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Not likely. You won't hear boo out of Universal until at most a year from opening. The 3rd gate is more than a year from opening.
I think they know they can’t top Star Wars. They’ll announce the 3rd park to counter something like the 50th. Waiting until only a year wouldn’t help them much. It would have to be well underway at that point and known to those that pay some attention.
 
I think they know they can’t top Star Wars. They’ll announce the 3rd park to counter something like the 50th. Waiting until only a year wouldn’t help them much. It would have to be well underway at that point and known to those that pay some attention.
Yeah I think they are going with the Potter Coaster in WDW and Jurassic World ride in Hollywood for this year and then maybe in 2020 officially announce the 3rd gate.
 
I think they know they can’t top Star Wars. They’ll announce the 3rd park to counter something like the 50th. Waiting until only a year wouldn’t help them much. It would have to be well underway at that point and known to those that pay some attention.

I didn't mean a year from now. I meant a year before opening.

Yeah I think they are going with the Potter Coaster in WDW and Jurassic World ride in Hollywood for this year and then maybe in 2020 officially announce the 3rd gate.

2021 or 2022 are the rumored opening years, so 2020 might be likely. However, they have the Jurassic coaster here that's probably 2020.
 
I didn't mean a year from now. I meant a year before opening.

I know. I think that’s too late for an announcement. They’d be far along with construction by then. It’s one thing to wait that long for a ride, or even a land kind of, but a park is different.
 
I didn't mean a year from now. I meant a year before opening.



2021 or 2022 are the rumored opening years, so 2020 might be likely. However, they have the Jurassic coaster here that's probably 2020.
I think 2021 is pushing it for them to have the park open. A theme park is a little different from a land or water park.
 
I know. I think that’s too late for an announcement. They’d be far along with construction by then. It’s one thing to wait that long for a ride, or even a land kind of, but a park is different.

They got bitten with the first Wizarding World, so they tend to be slow about announcing things. I don't think it will be this year. If they announce it next year, it would be late in the year. Universal doesn't really care if they are far along with construction. They don't feel they have to announce just because there are cranes.

I think 2021 is pushing it for them to have the park open. A theme park is a little different from a land or water park.

I agree. I am more inclined to even think 2023, but I am also used to WDW-time;) There are some though who think they could pull it off by the end of 2021. I wish I had whatever they are drinking.
 
Another big questions is, since these dates were announced today, what is Universal going to announce to counter this? Their third gate? You have to think something is coming, and fairly soon.

Nothing. You can't beat the buzz and the PR behind A) a major Star Wars announcement B) A major announcement of a land opening from Disney and C) the combination of both. If you're Universal you let them have their day and carry on. You ain't beating this.
 
I think kind of like with Disney - where Harry Potter inspired all the growth we've seen in the last 4 years, but at the time Disney knew it couldn't compete so it didn't. I think this is partly why they haven't attempted to get the 3rd gate open sooner - they probably felt that competition with Star Wars was too tough for the first 1-2 years. They let Disney go for a year or so, and then say "Hey, the Star Wars stuff was neat, but look at THIS!"
 
I'm in the camp that just because one company announces something doesn't mean the other company has to or is going to announce something to try and one up. And just because a company announces something just after the other was did doesn't mean it's always to one up the other (speaking towards the potter coaster comments some people had when it was announced). They are competitors but it doesn't mean they have to compete news for news 24/7.

Immediate one upmanship works for some things but it's not needed for everything. Ticket increases are about the only thing I expect for one to announce and another to follow.

I for one appreciate what each company has to offer and am content to soak up whatever information each company announces :)
 
I'm in the camp that just because one company announces something doesn't mean the other company has to or is going to announce something to try and one up. And just because a company announces something just after the other was did doesn't mean it's always to one up the other (speaking towards the potter coaster comments some people had when it was announced). They are competitors but it doesn't mean they have to compete news for news 24/7.

Immediate one upmanship works for some things but it's not needed for everything. Ticket increases are about the only thing I expect for one to announce and another to follow.

I for one appreciate what each company has to offer and am content to soak up whatever information each company announces :)
Yeah. I never understood people who seem to think of the two companies like a couple idiot professional athletes having a Twitter war before the big game.
 
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