The elevation changes around Celestial Park are nuts, and cannot be conveyed in zoomed in aerial photos.
Universal's Epic Universe Construction Thread
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Seeing the way the giant mound along Destination Pkwy has been going down AND additional truckloads of dirt have been rolling into the construction site, it's not too surprising!
I was struck by the height variation looking at Fyre Drill the other day, realizing the queue goes under a bridge and how the surrounding area is so much higher than the ride will be so people can look down on it:
Aerial photos really don't give the full picture of the grade changes. It looks very much like Celestial Park is quite a bit higher at each end than the middle, and the waterways are going to be significantly lower than the walkways. The views should be amazing!
I was struck by the height variation looking at Fyre Drill the other day, realizing the queue goes under a bridge and how the surrounding area is so much higher than the ride will be so people can look down on it:
Aerial photos really don't give the full picture of the grade changes. It looks very much like Celestial Park is quite a bit higher at each end than the middle, and the waterways are going to be significantly lower than the walkways. The views should be amazing!
That is some professional crane skillz.
Do you guys think there will be a time lapsed video of the construction at Epic? I love time lapsed videos of amazing construction sites. My company has a couple and they are stunning.
I have always assumed that's part of what the pole placed in the middle of the site was for (along with security cameras)
