New Details Revealed for Universal Theme Park in Texas - Universal Kids Frisco
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Will you be taking your kids to this new park when it opens in a few years?
1000% yes
Yes
I'll take my little niece and nephew :)
We're fortunate enough to have both Dutch Wonderland and Sesame Place close to us here in PA (both of which I feel like will be similar in the target demographic for this place). Unfortunately, I think most of my kids will be out of the target audience once this opens, so it will probably be a no (though if I had younger kids, I would certainly take them... especially if they built one in the Mid-Atlantic area.
Maybe once, just to see it. But my daughter is 10 now, so she will be in middle school, if not high school, by the time it opens.
I think this is a very underrated move by Universal Studios. Texas has a huge population, and now families in the Midwest have a significantly closer location main stream theme park to take their kids too. They will capitalize on that and slowly build the dark rides/coasters/thrill rides as popularity in this park grows, thus forcing the Disney parks to maybe do a bit more to maintain crowd interest at their Cali and Florida parks. I think the new Princess and the Frog ride at Disneyland will draw them back some interest, but Universal is absolutely making some major moves on Disney with this park, Epic Universe and the Vegas Halloween Horror Nights attraction
It doesn’t need to have any and based on this information doesn’t plan to. Teens and adults are not the target audience and doesn’t have to be for profitability. In fact it actually opens up a whole list of other issues that Frisco probably doesn’t want to deal with like increased crime. The park isn’t being built to cater to adults and teens. Younger demographics make up a huge bulk of attendance in major theme parks. They’re building this based on tried and true marketing and profitability statistics. Kids are where the money is at, because build it and their parents will take them.
Very interesting that there’ll be no dark rides here, I wonder if that will help to keep costs and upkeep low since this is such a new concept for them. I would definitely expect lots of themed flat rides and very themed play areas everywhere, plus hopefully some good character meet and greets.
Agreed, I always felt like a traditional dark ride is always an excellent anchor attraction that can be geared towards kids but still be fun for all audiences. Maybe there will be a dark ride in a future expansion, or in other locations
This park is going to Afilações I recommend what WdwCentral said because this might be Universal's America
Dude that area is not even that big of an acre. Its in a community by an overpass and a bunch of residential area, they were definitely tripping when they thought this plan up. And the Mayor and city officials are just in it for the money.
a big name competitor to Sesame Place & LegoLand to capture that market seems like a no-brainer.
Very unique idea for as big a company as Universal, very unexpected! When I was a kid and went to Universal Studios for the first time, I didn’t get a lot out of it as a child who was super scared of coasters. As an adult now I don’t think I would make any special trips to go to this new park, but I think the idea of something catering to small children who aren’t toddlers is really nice. As a dinosaur loving kid who grew into a dinosaur loving adult I hope the Camp Cretaceous part is true, I would have loved something like that as a kid especially considering the JP section of Universal Studios might be a little intense for kids that age in the ride department.
Universal Kids would makes sense. Universal Kids is the name of their TV channel. Started as PBS Kids, then Sprout, and then rebranded to Universal Kids a number of years back.
Well it’s a huge bummer that it’s almost entirely themed for kids aged 9 and younger, would be nice if they added at least one dark ride and one roller coaster themed for teens and adults!
Also fireworks and expanded hours until 9 pm on weekends!
Maybe for the expansion plan?
It's funny that when I worked at Universal there were rumors of a DreamWorks park and then epic was announced and then a couple years later here we are l, but it's weird that they don't want any dark rides, wonder if that will change cause summers in Texas can be brutal
I love the idea of this park. It allows Universal to expand their audience and age demographic, even if by a little bit. I think this park can be very solid, especially since it sounds theming is going to have to carry. Tho I definitely think the park could’ve used at least one to three dark rides.
I’m either way looking forward to the park even if I’m no where near the target audience (I’m 17). Not everything needs to be thrilling and exciting even if that has been Universal’s thing for a while (I think Mario Kart and Secret Life of Pets are other great examples of this). So I’m glad to see them expanding their horizons.
Yeah I am surprised at no dark rides. What's up with all those big buildings then? Can't all be dining and shows. I think there will be some changes and a dark ride makes it in. I will be shocked it that sticks.
The rides are all designed for 4-10 yo kids so why would they spend 100 million on rides for that? That is how much dark rides cost these days. The whole idea of this park is to take kids away from the real parks. A genius idea IMO. Likely the tickets will be cheap, 97 acres is small.
@PercussionNow Dark rides do not need to be super elaborate like Spider Man or Forbidden Journey. They can be simple boat rides or track rides through set pieces with or without sophisticated animatronics. For example, over in the rumored Vamp Jurassic area... they build a dark ride that puts a family in Jeep and takes them through a prehistoric land with a little misadventure. You can build something like and make it expensive, but you can also make it simple for less.
@@LChatmanFL I agree that would be fun, but cheap. Most likely not. There are a litany of youtube videos making fun of some of the international resorts like signapore for how cheap their dark rides are and they were all in the 20 million range, I don’t think a tiny 90acre park for kids wants to commit 20 million per ride when park tickets will barely cost anything. Already just the plants and installations in camp jurassic in Orlando cost about 40 million in todays dollars and costs, it was 15 million back in the day. Another reference is Volcano bay which has no dark rides and is all slides cost around 600 million back in the day which is around 800million today with material costs. Comcasts budget is 1.2 billion a year for Las Vegas, Frisco, Epic Universe, Orlando, Hollywood. Do with that what you will.
@PercussionNow Well keep in mind the ride only has to appeal to grade schoolers. I have been to Legoland FL a number of times with my son, and they do a great job with their dark rides. I think FL is sitting on 150 acres. But anyway, if Comcast were to greenligt a dark ride for 20 mil I am sure it will be just fine. The cynics are the only ones that will complain, but they are not the target audience.
this is a good idea. something for the smaller kids to do so that way they can still get a universal vacation so when older can go to the bigger parks where they will be tall enough for the big rides
@georgesxel-gharib8782 it's for younger people. The ones like "studios" and epic universe are for older people.
@@graffiti.777 Target audience 3-9, so that checks out.
@@candicraveingcloude2822 this it even has kids in the title and even said was for 3-9 year olds. Georges just wasn't paying attention i guess or didn't even watch the video and just commented
@ChouhouinNeko yep. Little kids, not teens...
@@graffiti.777 dude I’m 17 and I think it sounds neat 😂
As a dad, this park makes a ton of sense for me and my family. Looking forward to it
It seems that there are many commenters whose biggest complaint is that they aren't in the target demographic. Is this place for me? No. Do I think it will be good for Universal? Yes! Get those kids started young! Can you imagine them showing adds for this place before Dreamwork's movies? Little kids will go crazy! And you get them having good experiences with Universal in the 3-9 year age range and when they age out of here, Universal Orlando and Hollywood will be the logical next step (and it allows the "main" parks to continue to target the older demographic. And who knows, if this place is successful enough in Texas, maybe it encourages Universal to build a second park in he area catered towards an older audience.
If it actually does include the properties and lands that this video speculates, then I'd be willing to road trip my family to Texas from Florida to check it out. My kids would love it. There isn't much for kids that age to do at Universal or Islands of Adventure even though my wife and I love them.
You got Legoland and Mario Nintendo
@@seanbryan1739 Legoland has been great for kids for sure. We're definitely looking forward to Epic Universe opening with all those lands. It can't come soon enough.
@@letitgrow1846 true shit, lego land was the BOMB when i was a kid. I can see how a park like this as well as epic universe is gonna be really good for the younger audience
I knew that adults and teenagers will be welcome to this new theme park. Sure the rides won't be extreme but it's still a nice to go to when the theme park is in operation.
This is a good idea for them to build it because children who live in Frisco Texas can go to a Universal Studios Theme Park that is designed for them as their beginners in theme parks.
I don't think this park will happen because in another video by WDW Central he said that there are many NIMBYs who oppose this
This park looks and sounds cool. I just hope this park doesn’t skew to young to the point where adults will feel alienated.
Looks like it will unfortunately. But still neat
I am glad to see Universal branching into Texas. The rumors of Disney building in Texas have been running for years- now that the competition is stepping in first, will we see Disney announce a Texas park? I hope so! Texas needs more theme park love.
Nah
If they don’t, Universal will inevitably win the theme park long game.
Yes, actually they rumored that in Van Alstyne Texas there would be a Disney theme park. However, now it’s the fastest growing city in Grayson County, and there’s at least five subdivisions building built. This might be a no sadly for the location 😢
I don't wanna bring politics and sorry that I did but you know how disney is when it comes to Conservatives and red states. Disney didn't want to film in Georgia because of their anti abortion bill and recently had beef with Ron DeSantis. I seriously doubt disney would want to go to Texas
Wish Universal would theme the smaller parks to all age groups also. They wouldn’t need to go all out like the bigger parks but make sure there are things for every age group. The smaller parks are more for closer families, but I think they should work towards an older audience too. The age group is very young and could be boring for kids a bit older. The other parks are destinations for all from around the world, including every age. Not sure how well this will work for such a young crowd basically.
Can’t wait for Epic to open it is going to be Epic (pun intended).
As much as I’d like to see small region parks themed around single properties (e.g. Lord of the Rings, Fast and the Furious, Legend of Zelda), I doubt it will happen.
Younger kids generate higher profits. It just is what it is. Adults and teens won’t consistently spend money to attend themed parks whereas parents will take younger kids on a regular basis plus on special events like birthdays. This new park will be a cash cow for Frisco.
Love the music in this one! Thanks for all you do Alicia :)
Thank you, I had some fun selecting a few songs new to the channel just for this topic!
No dark rides is really weird to me. I feel like doing dark rides like the Secret Life of Pets ride at Hollywood at the park would be successful for a younger audience. So is it mostly going to be just shows, play grounds, and flat rides with a small coaster or something?
I'm a little confused by their choice of no dark rides. When I was a kid I absolutely loved Fantasyland at Disneyland, and that's basically the definition of 'kids ride' in my book. I hope it's not all flat rides; those made me very ill as a child.
My only disappointment for sure. Seems like a missed opportunity to have at least 1 family dark ride.
It’s a mistake to not have them.
I don’t think this was their choice. I think the city made all these restrictions
@@clearglass6300 I mean, possibly. But blocking dark rides seems like a weird choice. They're low profile, low noise... of all the kinds of rides you can install, they're the least 'nuisance prone'.
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Very interesting.... im looking forward to moving to the Frisco area... Better quality of life for me and my potential family
I have a feeling that this new theme park at universal will be the world's first ever DreamWorks theme park! 😊😲
True, but be aware that Dreamland in Australia had a Dreamworks themed land.
@@UmmYeahOk as does Motiongate Dubai which has an entire indoor Dreamworks land, which I would probably compare this park most to
Very curious to see how this works out for them. I’m trying to picture disney (kiddie rides only) without the dark rides and I’m left with dumbo, tea cups, and barnstormer .. not exactly something I’d spend a ton of money on or travel for. That’s the great thing about Disney is kids can ride but adults have fun too and the dark rides are that perfect mix. This doesn’t seem like it’ll draw the adults or even just older kids in, which I’m not sure is the best idea. But hey, I hope they prove me wrong and it’s a success. I’ll stick to the Orlando-style parks though.
Thank you for this update. To me, a family park MEANS dark rides. I’m very disappointed to hear that. Especially since they could clone SLOP and the new moving walkway Minions attraction. Oh well.
I'm very surprised to hear that there won't be any dark rides, as I'm sure something like E.T. or Secret Life of Pets: Off the Leash could be very popular in this kind of park. Nevertheless, I'm very excited for this project and will definitely be keeping my eye on it.
I hope this is the first of many!
Sounds very Senior Family Friendly❤i hope to go and eat treats and enjoy the Fun Atmosphere❤
I’m curious what their definition of a Dark Ride is. Is the Secret Life of Pets ride considered a dark ride? It’s indoors and full of animatronics but it’s by no means dark inside. It’s really quite unique in that regard.
That counts. I think dark rides in general are just indoor rides
Eh we don’t need that here. Keep it in cali.
We are soo excited! Live only 8 min from the park!! Whoot whoot
Seems like a non-waterpark answer to a Kalahari or Great Wolf Lodge. One of those resorts set up entirely to take a vacation for your little kids. Interesting idea from Universal
We don't have kids so I'd be interested in an adults only park. That would rock! 🎉
They must bring that in Dallas city, not frisco
@@sudhakarselkaI beg universal studios to do it
Since Kidzone at Universal Studios Florida closed they should name this park Kidzone
Universal Kids Frisco is basically taking Kids Zone and making it a standalone regional park.
Epic Universe is a modular theme park. The designs of each of those lands could be taken whole-cloth and built as a stand alone regional theme park. The isle of Berk in epic universe seems to have been designed with the same constraints as universal kids: no dark rides, no tall roller coasters, not for adults.
Universal Hunts Vegas shows the universal also wants to do regional resorts geared towards adults. I’m expecting the Vegas hunt to reuse props from HHN so that it can be an inexpensive way to test the market.
I think the plan is if Universal Kids Frisco and Universal Haunts Vegas is successful, we might see stand-alone Universal Monsters Park or Universal Wizarding World park as regional theme parks 15-20yrs down the line. Because Epic Universe is so modular I could see them shutting down a land shipping across the country to one of their regional locations while they the build the replacement in Orlando.
Universal Kids Frisco is 30 acres. The land in epic universe are ~15 acres. If they decide to do an adult regional park they can fit two lands in a park the size of the kids park.
I believe that HTTYD could potentially be one of the expansion lands if this park becomes successful. Otherwise, it would take over Camp Cretaceous, as I feel that it’s only there because kids like dinosaurs, and adults like Jurassic Park, but neither care much about some Netflix series. It just seems like an odd IP to theme an entire land around. Disney themed a ride off a 1989 show, which actually was popular in its day, and only now recently was closed, (Gadget’s Go Coaster), but can you imagine an entire land based on Rescue Rangers?
Also, Epic Universe is 750 acres, so I am not sure what you believe to be 15 acres, but Universal owns 97 acres of the Frisco property, which is bigger than DCA and smaller than DLR, so it’s still an impressive size.
Also also, there currently is vast amounts of empty pasture land just north of there, so even if a decade from now, if they wanted to build a second park or something, they could. It’s also a 31 minute drive from DFW airport, or 45 minutes if you avoid the tolls.
@@UmmYeahOk each land in epic universe: Harry Potter, how to train your dragon, monsters, etc. is ~15 acres. About the size of Galaxy’s Edge in DLP. According to the proposal the Universal Kids Park is going to be about half the size of DCA with the bulk of the land going to parking, for now at least
@@genappithy thanks for the clarification. Epic is clearly going to be “epic,” so 15 acres for each land makes much more sense.
While the initial phase is just 30 acres, I could see the two expansion lands bringing it to 50. And if it was necessary for a parking garage, they could bring that number to 60 or 70 acres. But I can’t imagine growing to that level without actually targeting families instead of just little kids.
My daughter loved Wizarding World more as a 7yo when we went than as an a 9yo, but those rides are too intense IMO, other than the hippogriff. Universal would have to expand into other nonDreamworks IP if they wanted to do something like that though. They would also have to adhere to local agreements that was mentioned in the video. I am not sure if that land has officially been annexed by Frisco yet. Even if it has, the border wouldn’t be too far from there to build outside of the district if they no longer want to agree with their promised proposal.
Dang was hoping for a full on universal park
Kind of Surprised Super Nintendo World isn’t Part of it. As nintendo is one of the biggest kid’s properties Universal has access too (hopefully soon though)
Thinking about it though its Good that Universal is branching off to other states. And it totally will be cool to see another park in texas based on a normal universal experience
They should build something in illinois
I am very exciting that finally a theme park in Disneyland level come to Frisco after so many years's Disneyland-to-Frisco rumor
widespread in DFW area.
Texas sorely needs some theme parks, so glad at least Universal wants to bring something on a smaller scale. If successful, I could see these popping up in other theme park starved states like Arizona.
@@coherentpanda7115 I wouldn't necessarily call Arizona starved. They have LA/Anaheim right next door.
@@ADJenks Anaheim to Phoenix is about 6 hours by car. Not exactly a day or even weekend trip worthy.
This place is going to be a nightmare to visit if you know anything about the area. The highway that it's off of is constantly full of traffic, even without rush hour or a horrible theme park on it. There's a good chance that there's going to be enough push back from the community to get this blocked.
The traffic to this theme park during rush hour is on the opposite direction. From the new map, the only way can go to the park is through PGA parkway. If this theme park goes to Dallas, then your comments is correct.
I live near here and I haven’t heard of any one being excited about this. We are so overcrowded already. Everyone wishes it was farther north.
There is a guy called WdwCentral he also went into more detail on this project
they did good.. cause dallas has a large group of young children and dallas doesn't have a lot of kiddie rides, as a mom of 1 month , 3 and 4 years of children and living 10 min away from this frisco location .. i am excited
I would love this in my area but i dont see myself planning a vacation for such a small park. But really happy for universal for innovating and not just changing old rides like Disney.
Wait they said the TARGET is 3:9, and I think changing old rides sometimes is good for parks cuz they can bring new things for ppl
Just wondering how you can invest or be a vendor inside the theme park if possible? :) Thank you for the info!
As someone who plans on eventually to go to all the parks in Orchards. Every Jurassic section and raiding them all the fact that there are Camp Cretaceous stuff in there means I'm probably going to eventually visit this plus it's an excuse to visit my relatives in Texas. I really hope and would be shocked if there wasn't a expansion that would add Outdoors Nintendo elements maybe something either from more Mario Pokemon for Kirby because that's kind of Nintendo's more kid-friendly stuff especially with things like Yoshi in the Mario universe.
Count me as excited for the hotel..too bad about the dark ride, but I still hope this park (& hotel) come to fruition sooner than later 🤞🤞
This is a can't miss I believe. The only competition is a not so kid friendly Six Flags, Legoland Discovery Center & SeaWorld San Antonio with their Sesame Street area. I have 3 kids & I can tell you right now... parents want/need nice places to take their kids. My kids are now too big for Legoland FL, but when they were younger we went and tons of fun. They have now graduated to UOR and Disney. I also expect one of the 1st expansions to be a Waterpark on about 15 of those acres.
Agreed! And I definitely think that expansion space to the top-left of the park will be for a water park for a ticket add-on!
@@ThemeParkStop That sneaky little image in the upper left looks like a slide tower to me... maybe a coaster... but very odd layout if a coaster.
I'm excited for this! I'm really close by and I can definitely see myself going with some friends who have kids. The only thing even close to this in the area is Six Flags (which doesn't exactly cater to children) and when the State Fair is in town. I think the determining thing will be the ticket price but I'm really excited to see what they have planned.
I don't think this park will happen because there are many NIMBYs who oppose this
i think they should’ve gone with 1 or two dark rides, even if just simple and slow moving like the new yoshi and secret life of pets rides. i also really hope this takes some of the younger kids away from the orlando parks to help with crowding
In my opinion, this kid theme park may even bring more security to the neighborhood:
1.) Small kids do not have enough life experiences to think about ( or desire ) making crime;
Their major concern will be fun, ice cream and snacks etc. Some kids’s major weapon
Are crying.
2.) Small kids do not have capability to make crime without adults involved ( They can’t
buy guns in Texas even though they can get gun from adults ) towards adults carrying guns.
3.) Because they are small kids, the city of Frisco will put more polices to protect them, plus
Universal Studio will put more security guards surrounding them.
4.) Because too many polices and security guards around that neighborhood, bad people may
Try to find somewhere else to make crimes.
So does Frisco have an airport, will we get transportation from airport to hotel?
No dark rides seems like a mistake. Even smaller level dark rides would be a good idea. So basically this is just a well themed Universal playground.
"No dark rides" man ngl im now expecting this park to be very disappointing. I have no issue with it being for very small kids, but "no dark rides" tells me they're investing in cheap thrills for kids, like what u can find in those Looney Tunes areas at Six Flags parks. Im pretty disappointed and dont have higj hopes.
Got to hand it to Universal this is definitely a game changer. I don’t know if Disney will have an answer for this.
So many people including the media are misrepresenting what this park is. This is a small regional “attraction” similar to Sesame Place. It’s not for adults, it’s not for teens, it’s SMALL. This is one of the only creators that is accurately sharing what this “park” truly is. This is a not a Disney competitor lol.
Thanks! I try to cut through the noise whenever possible. I think it’s a neat idea, but it’s definitely not a nationwide travel destination, it’s for the locals. But what is exciting to me, is that there may be more in cities all around if it does well!
I might go there if theirs anything unique but when it opens I have no plans
Wow, first of many of the kind. Universal is really being aggressive, hopefully their investments make Disney get innovative.
I'm wondering if this park does well could we see more smaller attractions around the country of similar size and style. Like for example they are only using half the acreage of the land they bought for the children's park could they build that area out to either include another small park oriented to adults/teens or perhaps could they build one off attractions like another permanent HHN attraction on the land or the heavily themed escape room style attraction like what they built in Orlando. Or perhaps even a chain of hotels around the country that are super themed to one specific IP for example Frisco could get a Harry Potter themed hotel, Vegas could get a Jurassic World/park themed hotel. I could see Universal maybe branching out an trying a strategy that leads to smaller attractions all over the country themed to just one IP then if you want to experience all the IPs in one place you have to visit one of the larger resorts
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So these are gonna be the new six flags. Pretty cool wish they did some small parks with bigger rides but that's alright
With this being the “first of many” hotel/attractions projects coming from Universal I’m really hoping that will include something akin to Galactic Starcruiser using the Wizarding World IP. The lore is better suited to an immersive resort experience and I truly believe Universal could pull it off. With JK Rowling’s stringent rules regarding existing characters and locations I think Universal could really let loose with an Ilvermorny resort.
I'm wondering a few concepts for this new park will be debuting in the former Kids zone.
Hopefully this is successful Enough for Universal to build a standalone Super Nintendo World some day, one with more Nintendo IPs beyond Mario, but where?
From stuff that's probably going to be leaving soon even though this was iterated back when it was announced the hole and particularly for epic universe is called Super Nintendo World and that while phase one has Mario characters they expect to expand to other popular IP and the decades go on. The rumored next expansions for a potential Phase 2 and phase 3 are Legend of Zelda and Splatoon respectively while having possible unique endeavors such as Metroid, Pokemon, Animal Crossing and stuff be unique to different theme parks depending on regional needs. Out of all the theme parks epic universe is probably going to have the most basically being a mini theme park I'm nothing but Nintendo properties because while Beijing is probably eventually going to get Super Nintendo World outside of the Mario stuff it's probably going to be much different due to them having to evaluate what the Chinese market actually likes is Nintendo expand their IP'sin the region.
Both young and old fans should deserve a standalone Super Nintendo World (Animal Crossing, Donkey Kong, F-Zero, Fire Emblem, Kid Icarus, Kirby, Legend of Zelda, Luigi’s Mansion, Mario, Metroid, Pikmin, Pokémon, Splatoon, Xenoblade Chronicles, Yoshi)
@@markelcraig5042 first of all they wouldn't include Half of those franchises because the only one that Nintendo and universe are going to finance our actual Mega franchises that have absolute draw and appeal in like the multi millions of dollars. There's also multiple reasons why they're not going to make a standalone Nintendo World in the same way have Disney is never going to make a standalone Pixar World War Marvel world separate from the parks.
Will there be a DART rail or bus station nearby?
I am just curious about the 'year around' aspect. It gets super cold in Texas over the winter. How will they have any water attractions open four to five months out of the year? Even Six Flags Texas is only open Spring to Fall.
Which is why I said “if” it was to be open year round. I’m not sure that has been confirmed yet.
I had lost all hope, no dark rides too now 😢
Those are the world cities currently have either/both Disneyland or/and Universal Studio theme park:
Paris, Los Angeles, Tokyo, Singapore, Hong kong, Shanghai, China and Beijing, China, Orlando.
You can see that most of them are world top 20 cities with high "culture" and high "image".
Some of them are the soul of everything of their country. Some people feel that Singapore's theme park is too small; otherwise,
it can improve this city's image even more.
Today, one of my friends in Houston forward me a Houston news - “H.E.B.” came to Frisco last
year and Universal Studio theme park come to Frisco this year!”. So, I no longer have to
explain to them Frisco is a small town in DFW metro area and closer to Plano. ( Some friends
don’t even know Plano.)
This “Universal Studio theme park possibly come to Frisco” news has already brought Frisco to
Texas state stage, U.S.A stage and world stage because even the other planned Universal
Studio horror theme park is in World famous Las Vegas Strip. Every city having Universal
Studio theme park Is in world stage except Frisco!
When will construction begin?
This really does seem like Sesame Place, but without the water park elements. While the art suggests all Dreamworks, would they really not include some Minions in here? That's like Universal's biggest kid friendly franchise. Should be interesting to see what is actually built.
Expect traffic to suck. That area is congested as is currently.
Man, they are making big moves out there in Frisco. With the way they take their time to build, it might be finished by 2035.
Do they have their own power grid? They may need it.
I'm not from Texas but I would be a little bummed about not having any rides for adults or dark rides. I guess maybe it's budget isn't so high for Universal though.
This is actually a great concept for SoCal since Universal Hollywood doesn't have the space for a proper kidzone like their other parks have.
I live here 😮
You will try Universal Studios in Northern California.
Would be cool if similar to actual Disneyland park original. Hopefully it’s still entertaining enough including good food or people will only go once and spread the word fast. Many people have gone to good theme parks so I hope they don’t give too much of a dumbed down experience or lack in quality just because of location- because people will know. If it’s more similar to a glorified state fair or carnival I don’t see it doing well. If they bring full on themed universal experience that’s worth while then it will probably succeed there and other places. Chocolate emporium would be good there.
Relatively low run costs combined with lots of food and beverage and you've got a financial hit. The question becomes, can they get enough repeat visitors .. like with a zoo or some comparable 'park'.
I know a lot of families who have annual passes to places like Legoland which offers special pricing for locals. That gets them to visit quite often, and while they’re there I’m sure they buy food and toys too!
Northern Frisco’s fields development is called “a city within a city”
It seems very special and unique so that it should have something very different
( special & unique ) from Frisco, surrounding cities and all other Texas cities.
News from Austin, Houston and other Texas cities mentioned about
That Universal Studio theme park finally comes to Texas beyond
California and Florida. It implies that Texas is a well-regard state and it is Texas’s
pride because only Texas and already famous Las Vegas strip are considered by
Universal Studio.
Universal Studio theme parks and Disneyland theme parks are only available in
Very few world class “who-is-who” cities so that it can make this “a city within a city”
very special. On the other hand, This planned Frisco theme park focusing on
Small kids Is unique among all world-wide Universal Studio theme parks and other
Good brand theme parks.
So, in my opinion, this Universal Studio small kids theme park is absolutely necessary
to “a city within a city”.
No dark rides very much signals a budget park. It’s a weird call for Texas in particular due the the scorching summers there.
TX is no joke. This is going to be really successful. But they’re capping their age target too low, especially with people having fewer kids. Minimum increase target to ages 18 and under
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I didn't see any accommodations for public transit in the concept map, which doesn't give me faith in the designers. I think it would be a good idea to plan for light rail from the beginning.
The mayor’s FAQ said that something like that is not planned for this area.
So, if the plans for these kids parks is to build them all across the country, I wonder what the chances are of them building one in Florida eventually. Would they be too worried about cannibalizing their existing parks, or could it be a "5th gate" (including water parks) at Universal Orlando? Of course, it's much too early to tell, but it's fun to think about.
So this was the original idea behind DisneyQuest. There would be smaller mini parks in regional locations so that people who couldn’t/wouldn’t travel to WDW, could still have some sort of proxy park to spend their money at. People keep comparing this with Legoland, but in reality, it’s more like Legoland Discovery Center, which actually is more regional. There is already one in Dallas, which is a mini indoor park, with an outdoor splash area. It proved that the DisneyQuest concept would/could have worked. The problem is that Disney pretty much gave up on it the second the first one opened with lack of maintenance.
They opened the first one at Orlando, and it really didn’t cannibalize anything. People who already had access with their vacation package would make downtown Disney a full day, if they had a fifth or sixth day rather than pay to go to Universal. The Chicago location, I’m not sure what happened, but given that everything is union up there, especially construction, I wonder. They abandoned NYC, but I know that would have been successful as plenty of locals would want to visit if tourists didn’t. The concept would have done wonders in Vegas, where family don’t have a lot of options, as everything is too adult focus there.
That said, across the Dallas Legoland Discover Center, (it’s in a mall), is SeaLife, the once former location of GameWorks. DisneyQuest wanted to be more like GameWorks, and less like a mini park, which may have been another cause for its downfall. I believe that had DisneyQuest focused on being more of a park proxy, and less of an arcade, they would be all over today.
I am curious to see what this universal park will be, since they are emphasizing putting the “park” back into theme park, which seems more outdoors, and less inside a heated and air conditioned building, like the Legoland and DisneyQuest model.
No dark rides and only catering to children sounds like a bad idea. I would think it would be best to cater to families because everyone can get behind that. Even people visiting without a family. Family entertainment can provide for a good experience for everyone. This is funny but kinda like the OG version of the show Bluey.
so essentially, a legoland style kids park
What if “No Dark Rides” means no rides with dark themes, like Skull Island, Revenge of the Mummy, and other “scary” rides?
it’s exciting but of course it’s literally down the street from my highschool lol
at least ill be graduated and out
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Even though traffic to this possible kids theme park is in opposite direction during rush hour
plus, from new map, It seems that PGA parkway is the only one can enter/exit this small
Kid theme park. ( If this theme park goes to Dallas, then, during rush hour, not only the traffic
In Dallas parkway will be a nightmare; it is going to be a nightmare to I-75 too.)
Frisco residents are like spoiled kids. From 3 or 3:30 PM to 6 PM, if you drive in I-680 from San Jose
To any cities which is northern of Fremont, the normal half an hour or 1 hour driving distance takes
About 3 hours. I had been told that I-405 have the closer situation. If you drive in Boston during Winter
With snow on both side of highway making the highway be 2 lane ( I in each direction ), the traffic jam
Makes several people had to piss in the bushes of the middle of the highway. So do Virginia and New York.
Frisco used to be the best place to live for cowboys ( not Dallas cowboy ) and cowgirls; it is no longer
a town with possibility having a cow walking in Dallas parkway.
Yeah I think I won’t be going. Two reasons come to mind. One, no dark rides that’s a little disappointing. And also A lot of kids that size don’t wanna ride a lot of rides anyway. And this isn’t a theme park. This is more like an amusement park. But to each his own and for those who go I hope they have a great time but for me not my cup of tea. Great video and information as always. Thank you.
I think it's cool that they are bringing universal studios to Texas, but if it's just for kids from 3 to 9. My son would be to old to go by the time it's finished. I would probably never go.
It’s interesting how so many people seem to be shocked that this park won’t cater to adults and teens. It doesn’t have to cater to that demographic to make money. Frisco is building it not just to cater to their community, surrounding cities and states, but ultimately to generate income. This park is about profits and the younger demographics is where the money’s at, specifically their parents pockets. They will take kids year round as well as on special occasions like birthdays. Families budget for this stuff.
I did some research on crimes in the USA. I can't find a single case crime with 3-9 kids kill adults with gun because
the adult with gun ( or without gun ) rejects to give the kids ice cream, chocolate cookies etc.
n Jan. 11 city meeting, a woman urged city leaders to first fix the traffic problems at Eldorado Parkway and the Dallas North Tollway. Actually, The traffic to Universal Studio kids theme park is in totally different direction.
Its about to be terrible.
Just like to say thanks.... your videos are fantastic and very informative...now down to my question you seen to be a person in the know when it comes to universal theme parks and resorts. I live in Spain and have been hearing and reading a few rumours that universal are trying to reacquire Portaventura ferrari land a waterpark and several in resort hotels in Salou near Barcelona i would very much appreciate one of your fantastic videos on plans future plans etc I'm very much hoping universal want to make spain their European hub as is Paris for disney and bring all their major IPS with them Harry Potter Jurassic and so on....
While I have hinted that this is being heavily rumored lately in a couple videos and on the podcast, I don't want to dig in with an in-depth video until we something a bit more solid... Although, the recent trademarks have been promising!
As an adult Disney/Universal parks fan with no children, and in driving distance to Frisco, this is very disappointing.
Pretty much solidified everything I said about it (as opposed to everything I guess about the big parks!!). Still up in the air is the name. I said before DreamWorks __________ is too limiting. Camp Cretaceous is technically Universal AND DreamWorks, but Jurassic Everything is definitely a Universal brand. Plus, I just can't see them ignoring the Minions. #1 kids movie of 2022! Biggest animated franchise. They aren't going to leave that much merch on the table! (There's a lot of mysteriously-empty space in the concept art, all right in the middle. Did they scrub out the biggest two lands so there could be some surprise in the future? Yeah, maybe the Minions not being here lends credence to the whole DreamWorks Park idea, but Kung Fu Panda and How to Train Your Dragon aren't here either, and they're both bigger than Madagascar or Trolls.) Anyhow, I think Universal Kids is a good name. Not great, but it gets two important points across:
1) This is a Universal park.
2) These are Universal characters.
3) Don't expect scary stuff.
That said, Universal KidZone is better.
I get the feeling “Universal Kids” is the branding for all small parks like this, and just like each of the Busch Gardens parks have their own theme, there could be a DreamWorks park here, maybe an Illumination park elsewhere, etc. So maybe like “Universal Kids Frisco: DreamWorlds” or something