NEWS: Universal Studios South Korea delayed again (2020)

[DoinItForTheFame]

I have 100% given up on this project ever actually becoming a thing. 

[Garet]

^ Even if it does, I really don't expect much since a lot of the bigger companies who build these or the vanity projects are usually just using the theme park to get the sign-off on the land or as companies to use to hold shares for other companies.

This one is by Shinsegae (who want to build a Starfield shopping mall on the location) and the history of theme parks owned by big Korean conglomerates suggests that this theme park will be tiny. I really hope I'm wrong and it'll be a big development with Paramount loaning I.Ps but we've seen this already with Lionsgate:

 

New parks:

Shinhwa World (Jeju) with their casino built up a park with only 12 attractions (and they're counting playgrounds in that number) then quickly canceled the Lionsgate theme park expansion.

Lotte World Busan lists 25 attractions on the map, but they're also counting arcades, on-ride photo shops, a talking tree, and a lot of children's rides that adults can't ride. I want to try out their Blue Fire clone and Mack Splash but can't justify the travel when the total number of rides I can do in the park is actually 8. There's a Luge nearby so I almost did but found out the park doesn't allow reentry.

There's a Lotte Mart, Lotte Outlet, and Lotte Mall all across from the park that opened before the park, but who knows when the deal was made.

Old Parks:

Original Lotte World: A lot of rides removed due to age without big replacements or on their way out (Pharoah now needs to close an hour a day and supposedly only 3-4 vehicles left), mostly just Triotech simulators (5 of them) put around the park as main additions in last decade.

Everland (Samsung): Focused on pandas for last 10 years, and building up fan base with Chinese and government, Samsung Everland the company is actually biggest shareholder in main Samsung business, and ride side hasn't seen investment in almost a decade. 

Seoul Land: a government project made for Olympics and hasn't really changed since the 1990s.


Compare that to parks that are not tied to the big Korean companies e.g. Gyeongju World which has built a B&M dive machine, RMC Raptor, and is now installing an Intamin swinging ferris wheel.