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Atricks posted:Halloween Horror nights just got officially cancelled (Both in Orlando and hollywood): It's 100% the right thing to do, but gently caress, it sucks so much rear end. If we had just stayed our asses inside for a month and worn our masks, we could have Halloween but noooooooooo
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Good. I love HHN more than anything and go every year and it’s just not worth it right now. At all.
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So do we have any kind of update on the "Epic Universe" park? I know the Mario portion is coming along nicely but I'm really interested to see what, if anything, is going on with the classic monster section.
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It's been delayed due to Covid. And it's mostly dirt right now. The finished Mario area is in Japan.
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Some cool merch for sale for the nonexistant HHN at least https://shop.universalorlando.com/ProductList.aspx?q=Halloween+Horror+Nights
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Diabetic posted:So do we have any kind of update on the "Epic Universe" park? I know the Mario portion is coming along nicely but I'm really interested to see what, if anything, is going on with the classic monster section. The cool Mario stuff you are seeing is from Japan. Epic Universe is currently mostly dirt, and a lot of service roads, and unlikely to be anything else for a long while. Hollywood has the show building built for their Mario area (but they are only getting the Mario Kart ride and that's it)
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I went to Epcot today. I'm going to post the controversial opinion that the parks are actually safer than your average trip to the grocery store at this point. Capacity limits mean there's very few people in the first place (I can't remember the last time I saw so few guests), there's aggressive sanitizing and use of plexiglass around cast members, and the guests at large are....actually doing good? I saw one person break the mask rules about having to be stationary when eating or drinking, and cast members were grabbing people to get them to mask up if they tried to walk off without one. Everyone was following distancing markers for queues and even children were keeping their masks on (probably because any brat who would throw a tantrum and fling their mask off wouldn't get to the park in the first place). Grandparents were making sure the children were masked before walking away from the table. They're even turning away guests in the parking lot if they don't have acceptable masks (they don't accept things like bandannas or shemaghs) and directing them to a vending machine with acceptable masks for $2. This was the first time in years that I actually felt comfortable and relaxed in a Disney park. The crowds and screaming babies are gone. Everyone is being surprisingly polite and separating from other parties willingly. Not only are people not unmasking, they're wearing custom masks with Disney patterns to match their outfits more than they're wearing cheap packaged masks. I spent maybe 45 minutes just sitting at the waterfront cafe in Morocco, far away from everyone else, with a cool breeze and drinks. It was calm, not chaos. chitoryu12 fucked around with this message at 21:28 on Jul 26, 2020 |
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chitoryu12 posted:I went to Epcot today. I'm going to post the controversial opinion that the parks are actually safer than your average trip to the grocery store at this point. Capacity limits mean there's very few people in the first place (I can't remember the last time I saw so few guests), there's aggressive sanitizing and use of plexiglass around cast members, and the guests at large are....actually doing good? I saw one person break the mask rules about having to be stationary when eating or drinking, and cast members were grabbing people to get them to mask up if they tried to walk off without one. Everyone was following distancing markers for queues and even children were keeping their masks on (probably because any brat who would throw a tantrum and fling their mask off wouldn't get to the park in the first place). Grandparents were making sure the children were masked before walking away from the table. They're even turning away guests in the parking lot if they don't have acceptable masks (they don't accept things like bandannas or shemaghs) and directing them to a vending machine with acceptable masks for $2. This actually doesn't surprise me, all the nutters rushed in the first week so now it's the normal people that understand getting kicked out for noncompliance means you're probably not getting back in anytime this week.
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chitoryu12 posted:I went to Epcot today. I'm going to post the controversial opinion that the parks are actually safer than your average trip to the grocery store at this point. Capacity limits mean there's very few people in the first place (I can't remember the last time I saw so few guests), there's aggressive sanitizing and use of plexiglass around cast members, and the guests at large are....actually doing good? I saw one person break the mask rules about having to be stationary when eating or drinking, and cast members were grabbing people to get them to mask up if they tried to walk off without one. Everyone was following distancing markers for queues and even children were keeping their masks on (probably because any brat who would throw a tantrum and fling their mask off wouldn't get to the park in the first place). Grandparents were making sure the children were masked before walking away from the table. They're even turning away guests in the parking lot if they don't have acceptable masks (they don't accept things like bandannas or shemaghs) and directing them to a vending machine with acceptable masks for $2. The risk may be lower than a grocery store trip (I doubt it) but that grocery store trip is much more likely to be necessary. Amusement parks sure as gently caress should be closed. Duck and Cover fucked around with this message at 06:47 on Jul 31, 2020 |
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https://twitter.com/orlandosentinel/status/1288859774336094208?s=21 Parks division brought in $87M in revenue, down from $1.46B same period last year. Zero One fucked around with this message at 17:14 on Jul 30, 2020 |
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That's kind of "duh" right? Of course it's going to plummet if they're closed.
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Braksgirl posted:That's kind of "duh" right? Of course it's going to plummet if they're closed. Yeah no surprise. Some new details though: New park delayed a year to 2024, IoA raptor coaster has no date now.
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Sea World and Busch said their new coasters are delayed to 2021.
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Braksgirl posted:That's kind of "duh" right? Of course it's going to plummet if they're closed. CityWalk reopened in May and Universal reopened in June so they had some time they were open in Q2. I can't imagine that the Q3 is going to look good.
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Empress Brosephine posted:Yeah did Iron Gwazi ever open RMC Took the keys because SeaWorld stopped paying the bills, but they were back last week fixing some stuff on it, so I guess they paid something. But it won't open until 2021 regardless.
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This was pages back but why is Tom Sawyer Island an attraction at Disneyland? It’s not Disney’s IP is it?
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TV Zombie posted:This was pages back but why is Tom Sawyer Island an attraction at Disneyland? It’s not Disney’s IP is it? It's public domain and Walt didn't care about IP. There were several other themes discussed for the island. My understanding is Herb Ryman made a Tom Sawyer concept and Walt approved. Craptacular! fucked around with this message at 23:15 on Jul 30, 2020 |
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TV Zombie posted:This was pages back but why is Tom Sawyer Island an attraction at Disneyland? It’s not Disney’s IP is it? Because Walt wanted it.
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Craptacular! posted:It's public domain and Walt didn't care about IP. Incorrect. Walt very much cared about IP with regards to hoarding public domain entities and preventing anyone else from using them.
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Junkie Disease posted:Next your going to tell me Mark Twain was real? 
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IIRC the Fear Factor in Hollywood is gone. I'm assuming those closures are based on ride numbers? Hilarious that one of the newest attractions is so dead they're better off closing it for now.
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Empress Brosephine posted:I didn't know fear factor live still existed Every time I've been to universal it's just been the in-between for diagon alley and MiB where team members bother passerbys to come to the show. I'm surprised it hasn't been absorbed into WWoHP yet.
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I'm a little surprised at the closure of Twirl N Hurl. It's a tiny footprint in an established land. Same with Storm Force
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BlueBayou posted:I'm a little surprised at the closure of Twirl N Hurl. It's a tiny footprint in an established land. Probably because the most effective staff cuts to keep costs down are the places nobody was going in the first place. Which might make Fast & Furious the most impressive failure in Universal Orlando history. A huge, hyped IP ride replacing a popular old show and a popular ride that lasted all of 2 years before being as popular as Barney on a good day. Being defeated by Jimmy Fallon and the Cat in the Hat.
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Old Man Pants posted:Every time I've been to universal it's just been the in-between for diagon alley and MiB where team members bother passerbys to come to the show. I'm surprised it hasn't been absorbed into WWoHP yet. It was originally going to be! An then they decided to save that project for Epic Universe. Whoops!
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A big part of the charm of the two Harry Potter worlds is their connection via the train. The new world at EPIC being miles away is going to ruin the immersion and feel kinda lame if they can't invent toilets that flush me there faster than JKR flushed her good will with the fandom.
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https://twitter.com/cchard/status/1289611319012921345?s=21 https://twitter.com/cchard/status/1289626302501097472?s=21 Zero One fucked around with this message at 19:17 on Aug 1, 2020 |
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scenes from a Frontline documentary on the 5th anniversary of 500,000 COVID deaths in America
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alg posted:scenes from a Frontline documentary on the 5th anniversary of 500,000 COVID deaths in America  Except at this rate make that 1,000,000 or so.
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https://twitter.com/bioreconstruct/status/1289690324818784258 Then they pulverize while it's in your pocket and start leaking out of it.
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Battery heats up and you get a tasty snack
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I'd totally buy that case if they made it for my Samsung Galaxy and the logo wasn't upside down for some reason
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Bottom Liner posted:A big part of the charm of the two Harry Potter worlds is their connection via the train. The new world at EPIC being miles away is going to ruin the immersion and feel kinda lame if they can't invent toilets that flush me there faster than JKR flushed her good will with the fandom. I appreciate that the fandom and everyone else has basically told her "this is ours now, GTFO".
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