With the recent pictures being taken from Bio, @Cygnus etc., it's pretty clear we're at one of the more exciting milestones for the park with all the vertical construction going on at once. And next year is bound to be a treasure trove of updates, which makes me once again not only thankful we're getting a new major park, but also to have a great group of folks covering the whole thing. From the photographers mentioned above, to @tommyhawkins providing overlays to help show what's what, @Alicia reporting and so forth.
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Spectacular photo from @Cygnus of the full park with the sky:
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the greenish tint seems to have just been wonky lighting in that one photo. still seems to be dark gray/black. sorry!
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Ton of new photos from Bio over the weekend
I think this one shows the most progress on Harry Potter exteriors. You can really see the buildings get fleshed out with windows
And a video from Midway Mayhem
I think this one shows the most progress on Harry Potter exteriors. You can really see the buildings get fleshed out with windows
And a video from Midway Mayhem
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Drifting off topic a bit here but because it came up, and I’m going to preface that it isn’t Universal’s problem but… this project has the potential to have a pretty big negative impact on quality of life in Orlando. Universal has said that it’ll bring 14,000 jobs… where are those people living? How many of them have spouses to add to that total? How many of them have kids? All of these people need grocery stores and schools and gyms and the like, all staffed by people who will also need to be added to the city’s employment base, who themselves will be bringing spouses/kids in a compounding loop.
Orlando already has a cost of living problem that’s just going to get worse, forcing people to live on the already distant outskirts and sit in traffic jams that are even worse than the terrible ones today. A lot can happen in three years, but “Florida” and “pre-planning” don’t really go hand in hand. Again, not Universal’s problem - but my fear is that entry-level theme park work is going to turn into such a drag (between lowish wages and having to have four roommates to live anywhere within 45 minutes of work) that it won’t be an attractive choice to young people joining the workforce.
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Yea this is not the thread for that type of discussion. Maybe start a new one somewhere or find a similar related topic to post under. I think we should try to keep these threads as clean as possible.
Hopefully a quick answer will help. Universal is providing land for some low income housing close by to the new park. This is a cocnept of what they are planning (might be a little old)
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Yes, cranes. It's a building that needs walls But also as i drew out the other day. Track will cross...possibly under that launch hill there
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It could fit in naturally and be more “hidden” like DK though. Idk how, but it could. Endless trees help with that.
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If the idea is supposed to be that we are/are being chased by Wolfman then yeah a bunch of trees can give off a “something just ran past us/me while in the woods” effect.
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That or just in passing. It’s gonna be close to public areas for sure.
Also Tommy thanks for covering all this the way you do, it builds so much hype!!!
