PROJECT EPIC: PART 2

[@ThemeParkThoughtsOG]

Thanks for watching! Please leave any thoughts you might have below, and a sub would be super groovy. 😊 Also, what's your favorite part of the video? Mine is 13:34 Chomp chomp

[@mightyyoshiyt6772]

petition to get universal to hire this guy

[@ThemeParkThoughtsOG]

@@mightyyoshiyt6772 let me know where to sign 😉

[@JohnnyRocket199]

Someone hire this man please!

[@myinternets]

My favorite part was 24:45 where you propose the tree swap between the tropical and deciduous trees to fit the new spongbob and zelda islands, that's a 10D chess move that really preserves the soul of this park! Your video editing is improving with each video!

[@ThemeParkThoughtsOG]

@myinternets Thanks! Trying to raise my game each time.

[@a_cowwithlegs]

Love the Seuss ideas! It would be great for each land to have its own icon and mount crumpet would be perfect

[@shelliepsyd]

I love your Jurassic and Seuss lands ideas. Jurassic is definitely a HUGE IP that everyone loves, next to HP. Jurassic needs at least 4 rides. Overall only thing I disagree with is I think the currently standing but empty theatre building in Toon Lagoon be transformed for a Marvel live action stunt show. The building is literally right next to Super Hero Island, all Universal would need to do would be to literally take that area from TL and give it to MSHI, just moving the boundaries. Universal needs more shows IMO.

[@ThemeParkThoughtsOG]

@shelliepsyd thanks for watching! I'm addressing Marvel Island in the next video, moving some things around, a live Marvel show is my Plan B in case my Plan A can't be implemented.

[@LChatmanFL]

Super super good video. Subbed. The Mt. Crumpet idea is fantastic, showing sneetch beach some love, excellent. This land deserves more love. Regarding Toon Lagoon... SpongeBob is such an obvious fit. The translucent seashell canopy is sneaky genius. The issue is... and you mentioned it... is the IP is everywhere. But the ROI is still massive. You already mentioned Krabby patties, kelp shakes & other merchandise ideas. For the waterfront, I actually suggested somewhere that a Boating School attraction with Ms Pufferfish, would be awesome. A collection of battery powered boats capable of seating four, going through a driver course would also be a people eater plus should not cost a ton.

[@ThemeParkThoughtsOG]

@LChatmanFL thanks for the sub. That boat ride is a great idea I hadn't considered, maybe it could be sandwiched between the drop tower and the spinner, giving us 7 rides in Bikini Bottom? That's truly Epic.

[@LChatmanFL]

@@ThemeParkThoughtsOG Kids driving their own boats is always a hit!! Question: how would you feel if toon lagoon was actually rethemed to a Hollow Earth. A Godzilla versus Kong attraction might be super special. I think Godzilla getting a theme park presence is long overdue. Turning Popeyes into some sort of hollow Earth River Rapids Ride might work. Dudley's possibly rethemed to Godzilla's underwater lair. Just spitballing...

[@JacobMcG64]

But dew sets before park close, when the temp drops. The cover would also trap water once the sun came up raising temp.

[@ThemeParkThoughtsOG]

I really tried to record a whole video without a verbal gaffe this time, but at 31:35 I still managed to dyslex "good guys" and "bad guys" lol. Not going to make a correction video for that. 😅

[@TheParkitect]

There should be a Boris Karloff track and Jim Carrey track dueling against each other, and keep Carey’s track in the back so it doesn’t ruin the toon/drawing feeling of Dr. Seuss.

[@ThemeParkThoughtsOG]

@@TheParkitect ❤️ me some Boris Karloff

[@TheParkitect]

And I was thinking a gyrosphere Omnimover with just animatronics, and maybe illusions that look like screens but are sets so the ride can be scarier.

[@SunshineThemeParks]

You earned my subscription

[@ThemeParkThoughtsOG]

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[@ThemeParkThoughtsOG]

Just subbed to you as well.

[@AmyHolland-bb3vq]

Really enjoying your videos

[@ThemeParkThoughtsOG]

@@AmyHolland-bb3vq thank you! More coming soon.

[@briantoogood8928]

Thank you for the great video. I love your ideas, espy for Seuss Landing.

[@ThemeParkThoughtsOG]

@briantoogood8928 Thanks for checking it out, I appreciate it.

[@coreymason7017]

I think I missed about what to replace Dudley do rights with, I think it should be something like Mrs. Puff’s Boating School with the drop themed to going to rock bottom. I love the idea of the Zelda land i just would do a different model of coaster. I’d also settle for some sort of indoor show/attraction themed to a water temple level and try and save the one thing about Poseidons fury everyone loved, the water vortex. (I know I’ve heard rumors that’s precisely why they had to close it for so long, but I really love that effect.)

[@jasonlaboy2683]

wow i didn’t think this would be such amazing ideas i am down for all of them!

[@ThemeParkThoughtsOG]

@jasonlaboy2683 Thanks! Working on Marvel Island video right now, and I have some unique ideas for Epic Universe expansion as well.

[@lxlkir]

Good work

[@ThemeParkThoughtsOG]

@@lxlkirThanks for watching!

[@NDA1494]

Love your idea for Seuss landing though it will be better to update Cat in the Hat instead of changing it to the sequel since the Cat in the Hat is more well known. For Jurassic Park, I really disagree with your ideas. One, the theming should be consistent. Making it a hodge podge will make it worse. Either stay Jurassic Park or go Jurassic World. I may get hate for this, but I would say just go full Jurassic World at this point. Pandora’s box has been open since velocicoaster opened. So there is no going back. Attempting to make the river adventure and safari ride timeless just makes it look like a jumbo mess. In fact, have the Indominus rex in both doesn’t make it timeless, it is stating that it takes place in Jurassic World. Here’s how I would do it. For setup, in velicicoaster, the ride goes well and nothing goes wrong, but then Claire is heard telling Owen to go to the River Adventure due to an issue. At the Jurassic World River Adventure ride it will be same as the one in hollywood for the most part. The Mosasaurus part is remove because it doesn’t fit for this version. Take out the dinosaur that don’t work while putting in some new ones, especially those that are seen in the river shot with the kayak boats from Jurassic World. Have the Parasaurolophus be the same in the morning,but at night, glowing the dark like in Camp Cretaceous. Same as hollywood, change the raptor paddock to Indomius Rex paddock having already escape and Claire and Owen helping you get to safety. Unfortunate, you have to go up to the restricted zone where dinosaurs too dangerous for the park are (Allosaurus, Dilophosaurus, Stygimoloch, etc.’. In fact, the last thing I would change is swapping the Trex for the Carnotaurus to flow with the story. After the drop, we hear Claire telling Owen that the Indominus is heading for the Gyrosphere ride. Thats right, the new ride is the Gyrosphere ride. I don’t have a full idea of the story ride, but some pointers. Have the Indominus chase like in Beijing, but also have the Indominus catch you and try to break the Gyrosphere but then escape thanks to a distract (not sure what). Had the Trex swapped from river adventure, because she will be featured in this ride. Thats all I can think of for now.

[@jocelynsantiago7154]

Some good thoughts..

[@ThemeParkThoughtsOG]

@jocelynsantiago7154 thanks for watching!

[@CobbleBompster]

Thank you for not being one of those people who want to get rid of Superhero Island or Seuss Landing.

[@ThemeParkThoughtsOG]

@CobbleBompster You're welcome. Seuss Landing just needs a little love. I'm excited for you to see the Marvel plans and my companion ride idea for Spider-Man. Also really upgrading the food there too.

[@CobbleBompster]

@@ThemeParkThoughtsOGI’d recommend having the Carnotaurus as one of the antagonist dinosaurs for either the motion simulator or river adventure. The Indoraptor is a good one too, and having it not be exclusively Jurassic Park or Jurassic World opens up so much potential

[@metallicnole4514]

Superhero island looks outdated and they can’t freely expand upon without complications from Disney who now own marvel. In china there’s a clone of hulk themed to transformers called decepticoaster

[@CobbleBompster]

⁠@@metallicnole4514that’s false. They’re allowed to build what they want as long as it’s beneficial to Marvel as a whole. I believed what you were saying until I had actually read the contract which states that they’re allowed to add and change things as long as it’s “reasonable”. Saying that they should tear it down simply because it looks outdated is like saying they should get rid of Jurassic Park instead of modifying it. Vincent Vision made a good video on this.

[@ThemeParkThoughtsOG]

@metallicnole4514 It is outdated because it was built before the first modern superhero movie was made, and yet the Spider-Man ride still slaps. I have an idea for a cosmetic re-theme that would be well within the legal agreement and would make the land look like a spectacular new addition, as well as make Avengers Campus look even weaker than it looks now. I think it would be truly spectacularly hilarious if Universal had the better Marvel theme park product.

[@JCAB72493X]

I might not be the majority in this idk… but I’d be much more annoyed with a SpongeBob themed land even tho I’ll admit you made a great pitch for it. I would much rather they go get the LoonyToons rights like they wanted originally. They’d prolly get it cheap to since WB is in financial trouble. Second I get if someone doesn’t ride a water ride because they dont want to get wet… but if you get off a water ride complaining you got too wet as opposed to not wet enough you’re…. special.

[@sky0kast0]

Agreed

[@ThemeParkThoughtsOG]

Thanks for watching and for your thoughts. To me, there's a giant difference between incidental splashing from an aggressive course and having multiple buckets of water hurled in your face. And by any metric, I bet SpongeBob is more popular than Bugs & the Looney Tunes characters right now.

[@AziaXtremeNFinity]

aren't you afraid Universal will see your videos and take your ideas?

[@ThemeParkThoughtsOG]

@AziaXtremeNFinity I was more hoping that Universal would like my ideas and hire me. It may sound far-fetched, but I know personally it's happened before.

[@ThemeParkThoughtsOG]

@AziaXtremeNFinity And unfortunately, I'm used to my work being stolen. My work appears on a Grammy nominated album and on a major college football helmet without credit.

[@JCAB72493X]

I always wished they left Jurassic park.. Jurassic park and just made a major renovation to it. Then made a separate Jurassic world land based of the theme park in the movie.

[@Paranimal86]

Pretty sure the licenses expire to the marvel stuff my guess is they won’t renew considering Disney owns them. Maybe they can get DC comics license them Batman etc…

[@bryancurdi451]

The license for Marvel doesn't expire

[@shelliepsyd]

Nope, Universal got a sweetheart of a deal, they own Marvel cartoon IP east of the Mississippi in perpetuity as long as they have at least 1 attraction from each family of characters.

[@deathrev0859]

God please don’t do sponge bob! Do anything else!

[@ThemeParkThoughtsOG]

@deathrev0859 what suggestions do you have for IP?