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The Promising Future of Universal Great Britain | News & Commentary
I do hope this gets the go ahead as it not only would it create lots of jobs for the local area and would do well for the ecomony, it would also be good for families who may have wanted to go to a theme park like Universal but can't afford it.
This is so exciting for the UK we'd better get Super Mario World please
Yes please
This is really exciting!! Great to see that this project is backed by many, including the locals and councils-can't wait! 😃
Indeed! So many people are excited about this, now we just need to hope they don’t find some ancient remnants in the land and Universal gives the thumbs up!
@@themainstreetnews TBH you can probably did anywhere in the UK and find Roman ruins lol 😆
Not the best prospect haha
@@themainstreetnewsI'm Excited To See Transformers The Ride 3d Simulator 3d Dark Ride Meet The Transformers Optimus Prime Bumblebee Megatron The Amazing Adventures Of Spider-Man The Ride And Meet And Greet Spider-Man I Hope Is Going To Be The Same At Universal Studios Florida
I live iterally 2 minutes away from this site by car. I excited but unsure about the traffic. I hope they get the infastructure in place I also wonder if theres a local discount, I heard disney florida does something similar.
I feel a bit of negativity in this comments section. Is it possibly a bit of jealousy from the none UK, Europeans on here? I think It would be a huge success, and Europeans absolutely would visit. The UK already has a huge tourism industry and this would end up being a must visit for many of the international visitors. I live about 3 hours away in car from kempston Hardwick, and already know I would visit several times a year.
You think so? Haven't really felt that much negativity, but rather some hesitation when it comes to details like the numbers. It's important to remember that before Brexit, Europeans could visit the UK without a passport, while now, the need for a passport does complicate it a little more. As a Portuguese, I know that if I want to go to a theme park I need to travel, be that to Disneyland Paris, Port Aventura or (hopefully one day) Universal GB, so it's 100% fine by me!
@themainstreetnews is it the case that Europeans could visit the UK without a passport pre-Brexit? UK was never in Schengen and I as a Brit always had to travel with a passport to visit other EU countries when we were a member
It was actually. I found it very interesting British people needed a passport all along, but we could just hop on in without one!
Ever since this was first announced you had pro EU fanatics on certain forums talking it down.
It should be in the EU, brexit, people won’t travel to the UK…. So I completely agree.
The UK can’t have anything nice because of brexit 😂
Despite what many people will have you believe the UK isn’t a sinking wasteland like it was predicted and I think that rubs certain people up the wrong way.
@@themainstreetnewsThose without a passport wouldn’t have traveled to Orlando anyway. I’m sure these figures have been factored in.
You never know maybe it’ll persuade more people to get a passport, it’s hardly a difficult thing to do.
This would make my dream come true!
I’ve on,y ever been to Orlando universal once so to finally get one here would be mind blowing 🤯
Please please please give this the go-ahead Universal.
I was surprised to see that you didn't mention about the confirmed height limits! The highest point of anything in the resort would be 115m, and the highest occupied floor of a building will be 75m. For UK standards, they're both pretty impressive stats.
I did not! Mostly because that would open up an entire different topic, “what will the park look like”, which I might be saving up for a future video 👀
If they want to keep it open all year round, they will need a lot of indoor rides. Hagrid's Motorbike Adventure is a great ride, but would you want to ride that in the middle of January on a wet and windy English day?
Definitely. In Bedford, it rains pretty much the same amount of days as in Disneyland Paris, so some measures would need to take place. The Orlando parks would never work here because of the different weather. Although, I'd be more than glad to ride Hagrid's anytime, anywhere! ;)
Won't be the same rides as Orlando. And yes I imagine most of them will be Indoor or dark rides.
The only thing missing is confirmation of the rumours that Universal will once again be the owner of PortAventura.
I've been following those rumours for quite a while, and I still believe that Universal could very well be looking at a two resort approach, with both PAW and GB. Even so, things have been quiet at the Spanish front, personally I don't believe that ends the rumours as quite a bit has happened. Either way, PortAventura is looking amazing with great operations, many refurbishment projects and more, and someone is behind this investment. Is it Universal? Well, that remains to be seen.
Oh man, if Universal does a pincer move on Disneyland Paris that would be magnificent! That truly would mean Disney has to come up with something more than just one darkride and a flatride and call it a day.
This has always been a head to head decision: Spain or UK. If Universal goes with the UK which looks likely then i think there is virtually zero chance of them getting Porta Ventura
Why buy a resort that will need a fortune spending on it when you can just start from scratch.
People will say universal used to own PA, they didn’t, not completely as they only owned 40%.
And the universal that had a 40% stake in PA isn’t the same universal we see today, they have a different parent company for starters.
It’s just not going to happen.
I think those rumours are a sort of ‘backup plan’ if the Bedford site was either unavailable/or the locals didn’t want to have a Universal park in their backyard
Please rebuild the JAWS ride! That should NEVER have closed!
Im very much looking forward to this. I do wonder though if the details revealed by the parish council were actually leaks from universal or them just repeating rumours as i heard the 4 restaurant/500 hotel room bit a few days before the parish meeting.
I agree that it is hopefully just the main hotel that is 500 rooms that will feature as part of the entrance to the park like in DLP. I assume at leasy one other cheaper hotel would be built. If universal miss the boat on the hotel capacity then companies like premier inn will probably pop up in the surrounding areas.
I do not believe the council would use rumours, but rather the rumours came from a leak somewhere in their process. Universal is clearly learning from the problems that plagued Euro Disney and having too many hotels with too many rooms and nowhere near the guests to fill them was one. I do think 500 rooms is an extremely low number, but one that can be fixed by simply building more hotels as need be.
If this actually happens I’m gonna be so broke 😂 might as well start saving now!
There is no indication of it being a Studios themed Park. During the public consultation a Universal exec said the Park will be a mix between IOA and Epic Universe, neither is a Studios themed Park.
That’s very interesting because Universal has registered the domain “UniversalStudiosGreatBritain.com” which would indicate it is in fact a Universal Studios park. It’s important to note that Beijing is also a Studios park, and that is a mix of IOA, USF and Epic Universe, in some ways
@@themainstreetnews I wouldn't put much stock in domain registrations, they are likely just covering bases. After all they also registered universalgreatbritain which will probably become the official park name. I'd trust an exec comment over the domains.
That's fair! I still do believe the park will be similar to Beijing's concept, being a mix of Studios and IOA. Hollywood Boulevard as the entrance and then different themed islands or worlds!
@@themainstreetnews I think that sounds about right. They'll want the boulevard to tap into the nostalgia of it all and give a new market a quintessential Universal experience. Then have the rest of the Park will IOA/EU like with cordeoned off themed worlds with complete immersion.
That's exactly what I meant! The name, though, that makes sense to be Universal Studios Great Britain, every resort has their park with "Studios".
Really hope this goes ahead !
My lord… this will have Merlin CRAPPING themselves😂😂😂😂
About time,they've had no competition for decades
This is very exciting for us in the uk I do hope it happens but I still don’t understand why they don’t just invest in portaventura and build on a park that is running and has better weather year round.
To have a real theme park in the uk will be amazing 🥰😍
Nice to see the “park” Already has a queue 😂
Fascinating video, i hope it gets the go ahead. You didnt mention anything about Portaventura, do you think Universal are going to double up in Europe? I rewlly hope this gives Disneyland Paris a bit of a push, expecially for some new stuff in Disneyland Park finally!
Thanks for another amazing video !!!
Thank you!
So exciting! I hope it all goes ahead. 🎉🎉
Fingers crossed!
I’ve been hearing all the many updates about the Universal Great Britain Resort Park hopefully the process will come true will just see what happens..Also in the meantimes in Buzz Lightyear Astro Busters will be closing this October 2024 at Tokyo Disneyland will be turning into Wreck It Ralph this 2026
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I think it will reflect the studio style park at least in its entrance, like a Hollywood boulevard street area. After that you enter different worlds , similar to Beijing. Im sure it will have influences of IOA and maybe Epic.
Lands I’d almost certainly expect to see are
Jurassic Park/World
The Wizarding World of Harry Potter (Harry Potter finally comes home 😂)
Super Mario World
Aside from these I’m not sure but I’d expect to see new attractions and IP’s.
I think it will be brand new IP's maybe harry potter.. but doubt they will make other replicas or we would never go to Orlando again
Bread and circuses bro, bread and circuses.
Such a good video with great informations. But I still have one question, does this means that Universal totally gave up on buying Port Aventura? Haven't heard anything of it for a year or so now. Do you have any informations?
No, I do not have any information. I believe there’s a chance it may still happen, as so much stuff has been proven to be right. We’ll just have to wait and see what happens in the end!
It is said theywon't use the Orlando Ips in order to no hurt the brit Orlando visitors but, if Uni won't use HP, Nintendo or Minions would they will be able to compete with Disney?
That’s a good question. Personally I can’t see them not using Harry Potter or Minions. From what I’ve seen, it’s not the IP’s that won’t be copied but rather the attractions, so we could definitely see them use Minions in a different offer to that of Orlando. HP is harder because of the HP Studios, so we’ll see how that evolves. Now, they have a lot of very strong IPs we could see in the UK, with stuff like Jurassic Park/ World, Kung Fu Panda, Transformers, Fast & Furious and others!
That 8.5 million number is clearly ridiculous, so I have a feeling it's more about CityWalk visits. And that number is probably including everyone that uses the new train stations for non-Universal use. 8.5M could easily be reached if the Mixed-Use area gets a bunch of flats in it, which is what I think "Mixed-Use' refers to. Numbers would also escalate if an indoor water park is included from the get-go.
The number is indeed quite high. From the letter it's also impossible to determine if they mean from the first phase or from a later phase of the resort, even if I believe it's the first option. I believe the Mixed Use will be space for everything from Hotels, Cast Member housing, Special Events, Green Parks, etc. I do not see them having rides outside of the park, it has never happened. Although, I could see the 8.5M figure be for visitors to the resort, including the CityWalk, but how would they even count that?
Oh I hope it happens!!
I think it will be interesting to see how successful this park will be. It can be a huge success or an underperformer. Both scenarios are very possible.
Universal chose the uk as a location, because the uk was always the gate into europe for american companies. Due to Brexit this has changed, but for themeparks it should not matter.
If this park is successful, then universal can go into two directions. The question is how many people from mainland europe are willing to travel to this new park. If people from mainland europe make a sizeable part of the attendence, then universal can build a huge resort. If not, then we will see more smaller parks in europe that try to be the top dog of their region.
One thing that won't happen is a battle between Disney and Universal. Disneys main competitors are Efteling and Europapark. Any other park has a different target demographic in mind. If the Universal builds lets say exciting rollercoasters, then they already have another target audience.
I think the main draw will be the ips. The two main ones are Nintendo and Harry potter. It is no suprise that epic universe has chosen these two ips in their park. Anything else is up to you to speculate. I say good luck Universal.
In 2022 Disneyland Paris had about 10 million visitors while Efteling and Europapark had around 5 million each. They are very much not serious competition. If Universal does it right, they’ll def be Disneys main competition in Europe with all of their available IP’s and attractions.
@@nospeedboundaries Europapark and Efteling have the most similar experience to Disney. Both offer highly themed experiences with a focus on family friendly attractions. Furthermore both parks have still a good selection of darkrides. So they are competing for the same niche.
Also since you are using attendence numbers. Disneyland paris attendence numbers are stagnating. In the past they were close to 12 mio visitors. While these two competitors had more like 4 mio visitors. Basicly the non Disneyparks are catching up.
In 2022 (last public numbers) Disneyland Paris had 15.3 million guests in their both theme parks. Europa Park had 6 million in their theme and water parks, nothing comes close to Disney's strength in the European scale. Universal could.
@@themainstreetnews 15 mio may sound impressiv on the first sight. But we could count all Merlin parks together to show how dominant they are in europe. Disneys second park is completly carried by the first park. I think most visitors visit either the main park or both. But the ones that visit only the second park are a minority. I think Disney invests so much in the second park two convince people to visit both parks.
@@kalzium8857 you’re forgetting that Disney is essentially doubling the size of one of their parks next year and Will continue to expand it. That Will surely add more visitors to the parks. Universal also has Dark rides and family friendly rides Will still having a focus on thrill rides. It Can absolutely be Disney’s number 1 competition in Europe. It’s also a very Well known brand in the Theme Park world and amongst the general public.
Ditemi che non sto sognando!!!😍
Don't think either of us are dreaming!
I pray Universal Studios GB becomes a thing 🙏
It would be a great game changer next to Thorpe Park and Alton Towers
And i PRAY that they add the Wizarding World of Harry Potter! ⚡⚡⚡
If Japan has a Universal AND a HP Studio Tour
Then so can the UK 🇬🇧🇯🇵!
Hogwarts may finally be home at last....
That’s a great point!
We still need to remember that now it takes Europeans a passport to go to the UK, which is not the case for France. I know at least in my case it will make it more troublesome to go this universal park
Most definitely. Europeans now have a harder time getting into the UK and it could slightly impact EU based visitor numbers
Europeans have always needed a passport to enter the uk
@@DarrensToychannel That's incorrect. Someone from countries like Spain, France or Portugal did not need a passport to enter the UK.
Airport CDG Paris to Disneyland Paris is less than 10 minutes in TGV train
Very true! I’ve used it quite a few times, unfortunately there aren’t that many timetables. Most people, however, take a taxi, public transport (RER) or Magical Shuttle
Tbf it's actually more like 20 minutes on the train between Bedford and Luton airport as well
I think you ignored the waiting for luggage and security checks etc, flying short distance makes no sense, ideally get the train.
it's not going to be Chinese theme park in the UK
I didn't say that. I said that it'll be in the vein of Universal Beijing, meaning it should have a similar layout/ theme, with Hollywood theming as the entrance and several IP based lands.
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You referred to to the UK as being in the European Continent. You are aware the UK is an Island and not connected to the continent????
The UK is part of Europe. The Great Britain island is on the European continent shelf and is very well connected to mainland Europe via train, plane, car, boat and many other methods of transportation.
I think you need to brush up on your geography pal and understand what tectonic plates are and what a continent actually is. Just because the UK is an island off the coast of France (can literally see France across the English Channel just with your bare eyes on a clear day and vice Versa) doesn’t mean it isn’t European. Like the author of the video said, it sits on the European side of the Eurasian plate and thus is part of Europe.
Did you go to school?
Good luck with that 8.5 mio yearly visitors.
Why do you think DL Paris has up to 12mio visitors per year ?
Easy:
Freedom of movement within the EU.
But with increased red tape to freedom of movement thanks to BREXIT the number of 8.5 mio visitors is ... let's say it mildly ... ambitious ... even with the name UNIVERSAL.
Millions of Brits go to universal Florida every year and we haven't got freedom of movement with the states.
Indeed, around a million British people travel to Orlando each year, and the UK has by far the best Universal brand recognition, but even with that, reaching that number will be incredibly hard. While it's not really a good comparison, the most visited park in the UK in 2022 was Legoland Windsor with 2.4M. If you combine the top 4 UK theme park's attendance, it would come in shy of 8M! I'm definitely not saying it's impossible, but rather it'll be quite the challenge
@@douglas3286 you are right, Brits are the biggest visitor group from Europe in the Orlando area by a lot, but it's not about Brits going to Florida ...
It's about potential park visitors from EU countries coming to the UK !
Do you really think that any european theme park would be profitable if only locals could visit without a visa ?
I visited the UK by car last Summer. It's very much doable if you aren't scared of driving on the other side of the road.
@karstenbursak8083 you don't need a visa to visit the UK lol, you just need a passport which the majority of Brits abs Europeans already have
don't think too many visitors from Europe in direction of the UK (esp that far north of London).....better it stays in Europe e.g. Paris
What you think and what is reality are two different things. London is the most visited place in Europe and 3rd most visited city in the world. It also has the 2nd highest tourist spend in the world. As mentioned in the video the area is well connected to London within 30 minutes from Euston and 40 minutes from St Pancras, so thankfully the powers at be have actual knowledge to know how successful it would be.
It's an hour from London.. and the streets are packed with tourists... So you're wrong.
@@rory89your point is too simple...London specifically itself is not the issue.....if it were based in London I can see the attraction of the city name and why people would come....but this is in Bedford near Cambridgshire.....not exactly a pull is it for a major theme studio !?! .....even Harry Potter Warner Brothers Levesdon studio is within M25 so is associated with London.
@@rinaldoselvanathan4193 I meant London is full of tourists not Bedford. But as it's only an hour on the train tourists won't care and they will end up going. Not that they need to. I'm sure the UK would keep it afloat single handedly. And hopefully merlin will buck their ideas up or go under
Paris is more visited than London by plenty of internet sources.....you seem certain that people will visit Befordshire for this.
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We don't won't this American cult here. Just say NO!
We don't want you here more like. The people say YES to the theme park.