Universal Studios Bedford

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Anyone else excited about this?? https://www.bedfordindependent.co.uk/breaking-news-universal-studios-uk-gets-green-light-for-50bn-bedford-theme-park-opening-2031/

I'm local and as long as they sort out the traffic issues etc I think it will be great.

No. The last brickworks went many years ago. I grew up in the area and miss the smell in a funny sort of way

BBC News - James Bond, Paddington and Lord of the Rings set for Universal UK - BBC News
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9344k7k95vo

This is claiming no HP 😢

Obviously a lot could change tho

Yeah I’ve already had to promise to take my 10 year old DD as a post gcse treat 😂

Haven’t they already said that there won’t be a Harry Potter theme there due to licencing? There’s already Harry Potter world in Watford.

Daft question , but who will be responsible for building it? Is it entirely don’t to Universal? And what made them pick the UK to build another park ?

Universal are a business so they must clearly think there’s money to make ?..

Really silly not to have a Harry Potter section imo when it’s from the uk could be such a huge draw card!

I think it will be really popular as so many people can’t afford/don’t want to go all the way to America so I think it will be very successful!

Yeah , Harry Potter world doesn’t have rides as such. So I don’t see why Universal can’t put Harry Potter rides there too like they do in Florida.
All the same company, if Universal own the rights to it. They got a few years yet anyway

Universal don’t own the rights to Harry Potter. They have a licence to use it in certain locations for certain purposes. They can’t just use it in a theme park in the UK because they have the rights for the US. Marvel is actually a good example of how complicated licensing can be. Disney now own Marvel but Universal already had a licence to use it to the east of the Mississippi in the US which pre-dates Disney owning Marvel. That’s why Marvel is in Universal in Florida but Disney have been able to introduce it to other parks not covered by Universal’s licence such as California and Paris.

It's in Bedfordshire. Try consulting a map.

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I agree it is good to have the jobs and investment that the construction and theme park will bring however it isn’t everyone’s dream come true .Living for several decades in one of the three villages that actually border this site (it’s not in Bedford )I sold up as soon as as the announcement was made .Areas change but for me this was too much,too close and no I didn’t make any money because of the theme park .

I am fairly local too (under an hour drive) and really looking forward to it! Have done Florida twice. My children should be a suitable age to start going there too!

how exciting!!! maybe we will even get other theme parks too…!!

I’m not looking forward to it. Terrible for the environment. Yes, it will provide jobs, but mainly minimum wage jobs - hospitality, hotels, ride operators.

And the traffic!! that area is really busy already.

And the land is being built on is currently a wildlife corridor. It has been reclaimed after the brickworks closed. There will be huge knock-on effects to wildlife while they are building it too.

So I take it Universal are fully paying for everything? It won’t be down to the taxpayers to pay for anything?