I don’t necessarily disagree, but I will differ on just one point (and it’s a small point). Animal Kingdom closes at 6 pm for the comfort of the animals. Not saying it’s not a half day park, just saying there is a good reason for it closing earlier and that it will always close earlier.
@@camgast7479 ya I listened to it. They were only keeping the avatar and Dinoland sections open though. That was to keep up with demand and still have the animals have some sort of calm. Now that demand isn’t there it closes at 6 again.
the only other person ive heard say that ioa and disneyland are the best two parks in america. i agree 100% and i am excited to see how epic universe will stand up against the two.
Most of these parks got fucked over by the financial disaster of Euro Disney. Disney’s MGM Studios got screwed over by being a studio park rushed out and only existing to compete with Universal.
Animal Kingdom and Hollywood Studios have been opened 26 years(AK) and 35 years (DHS) and they both feel like there should be double the attractions they currently have.And DHS may have built Toy Story land and Galaxys Edge recently but the park still feels off,like just doesn't feel like there's enough even though it probably has the most it's ever had and yet even with these two new lands many people preferred the park Back in the day with a more cohesive studios theme than whatever they have now!!
Quality of quantity, AK and HS have some of the best rides at the Disney resort. (Flight of Passage, Expedition Everest, Rise of the resistance, Tower of terror) Another thing I want mention is that people mostly go to AK for the animals, the rides too but not as much. Hollywood studios also has mostly shows and meet and greets to make up for them not having a lot of rides.
Don't get me wrong- epic universe is gonna be amazing. But it still seems underwhelming in terms of number of rides. I feel like the main hub area has nothing to do but a little sight seeing. You either have to be a roller coaster junkie ( stardust racer) or do a kids ride ( the carousel). I was hoping that they put another attraction or two maybe some flat rides in the main hub to soak up the traffic. The main portal lands will be so packed that they need to keep the people in the middle busy. Maybe a celestial theme e-ticket, some grand show, and a couple of flat rides. Overall It will have only 11 total rides and attractions. Yes, compared to when mgm studios and animal Kingdom opened, that's a lot. But why compare to back then when the theme park environment was different. Back then Disney had no real incentives to do anything crazy. There was no competition for them. Comcast is trying to play catch-up now and compete with magic Kingdom and become the preferred destination of theme park goers in Orlando. Magic Kingdom has 30 attractions. There's a lot to do there to soak up the traffic. If Comcast wants to overtake magic Kingdom, it needs a lot more rides and shows. In fact the park is only 115 acres. That is counting the future expansion plot of land and the Helios Grand hotel grounds. If you take away all of that, the park is only 80 something acres of actual theme park. Granted, Disneyland in Calif is about the same size and it is packed to the brim with rides, so i think they can make it work. Still, it's not a very big park compared to others in Orlando.
Disney needs to quite slapping IPs on everything and let the company that does Tokyo Disneysea have free reign. That park is what Disney needs here in the states.
Disney was in a crisis during the 90s. Eisner made a huge gamble and spent a lot of money at Euro Disney. But the parisian resort was a flop. Disney had to cut corners and the american parks suffered from it. I think that the experience at Paris has harmed the company to this day. Especially Bob Iger seems to have learned the wrong lessons from it. Paris has a lot of original ideas? Use Ips instead. Paris has improved versions of the original Disney attractions? Just make exact copies. Also Disney has learned that they can put less effort in their parks and people come anyway.
I know this isn't a popular opinion on here, but I have some concern that Epic Universe is not going to be able to live up to all these expectations (what could?) Being largest in terms of size isn't necessarily a good thing, and while I think it has a half dozen rides that look genuinely great to fantastic (fingers crossed) I *do* feel like at this point there's still going to be a lot of empty space, there are a number of lazily themed more generic rides, etc--things that this video (rightfully) criticizes the past American Disney parks for having but lets Disney off the hook with (and let's be honest, Islands of Adventure had some of these same problems too.)
After seeing Harry Potter at the Studios and IOA, I had a friend who wanted to visit SW at Disney. Absolutely underwhelming and don’t even talk to me about Mickey and Minnie’s railway that is not a suitable replacement for TGMR but better than the Journey Into Imagination debacle over at EPCOT.
I think it’s true. Disney bean counters always cut, cut, cut budgets. The only reason Disney keeps winning is because it has - by far - the better IPs and Disney is just BIGGER.
Disney definitely has the money to be build theme parks on the scale of universal but I think Disney should focus on fixing their existing parks I don’t think they need to rush to do anything do it right the first time so it goes smoothly
Arguably Epic Universe’s biggest selling point is going to be Super Nintendo World. I am surprised you didn’t mention more about it considering how big of a deal it really is. Especially since it has been a big hit at the other two parks it’s currently at, and that’s no surprise since Super Mario is the most successful video game franchise in the world. In fact that’s pretty much the main reason why I plan on even going to Super Nintendo World. I have been to the Hollywood version and I know the Florida is going to be even better since it’s much bigger and hence has more rides. It’s also in my home state too, so the Disney World Killer is really going to take away pretty much all of Disney’s attendance mark my words.
@@asudevil316 Well only the most delusional Disney fans aren’t going to go there. You know the embarrassing group known as Disney Adults. They might try to sabotage Universal.
@@asudevil316 Well only the most delusional Disney fans aren’t going to go there. You know the embarrassing group known as Disney Adults. And even then they are already jealous of Epic Universe anyway.
Universal playing chess while Disney playing checkers. . .the announcement that the main hotel of the park, , THE MAIN HOTEL, , is charging $300 a night, , this will drive Disney Florida into the GROUND
@@asudevil316 I mean. . Youre paying $300 for a Deluxe resort where you are literally footsteps away from the park entrance, , not a monorail ride, not a 30 minute bus ride, not a 40 minute car drive. . .literal feet from your room to the park, , plus add in that DW just announced prices INCREASES across all parks, , universal is looking more and more affordable for me and my family
@@gagelewis6264 funny because in order to experience Epic you have to buy a 3 day ticket. Then pay 300 a night for a mediocre resort and pay more on food than Disney. Educate yourself before you embarrass yourself
@@asudevil316 He calls both USO, AND IOA "mediocre parks", then proceeds to call the creator uneducated. I mean, the irony can't be overstated, man. You couldn't be more wrong, even if you said that the moon is made of Gruyere. People like you amaze me. You practically break the light barrier going through the parks, only to prove that you can. I'd bet cold hard cash, that you're only hitting the signature rides, and were using head-of-the-line access. Most people like to take in every nuance of the parks, and experience off-the-beaten-path things that people like you ignore, so that you can simply ride rides. If that's your end goal, then congrats to you. Yay! (Although, I don't think they give out any prizes for that.) You'd be better off sticking to Six Flags. -__- "literally hit up everything at both IoA and UOR in 1 day." ^^^^^ Yeah, guy....This is enough 'tihsllub' to keep an entire colony of dung beetles fed for a year. Not in any reality known, or UNknown, are you even close to doing every attraction in both parks in one day. But, I did get a good chuckle out of it. 😆
You can hate Disney and their cuts to park without romanticizing the competition. Universal cares about you and your experience as much as Disney, bupkis as long you’re still going. They made fast and the furious supercharge and have been keeping up with Disney with their recent price hikes. I just hope to get to the monster land before they start cutting shit
Exactly this. Some of what the more recent Disney parks are being called out on (and rightfully so) are absolutely problems that Universal has had as well--and I fear some of which I think might pop up at Epic as well.
Universal is actually cheaper than Disney, and by a noticeable amount. There’s absolutely no way I can get a top tier hotel for 4 nights, skip the line passes, and park tickets for 3 days, and spend 2000 dollars at Disney. That’s how much I can get it for at universal. It’s not even close to that cheap at disney
That into is gold LMFAO
universal is playing 5d chess
And Disney thinks it's just poker
Disney playing checkers
RUDE
Is that why they are getting crushed by Disney and will never catch up?
Universal built an entire theme park in the same amount of time it took Disney to build a clone of a ride. 😂
So you suck at math?
Also helps that Disney paid for Epic Universe with the Hulu acquisition 😂
So what your saying is next year velocicoaster might have a small line
No cuz to enter epic you have to buy a 3 day and use 2 of those days on islands or studios so if anything it’s going to be longer than ever
Velocicoasters line isn't bad compared to Hagrids. I've never had to wait more than 1 hour for Velocicoaster.
I don’t necessarily disagree, but I will differ on just one point (and it’s a small point). Animal Kingdom closes at 6 pm for the comfort of the animals. Not saying it’s not a half day park, just saying there is a good reason for it closing earlier and that it will always close earlier.
Did you listen to what he said though. Animal kingdom used to stay open till 9 when Pandora first opened. So that’s just not a valid argument
@@camgast7479 ya I listened to it. They were only keeping the avatar and Dinoland sections open though. That was to keep up with demand and still have the animals have some sort of calm. Now that demand isn’t there it closes at 6 again.
@@camgast7479 what is Universal Orlando and IOAs excuse for closing at 6 pm every night?
What an absolutely fantastic video! Thank you for the great content, I’m definitely subbing!
Universal is actually giving us what the pictures of Epic Universe LOOK like. Compare that to what a lot of what Disney's been giving us looks like.
My first visit to MGM was underwhelming! California Adventure, shocking at the lack of charm.
see disney you've always been this way
Now don't be dissing California Screamin'. Dissing the Incredicoaster retheme is perfectly fine though.
the only other person ive heard say that ioa and disneyland are the best two parks in america. i agree 100% and i am excited to see how epic universe will stand up against the two.
That intro🤣🤣
Most of these parks got fucked over by the financial disaster of Euro Disney.
Disney’s MGM Studios got screwed over by being a studio park rushed out and only existing to compete with Universal.
I'm still laughing at the intro 😂😂😂
Animal Kingdom and Hollywood Studios have been opened 26 years(AK) and 35 years (DHS) and they both feel like there should be double the attractions they currently have.And DHS may have built Toy Story land and Galaxys Edge recently but the park still feels off,like just doesn't feel like there's enough even though it probably has the most it's ever had and yet even with these two new lands many people preferred the park Back in the day with a more cohesive studios theme than whatever they have now!!
Quality of quantity, AK and HS have some of the best rides at the Disney resort. (Flight of Passage, Expedition Everest, Rise of the resistance, Tower of terror) Another thing I want mention is that people mostly go to AK for the animals, the rides too but not as much. Hollywood studios also has mostly shows and meet and greets to make up for them not having a lot of rides.
Don't get me wrong- epic universe is gonna be amazing. But it still seems underwhelming in terms of number of rides. I feel like the main hub area has nothing to do but a little sight seeing. You either have to be a roller coaster junkie ( stardust racer) or do a kids ride ( the carousel). I was hoping that they put another attraction or two maybe some flat rides in the main hub to soak up the traffic. The main portal lands will be so packed that they need to keep the people in the middle busy. Maybe a celestial theme e-ticket, some grand show, and a couple of flat rides.
Overall It will have only 11 total rides and attractions. Yes, compared to when mgm studios and animal Kingdom opened, that's a lot. But why compare to back then when the theme park environment was different. Back then Disney had no real incentives to do anything crazy. There was no competition for them.
Comcast is trying to play catch-up now and compete with magic Kingdom and become the preferred destination of theme park goers in Orlando. Magic Kingdom has 30 attractions. There's a lot to do there to soak up the traffic.
If Comcast wants to overtake magic Kingdom, it needs a lot more rides and shows.
In fact the park is only 115 acres. That is counting the future expansion plot of land and the Helios Grand hotel grounds. If you take away all of that, the park is only 80 something acres of actual theme park. Granted, Disneyland in Calif is about the same size and it is packed to the brim with rides, so i think they can make it work. Still, it's not a very big park compared to others in Orlando.
Disney needs to quite slapping IPs on everything and let the company that does Tokyo Disneysea have free reign. That park is what Disney needs here in the states.
Universal needs to quit making rides that are literally just screens and nothing else.
Disney was in a crisis during the 90s. Eisner made a huge gamble and spent a lot of money at Euro Disney. But the parisian resort was a flop. Disney had to cut corners and the american parks suffered from it.
I think that the experience at Paris has harmed the company to this day. Especially Bob Iger seems to have learned the wrong lessons from it. Paris has a lot of original ideas? Use Ips instead. Paris has improved versions of the original Disney attractions? Just make exact copies. Also Disney has learned that they can put less effort in their parks and people come anyway.
@@kalzium8857 the irony being that 1 whole land at Epic is the 3rd version of the same land...and all mediocre IPs
Epic Universe has less rides and experiences than EVERY Disney park
I know this isn't a popular opinion on here, but I have some concern that Epic Universe is not going to be able to live up to all these expectations (what could?) Being largest in terms of size isn't necessarily a good thing, and while I think it has a half dozen rides that look genuinely great to fantastic (fingers crossed) I *do* feel like at this point there's still going to be a lot of empty space, there are a number of lazily themed more generic rides, etc--things that this video (rightfully) criticizes the past American Disney parks for having but lets Disney off the hook with (and let's be honest, Islands of Adventure had some of these same problems too.)
Im sorry but when the original universal park opened they had almost CERO rides, the learned from that mistake
After seeing Harry Potter at the Studios and IOA, I had a friend who wanted to visit SW at Disney. Absolutely underwhelming and don’t even talk to me about Mickey and Minnie’s railway that is not a suitable replacement for TGMR but better than the Journey Into Imagination debacle over at EPCOT.
how come you mentioned its tough to be a bug, but not incredible jim hensons muppet vision 3-d?
Muppet vision didn't open until almost a year later after the park opening
I think it’s true. Disney bean counters always cut, cut, cut budgets. The only reason Disney keeps winning is because it has - by far - the better IPs and Disney is just BIGGER.
And you didn't even have to mention Walt Disney Studios park in Paris
three more days till i buy tickets!
Don’t forget the park in frisco tax
What up
Disney definitely has the money to be build theme parks on the scale of universal but I think Disney should focus on fixing their existing parks I don’t think they need to rush to do anything do it right the first time so it goes smoothly
Unless Universal Orlando drastically improves their in-park customer service, I ain’t going back anytime soon
It can be a hit or miss but way better than God awful 6flags chains.
I've never had a bad experience with Universals Customer Service. And I've been going for over 26yrs.
Arguably Epic Universe’s biggest selling point is going to be Super Nintendo World. I am surprised you didn’t mention more about it considering how big of a deal it really is. Especially since it has been a big hit at the other two parks it’s currently at, and that’s no surprise since Super Mario is the most successful video game franchise in the world. In fact that’s pretty much the main reason why I plan on even going to Super Nintendo World. I have been to the Hollywood version and I know the Florida is going to be even better since it’s much bigger and hence has more rides. It’s also in my home state too, so the Disney World Killer is really going to take away pretty much all of Disney’s attendance mark my words.
@@Mario87456 are you slow?
@@asudevil316 No I was just making a point.
@@Mario87456 your point makes no sense since Nintendo world wont pull all of Disney's visitors lol
@@asudevil316 Well only the most delusional Disney fans aren’t going to go there. You know the embarrassing group known as Disney Adults. They might try to sabotage Universal.
@@asudevil316 Well only the most delusional Disney fans aren’t going to go there. You know the embarrassing group known as Disney Adults. And even then they are already jealous of Epic Universe anyway.
No EPCOT love?
Universal playing chess while Disney playing checkers. . .the announcement that the main hotel of the park, , THE MAIN HOTEL, , is charging $300 a night, , this will drive Disney Florida into the GROUND
You are uneducated...the main hotel has no good features lol
@@asudevil316 I mean. . Youre paying $300 for a Deluxe resort where you are literally footsteps away from the park entrance, , not a monorail ride, not a 30 minute bus ride, not a 40 minute car drive. . .literal feet from your room to the park, , plus add in that DW just announced prices INCREASES across all parks, , universal is looking more and more affordable for me and my family
@@gagelewis6264 funny because in order to experience Epic you have to buy a 3 day ticket. Then pay 300 a night for a mediocre resort and pay more on food than Disney. Educate yourself before you embarrass yourself
Not a single Universal park is a full day or a 2 day park...how slow are you?
Then how come I spent 4 days at islands
@@GreatAmericanCoaster because you are uneducated? I literally hit up everything at both IoA and UOR in 1 day. Both are mediocre half day parks
@@asudevil316
He calls both USO, AND IOA "mediocre parks", then proceeds to call the creator uneducated. I mean, the irony can't be overstated, man.
You couldn't be more wrong, even if you said that the moon is made of Gruyere. People like you amaze me. You practically break the light barrier going through the parks, only to prove that you can. I'd bet cold hard cash, that you're only hitting the signature rides, and were using head-of-the-line access. Most people like to take in every nuance of the parks, and experience off-the-beaten-path things that people like you ignore, so that you can simply ride rides. If that's your end goal, then congrats to you. Yay! (Although, I don't think they give out any prizes for that.) You'd be better off sticking to Six Flags. -__-
"literally hit up everything at both IoA and UOR in 1 day."
^^^^^
Yeah, guy....This is enough 'tihsllub' to keep an entire colony of dung beetles fed for a year. Not in any reality known, or UNknown, are you even close to doing every attraction in both parks in one day. But, I did get a good chuckle out of it. 😆
you also forgot walt disney studios in paris- the worst disney park ever built
You can hate Disney and their cuts to park without romanticizing the competition. Universal cares about you and your experience as much as Disney, bupkis as long you’re still going. They made fast and the furious supercharge and have been keeping up with Disney with their recent price hikes. I just hope to get to the monster land before they start cutting shit
Exactly this. Some of what the more recent Disney parks are being called out on (and rightfully so) are absolutely problems that Universal has had as well--and I fear some of which I think might pop up at Epic as well.
Universal is actually cheaper than Disney, and by a noticeable amount. There’s absolutely no way I can get a top tier hotel for 4 nights, skip the line passes, and park tickets for 3 days, and spend 2000 dollars at Disney. That’s how much I can get it for at universal. It’s not even close to that cheap at disney
Imagine Elon Musk buys Disney...
Imagine Universal making a deal with Elon Musk
Imagine Disney buying Elon Musk and Comcast.
@@JudgeDunfeeTheParkitecter Disney and Comcast under one umbrella would never get regulatory approval.
@@JudgeDunfeeTheParkitecter Worst nightmare scenario
He would try to Make Mickey Great Again, and rebrand the park from Walt Disney's to Elon Musk's :)