Dj5tkXAE (40 seconds in)

This sounds a lot like the marketing pitch for Islands of Adventure, just 20+ yrs later.

Everything old is new again.

Whoever trapped John Wick in that phone booth should probably know what they’re in for...

Only this time around it's Epic, minus / outside of the announcement!

Ugh... there are still headlines being posted with stupid titles like, "Can a fourth gate topple Disney?" So little critical thinking in the world. Disney and Universal have co-existed for almost 30 years, and will continue to do so. There doesn't have to be a winner or loser. (This is how we approach politics, too.)

There are winners. Orlando and the State of Florida for starters.

I saw a blog post on Facebook last week suggesting that Disney would throw together an announcement for a 5th gate at D23 in a couple of weeks in response to Universal’s announcement.

So looking at Google maps, it seems as if this park is fairly geographically separated from the other universal parks. I guess this was the closet land they could get? Universal seems fairly landlocked for now.

I hope their transportation system with the buses is good when the new hotel opens. Maybe they plan on building an express road??

There is a dedicated bus lane on the road between the north and south campuses.

Epic is closer to the other 2 Universal Parks than Animal Kingdom to Magic Kingdom or the All Star resorts to Magic Kingdom.

What's astounding to me is that with some creative planning they have room for an additional City Walk-like property and another theme park over there.

And a couple more hotels. They are really attempting to match WDW in variety.

Yeah, the only thing really different from Disney here is that there is other stuff between the two areas. With the bus lanes and new traffic interchanges, the separation I think is a non-issue. I do wonder if Lockheed is going to stay there for any serious duration. Having a military contractor in the middle of a getting-more-dense tourism district is weird.

Yea. That is weird. Lockheed site looks like a good location for a future 5th gate. 😂

Jeff:

Yeah, the only thing really different from Disney here is that there is other stuff between the two areas. With the bus lanes and new traffic interchanges, the separation I think is a non-issue.

I hope those improvements help because as it is now, that area sucks for traffic any time of the day. The few times I have taken Universal transportation around property, including to Volcano Bay, it has not been very efficient. That shouldn't happen considering the road from the parking garage to Volcano Bay is private and dedicated to the water park, yet it took way to long. Hopefully moving between Epic and the resort is something that is painless.