We kind of already knew this but Universal has now officially announced that a DreamWorks themed land will be replacing the closed KidZone area at Universal Studios Florida.

  • dawnerd
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    1 year ago

    I see this as a pretty temporary setup until epic opens. They need a place in the mean time for meet and greets and potentially a little show. I bet longer term the whole area will be redeveloped post epic.

    • Bob K MertzOPM
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      1 year ago

      I don’t know if I’m sold on that idea but it certainly is possible. It does seem like a retheme more than anything because the whole time the wall has been up I could still see the top of the woody woodpecker coaster (unless that just started coming down in the last month or so). It’ll be interesting to see what happens with a lot of areas in USF/IoA after Epic opens.

      I really hope that ET remains. They need to keep something from opening day… I would have rather that been Back to the Future but ET is also a classic.

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        1 year ago

        E.T. Probably safe for a long time. This last trip they were using the entire extended queue and then some, and of course I waited in it cause you just never know. I does need some tlc.

        • Bob K MertzOPM
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          1 year ago

          There are certainly some needs of rehab and maybe some additional effects of some sort but is still a neat ride and honestly fits great next to a kids area.