Within the theme park trade, there’s a bent to all the time need to go large. When Disney or Common has opened a brand new attraction in the previous few years it’s been one thing actually large and thrilling, like Common’s Velocicoaster or Epcot’s Guardians of the Galaxy Cosmic Rewind. The very fact is most individuals don’t are likely to make an enormous deal out of “little” additions to theme parks, however right now Common Orlando Resort introduced plans to open a model new land subsequent yr, that may virtually definitely be “small” in some ways, and that’s why it’s good.
Earlier this yr Common Studios Florida closed the Woody Woodpecker KidZone, an space devoted to smaller friends, and moderately than changing it with one thing large and thrilling and meant for older friends, right now Common introduced {that a} new land based mostly on DreamWorks Animation will open in 2024. Whereas few specifics got, the brand new land is clearly designed to be a household atmosphere, with sights even the youngest friends can get pleasure from.
As knowledgeable theme park author, frequent theme park customer, and pop of smaller children, I like to see this. In contrast to Disney, which a few years in the past changed its family-friendly A Bug’s Land with the, admittedly superior, however much less family-oriented Avengers Campus, Common is ensuring to maintain an space devoted to children, and that is not the one transfer it has made just lately.
The New Dreamworks Land Is Half Of A Bigger Pattern Towards Making The Park Extra Household Pleasant
This new land will comply with the brand new Villain-Con Minion Blast attraction, a part of a brand new Minions themes land, that’s at the moment in technical rehearsal and can be opening formally anytime now. The trip is exclusive as a result of it doesn’t have a trip automobile of any form. As an alternative, friends stand on a shifting walkway, however this implies the trip has no top or dimension necessities of any form. Any visitor who can stand on their very own, or sit in a wheelchair, can expertise it.
Whereas there was some criticism from the individuals who have an opportunity to expertise Minion Blast up to now, that it simply isn’t enjoyable or thrilling sufficient, that appears to all be coming from adults who’re principally in search of a brand new thrill trip. Common appears to be making an attempt to concentrate on experiences that permit for accessibility and inclusion and that’s a very good factor.
Not Each New Theme Park Attraction Wants To Be An E-Ticket Thrill Experience
Common Orlando’s final two large additions to Islands of Journey have been curler coasters. However meaning top necessities and restraint programs that friends want to have the ability to match inside. So once more, not all people can expertise what’s new, particularly little children.
These new additions to Common Orlando, together with the latest announcement of a model new Common park coming to Frisco, Texas, which is particularly designed for households with babies, point out a company-wide concentrate on sights that permit extra individuals to expertise them.
Whereas these of us which are older will definitely need larger and grander and extra thrilling experiences, most of us love theme parks as a result of we fell in love with them as youngsters, so these kinds of experiences should be necessary to any theme park firm. Minion Blast or a Trolls-themed household curler coaster might not really feel like a significant attraction for everyone, however for some riders, for whom that’s the largest and latest attraction they may expertise on a given journey, it’s.
With one other a part of Common Studios Florida already sitting empty following the closure of Poseidon’s Fury, one wonders simply what kind of attraction will substitute that one.
