Some recent rumors about the park;
Ok, not so much a rumor here, but Universal has just been hit by a $250million lawsuit by a real estate company claiming that there was a widely known arrangement for the Epic Universe land to be sold to them, but that the owner backed out at the last second in favor of Universal. They should be able to settle this;
https://floridapolitics.com/archive...d-universal-acquired-to-build-new-theme-park/
The planned
Fantastic Beasts area may be on the rocks. The third installment is about to hit theaters, but the franchise - not terribly popular to begin with - has been
plagued by scandals and controversy. Everything has entered the arena ranging from expected middling financial/critical reception among audiences to
lead actors going rogue to even the material's creator somehow infamously managing to alienate everybody. Two sequels are planned to follow, but Warner Bros will be keeping an eye on this film's performance, and an unsatisfying result may spill over into the park's plans.
On a more positive note, some friends of friends in Europe were able to gain some hints from Mack Rides engineers about the new dueling coaster... each (separate) track will
allegedly have a length upwards of 4900 feet and straddle a total of nine trains between both. Can't back this up so time will tell.
Now, about Mack Rides signing on for two more coaster projects, as mentioned above. One, Universal Monsters area is
now rumored to include a Mack Rides family spinning coaster, in place of the originally planned theatre. The second seems to be that HTTYD land coaster. Someone dug up a layout on the public domain and
here is an adjusted diagram showcasing Mack track (unclear how much of this is edited).
