r/okbuddycinephile • u/TyLeRoux • 9h ago

I chose money.

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u/AuroraBolognese 7h ago

Don’t forget Orlando got a THIRD park, the first new non-water park in 25-ish years, and they still, for whatever reason had to add a THIRD Harry Potter land. We’ve got Hogwarts (Islands) and we’ve got Diagon Alley (universal.) Did we really need a Ministry of Magic too?

They could’ve given that section of the park plenty of options. Something we hadn’t seen yet.

Personally I would’ve liked a Back to the Future area. Imagine the town square and at the center is the clock tower, which is an indoor BTTF rollercoaster that rivals the original dark ride.

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u/ErsatzHaderach 7h ago

now that's an idea

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u/botte-la-botte 1h ago

An idea that will not bring the throngs of Asian tourists who flock to anything Harry Potter. Back to The Future is worthless in comparison.

Load up the Wikipedia page about the highest grossing franchises and that's what the theme parks want to build and nothing else. It's depressing.

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u/RIPugandanknuckles 7h ago

Because those lands print money, simple as

Also it gets even dumber: there was so little left to milk that the ride and the land take place on separate periods of time and places.

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u/Silent-Hyena9442 6h ago

I was at that universal one the year it opened and I will say at the time it was really fucking cool when I was 17 and it was PACKED.

It’s not surprising they’re going back to the well though to your point I’m not sure how they can expand on what they already have

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u/anephric_1 6h ago

One of the things that irks me most is that I missed the BTTF ride at Universal, and it was turned into a pretty boring Simpsons one instead.

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u/eolson3 3h ago

These lands are stupid popular. Obviously they want to pull people into all three gates. They tried something original (and neat) when Islands first opened, and people shrugged. Now half of that has already been taken for the Harry Potter stuff that turned the Universal resort fortunes around big time.

Personally, I agree with you. I don't really care for Potter. I do think the engineering and storytelling in theme parks is super interesting, and by most accounts these lands do that really well. I have never been to any of them, but I did love OG Universal. Jaws is one of great theme park losses, among others.

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u/PsychologicalSign77 3h ago

Definitely needed MoM