CityWalk Hollywood

[CityWalk]

New CityWalk 5T promo trailer: 

https://www.youtube.com/embed/SoAuOluZSIk?feature=oembed

Quite boring. Sorry bout that. 
-CW

 

[JPLA]

Poor guy in the fountain, I hope he didn't lose a contact lens.  ;-)

More fountain wiring.  This is exhausting.

Studio Store sign removed as well as lots of exterior surfaces.  This place is going to look completely different.

Gee, I wonder what the theme will be at this end of the store.  ;-)

Tile installed in Ludobird.

No picture in front of the globe fountain, I guess.

 

[sickle_claw]

So I guess Feb is considered a 'dead' enough period they can put construction walls in front of the globe?

 

[JPLA]

So I guess Feb is considered a 'dead' enough period they can put construction walls in front of the globe?

FYI, the constructions walls around the globe actually encircle a very large area of the parking lot, too.  Starting near the path from the bridge to hotels all the way down to back doors of Billabong and all the preferred parking behind that is fenced off.

Shoe Palace getting closer. 

King Kong hungry for Blaze Pizza!

I don't remember this billboard being so generic before.  If it's new, I infer from it that bowling will still be included in Jillian's replacement.  If it's not new, ignore this.

More Potter-like windows in the studio store.

Entry Plaza looking very wide open and construction free at the moment.

 

[JPLA]

Fountain is coming along.  Nice the construction walls are gone and it's just temporary barricades now.

Trench that was here seems to be done. 

Shoe Palace is progressing.

 

[JPLA]

It's clear that a large new circular plaza is getting installed around globe fountain.  But what are all those steel posts for?  This project is taking up a lot of space.  It's a priority, too, because I've heard them working fairly late at night.  I assume the objective is to finish before April 5 media event.

New fence around planter looks nice.

Fountain continues progress.  When done most visitors will never know the effort and engineering that makes it work.

Work always seems to be happening at Shoe Palace but it doesn't ever look more "done."

 

[CityWalk]

In regards to those metal posts, could they be part of an arbor? 
They seem to be a running motif in the main entrance plaza.

-CW

 

[12th Man]

It could be a new, more permanent security bag check and metal detectors. Or just decoration.

 

[Goatmilk]

It's definitely a security section

I said this a few days ago

 

[William]

I'm curious as to how they're going to redirect guests from the end of CityWalk to behind the globe fountain. I guess it's convenient for guests who are in priority parking, since they'll be able to walk straight through bag check and be on their way, but guests who are coming from general parking will have to make the trek through CityWalk and then likely be forced through a bottleneck between Billabong and a new barrier that leads them around the globe fountain. 

 

[JPLA]

I watched these guys guide the slabs to exact resting places and it looked like a lot of work.  The holes have to line up precisely with the water jets and lights and the gaps have to be even, plus the resulting pavement has to be level.  They're going rather quickly though, I'd say.

 

[HereWeGo]

Interesting tidbit that I just recently heard. The theme park apparently bought out the movie theater for park expansion not too long ago.

 

[Alexshow.]

Interesting tidbit that I just recently heard. The theme park apparently bought out the movie theater for park expansion not too long ago.

hmm..if that's the case, that's VERY interesting.

 

[Horror Lover]

Interesting tidbit that I just recently heard. The theme park apparently bought out the movie theater for park expansion not too long ago.

If this is the case, then I foresee CityWalk eventually being pushed more towards the outdoor parking area and all future parking would be in the garages ala Disneyland Resort

 

[Jon Fu]

Interesting tidbit that I just recently heard. The theme park apparently bought out the movie theater for park expansion not too long ago.

Sorry, but that's not what I'm hearing. Universal already owns the property, and they might embark on a remodel soon.

 

[Freak]

There's not really any location to move the theater anyway. There's no way CityWalk is ever going to dump their movie theater even if that means expanding the park. No way. 

 

[JPLA]

It appeared to me the workers were putting sealer around the outer perimeter of the fountain.  Like every step of this redo it looks very labor intensive and time consuming.  All that to 'plus' something that I never heard anyone complain about.  In fact, people loved the old fountain especially kids.  I can't help but wonder what specific benefit Universal expects to see from this investment.  You know, in the planning meeting someone must have said, "We need to spend big on the fountains because ______________."  What was it that got the decision makers to vote yes when there must have been other projects that got no's.  Inquiring minds.

Anyone show up without a ticket?  Despite the advantages of purchasing online they're certainly prepared to handle last minute purchasers.  Hope all those ticket sellers got jobs elsewhere in the park.  Vending machine technician, perhaps?  And yes, it looked like there were spots in install 10 more on the other side of the red carpet.

Nice grates going in around the new trees.

Nice big potted palms.

 

[chris.g]

Anyone got an idea as to when Blaze's will open? I've been craving it for so long now. 

 

[JPLA]

I didn't notice until today that the light and dark slabs form a pattern.  If you have trouble seeing it try making the image smaller or stand back from it.  It was much more noticeable to me as a thumbnail rather than full sized image.

 

[12th Man]

The new fountains are cycling and they look amazing! No wonder they took so much time on this!