Universal’s World of Creatures

Universal's World of Creatures (WOC) is a vast zoological, marine and amusement park at Universal Latino Resort in Mexico City, Mexico. It is owned by NBCUniversal (a Comcast company) and operated by Universal Parks and Resorts. The park is Universal's equivalent of Disney's Animal Kingdom theme park at Walt Disney World in Florida, Six Flags Discovery Kingdom in TBD, and SeaWorld Entertainment zoological theme parks, which makes it the first Universal theme park to be themed around animal conservation.

It opened on March 21, 2002, under its former name Zooniversal until 2018, originally as a joint venture between Universal Studios, Busch Entertainment (now SeaWorld Entertainment) and Bank of Mexico until fully-owned by Universal in 2005.

Universal's World of Creatures is accredited by the World Association of Zoos and Aquariums (WAZA).

Licensed properties at World of Creatures
Like other Universal theme parks, World of Creatures does not limited its attractions based on Universal-own library, it licensed other properties from rival studios, which most of whom are neither own nor operate their own theme park market. The properties that currently and formerly used in the park are:


 * Paramount Global properties
 * Nickelodeon properties
 * Paramount Pictures IPs
 * Warner Bros. Discovery properties
 * Harry Potter series (w/ J.K. Rowling)
 * Hanna-Barbera properties like Tom and Jerry and Scooby-Doo
 * Gremlins (w/ Amblin Partners)
 * Sony Pictures properties
 * Jumanji franchise
 * Men in Black franchise (w/ Amblin Partners)
 * Ghostbusters
 * Crash Bandicoot and Spyro the Dragon (Blizzard Activision)
 * Popeye and Betty Boop (King Feature Syndication)
 * Dr. Seuss
 * Sanrio
 * Nintendo properties
 * Godzilla (Toho)
 * Sonic the Hedgehog (Sega/Sonic Team)
 * Pinkfong
 * Legend Quest (Animá Estudios)
 * Angry Birds (Rovio)
 * Clifford the Big Red Dog (Norman Birdwell/Scholastic)
 * A Very Hungry Caterpillar (Eric Carle)
 * Where the Wild Things Are (Maurice Sandak)
 * 20th Century Fox/Studios properties (The Walt Disney Company)

Zones
Main article: List of World of Creatures areas and attractions

History
In 1994, when Universal was first in development for its first theme park in Mexico, the it was planned during the time, which the latter was originally pitched as an actual theme park based on Steven Spielberg’s 1993 blockbuster film Jurassic Park. The park would’ve featured the settings where guests would’ve virtually ventured through the world of the movie, showcasing life-size film’s replicas, along with attractions, rides, animatronic dinosaurs based on the film, and as well as animal exhibits housing with animals such as alligators, opossums, living fossils, tortoises, fishes, and others.

In 1995 however, during the Paramount Pictures’ 1995 film Congo was released in theaters, the planned second theme park was switched its theming to be based on two of the adventure works of Michael Crichton, and their film adaptations, which includes Jurassic Park, but scrapped due to Congo received negative critical reception upon its release.

TBD

In 1999, the park had went ahead in the construction, planning for the opening in 2002. TBD

Characters
The walkaround characters can be found in every area in World of Creatures.

Annual events

 * A Celebration of Harry Potter - a three-day weekend fan event held at The Wizarding World of Harry Potter sections in two Universal theme parks, Universal Studios Mexico and Universal's World of Creatures, which is a theme to the Harry Potter book and movie series. It occurs on the first weekend of January.
 * Opening date: 2018.
 * Year of the Animals - a lunar new year event. It occurs from February 8 - 28.
 * Opening date: 2012.
 * Pokémon Go: The Training Experience - A annual event allows users of Pokémon Go app in their mobile to have their challenge to capture every Pokémon that can be found in every location of the park in their mobile devices and tablets. It occurs the first week of March, July, November.
 * Theme: Pokémon Go.
 * Map info: TBA.
 * Opening date: TBA.
 * Green is Universal: Nature Fest – an Earth Day event which is dedicated to helping to keep the Earth clean. Presented by Green is Universal.
 * Occurring dates: every Earth Day season from late-March to April 22.
 * Sponsored by: Green is Universal.
 * Opening date: TBD.
 * The Kennel Club Dog Show Championship - an annual dog show shows at the TBD. It occurs April 29th - June 21st.
 * Opening date: 2002.

Halloween events

 * Spooky Safari - a weekend-only family-orientated Halloween event, as part of Universal's Halloween Spooktaclaur Weekends.
 * Occurring dates: Weekends of October.
 * Opening date: 2019.
 * Savage Safari - a nightly weekday-only Halloween event aimed at guests aged 13 and higher, as part of Universal Latino Resort Halloween Horror Nights.
 * Occurring dates: late September-November 2.
 * Opening date: 2003.
 * Holly Jolly Safari – a Christmas event.
 * Occurring dates: late November-December 24.
 * Opening date: 2003.
 * Grinchmas at Seuss Zoo - located within Seuss Zoo section, TBD

Live performances
'''Guess Who’s 80? — A Woody Woodpecker Wacky Anniversary Show''' - a live performance to accommodate the 80th anniversary of Woody Woodpecker.

Universal's World of Creatures Journal
A blog website inspired by the theme park, which holds updated daily articles related to animal facts, wildlife news and stories, as well as articles related to the theme park itself (e.g. behind-the-scene stories of attractions, and upcoming attraction news). Plus it includes Creatures of Fiction & Entertainment, a series of articles that collects trivia, history and behind-the-scene stories devoted to animals and non-humans in fictions and entertainment, and Kids’ Journal, a series articles that consists of child-friendly animal/creature-themed facts and trivia, jokes and printable coloring page and activities.

Universal's World of Creatures Tribute Store
TBD

Trivia
Click this link