Originally Posted By dshyates So Universal is jumping on the China Bandwagon: <a href="http://in.reuters.com/article/rbssIndustryMaterialsUtilitiesNews/idINSHA13165320090212" target="_blank">http://in.reuters.com/article/...20090212</a>
Originally Posted By Anatole69 How much do you want to bet they get theirs built before Disney? lol. This will more than likely be the busiest Universal Theme Park, depending upon how much the ticket will cost the locals. - Anatole
Originally Posted By barboy 1.5 billion??? Uh.... sorry to be the harbinger of bad news but to build a 1st class park these days 1.5 just won't cut it.......... unless one thinks that the expansion of Dl Anaheim to DLR(DCA and company) in 2001 was done well. Well, if those local chinese will work for cheap and Universal recycles/replicates all those existing attractions...... which we can safely assume that they will reuse those designs from Orlando, Hangapore and Dubai..........then maybe 1.5 B is enough.
Originally Posted By oc_dean >>1 dshyates Fri 2/13/2009 10:12a So Universal is jumping on the China Bandwagon: <a href="http://in.reuters.com/article/...20090212" target="_blank">http://in.reuters.com/article/...20090212</a> 2 Anatole69 Fri 2/13/2009 11:52a How much do you want to bet they get theirs built before Disney? lol. << What's funny I seem to recall a Kevin Yee column from Miceage where he explains how Disney is into the "Reactionary Business". Referring to the Orlando properties .... if Disney gets wind Universal is doing something big, Disney reacts by racing to the start line before they do. They couldn't just "Do something" because they are in the showmanship business and want to give the public what they want ... They'd rather wait till somebody else plans something .. THEN they react.
Originally Posted By dshyates "unless one thinks that the expansion of Dl Anaheim to DLR(DCA and company) in 2001 was done well." From what I heard, DCA cost $630 Million. With the ENTIRE expansion costing $1.5 Billion.
Originally Posted By Anatole69 ^^ Yeah that cost included the hotels and DTD. 1.5 billion plus cheap labor and materials should be enough to build a good park. - Anatole
Originally Posted By barboy ///1.5 billion plus cheap labor and materials should be enough to build a good park./// Yes for a park only............... but the problem is Universal, like Disney, has a habit of putting up hotels and City Walk/entertainment areas with their parks. So isn't it safe to say that the theme park will not get anywhere near the full 1.5 B? I'm just saying that look what 1.5 got us last time in 2001: DCA and DTD, aka pile of dung. Now wasn't IOA/City Walk/ Loews Hotels in 1999 approx. 2 billion? And we got something truly great I say.
Originally Posted By dshyates I hope its good. From what I can tell the Singapore park looks like it will be a good park. Maybe a little smaller than IOA, but still very nice. <a href="http://www.screamscape.com/html/universal_studios_singapore.htm" target="_blank">http://www.screamscape.com/htm...pore.htm</a>
Originally Posted By brotherdave I still feel that 1.5 billion will go a long way in China, much further than in the U.S. It should be plenty for a new park and at least a hotel, even possibly a City Walk. And you're probably right that most of it will be cloned. But, that seems fairly typical of both Universal and Disney, at least with the design of the original park. Look how similar USJ and USF are in overall design. Not identical, but definitely similar. USJ took the best attractions of both USF & IOA and merged them together into a similar looking and designed park to USF, at least in overall layout.
