I don't remember seeing that store (regardless of the stuff inside) busy. Great location but not a lot of interest considering the Universal store right across the street.City a walk would be awesome. As a HEllo kitty fan it was really sad to see the store empty every time we passed it this weekend . I don't imagine it will be around long.
Yeah, we were the only ones I had he store and the only ones in line for a picture with Hello Kitty IM afraid HK isnt relevant anymore. Wish it was a TMNT store.I don't remember seeing that store (regardless of the stuff inside) busy. Great location but not a lot of interest considering the Universal store right across the street.
I think they need to do something else with that building now that Lucy is gone. I think you can buy the same stuff as in any store so there is nothing really unique about it. Too small for an attraction but maybe a restaurant or something.Yeah, we were the only ones I had he store and the only ones in line for a picture with Hello Kitty IM afraid HK isnt relevant anymore. Wish it was a TMNT store.
Jim Hill seemed to be in full support of this map in the latest Disney Dish. I'm still not sold. Literally, every single person I trust on the matter says that these are early concepts used to pitch ideas. Zelda is held off for another park, Kirby is a future expansion, Pokemon is out due to contract issues, and most of the flat rides are canned. What they all do seem to agree upon is the kart game, these leaks seem to show what they say is still accurate. I'm most sad about the Peoplemover style bullet ride being cut out. I love those types of slow moving rides and it's something that Universal doesn't really have, except for Suess Trolley, which is pretty different.
Universal wants Nintendo to be huge but they also want to not give it all away in one swoop, they want this to be a massive thing that keeps growing for years to come.
That last rendering of Peaches Castle seems to be the most accurate, note Zelda and Kirby missing from it.
From my understanding, there's also debate on where to put the Nintendo store. I've heard rumors of a large geek store (like Gods & Monsters on steroids) in CityWalk. I mentioned that awhile back in an article over on the Orlando Weekly but it got lost in the all the chatter about my mention of In n Out possibly coming. Universal is wanting to spread out the Nintendo love, similar to how they did with Potter. This may mean Zelda in the third gate or at IOA. This may also mean the Nintendo store, which is most definitely coming, may not be in the land itself. Universal has been surprised by the lack of sales at the Hello Kitty store and they're worried about going all in on a Nintendo store but they also see how popular other geek culture stores are in the region. Lots of back and forth from what I can tell on the location of the store. I'm personally hoping for CityWalk because then we might get a Nintendo arcade too and a themed dining experience beyond those in the land.
that's great to hear, we'll finally get some concrete progress on the project. i wonder if E.T.'ll be open during construction or not
It definitely has the potential to be its own park. Maybe it will depend on how big it goes over in Japan. If their number one complaint is, "This really needs to be its own park!" then I fully expect the Powers-that-be in Orlando to give serious consideration to planning Super Nintendo Land at Universal (or an even better name.)I really don't think Universal is going to waste something as huge as Super Nintendo World in a mere land added on to an existing park. I feel like it will be their fourth gate. And if that ends up being the case, I don't see any way they get the entire thing done in 2.5 years.
This is great!
Although if the article is true, the first piece in UO where Kidzone is seems kinda small. Article mentions 8.8 Acres. By comparison Hogsmeade is 20 acres. Although I don't know if that includes the enormous footprint that Dragon Challenge took up.