Universal's Epic Universe Construction Thread

[Nico]

 

[USO92]

This park continues to blow my mind. Universal truly, on paper, has spared no expense.

 

[PerceptiveCoot]

I know we talk about Bioreconstruct's magical ability to teleport across the globe, but I think Alicia's ability to make these videos so quickly while covering multiple other Universal projects is some kind of magic as well.

 

[belloq87]

Will be interesting to see if the new wands (incorporating batteries and in-wand effects) will be noticeably bulkier (i.e. less screen-accurate) than the current iterations. At least to start, anyway (everything eventually gets smaller).

 

[IzzyB]

Will be interesting to see if the new wands (incorporating batteries and in-wand effects) will be noticeably bulkier (i.e. less screen-accurate) than the current iterations. At least to start, anyway (everything eventually gets smaller).

Good Point. I JUST bought my kids wands and then find this out. I may tell my oldest who was still deciding if she wanted her Christmas gift to be a new wand (she got one when she was 5 or 6) or something from the pet shop to wait until the new wands come out. But then the other two will be jealous lol

 

[Alicia]

Good Point. I JUST bought my kids wands and then find this out. I may tell my oldest who was still deciding if she wanted her Christmas gift to be a new wand (she got one when she was 5 or 6) or something from the pet shop to wait until the new wands come out. But then the other two will be jealous lol

Just remember, these are just rumors. I know I’ve had somewhat of a good reputation for these things lately, but I could be wrong!

 

[belloq87]

Good Point. I JUST bought my kids wands and then find this out. I may tell my oldest who was still deciding if she wanted her Christmas gift to be a new wand (she got one when she was 5 or 6) or something from the pet shop to wait until the new wands come out. But then the other two will be jealous lol

As @Alicia points out in the video, it's expected that older wand models will still trigger effects in the park... but perhaps not all of the effects.

Either way, the current and older wands are still (and will still be) very nice collectibles/conversation pieces. I hardly ever use the interactivity aspect of them, yet I'll still pick up a new wand every other trip or so.

 

[GAcoaster]

Maybe "You Gotta See This" is just about @Alicia's videos? I know I say that to my husband every time a new one drops...

 

[Magic-Man]

Holy crap look at Themeparx. There's an amazing drone video there. I won't post it here because it might be illegal.

 

[gator]

Holy crap look at Themeparx. There's an amazing drone video there. I won't post it here because it might be illegal.

you weren't joking!

 

[BBPH]

Holy crap look at Themeparx. There's an amazing drone video there. I won't post it here because it might be illegal.

Yoshi is testing!

 

[Loki]

Look at all the construction traffic leaving the site at the end of day.

AND

TM testing the new park access roads at the same time

 

[blue180]

I'm sure this was posted somewhere else but incredible vantage point for the construction

 

[Disneyhead]

Yoshi and the SkyFly testing, and it looks like the scaffolding is down from around the arch leading into Paris.

 

[GAcoaster]

Interesting to see on the Dark Universe expansion pad that is getting the gravel that it appears there may be footers going in along the edges like some kind of building going in. It looks like it could be a long span like a parade building or something with a lot of uninterrupted floor space.

 

[Tomfoolery]

Interesting to see on the Dark Universe expansion pad that is getting the gravel that it appears there may be footers going in along the edges like some kind of building going in. It looks like it could be a long span like a parade building or something with a lot of uninterrupted floor space.

That is a for a Back of house building

 

[GAcoaster]

I get that, but according to Alicia that was an expansion plot. Suddenly it's not...

 

[Cup_Of_Coffee]

That is a for a Back of house building

Would this change or affect any expansion plans for the area?

 

[Alicia]

I get that, but according to Alicia that was an expansion plot. Suddenly it's not...

I said the plot with gravel is designated as backstage. I speculated it could be used for staging for a later expansion. The expansion plot is north of the backstage plot.

 

[GAcoaster]

^Oh, OK-- I've heard too many of your "this changed" things and thought that was part of the expansion plot!
Well, either way, suddenly it looks like footers going in there now.