Project 2022: Pantheon
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Universal's response to SEAS news this morning...
That seems rather….unnecessary and low class.
I like it, puts SEAS in their money centric corner
Low rent. When walls went up around Poseidon, BGW refrained from posting "We are excited to announce that our medium-popular indoor supernatural battle ride... is already closed."
At least return the favor.
At least return the favor.
Yeah, so is holding onto new rides for maximum corporate benefit after selling passes based on those rides for 2 years.
Exactly, there is no siding with SEAS here when they were completely silent for half a year just to line their wallets.
What if the turbulence from the board shakeups and whatnot trickled down into incompetence when it came to opening decisions since the pandemic threw a monkey wrench at everyone; they just took forever to come up with a solution that worked in their favor?
From what others here have said Kevin mentioned when they spoke at the park, it sounds like his hands are tied otherwise it'd have opened by now - we know there's been a few board shakeups since before construction began to now, I feel that in some way influenced their decisions... Or paralysis... In the wake of the pandemic.
From what others here have said Kevin mentioned when they spoke at the park, it sounds like his hands are tied otherwise it'd have opened by now - we know there's been a few board shakeups since before construction began to now, I feel that in some way influenced their decisions... Or paralysis... In the wake of the pandemic.
Then target Disney who announced Tron and GotG 3 years ago and still haven't even finished building them rather than a regional theme park that in town is opening a much smaller coaster, the one down the road that is opening a really different ride, and one about 800 miles away.
I assume that shot is more at BGT but even then it feels, as @halfabee said, low rent.
True, but Disney hasn't sold tickets each year pretending or at least implying you'll get to ride those. No dates have been set as far as I know.
Theres a moderate difference between taking forever to build a ride and finishing it and leaving it SBNO because you wanna maximize your profit despite having already sold memberships based on the completed ride.
Still think it's kinda a unnecessary shot that was completely uncalled for.
Gonna be honest, I'm really dug in on this. I think it's more a shot at SWO and BGT than BGW (makes no sense to take a shot at a park 800 miles away). And even at that taking a shot at a park that encourages people to stay longer at your resort isn't a smart move.
Except that they didn't say anything about BGT/SWO. They simply stated that they opened their ride in a timely manner. This is social media too, not the parks talking to each other. Given how many people are annoyed with how SEAS is handling this, that seems like a great way to sell passes. Shoot, If I was still in Orlando instead of Tampa, I would have probably replaced my cancelled SW pass with a UNI pass.
But Yeah, seems like a perfectly viable marketing gimic, and I feel no remorse for the penny pinchers at SEAS. Play stupid games, get stupid prizes.
I think we will get a April 2022 Announcement with POV next week along with member preview weekends in March leading up to opening.
Woah. I don’t feel bad for SEAS here. Personally I don’t like Universal Orlando’s twitter at all because they constantly throw shade at many other parks and find it rather off putting and classless.
And obviously someone thought it pertained to BGW or it would have Andes up in a different thread.
And obviously someone thought it pertained to BGW or it would have Andes up in a different thread.
They posted this in response to someone asking if it will open next year:
That seems like the equivalent of a bored ride op asking 'how was the ride' as a train pulls into the station without putting any effort in or caring what the response is...
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