Universal's Epic Universe Construction Thread

[saint.piss]

 

[Nico]

 

[Ahmanet]

Hotel looks like a peacock ... the ultimate brand synergy?

 

[Jake S]

Hotel looks like a peacock ... the ultimate brand synergy?

 

[ilovetotravel1977]

Do we know if the two new hotels are going to be Budget (i.e. Surfside/Dockside) or Value (i.e., Cabany Bay), or higher again?

 

[mccgavin]

Do we know if the two new hotels are going to be Budget (i.e. Surfside/Dockside) or Value (i.e., Cabany Bay), or higher again?

I believe it was mentioned that it is the former, but I wouldn't be surprised if they are priced a little higher than Endless Summer for the first few years.

 

[Loki]

A beautiful color image of the park on themeparx.com

 

[GAcoaster]

Do we know if the two new hotels are going to be Budget (i.e. Surfside/Dockside) or Value (i.e., Cabany Bay), or higher again?

I expect the Terra/Stella to be priced like Cabana or Sapphire, and Helios to be TOP of the line.

 

[Nico]

 

[LikeMike]

Looks incredible! I’m super excited to ride this but I do fear for it capacity-wise. I know we were aware before now it was going to four people to a ride vehicle but actually seeing it just put the thought back in my head.

Still looks like it has great potential and probably the one worth rope dropping with capacity in mind.

 

[Nico]

 

[GAcoaster]

Wow-- I live just down the road and I didn't think we got that much rain this week, but a lot of the water features are full:



I'm sure they have storm delays built into their building timelines, but I wonder how many days were lost from the hurricane? Between battening things down, and then the pump out/clean up after the storm I'd guess they probably lost a few days.

The new construction where one of the full service restaurants was supposed to go is getting more interesting-- big column going up in front now:


As Liz Lemon said, "I want to go to there..."

 

[GAcoaster]

He just keeps posting!

More trees planted all around:


Envelope testing:

 

[belloq87]

So what we thought could be a guest path/another village street will not be guest-accessible after all, which I guess is basically the best of the two scenarios (given that it seemed unlikely they were going to theme the back of that restaurant in the hub).

Hopefully there will be even more trees to come over there.

 

[GAcoaster]

Themed wall on the shop with the trees. I'd expect either similar theming on the back of the restaurant, or faux painted trees (like in Hagrid's), as well as a themed fence to hide the back of the building.


With all those doors there will be a fence at least to hide the backstage area:


Windmill façade about to go up!

 

[GAcoaster]

Nice to see a roll down door to hide the transfer track:


Looks like there are two transfer tracks so cars can go off on one side and back out on the other for more seamless operation.

 

[Nico]

 

[mainejeff]

The construction of Starfall Racers has been absolutely amazing to follow.

 

[Loki]

We are almost getting to the point where all major buildings are up. Just facades and theming left for buildings. Then come sidewalks

 

[Nico]

I’m oddly most excited to see completed portals. Monsters specifically.