www.themeparkinsider.com: Universal Orlando's new Universal Epic Universe theme park promises to be a visual delight. The multi-billion-dollar park will include some of the most detailed attractions created by Universal. And the decorations in the park even will extend up into the sky.
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Not going to lie, I am not sure how I feel about this. I feel there is a large debate online about animatronics in general and specifically if they are creepy. I know a lot of people are very wary about things moving in water. So I am curious to see how the masses feel about moving things in the air. I was interested in the fact that they might use drones. Especially in today’s society there is of course controversy about drones. This conversation of drones brings up larger conversations about the practicalities of drones, and if there are people assigned to fly and operate each individual drone. There is also the conversation surrounding safety, as things are flying above patrons heads. I know there are protocols surrounding rigging specification with things over the audience’s heads but I am curious as to how those shift when the instruments overhead are self reliant.
The theme parks are always trying to do something new to keep people excited and as far as I'm aware, Universal Orlando is the first to do something like this, having dragons actually flying in the park and not within a specific ride. I will be interested to see how they go about this. It's crazy to me that this is opening already, I feel like I was just seeing the videos of the virtual model online, but my brother facetimed me last week when he was at Universal to show me the real 3D model of the entire park. He knew it was something I would find interesting and I was fascinated by how large and detailed it was. I'm not entirely sure what scale it was in, but it was massive and I was thinking about how long it must've taken to create something like that. Some of my friends are working at Epic, and one of my other friends is actually going to preview the park tomorrow. I can't wait to hear about the park and what new things they've come up with.
I am so incredibly excited for this. I have been saying for a long time, as an avid Disney fan, that Disney World has really been out performing Universal because of the span of the parks and ability to spend multiple days at the parks and not feel like you’ve explored all of it. So it is very fitting to see that Universal is not only bringing some of the best lands from their Californian location over to Florida but also expanding to represent some of their best loved media. And even making their Halloween Horror Nights seem more year round (though hopefully this wont minimize the feelings/exclusiveness of the horror nights). How To Train Your Dragon is one of my favorite movies, and I’ve seen what a theatrical production has done with the flying dragons and it is magical so I can only imagine how much childhood joy I will get from watching these dragons fly over top of me.
This concept seems absolutely amazing and I can’t wait to hear more about how it’s done. For the story of the land and the immersion of it, I love that they are trying to incorporate such a big part of How To Train A Dragon world and the Isle of Berk. The original movie starts and ends with Hiccup saying “we have… dragons!” They’re so present in all aspects of the vikings of Berke’s lives, and I love that Universal is trying to bring that to life. Like the author of this article, I am curious about how they intend to accomplish this. Making something seem to fly all on its own is such a monumental task, especially trying to make it fly like an organic being. I hope they are able to do it justice and pull it off, but regardless I commend them for the ambition of it.
I have always loved the How To Train Your Dragon movies, it was the first movie I ever saw in theatres when I was a kid. I’ve already been excited to hear about the How To Train Your Dragon themed area coming to Universal, and this only makes me that much more excited. I would love to learn more about the actual execution of it. Assuming the fact that they won’t be trying to actually replicate how birds fly with a mix of metal and plastic, I’m very curious to know how they actually get it up in the air. If it's like a drone of some sort, or perhaps something kept on a track for the sake of reliability? Either way I think this will be a fantastic addition to the Isle of Berk attraction area in general as well as a significant technological innovation for our time to realistically replicate fantasy creatures.
Yes! Yes! Please Yes! So here is a fun story about me! I was never really the biggest fan of theme parks growing up. I always felt they were over crowded, sensory overload, and I really didn’t like roller coasters so there really wasn’t much for me to enjoy. But! All of this changed once places started doing themed areas, like truly immersive themed areas. I found my love for certain theme parks because of this. Do not get me wrong, they are still over crowded, over stimulating, and over priced, but there are some fun parts about them too! I also LOVE how to train your dragon and lowkey so many other dreamworks movies also known as kung fu panda. So suffice to say I am very excited for epic universe. I am also from florida so I live closer than most people do so I am excited to take advantage of that opportunity to go and see it.
I love dragons. I would love to ride a dragon, which makes me a walking contradiction because I have a fear of heights. I didn’t watch How to Train Your Dragon until this past winter break, but I instantly fell in love with the film and the soundtrack. I also was not aware that Universal Orlando had been developing an Isle of Berk attraction. It would be awesome to see the dragons fly overhead, no matter the method that they end up using to fly them. Having to use practical effects to create the dragons, instead of the CGI or digitally created dragons, is an exciting challenge that I would love to hear about, once they finish building it. The concept art provided in this article looks really cool, even though it is brighter and not as gloomy as the film. I could see how they would change it a bit in order to attract more visitors to the theme parks though.
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