Originally Posted By 20years WOW! That is totally crazy. I wonder how it will be in 6 months when we're there, on a Monday in October..... :/
Originally Posted By dshyates I believe the weather comment is a throwback to the "why is DCA underperforming?" question. Weather was one of the reasons given even though it didn't seem to effect Disneyland's numbers.
Originally Posted By leobloom >> Anyways in the future WDW will come up with something bigger and better to try and compete. << Right, like they came up with something better than Spiderman...wait, they haven't.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt "Right, like they came up with something better than Spiderman...wait, they haven't." And Universal could never create something as sophisticated as EPCOT. Just let the parks do what they do and enjoy (or not) and quit pitting them against each other. It's silly.
Originally Posted By garglesnot **I can't speak for anybody else but I know my semi-tongue in cheek comment about the MK comes from all the DisDweebs that treated UniFlorida like it was some kind of leper colony for gay Orcs, or something.** Actually, Universal has no Gay Days of any kind, which is a big plus IMO. Disney, on the other hand, keeps getting gayer and gayer. Pretty soon it'll be all fairies and nothing - including the rides - will have anything remotely resembling balls in it. Universal will OWN Disney - it's already begun, with the vastly superior Harry Potter ride (World of Color? GAY!!!)
Originally Posted By Hista98 Well the weather comment could make sense. I mean DCA is much more of an outdoor park then Disneyland is. So weather could be a factor.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 <I believe the weather comment is a throwback to the "why is DCA underperforming?" question. Weather was one of the reasons given even though it didn't seem to effect Disneyland's numbers.?> Okay. But that was usually followed by "So it couldn't have been the weather because the better park (DL) kept getting good numbers." In this case, the better park (IOA) has never done as well as the lesser park (USF). That has always seemed odd to me, and I would have to chalk it up to "Universal Studios" being the "brand name" that more people choose if they decide to only devote one day to UO.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 <Actually, Universal has no Gay Days of any kind, which is a big plus IMO. Disney, on the other hand, keeps getting gayer and gayer. Pretty soon it'll be all fairies and nothing - including the rides - will have anything remotely resembling balls in it.> Dang, dude. Got issues much?
Originally Posted By dennis-in-ct <<< Actually, Universal has no Gay Days of any kind >> Not true. This year they had Joan Rivers for Gay Days at Hard Rock and the superstar dance club DJ Tony Moran spinning inside Universal Studios. They had a big homo dance party blow-out and some rides open. The stage also had performers. and yes ... sounds like he has issues lol
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt Universal would be pretty stupid not to tap into the LGBT market. I have to agree on the point about too many fairies and princesses at MK.
Originally Posted By sjhym33 While I dont expect to see lines like opening day of HP, I think Universal is going to need to figure out how to do some major crowd control in and out of the HP area. I expect that they will be busy all summer with the bulk of the guests hitting HP hard and early. There has been some discussion about crowds on several boards and yesterday though an unusual day certainly showed the problems that the small area will bring. On a similar note, everywehere I turned on Friday I saw HP either on the television or the newspapers. Every evening newscast showed the crowds and interviewed a guest who did not see HP because of the massive crowds. Personally I thought anyone who went out there Friday was nuts, but it also cast a bad pall over what should have been a great day at IOA. If they dont get a handle on the crowds they can have some real word of mouth problems.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt In a sense I think Uni management is using the massive crowds to their advantage. It could be that in their view the the media attention on the large crowds on opening weekend will likely translate to even more interest in the new attraction, outweighing any negative word of mouth.
Originally Posted By sjhym33 Agreed. But if in a month from now people say they were at IOA and had to wait an hour or more to get into the HP area and then several hours of lines at shops and attractions then Universal will have a problem.
Originally Posted By SuperDry <<< Dang, dude. Got issues much? >>> Apparently, it's not an important enough issue to post under his regular username. Or, are we to believe LP has a new reader/poster and this was the one thing that he wanted to comment on?
Originally Posted By Bob Paris 1 "nothing - including the rides - will have anything remotely resembling balls in it" Do they have Goofy's Bounce House? That has PLENTY of balls!
Originally Posted By Dabob2 "I have to agree on the point about too many fairies and princesses at MK." So do I, but apart from the unfortunate use of the word "fairy," that's all about marketing to little girls (and their parents), not gay people.
Originally Posted By Hista98 "Do they have Goofy's Bounce House?" A)Goofy's Bounce house never had balls you are thinking of Chip n'Dales Treehouse B) Goofy's Bounce House has been torn down for 4 years.
Originally Posted By Bob Paris 1 Not being fifteen years old or younger, I never went into it. Still, I guess those places serve a purpose - while the demon spawn are all engaged in "playgorund attractions" like those, there are less of the little hoodlums annoying me in the queue for Pirates or the Mansion.
