Volcano Bay Construction & Preview Discussion

[12th Man]

Uh oh, this isn't good:


Isn't this the right next to Volcano Bay?

 

[Alicia]

It's the staging area holding the slide pieces yet to be installed. This is near the Wet n Wild parking lot, off of I Drive.

 

[Disneyhead]

No, the fire is just south of WnW's parking lot.

 

[Brian G.]

Yea

 

[Alicia]

From the Live video, it appears lots of the slide pieces for Volcano Bay are on fire/destroyed. The ones that have yet to be installed laying in a field.

WATCH LIVE: Fire burns near Wet 'n Wild in Orlando

 

[infofreako]

Definitely not slide pieces for volcano bay awaiting installation that are on fire then?

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[12th Man]

Lots of the smoke can be seen in and near Universal Orlando.

 

[Alicia]

Definitely not slide pieces for volcano bay awaiting installation that are on fire then?

That is what appears to be on fire to me.

 

[Miketheboss]

What a crazy week in Orlando.

 

[Alicia]

Hopefully it's almost out, but looks like some slide pieces have been utterly destroyed

 

[infofreako]

That is what appears to be on fire to me.

It does to me

 

[Alicia]

 

[Dan B]

NOOOOOOO, just about to post a screen shot too. Damn it, can't believe these are on fire, how on earth has this happened.

Close up :shh::

 

[JoeCamel]

They were assembling them on that site then trucking them over for installation. Might have been from that work but with how hot it is there could have been something that focused the sun on the grass and it took off. In any case I hope construction will not be delayed.

 

[Scott W.]

This theming is looking great! So realistic too.

 

[12th Man]

Fire seems to be out now.

Well that was an exciting 15 mins.

Hope everything is ok!

 

[Dan B]

This theming is looking great! So realistic too.

Ha, made me chuckle, but you are right!

 

[epcyclopedia]

Dumb question... Shoukd slides be that flammable?

 

[Alicia]

Fire seems to be out now.

Well that was an exciting 15 mins.

Hope everything is ok!

There's a few piles of pieces that are completely melted and you can see some slightly burned in the background there, but hopefully this doesn't cost them too much or slow down construction for too long. And hopefully no one was hurt other than the slides, I'm glad the firefighters were able to get it controlled so quickly.

 

[Brian G.]

Dumb question... Shoukd slides be that flammable?

No. Not at all. It would take a hell of an effort to get that kind of fire going.