Universal Endless Summer Resort - Surfside and Dockside Inn & Suites

[JoeCamel]

Thank you very much for posting the pictures, although your dancing dinosaur with blurred "area" is a trifle disturbing. Does anyone know what is being built on the plot of land across the road from this resort? I assume that it isn't related to UNI but I wasn't sure what it was for.

Piles are being driven for the second part of Endless Summer which will be twice the size of the one being built now if I remember. Right @Alicia ?

 

[Alicia]

Piles are being driven for the second part of Endless Summer which will be twice the size of the one being built now if I remember. Right @Alicia ?

If they stick with the original plans, pretty much. Two hotel sections for the Dockside, each with their own pool in the middle.

 

[DragonSlayer]

Hadn't seen anything to do with this since the concept art, and suddenly there are entire buildings up. Wow.

 

[Happytycho]

Piles are being driven for the second part of Endless Summer which will be twice the size of the one being built now if I remember. Right @Alicia ?

It's actually closer to triple the size. 750 rooms by the lake and 2050 across the street.

 

[Ridgepole]

Can't wait for some theme, color anything. Until then I see Pelican Bay.:grin:

 

[OrlLover]

Can't wait for some theme, color anything. Until then I see Pelican Bay.:grin:

Same

 

[tidecat]

It looks like Dockside will be going vertical soon:

 

[JungleSkip]

 

[Teebin]

Great side by side. Hard to believe. One looks snazzier than the other.

 

[Scott W.]

I’m really digging that colour scheme.

 

[Teebin]

So, I take it that the windows come from the factory premasked? After everything is dried they just peel off the plastic?

 

[Scott W.]

So, I take it that the windows come from the factory premasked? After everything is dried they just peel off the plastic?

I think most windows come from the factory with a plastic coating any way. Prevents scratches too.

I assume that’s what Aventura had which is why the windows looked like a deeper shade of blue during construction.

 

[LieutLaww]

Yes they come with the protective plastic on them from the factory

 

[Happytycho]

I'm thinking that Dockside is probably a month or so behind schedule.

 

[Scott W.]

I'm thinking that Dockside is probably a month or so behind schedule.

Why?

 

[Happytycho]

Why?

The FAA permit for the first garage listed a work schedule of 09/04/2018 to 10/15/2018, but on the latest aerials it didn't look like they had even started pouring foundations yet, let alone vertical construction. It also seems to have taken them a really long time to get permit approvals from the city of Orlando, with many approvals coming just in the last couple of weeks despite being initially applied for this spring.

 

[JungleSkip]

The FAA permit for the first garage listed a work schedule of 09/04/2018 to 10/15/2018, but on the latest aerials it didn't look like they had even started pouring foundations yet, let alone vertical construction. It also seems to have taken them a really long time to get permit approvals from the city of Orlando, with many approvals coming just in the last couple of weeks despite being initially applied for this spring.

I have a hard time believing they only thought it would take a month to build a parking garage.

 

[Happytycho]

I have a hard time believing they only thought it would take a month to build a parking garage.

The surfside garage took about 7 weeks, so aiming for a schedule of 6 weeks isn't unreasonable. The issue is that they may not even begin before those 6 weeks are up.

 

[Scott W.]

The FAA permit for the first garage listed a work schedule of 09/04/2018 to 10/15/2018, but on the latest aerials it didn't look like they had even started pouring foundations yet, let alone vertical construction. It also seems to have taken them a really long time to get permit approvals from the city of Orlando, with many approvals coming just in the last couple of weeks despite being initially applied for this spring.

I’ve got my sides mixed up. I always think dock side is on the lake because...well, dock.

Yeah, they’re building quick but even they’d struggle to achieve that.

 

[Viator]

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