"Doesn't the fact that it's Universal make it international?"

Ah, Universal Studios Orlando. Where you can live out your dreams of flying with Harry Potter, take a tour of Jurassic Park, and nearly get killed by Sideshow Bob. Without a doubt it's the best theme park resort in Orlando... because Disney World is technically in Lake Buena Vista.

"I'm tired of playing second banana to a resort that has a giant golf ball!"

Yes, while the #3 spot in the "Best Central Florida Theme Park" list is fought for by SeaWorld, Legoland, and Busch Gardens, Universal sits above them at #2. But it's still far behind Disney, easily the king of not just the area, but the entire industry. And while Universal has made the steps to become an amazing resort, it's still not at all close to competing with the Mouse. And one of the big reasons for that is because Universal only has two parks, while Disney has four.

Yup, or as I like to call them, "The Main One", "Weird Science", "Literally built to compete with Universal", and "Literally built to compete with Busch Gardens".

However, it looks like Universal may be willing to combat this. Recently, they've been buying up quite a lot of land. They also tore down the famous Wet n' Wild water park, because who cares if it was historically the world's first water park, am I right?

This ain't even the first time.

Now, there's only one thing they could be building towards. And that would be a third park! They still haven't announced anything yet, probably because they're too busy promoting Bland Talk Show Host: The Barely-a-Ride, but it seems like a third park would be their best course of action- as long as the tourism industry holds up. But I'm going to try to not get into politics.

Universal hasn't actually opened a park since 2010, that being Universal Studios Singapore. That doesn't sound too long ago, but remember, Disney opened a new park just last year, and Legoland opened one this year. Universal is really going to have to play catch up if it wants to compete with Disney and stay ahead of Legoland, and hopefully in a way that won't go like Dubai.

Thought I was kidding when I said that they almost built a Dubai park, didja? You didn't? Oh.

But how, exactly, would Universal create this new Orlando park?

What would they put in it?

What will they do?

Join me next time for the spine-tingling conclusion of "Universal's Third Gate: Why the heck are they still draggin' their feet?".