Disney has the backing of a multi-billion dollar corporation, while Universal has changed hands among a handful of corporations since its launch. How could this ragtag park ever hope to compete with the big bad mouse?

In 2010, The Wizarding World of Harry Potter arrived in Orlando, Florida. The theme park that hosted it, Islands of Adventure at Universal Orlando Resort, claimed a paltry 4.3 million visitors in 2009. In 2015, that total had almost doubled to 8.8 million. All the credit goes to the Harry Potter

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Universal has already created two lands, Hogsmede and Diagon Alley, based on the locations found in the series, both of which brought in millions of dollars and fans from across the globe. Naturally, it makes sense that they would at least consider building a third Wizarding World

Universal has reached a point where it has to make a decision of what it wants to be: A Disneyland-style park that puts immersion and freshness ahead of variety and volume, or a Walt Disney World-style resort that caters to every vacation whim and encourages week-long stays. Every indication is that Universal desperately wants its Orlando resort to be the latter, which can mean only one thing: It’s time to build a third theme park.

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