Universal Orlando Resort Misc Refurbs

[Jakemeister]

It may have been before opening... I just remember that the attraction was getting a severe rap already... and the banner just had everyone rolling their eyes and wondering if it had been cursed. I also remember one of the times I visited a month later and a car had bottomed out on the first drop and it was shut down. It was not however a tornado. Nothing else was damaged in the storm that pulled through, and it wasn't as bad a storm as this last one... by a long shot.

I think that banner was actually ripped due to a very weak storm, nothing quite like the 60mph winds we had last week. I can understand it being torn in those conditions, but a typical Florida storm... I remember they changed the design as well and it was made of weaker material and not fastened the same way. That's why the replacement took much longer.

 

[bobwadd]

From Universal News -- April 8 - 21, 2013

 

[bobwadd]

From Meetings Focus

Rooms for Improvement: Orlando Resort Wraps Guest Room Revamp

April 2013

ORLANDO

All 750 rooms and suites at Loews Portofino Bay Hotel at Universal Orlando have been completely renovated with a Mediterranean-inspired design.

The massive $14 million renovation project took more than 5,000 gallons of paint, nearly 45,000 total work hours and more than 35,000 yards of carpeting to complete.

Featuring cobblestone piazzas, outdoor cafés and a nightly balcony show, Loews Portofino Bay Hotel is located on-site at Universal Orlando Resort and is connected to Universal Studios Florida, Universal’s Islands of Adventure and Universal CityWalk by a scenic waterway. Hotel guests enjoy three themed swimming pools, seven restaurants and lounges, a spa and an exclusive package of theme park benefits.

The resort also boasts 42,000 square feet of meeting and function space.

 

[Felipe]

Loews Hotels also posted a time-lapse video of the room renovation:

[video=youtube;E3rfs0MZQqI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3rfs0MZQqI[/video]

 

[Mad Dog]

We love Portofino. When we were there last May, they were just starting up the remodeling of rooms and the outside facades & windows. We'll be back for 2 weeks in late September. Glad it will be finished before we arrive. The rooms really didn't look of need to be updated, so their standards must really be high. But the outside facades did need a bit of a touch up in a few spots.

 

[bobwadd]

No big deal but I thought I would post it . . .

OUC Commission Meeting scheduled for earlier today.

Electric Distribution Construction Estimates/Universal Studios Florida – Feeder Circuit No. 21‐43/Underground Electric Distribution Facilities

 

[PWT]

It was posted on OrlandoInformer's Facebook wall that there is now public wifi near Fear Factor.

Pictures posted on their wall:
http://i.imgur.com/EcAdEdC.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/nKfIzq4.jpg

 

[bobwadd]

^ About time. Thanks for the update. :thumbs:

 

[Felipe]

It was posted on OrlandoInformer's Facebook wall that there is now public wifi near Fear Factor.

Pictures posted on their wall:
http://i.imgur.com/EcAdEdC.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/nKfIzq4.jpg

AWESOME! Thanks for the heads-up! :thumbs:

Let's hope they roll it out park-wide! ray:

 

[The_Bled]

Let's pray its better than Disney's wifi and works when I want to use it.

 

[universal_fanatic]

It was posted on OrlandoInformer's Facebook wall that there is now public wifi near Fear Factor.

Pictures posted on their wall:
http://i.imgur.com/EcAdEdC.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/nKfIzq4.jpg

This is fantastic news for those of us who come from other countries and don't buy into an american data plan.

 

[bobwadd]

Fresh paint . . .

 

[bobwadd]

I thought someone (maybe me) posted a shot of this already but I could not find it. So . . .

 

[Teebin]

^ Is that San Fran? And did I hear correctly that the shark has been removed?

 

[Jordan]

^ Is that San Fran? And did I hear correctly that the shark has been removed?

That's NY, near Transformers.

 

[bobwadd]

^ Is that San Fran? And did I hear correctly that the shark has been removed?

That's NY, near Transformers.

Jordan is correct :thumbs:

And no, Bruce has not been removed.

 

[bobwadd]

Minor infrastructure work on the East Green . . .

 

[Starwarsfan13]

Fresh paint . . .

Nice to see the love!

 

[JungleSkip]

The bricks in the NY facades are going to be replaced soon.

 

[floridakid]

The bricks in the NY facades are going to be replaced soon.

All of them? Or just the more seen facades?