Gilbert Cruz

organized around a movie or a piece of intellectual property?

I've been very curious about Super Nintendo World or whatever it's called, but I also feel like it might be for people much, much younger than me.

Brooks, I want to back up to something you mentioned before, which is that Stardust Racers, this coaster, it's currently closed.

And it's closed because of a tragic incident that recently happened on that ride.

Can you talk a little bit about what happened?

You know, we're here.

We're talking about all the ways that theme parks can be fun and exciting.

And I just wonder how a place like Epic Universal or any theme or amusement park sort of thinks through the effect that something like this has on the people that are planning to go there.

Yeah.

I mean, part of the appeal of roller coasters, I think, to me and to some, is a feeling of controlled danger.

You want it to feel slightly dangerous, but it also has to feel safe.

Right.

So let's turn to something else.

The both of you have talked about theming, which, you know, once you say it immediately makes sense in relation to amusement parks and theme parks in particular.

But I would like to ask a little bit more.

You know, Disney has always been the Disney theme.

That's sort of like built in from the ground up.

But it feels like in other amusement parks that the focus on IP has gotten more intense in recent years.

And I'm

Brooks, do you feel like that matches just the general curve of how Hollywood in particular has thought about what they have, what we can make money off, how we can squeeze every dime out of these things that we own?