How The Universal Studios vs Disney War Will Be Won

[@SK-yx7hm]

I have my criticisms of universal and still think Disney has had better themes overall. But the thing Universal has over Disney, is that they learn from their mistakes. Uni full on admitted Supercharged sucks, while Disney refuses to admit they did anything wrong on things like the starliner.

[@Pokemanmon]

This is exactly what I think, Disneyworld is not going to be demolished or anything, but as long as the execs opt to ignore it so they can focus on the train wreck that is their movies and streaming, in a decade or two they'll be second place.

[@liamcollinson5695]

Plus universal studios Hollywood is getting a new fast and the furious ride so it proves that universal are willing to listen to fans somewhat

[@zombae_art]

Universal makes it clear that they listen to fans. Fans what something more for children and families? Boom Universal Kids Resort. Fans was year round HHN? Boom the year round HHN attraction at Las Vegas. Fans don't like simulation rides? Boom, new dark rides and roller Coasters. I have yet to see Disney listen to their theme park Fans and actually fix their mistakes

[@brooksfire9580]

@@zombae_art I guess Universal has admitted that their entire Universal Studios park was a mistake. Only 1 ride remains from when it was opened.

[@LuchoPz]

And that's precisely because they want to be a perfect vacation alternative, even though they literally made the Encanto movie for kids to realize nothing is "perfect"

[@FTChomp9980]

Magic Kingdom:"You are the Knockoff!" Epic Universe:"No I am the Upgrade!" 👊 🎤

[@神河精神]

😂 They’ve always gone back and forth copying each other. Universal was so ticked when Disney opened MGM Studios (“Hollywood Studios”) in Orlando. Disney has never been as successful as executing a true studio-style park, though (their studio park in Paris is the worst Disney park by a mile). Universal’s hindrance was always their over-reliance on screen-based experiences and lack of remarkable IP. But now there seems to be a bit of a reversal, with Disney incorporating more screens and fewer animatronics, and Universal using more practical effects instead of screens. Now that Harry Potter, Nintendo, and Dreamworks are part of their stable of IP (in addition to Universal Monsters, Jurassic Park, etc.), combined with the larger scale and higher caliber of their latest offerings, they are poised to topple the Magic Kingdom.

[@charizards2009]

I found universal more fun than Disney. I might be very biased though because I am a huge Jurassic Park fan, huge spiderman fan, nostalgic of Harry Potter, and I enjoy Mario games.

[@davidguthrie6316]

I mean, Magic Kingdom is LITERALLY the knockoff of Disneyland, pretty much the same, but a little worse in almost every way, and lacking the same sense of magic (to an extent)

[@plushie_kingreal]

YES!

[@GreenBlueWalkthrough]

No kidding it's the Epcot I knew in the '90s-'00s as a kid not whatever epcot is now.

[@cmstephens9132]

Honestly I hope this makes Disney realize they’re not invincible and they have to actually try to please guests instead of just raising prices and making greedy decisions

[@VerbilKint]

It's too late. Mix in Disney's woke BS and there are a TON of people that will never consume Disney again. That is unless a complete top to bottom restructure happens. The woke culture is too embedded. Elon Musk enters the chat....

[@baconberries8097]

​@@VerbilKintbuddy what are you even talking about? If you really think that Disney race-swapping characters is what's ruining people's enjoyment of their products, just look up how much it costs to go to the parks for one day. Don't blind yourself to the real problems by making ones up.

[@CaptainBloodsail]

​@@VerbilKintmore concerned with greed than wokeness my

[@Bubben246]

@@CaptainBloodsail The real dealbreaker is the combination. Pure greed? Sure, they'll chase the money, but that means casting the widest net possible - Republicans buy sneakers too, after all. Pure woke? They'll lower prices so disenfranchised families can afford what "the bourgeoisie don't want them to have", or something to that effect. But having both as masters means that neither can be satisfied while the other is followed.

[@sh_iba]

@@baconberries8097 Race swapping does lose them money

[@19kilo241]

Theme park attendance and demand for quality themed entertainment rises. Universal: well, guess we’ll have to build new parks and rides and upgrade our existing ones Disney: well, guess we’ll have to charge people to be in the crowd.

[@PelinalDidNothingWrong]

Disney vs Universal is building up to be "The Cold War" of theme parks

[@superpenguin645]

It’s not the Cuban Missile crisis it’s the Orlando Missile crisis.

[@PelinalDidNothingWrong]

​@@superpenguin645Except that actually sounds fun unlike the Cuban Missle Crisis

[@abberoberts6894]

I used to like Disney world

[@abberoberts6894]

Great movie ride studio back lot tour splash mountain

[@abberoberts6894]

All greats but they either took em away or made them into budget cut downgraded versions

[@vtbean]

What Disney doesn't realize is that up until Epic Universe, most people went to BOTH parks on their trip to Orlando. Main trip is the Disney and just couple days at Universal. But those same people will now be faced with THE question. Now that Universal is full week theme park, can we afford both parks anymore? If not, which park should we go to? If enough people choose Universal, and they will at least in the first couple years because of brand new Epic Universe experience, they will start to see a meaningful drop in their theme park attendance.

[@iallyl3877]

I think this may be the case for travellers with kids, but not so much with adult groups, i know it isn't the case for me, we go to Orlando from the UK a lot, and we never do Disney, we go for universal

[@AnnaBellaChannel]

Universal has Harry Potter & most people want to see all of that these days. Classic Disney cartoons are not seen for children over 10 these days.

[@EmmureMARIO64]

Honestly Universal Studios Hollywood is more affordable to me. Is it worth it? HELL YEAH. Even though it's a bit small but I love it there.

[@kleibundguth]

When we go to Orlando we spend 50/50 at each. We are going to hold off going back until 2025 when Epic Universe is open and will be spending a full week plus at just Universal

[@iallyl3877]

@@kleibundguth we are also going again in 2025 for epic universe, we are going out there in 9 weeks, but we are doing Las vegas for 3 nights LA for 4 and then universal orlando for 7, but we will do a full 14 nights in 2025

[@LChatmanFL]

For those of you who feel Disney maybe too big to fail... remember Blockbuster before Netflix? By the time Blockbuster realized customers were moving to a different product with more innovation, it was too late. Personally, I want Disney to get back on their game. There single biggest issue is their finances. They maxed out their credit cards trying to be a streaming company with theme parks vs a theme park company with a streaming service.

[@ColdycoderM]

They are a streaming company with themeparks tho

[@LChatmanFL]

@@ColdycoderM Exactly. $70 billion for Fox, the Star deal in India, which Sony just backed out of, the Hulu deal, and all of the programming for Disney+. Imagine if all that money, nearly 100 billion, had been invested in the parks?

[@Donyourmom]

@@LChatmanFLit’s funny considering that they regretted acquiring Hulu

[@LChatmanFL]

@@Donyourmom they wanted live programming with ABC and knew this would make them different from Netflix. They swung for the fences when all that MCU money was rolling in. But honestly, it's kinda not their fault. They got out played by Comcast in the Fox deal. The purchase price was supposed to be h in the 50 billion range Comcast jumped in way late and made an offer which forces the price to nearly 80 billion. Most people believe Comcast never really wanted Fox. But after that, Disney was kinda committed to the strategy.

[@annien.1727]

Me, too! I'm a HUGE Disney fan and I want to see Disney get back on their game! Go, Disney!✊🏻

[@reisyreyes3390]

Someone needs to make a documentary about this 20 years from now

[@CharltonCharles]

I really hope Universal UK happens at some point in the next few years. That would be incredible. Buying 500 acres in Bedford makes it the same size already as Alton Towers which is the number 1 theme park right now.

[@interstatewarrior]

We just got back from Universal Orlando last week and spoke with some of the food and beverage managers and one of the assistant Park operations managers. They’ve heard UK will not have a wizardIng world as to not compete against the WizardIng world Museum in London and instead they are in talks with Peter Jackson to have a Lord of the rings/middle earth at the UK park!😮

[@zacharytriplett9230]

Iger got caught up in the streaming wars and found himself losing the theme park battle with Universal.

[@BarryAgains]

It's complicated but probably... Disney got involved in wokeism political discourse imo. Not a great selling point domestically... They probably be better off not trying to buy up a ton of franchises and focus on doing one or two things right every year...

[@williammongoose3007]

@@BarryAgains normal people don't give a fuck or even have probly heard of the culture wars. people who think a multi-national cooperation secretly has a radical left-wing agenda are delusional.

[@AmberZak83]

Universal has picked the perfect location for the U.K. also, my husband and I are big Disney fans, having annual passes for Paris. However, we are not renewing with the new passes. But we will be getting an annual pass when universal is released in the U.K.

[@ManuelFiorelli-qe5xc]

Universal has picked tje perfect location for the U.K. Living on the european continent - I consider this location rather unattractive.

[@TheHesK9]

Don't think Universal will be too worried. More than enough people in the uk and Ireland to warrant this park, plus a lot of Europeans will still come ​@ManuelFiorelli-qe5xc

[@MRAPEXPREDATOR1]

⁠@@ManuelFiorelli-qe5xc The Uk is perfect. It’s where Harry Potter is from! Plus English is universally (excuse the pun) spoken. The majority of Universal Orlando overseas tourists are from the UK. Perfect destination!.

[@AnnaBellaChannel]

The UK demands a Harry Potter theme park in the UK. Universal Studio better give us one or we will not come to their park. They better do lot's of big roller coasters. We really like big roller coasters in the UK. Our theme parks have learned to do lots for adults and teenagers. Alton Towers is great for older teenagers.

[@TooningIn2008]

Universal vs Disney is shaping up to the next Nintendo vs Sega and I’m all here for it. All we need now are some Disney roasts

[@TheRealPSKilla502]

Feels like Netlix vs Blockbuster vibes to me

[@IdeaBox-dk5vj]

UNIVERS DOES! Immersion like you've never seen elsewhere. UNIVERS DOES! Fun for all ages and all seasons. UNIVERS DOES! Rip-roaring excitement. UNIVERS does. UNIVERS does. UNIVERS does. UNIVERS DOES WHAT DISWON'T.

[@alexbaker7722]

As someone from the UK, we will still come to Orlando for the weather...!

[@hollybabyyy]

Yes and obviously the rides would be different. So if i wana ride velocicoaster id still sadly have to fly to america lol

[@alexbaker7722]

@@hollybabyyy That's not a bad thing... if we get an equally good alternative to VelociCoaster then we will go there and they will come here. Its a Win Win...!

[@embop1266]

@@hollybabyyy i’ll actually be shocked if you guys don’t get velocicoaster, at the very least rethemed

[@hollybabyyy]

@@embop1266 nah we wont

[@Troopertroll]

...why? Florida has some of the most god-awful humidity and mugginess because it is literally and not figuratively a swamp. Anywhere in Europe has better weather. Everywhere else in the US besides maybe Death Valley has better weather. I have never met a person in my life who grew up in Florida that wanted to live there, it's only retirees that have never been outside the East Coast.

[@ciscoduncan1490]

Can’t wait for Epic Universe to open. No boarding groups!! I hope they CRUSH Disney. Keep moving Universal. Reach for the stars! Thanks for the video.

[@patrickn8355]

Even as a kid, I always loved going to universal and islands of adventure over disneyworld. They just appear to care a *LOT* more about actual immersion and quality, ever since 1999. The only reason Disney is still a “king” is due to history. Beyond that, there’s about 5-8 rides in all over the Disney Florida resort worth your time if over 12.

[@thetrashygamer]

Sorry but 90% of the attractions are all 3D and virtual. Harry Potter world is pure gold, but everything else is just ok in my eyes. Universal will never be Disney and shouldn’t try to be. They should be something else so they don’t have to fight each other but instead work off each other, I mean Disney owns Marvel which Universal already has there under license to Disney. Where Universal has the rights for Dr Seuss as theme park additions, Disney has the Distribution and broadcast rights from Dr. Seuss Enterprises

[@Trahzy]

​​​​​@@thetrashygamerThe Hulk, Dr Doom, Jurassic Park, Velocicoaster, Ripsaw falls, Popeye, Hagrids, Rip Ride Rockit, The Mummy, Pterodactyl Flyers, Woody Woodpecker, Storm Force, ET, are either no 3D or only in short sections. Disney has some good rides, but the majority of them are outdated and for young children. Universal blows them out of the water with real rides and 3D. The only modern coaster Disney has is Tron and it's a copy of one from their other park, and still meh compared to Hagrids or Velocicoaster which were both newly designed, built, and instant favorites. Tron is just lights.

[@DavidMillberry]

I 100% agree with you. I think what keeps this going is their history especially their movies like Cinderella, Snow White lady in a tram Azia and I personally think that’s what Disney is relying on to keep them going and it’s not working and no disrespect to Disney but I definitely do think the islands of adventure is, a much more thrilling and immersive park

[@rachm8072]

“I rise, you fall” Optimus prime predicted the future 😂

[@OceanPlays08]

Lmao

[@Amphibicup-draws]

I’m just nervous that after Disney decides to do something when Universal inevitably pops off next year, they’re gonna pull a Tron or a Pandora and it’ll take 5 years for it to open. And by “it” I mean it’ll probably just be a new ride or land.

[@kstarr3555]

Disney is too large of a conglomerate that it hurts the timelines on their parks projects. Too much money tied in failures like Disney plus

[@hidingfromsomeone]

Hey! Really interesting commentary. A few thoughts from a UK-based theme park fan... It's a massive oversight to not mention the expansion to the Studios park in Paris. They're literally doubling the size of that park and bringing in three new lands, including Frozen. I think that's going to drag a lot of traffic over from the UK when it opens. On the other hand, Paris can be expensive for a lot of UK visitors. At certain times of the year, it's only a few hundred £ cheaper to go to Paris than Orlando, which is insane when Paris is a 50 minute flight away and Orlando is 9 hours. If the Universal UK park drives prices down at Paris as they fight for the same guests - AWESOME. The last thing to mention about Universal UK is that if they're clever, they'll avoid the seasonal opening schedule of other UK theme parks and figure out a way to bring as much inside/under cover as possible. British people will absolutely go to a theme park in the winter - the Hyde Park Winter Wonderland and the popularity of DLRP at Christmas proves that. Universal UK needs to be a year-round park for sure.

[@AnnaBellaChannel]

100% we love them parks in the UK.

[@Xanthony1k]

Frozen is a disney property how is Universal able to build a land based on Frozen?

[@kalzium8857]

Universal is in a good spot to overtake Disney at Florida. Disneys invests as much in their parks like they are some smaller regional themepark. Tianas bayou adventure feels more like an obligation instead of an exciting new addition.

[@VunderGuy]

An obligation no one asked for.

[@Afineaddition]

Tiana's Bayou Adventure was a knee-jerk reaction to the summer 2020 chaos.

[@youtubeenjoyer1399]

⁠@@VunderGuy I’ll never understand why everyone is so upset as if it isn’t a nice facelift to the same exact ride track. Idgaf ab any “racist themes” present on splash mountain, but I guarantee you 90% of the people complaining don’t have a fucking clue what the source material even is and definitely havent watched it. Stop complaining so damn much fr

[@jd8184]

@@youtubeenjoyer1399do you go to disney parks often?

[@youtubeenjoyer1399]

@@jd8184 im a florida native, ive been to disney world about 2 times a year most years of my life

[@synsol1008]

Disney still has more parks, hotels and restaurants, but universal will start poaching hotel guests

[@GTNover]

It's a bad spot to be when you have more hotels and parks but less people who want to go to those hotels and parks. In 2025, Disney will be in that bad spot as Epic Universe becomes the most sought-after park, tipping more people to desire to go to universal than Disney. The amount of physical property will still limit universal from having more people in attendance overall, but that's why they are rapidly expanding in Orlando, Hollywood, Texas, and possibly the UK.

[@kstarr3555]

Complacency isn’t a good thing

[@rukirgaming]

"poaching" isn't what I would call it. Universal just prices their "economy" hotels at market with a slight Universal tax on it. It isn't poaching if people willingly come to Universal's hotels to save on a Disney trip just because it's cheaper

[@danthekarman]

@@GTNoverthey could literally put a 4 th theme park at that property with epic universe. That piece of land is massive look it up

[@GTNover]

@danielsingfield8171 I'm a massive theme park enthusiast. I know exactly how big Epic Universe is. The size of all of Epic Universe is definitely big, but about 260 acres is just backlot, parking structures, and an empty area for a smaller 4th gate expansion. Another 200 acres are for hotels. Epic Universe itself, with just the 5 lands, is the same size as Islands of Adventure.

[@jeremybrown1598]

Finally a worthy opponent. OUR BATTLE WILL BE LEGENDARY

[@FIREBREATHINROB]

I’m so happy Universal is putting Disney in their place. Disney is just all money and doesn’t care about the guest or cast members

[@keatoncrandall2471]

Splash Mountain should have been rethemed to The Emperor's New Groove.

[@garystrankman3841]

Disney had first dibs on Harry Potter and they pissed off JK Rowling with their arrogance, so she went to Universal.

[@MotionGoing]

Universal on top 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@freddiemedley5580]

Alton Towers, Thorpe park, Europa park and Efteling > Ip parks. The rides should be the driving factor and not the ip's

[@TheNinjaDC]

The problem Universal faced is the Disney resorts are more developed (more parks & hotels) and attract more visitors resort to resort. So, Universal is countering this in two ways. One, by expanding existing resorts to better compete (Epic Universe for Orlando). Two, by expanding with more dispersed parks/experiences. Instead investing in a "2nd Orlando" mega resort, they are investing in several small & medium sized projects. Look what their Europe strategy seems to be. Instead of opening a Disneyland Paris seized resort (two parks, with room for 3). They are building a Beijing sized resort near London, while likely acquiring PortAdventura. Individually, both are smaller than Disneyland Paris, but combined give Universal a bigger theme park presence in Europe than Disney. This can also be seen in the US with the mini Texas park & HHN experience in Vegas. The one area of business Universal doesn't have an answer for is cruises. Disney is a small presence in that market, but has high profit margins. Perhaps Universal can partner with a cruise line chain like Royal Caribbean, or have very large resort hotels in the cruise ship region.

[@ChouhouinNeko]

there are rumors are bout them hiring ship makers in the NE part of the us starting to float around

[@AnnaBellaChannel]

Universal just need to milk their Harry Potter theme parks and money will appear.

[@dirtbag565]

The one answer Disney doesn't have for Universal is a good coaster. Disney's best coaster is a vekoma launch coaster 😂.

[@d_tbrit8439]

Universal has already won but they can blow Disney out of the water if they bring back some of their classics like Jaws, Back to the future, Terminator, Twister. Perhaps that large section next to Men in black and behind the Simpsons ride could become a Retro Universal area themed to the 80s/90s films bringing all those rides back.

[@Themersive]

Back to the Future, with some animatronics of Doc, Marty, Biff, etc...heck yah

[@brooksfire9580]

My kids have no idea what Jaws, Terminator, Twitter, Men in Black are about at all. That's a losing battle.

[@Themersive]

@brooksfire9580 So, show them when they are of appropriate age? They have to discover these things somehow, right? All of our kids LOVE Back to the Future.

[@brooksfire9580]

@@Themersive Yes, our kids love Back to the Future. But some of these old movies, if you rewatch them, have great scenes, but are overall horrible. I'll show my kids parts of Jaws, but the mechanical shark is obviously fake, and most of the scenes are boring.

[@davidguthrie6316]

Jaws for sure. I'd also like to add Kong to the list

[@blainejohnson8775]

My family went to Disney every year for the last 10 years and now for the first time we are going to Universal for these exact reasons. Universal is ambitious and creative and it is exciting to see what they will do next, which is everything Disney is not anymore

[@charliemacsart]

9:58 I'm actually excited that the Country Bears are getting a refresh (even if its IP songs, ew), better than having them replaced with yet another Disney movie IP Also, heh, "em-bear-assing"

[@Robbie-pc1dl]

Good pun. That was un-bear-ily funny i laughed so hard

[@Striljr]

As much as I hate to say it but my heart belongs to Universal. Disney had a horrible year at the box office last year and even the year before that. And closing Splash Mountain did not help. Epic Universe with Nintendo World is more than enough (as an avid Nintendo fan) to suck me in!

[@pheenixdown]

Competition breeds evolution. Universal dominating the theme park space is exactly what Disney will need to evolve and expand their parks. Personally, I’ve always enjoyed going to Universal Studios & Islands of Adventure as a kid and still as an adult. It’s just so much more immersive. Something phenomenal is going to come out of this for both Universal and Disney on the theme park side 🙏🏼

[@ghostdoom3218]

It's not, and it's a cope made by people to justify sticking with a company that hates them.

[@tragictreehousestudios]

I will say, Disney will probably keep the west coast parks for a while, universal Hollywood is miles behind

[@Purplefire0796]

To be fair, Hollywood is a studio first and a theme park second

[@tragictreehousestudios]

@@Purplefire0796 yeah, it makes sense. and if they decide that they want to expand more domestically, a second more resort dedicated gate would be preferable down in cali, something that can actually compete with the rest of the region

[@Purplefire0796]

@@tragictreehousestudios yeah I do hope Hollywood gets a second gate since it is closer to me and my family won’t go to Florida anytime soon. But I don’t think that would happen anytime soon. The neighborhoods do not like noise of universal anyway, so would be hard for them to convince to buy let said the golf course for more land. I do believe Simpsons area is going be gone after the F&F coaster is built so we have a possibility of a new land to look forward to in Hollywood

[@tragictreehousestudios]

@@Purplefire0796 they could also build the second gate off property, make kinda like a second resort type of thing

[@Trahzy]

Both Disney and Universal in Florida are miles beyond their Cali locations. Bigger, more room to expand, better themed. Calis too crowded. Florida has endless unused acres to build more with a more forgiving climate for plant life and so on.

[@joedavenport5293]

Don't get me started on the Galactic Star Cruiser disaster.

[@lethalwolf7455]

This may not be a popular opinion but I hope Epic Universe has a few designated smoking areas for tobacco and vape. To smokers that’s a huge plus for Uni vs Disney at the current parks

[@foggy9624]

UK based fan here, you're spot on with everything you said about access to top quality parks and why would we bother going all the way to the US. Being just outside London is fine over here as its all so small and well connected anyway and finding that space in London would be almost impossible. Also don't underestimate how much the general UK population is a fan of Harry Potter vs Disney, it was written/made/everything here and we love it, plus there's the Warner Bros Harry Potter studio tour in Watford which is basically an hour from Bedford - they could take such a foothold in the UK

[@AnnaBellaChannel]

100% visit the Harry Potter studios and then ride the Harry Potter rides at Universal. All they need is a Hogwarts themed hotel and thus a new UK based Holiday is born.

[@helenaharris473]

I can see Universal taking over Disney especially with how involved Disney has been with politics. It is starting to feel way less magical when I walk into Disney. I honestly get bored within five minutes. I hate the fact that they’re using fake popcorn sents out of random vents to make you want popcorn at Disney and honestly when I walk into Universal I feel like I’m walking into my fantasy world immediately. They are so not involved with politics or anything controversial I always feel so happy at Universal. I am on a trip right now in Orlando going between Universal and Disney and so far I am turning my back on Disney universal is the goat Disney is trying to save themselves from universal by re-doing a ride that was Walt Disney’s work, and I hate the fact that they redoing it to some thing that is not gonna make it any better and universal is making a whole new theme park. It looks quite amazing and I’m very excited for Universal Newpark. Universal is always improving well Disney seems to have been losing their “magical touch” and even Disney’s employees have been bashing Disney behind Disney’s back that kind of tells you something right there😅

[@caffeinatedtrouble]

Merlin own the three most important parks in the UK: Alton Towers, Thorpe Park and Chessington. They also have Legoland Windsor in their portfolio. A serious challenger has been a long time coming tbh

[@Jacob-ye3vq]

Let’s be honest. These 4 parks are no match for universal or Disney.

[@horussan]

I was thinking on going this year again to Florida, but when universal announced Epic Universe, I postponed my trip until next year and spend more time in universal than the time I intended to.

[@a_cowwithlegs]

My next trip to Orlando will be at universal, and I’ll maybe stop at Epcot. Kind of funny how the tables turned.

[@SamCrispyBCon]

Man, i hope Universal overpasses Disney, so I can get Alien Extraterriestal-Encounter back.

[@erockr]

i'll believe it when i see it. It's still packed even on a random Tuesday here in socal at both disneylands parks.

[@LuchoPz]

As a huge fan of both Universal and Disney, it's very sad to see Disney this way. I really hope they accept their mistakes and listen to what their guests want

[@XimenaSu1609]

Even with the land we are most familiar with in Nintendo World, Epic Universe threw a curveball at us with the Donkey Kong area and ride that looks incredible and with NO SCREENS. And the 2 new hotels not including the one inside the park! Disney is going to lose the Orlando theme park war sooner rather than later if they don't start reinvesting

[@garrettviewegh9028]

While Universal Orlando Resort is probably the main attraction, I feel it’s the warm, sunny weather, and American experience that some Europeans come to Orlando, Florida for. Also, Universal is cheaper than Disney.

[@freddiemedley5580]

M8 most of Europe is PRETTY warm in the summer. Us Brits just fly, drive or catch the ferry to the Mediterranean countries if we want somewhere warm

[@toastpoppin]

I think Disney and Universal are like the rabbit and the hare. Disney was always ahead of Universal and was playing catch up to the ever so lustrous disney corp. But now that time has past Universal is on their doorstep. They haven't quite gotten there yet but they're neck and neck right now. All universal needs is that last push to stand out on top. Disney is still receiving major attendance at their theme parks so my guess is they don't really have to do much anyway. However the waiting game is finally over. Can't wait to see what happens next

[@brooksfire9580]

Most people STILL do not know that Universal has a theme park in Orlando. Seriously! In December, I was standing in line for Disney's Hollywood Studios opening, and a wife and kids were excited to see Harry Potter, and wondered where it was inside of Hollywood Studios - they couldn't find it on the paper map. Another family let them know the bad news. If Universal is to compete, people need to know they exist, and they NEED to mention Disney as a competitor, as so many people think there is only 1 theme park in Orlando - Disney. And Universal is part of it.

[@ritzkola2302]

@@brooksfire9580Being from Miami (and I guess Florida) (people REALLY from Miami don’t even claim the rest of the COUNTY let alone the state) I overlook how little y’all know about Orlando theme parks. Universal has always been the #2 behind Disney. Surprised to a few comments similar to yours.

[@brooksfire9580]

​@@ritzkola2302 I know the difference, and have been to both Universal and Disney (both in California and Florida) ... and it doesn't take more than an hour of research to find it out. But people don't even know what questions to ask. They just go to a Travel agent and say 'We want to go to Disney on vacation!' The real killer is that Universal Studios Hollywood has the new Mario land, but Disney calls one of their parks in Orlando - Hollywood Studios.

[@brooksfire9580]

Oh, if you go to somewhere like AAA to book a vacation, there is a huge Disney section (with flags, banners, posters, mickey ears, videos playing on TVs, etc) where there are like 2-3 agents who focus 100% on Disney. There is nothing for Universal like this. Yeah, they can book a Universal vacation, but agents don't steer people towards it. And the word 'Universal' is so generic, I think that is part of the problem.

[@ritzkola2302]

@@brooksfire9580 Perhaps that’s where the confusion stems for a lot of it. People calling travel agents and not knowing what to ask. For us we just get in the car and drive there. No travel agent. Four hour drive from Miami. We just get up and go. And learned through the experience and asking workers/locals in Orlando area questions time to time. A luxury people outside of Florida don’t usually have.

[@guyincognito4182]

I am working a ridiculous amount of hours each week. When I go to a theme park I want to leave the mobile in the car and have a good time feeling like a kid again... seeing characters I love and experiencing cool stuff that makes me feel like in the movies. Universal just worked last year. Got into the park and had fun with all those cool rides using the single rider line after the first time in the standard line (oh boy... there are cool things to see in the lines), got my picture with Homer and Bart, bought a wand at Olivanders casting spells in Diagon Alley... I was just a little boy again for 2 days. When I worked myself into what Genie+ and all this stuff is, that I should take special hotels to enter Disneyland earlier to be able to ride the most interesting stuff... sorry, I lost Interest at that point. I don´t want to work with a mobile device, when I am on vaccation. And after hearing the dissapointed reports of my relatives that they didn´t even saw Mickey and Donald, I am just glad I did not waste my time and money. I also could not care less about everything Star Wars related Disney put out besides Mandalorian.

[@TheKaimanguy]

I honestly think Universal has already overtaken Disney. And Universal is still rocketing higher in the theme park industry while Disney is faltering, sputtering and sinking in real time. I personally don't think there's any competition especially when you see how Disney functions and drugs their feet in getting anything done.

[@esta8651]

You forgot, Magic Kingdom is revamping Country Bear Jamboree! That’ll bring in the crowds

[@WhoIsSonnyC]

Universal has become more enjoyable than Disney over the years. The parks are cleaner, the food is better, constantly adding new attractions. Also, their annual passes actually come with tons of perks. With their premier pass i get No Blackout dates, Free Valet Parking Express Pass Everyday after 4PM, Free Halloween Horror Night Ticket., 15% off Food, Merch, Additional Park tix, Hotels etc

[@superpenguin645]

They should make a Pixar Theme Park in Texas to compete with the Universal Kids park. A Deadpool/X-men theme park in Las Vegas to compete with HHN. Finally I think they should build a another Disneyland in Northern Europe that way they can make all the dough in that Theme park area. Also to take away from Universal London.

[@tytytherussianspy2778]

They don't have rights to Deadpool or the X-Men in Las Vegas. And your other ideas would be good if Disney wasn't run by idiots.

[@liamcollinson5695]

One rumor for universal studios great Britain is that the rides and IPs will be different and probably have some uk ips like james bond ect so it doesn't step on the us parks toes and a unique park would probably attract curious Americans. I still expect something wizarding world since the stories are UK centric and probably something Jurassic Park since the UK has plenty of fossils

[@mandyrutter2666]

I love Disney but much prefer Universal.

[@AnnaBellaChannel]

If they don't do the Harry Potter area, no one in the UK would visit them. It is why we go to the USA to visit to go to the Harry Potter-themed areas.

[@liamcollinson5695]

@@AnnaBellaChannel from watching universal for a while I highly doubt the wizarding world or Jurassic Park will be left out

[@tymonster183]

presumably it would be Nintendo and HP based.

[@bluefirepirate1846]

I think Disney at this point… how much I hate to say it. Is for kids. And Disney is hoping for people nostalgia to drive them back. And I think Disney takes longer to make rides because they care about every little detail. But now you can argue against that, because Disney has been switching to screens… But who knows what will happen, time will tell.

[@henrybodine2269]

Universal is the best my family goes to universal every year for HHN and we have a ton of fun but last years trip we decided that we wanted to go to Epcot for a day to try guardians of the galaxy huge mistake because that ride makes wait in a queue and the people that stay at resorts get to put themselves in the queue way before everyone else so by the time we were able to put are names in it was to late it was so pay to win so we just left and went back to universal

[@GMCFans]

The great thing about this war is the consumer benefits due to the competition! Once Universal grows even bigger, it will put more pressure on Disney!

[@神河精神]

Not aware of anything major on the horizon for Disney World, but I’m optimistic about Disneyland. The Disneyland Forward initiative is a bold plan to expand the resort with a third gate, new lands/attractions, and quality of life improvements for parking, security, and park entry. Hope Anaheim approves the proposal.

[@brendanhatzyanks]

Never understand the Disney die hards when it’s like your park and leadership isn’t even trying.

[@DubsBrown]

I think if Nintendo land started with Donkey Kong Coaster or Pokémon before Mario Kart they would have pushed Universal into the top spot. Unfortunately Mario Kart is mid and the park in general is tiny

[@aaronparsons637]

I was a UO team member in 2013 and at the time, Virgin Atlantic had a special flight from London to Orlando where the flight would arrive, bring the people to Universal and they would be the first people into the Harry Potter area. They were always the nicest folks and I can't tell you how many times I heard, "Cheers!"

[@NoctLightCloud]

When I lived in Japan, I went to Universal Studios Japan in Osaka and was so blown away that I purchased an annual pass for 120€! Tokyo Disney Sea is also very good. But USJ has Nintendo Land/Mario Land now, and Harry Potter. And Jaws, Jurassic Park, Back to the Future, Spiderman, a rollercoaster that goes both forward and backwards.. From Tokyo Disney Sea, I only remember the volcano and the Tower of Terror.

[@thebe_stone]

when I was at universal orlando, the person i was sitting with on the Hogwarts express was British. the British market is definitely very lucrative.

[@archi3y]

The fact that Harry Potter is a British franchise is likely the main reason why they are building it in Britain, alongside other franchises like mr Bean.

[@schoonfam08]

Universal is really Kicking Disney’s Ass, I am rooting for them. I use to root for Disney but after what they did with Star Wars, they lost my respect and I’m disappointed of them not learning their lesson.

[@history_leisure]

Even if the parks are spun off and can keep everything they bring in for park-related expenses and growth, the parks would never be able to recover as quality might continue to tumble even if Disney Parks & Experiences was its own thing like Mercedes-Benz and private like Hershend as Apple or whomever might end up putting all the parks into licensing deals-not just Tokyo and that might throttle expansion more because no one cares about introducing something original to the parks anymore. Its only that The Country Bears and Figment are so tied to the Magic Kingdom and EPCOT being basically opening day attractions (okay, Figment wasn't ready to open with the park, but Figment and Dreamfinder were still there basically day 1) that they are simply accepted into the Disney/Disney Parks Zeitgeist that Western River Expedition just wouldn't have. Now if Lone Ranger actually worked out, maybe things would be different there and making Tiana for Disneyland and Lone Ranger-based rehash of Western River for the MK version would work-but as Jack of DSNY newscast brought up that even though Princess and the Frog is set in the 1920's between WWI and the Great Depression, Louisiana was acquired in 1803, before mining in the west of what would've been Spanish/Mexican territory at the time of the purchase. What comes next after Mexican Cession in 1848: Gadeson Purchase (the southern part of Arizona/bit of New Mexico) after the Civil War (Antebellum kind of woke and that was basically what Splash Mountain represented) and going back to that wouldn't make sense. After that, Alaska and Hawaii. Universal owns Balto, so that doesn't work, we could do Moana for a Hawaii and they can do this credibly because of Aulani. They could go back to 1920's Chicago using research for the original DLP Main Street Plans and Dick Tracy Crime Stopper ideas

[@scizorzzz]

Universal made an amazing and immersive harry potter themed land that was true to the source material. They are doing the same with Mario to great fanfare. Disney made an empty and terrible land that's a mockery of star wars and they refuse to acknowledge the characters, locations, and themes that star wars fans actually care about. Gee I wonder why everyone likes universal more now...

[@Jacob-ye3vq]

Clearly not . international fans always choose Disney over universal. It’s is more known. Disney has a reputation worldwide that universal don’t have. Although Americans think it is close. It’s not even close outside of America. Universal just started building a worldwide reputation recently. Opening Beijing uni to combat the Shanghai Disney. While Disney has another park near located in HK. Universal also opened a park in Osaka Japan. To combat Tokyo Disneyland and DisneySea, these two parks combined. Are better than Disney world and California’s. So clearly the universal can’t beat Disney in Japan. Universal has won the popularity contest in Singapore with the one major park. But arguably the worst park in the lineup. But closing Madagascar right now is will not help the universal international market. Meanwhile Disney added beauty and the beast ride in Tokyo Disney and fantasy springs in Disney sea. A unique Zootopia land in Shanghai and a World of Frozen in HK. Osaka has not new development. Singapore is bringing a minions land. Which is questionable. And a whole new park in Beijing. The Asia market may be equal. But in Europe right now, Disney wins 100% as Disney Paris has two parks. Where the weaker park will get a 3 land expansion. Attracting more guest. So u could argue that universal wins in the us. And if Disney loses. Universal still has a lot to catch up internationally. So if international theme park fans come to us. It will always be Disney first

[@anthonypondillo902]

You should see the excitement I have everytime I see u post bro

[@DougPanton]

They’re killing their own theatre revenue with Disney+

[@drock13]

Competition is best for the consumer , I don’t want any one company to win. Disney better pull their head out their own butt 😂. I’m glad to finally see them sweat a little bit

[@Jackster1910]

Great video bro as always :)

[@Scienceboy0]

It's kind of dumb that you spend so much time talking about how much the international market matters with Universal in the UK, but then gloss over Disney's international expansions saying they don't matter. I don't think it'll put Disney ahead but you've got to at least mention what their plans are at those parks after spending so much time talking about how Universal's international expansion will change things, like come on.

[@Jacob-ye3vq]

For us international park fans, Disney is always number 1 my main park is HK. And Disney has a huge impact on there. Universal just started equaling out the Disney parks. Building one in Japan cancelling out Tokyo one in Beijing cancelling out Shanghai and in Singapore cancelling out HK. But it may be too late. Cus people will always got to HK first

[@michaelfritts7464]

Sorry, but Disney is already in 2nd place. Universal Orlando only has 2 theme parks and a water theme park and they've been doing just fine. Meanwhile Disney World has 4 theme parks and 2 water parks. Ever since both parks opened up after COVID, Universal has been manhandling them. They opened up with the Jason Bourne Stuntacular Show, the Jurassic World: Velocicoaster, which is the best coaster in Orlando, and Illumination's Minion Land with a new attraction and a variety of food services which is just a huge addition for the park, but also targeted towards kids! That alone has brought so many people over to Universal's Orlando Resort with the addition of Disney fumbling and losing their own consumers based on their own choices that ultimately cost them. Universal has also demolished the kid's area next to ET and are rebuilding it right now to a DreamWorks themed area. Universal's theming has also gotten better with the addition of their food quality getting better as well. Mardi Gras is a perfect example of that. Staying at a premier hotel and all your guests receiving a free express pass is a big plus and it doesn't add any additional prices or fees. Disney got rid of their fast pass system for the Genie+ system which I have not heard many good things about. I personally haven't tried it, but I know people who have and it's just a mess to use. Now you gotta think, Universal is in the process of finishing up a brand new theme park that has HUGE IP's like Super Nintendo World, another Harry Potter property, the Dark Universe, and How to Train Your Dragon. Not to even mention it's opening up with 3 hotels and it's going to be "Something no other theme park has ever seen before". If you're Disney, you're worried and looking over your shoulder.

[@yellowmangaming6986]

glad to see you back bro

[@dyoshitimo932]

The city of Bedford💀💀💀

[@achannell362]

I recently did the 4 Disney World parks and both Universal parks in the same week. With the exception of the incredibly well-themed Potter areas in Universal, the rest of the areas were really poor, with exception being Springfield, which is likely to be demolished soon. I literally saw a chubby Cyclops and Wolverine leaning against the wall at a quick service restaurant talking to another employee in Islands of Adventure. Disney has been slacking in quality as of late in their parks, but they are still so far ahead of Universal in Florida overall in terms of experience with the exception of Potter. I would absolutely love if Universal gave the rest of their space the same care that they've given to the Potter areas as they are, in my opinion, the best themed areas that exist.

[@kstarr3555]

You are proving why universal will overtake Disney down the line. The best areas are all the newest areas and they are continuing to build a new park with 5 harry potters lands so to speak. While innovating existing lands. Jurassic world is great. You can’t be complacent. Disney may be better now but not for long

[@Amphibicup-draws]

I completely agree, I feel like the existing lands need some work but it sounds like Epic Universe will be better at having more immersive lands.

[@diegocalderon5190]

I love the Toon Lagoon and Jurassic Park areas way more than Potter. But the thing is, I visited the Orlando parks as well this week, and the best parks for me were IoA, DHS and EPCOT, MK used to be my favorite but with all this Lightning Lane and Genie+ stuff the park has become a nightmare, not to mention the Tron Virtual Queue, hate that, I left really disappointed with Disney.

[@shorebreakcards]

If I was at the Disney panel where all they announce is nothing for the parks, I would stand up and ask/say something along the lines of "WTF are you doing, this is not what anybody wants, us and you included. Disney should be innovating, not reacting to others, why are you working at Disney". If I cared about the parks anymore I would do that, I'm a chef and really don't care about feelings, just results. I cannot understand why nobody has said anything to their face, I would be embarrassed.

[@jeffjd1970]

Universals new park finally has the Dark Park with Monster scary rides. Disney will never have these kind of rides because it caters to very small children. Universal needs more haunted dark scary monster rides, they would make a fortune with these kind of rides, it would be like Halloween all the time

[@charlafrederick1245]

I think in Orlando there is plenty of tourist to go around. Kids before 10, Disney. After 10, Universal. So younger families will stay at Disney and maybe do 1 or 2 days at Universal. Older families, stay and do 3 days at Universal, 1 or 2 days at Disney. The key thing is to get travel agents on board.

[@matth3w2002]

Disney: Brother! Help me! Universal: Long live the King!

[@MovieFan1912]

As if they were ever friends in the industry to begin with.

[@DapperIndividual]

Im sorry if this is a controversial opinion to share, but im so over this "highly details and expensive themed land to one IP" thats been prevalent in Theme Parks the last few years. This may just be me, but i think the best themed land Disney has done in the last 10 years is Pixar Pier. A gorgeous retheme of an already great area that showcases plenty of Pixar franchise and not just one like Toy Story or Incredibles. I hope whatever Disney does next is more similar to this as opposed to Pandora or Galaxies Edge.

[@mattevans4377]

Ok, now I'm hoping Universal's next step will be to enter thr Cruise market, lol. That would really make Disney start to panic.

[@aaronmiller5012]

That would be cool. But what would the name be? ( example Disney Cruise line ). Maybe Universal cruise line or partner up with a cruise ship company.

[@wasabichef]

Yay new attraction ideas video

[@bluegold1026]

It will be VERY interesting to see what happens between the two parks over the next few years.

[@renechang2406]

The uk visitors are here 14 days but they don't do the parks all that time. They just stretch their days longer. Space it out more

[@MyelsDickinson-oe6eb]

Don’t forget about the Disney cruse line that is already in the uk

[@monorail4252]

Disney has only developed 1/3 of the land they own in central Florida. 1/3 has been set aside for conservation but that mean Disney can still double in size as they are ready when expanding. Universal doesn't have the option of connecting all it's property in Central Florida without overpaying for land.

[@sonic23233]

The Florida government took away that land

[@monorail4252]

@sonic23233 No they didn't. At no point did Florida declare imminent domain over that land. Yes, there is state land around Disney but if a prison was set up just outside Disney owned property it would take a 30 minute drive to see it.

[@123sportsfan]

Stop debating which one is better when they are both good lol

[@theredpriest]

Super Nintendo World is going to take over. As Universal continues to add more and more Nintendo properties Disney will go by the wayside.

[@86wellacre]

I believe the UK park would be a year round resort with quite a few indoor attractions. Maybe the outdoor attractions will only close in severe weather. The climate can be fairly mild in the winter, it would have a similar climate to Disneyland Paris and Universal Beijing. I just saw a video of Tokyo Disney in the snow yesterday, so pretty but we don’t get much snow in the UK. I think they’ve chosen the UK because of the market but I guess they’ll get quite a few European visitors too. The passport situation doesn’t matter, you need one to go to so many places anyway.

[@c_friii]

I am a Universal kid and I am loving this 😂

[@stewartrobinson5138]

Being a big Universal fan, I enjoyed this 😂

I hope to see a significant decrease on Walt Disney World prices next year due to all of this lol because getting new lands and attractions.. that’s not in the map..

[@thethaanngsss]

3:49 Thats being said i think merlin are starting to catch up in terms of themeing and immersion. Sure they've still got a long way to go to get on universals level but they are certainly starting to get there. Just look at nemesis reborn. A HUGE upgrade from what was their before. Merlin also said that their gonna start to rely on themed experiences.

[@OakForestBoys]

Great vid as always 👌

[@MRAPEXPREDATOR1]

Imagine a train from “Kings Cross” direct to the park. The one between Islands and the Movie park is great.

[@AnnaBellaChannel]

Alton Towers is aimed mostly at teenagers and adults. It does have a smaller child-friendly park within a park but it also has a huge country house and garden to explore. It is the national trust with roller coasters. Alton Towers rides are aimed at adults 1st in the UK. Universal Studios better do a massive Harry Potter theme park because that is what the UK wants.

[@zacksheets9726]

My understanding is that the UK park will have no cloned experiences from Orlando, so rather it would be a completely different experience at the Orlando parks compared to the UK park

[@shanebowden7114]

Speaking as someone from the UK, I don't think Universal's UK park will be a game changer, particularly when it comes to detracting from Orlando as a UK resort. There's a misunderstanding of British culture here: what Americans view as driveable distance (such as the 1hr 30 from Birmingham/London), we do not. That sort of distance to me, particularly when growing up (so prime theme park age), is too far for a day trip but not far enough for a holiday. Same goes for the currently existing Alton Towers: quite a well renowned park but I, and most other people I know who grew up near me, haven't been because it's "too far away". Still within fairly easy driving distance but not really a holiday Secondly, the weather even at its peak here is nothing like Orlando. We Brits love good weather and will absolutely pay that money and travel that distance to get it, especially outside of what we would consider good weather season here (hence Brits going to Orlando in Autumn/Winter) Lastly, I think we always have a negative bias towards anything along these lines that is built here as just being rubbish. Unless you go, you never think it's as good as the stuff out in the US, and even then it doesn't compare. Even Disneyland Paris isn't as good as WDW Florida, in my experience. Bedford doesn't exactly ring out as a lovely place to go (nothing against Bedfordians) in the same way as Orlando does TLDR: American businessmen have misjudged British culture imo

[@hollybabyyy]

I’m only 1.5 hr from bedford. I need it to be built YESTERDAY lol 3:14

[@JasonBush16]

Building a Universal theme park in the UK will not stop people going to Disney World! Parks in this country are never going to get to that scale! You're forgetting people don't just go because of Universal and Disney, people from the UK love the whole experience of going to America, Its not just about theme parks.

[@millcitymercantile]

If Disney sold its 50% stake of A&E Networks to its partner, Hearst Communications, it would free up about $5b after taxes to invest in its domestic parks businesses.

[@vectorwolf]

I'm hyped for what Universal has in the pipeline, but I'm a little concerned that they haven't pulled the trigger on most of it. I suppose they're waiting for Epic to get finished (it's overbudget but I wager they figure it won't matter in the long run), but I don't even think they've broken ground on either the HHN attraction or the kids park, much less provided any info beyond some vague concept art. I'm hoping they actually happen and don't get cut to pay Epic's bills.

[@maggieandersen460]

I went to both universal and disney for the first time this summer, I enjoyed universal waaaaay more. The little worlds in the universal parks felt way more immersive, there were way more pleases to sit and shop within the little worlds, the rides were more fun. Honestly I even enjoyed the food more. The only thing I liked more in Disney was the fireworks at the end of the night. Next time I go back to Orlando I’ll be sticking to universal for longer, rather than splitting my time between parks. It’s just my opinion, but I didn’t find Disney worth it at all.