News United Parks Hires Eric Hunt (Formerly from Universal Creative)

[kmccarthy27]

Saw this on X, found the linked in post, and thought I would mention it here:

Storytelling has taken me from legendary worlds to real-world wonder. I'm proud to step into a new role with United Parks & Resorts, helping shape the future of experiences at SeaWorld, Busch… | Eric Hunt | 79 comments

Storytelling has taken me from legendary worlds to real-world wonder. I'm proud to step into a new role with United Parks & Resorts, helping shape the future of experiences at SeaWorld, Busch Gardens, Sesame Place, and beyond. I also look forward to connecting with you who will be attending this...

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United Parks hired Eric Hunt who formerly worked with Universal Creative on the Nintendo projects at Epic.

In the comments of an X post the first thing that came to mind is he's probably being hired to scrub the Sesame theming from all the kids areas and Sesame Place:

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[sfnefan]

I feel like the framing and traction of this tweet is blowing this out of proportion. Sure, he’s a great hire. But he’s not coming directly from Universal Creative.

Looking at his LinkedIn, he left Universal even before the COVID-19 layoffs. He was likely working on Mario Kart for Japan and not Epic.

I don’t expect United to give him any budget he needs to do anything great at the parks.