Interesting South Florida Water Management District permit today. This is back of house work that looks like it is to install a large tower crane. The permit doesn't give any information on what project will need this.
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Blizzard Beach Construction
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Could be some slides in that area may be taken apart/replaced/refurbed/reassembled? I wouldn't think this would be for something brand new... would it?
castlecake2.0
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Blizzard Beach Ski Lodge DVC Tower: CONFIRMED
peter11435
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I believe this will be used for slide replacement for the toboggan racers
CJR
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I won't hold my breath on anything new, but two things I think they could use at this park is a trap door slide, there's so much they can do with that with an ice theme. The other is a water coaster, preferably one that doesn't require you to carry rafts up a flight of stairs.
worldfanatic
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I've had a hard time buying into the thought Blizzard Beach won't be open for the Summer of '22. And maybe it still will be. But evidence is starting to make me think maybe not.
Kind of bums me out.
But if I have to double up at Typhoon Lagoon on my June vacation, that'll have to work.
Kind of bums me out.
But if I have to double up at Typhoon Lagoon on my June vacation, that'll have to work.
Nthderivative
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The architecture firm on the blueprints also worked on Toy Story Land.
The lay-down prints are calling for a jib length of 365 feet, here's a circle layered over that distance.
The lay-down prints are calling for a jib length of 365 feet, here's a circle layered over that distance.
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Where are you seeing an architects name?
Nthderivative
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Bottom right, SLAM Collab.
That would rule out toboggan racers as someone suggested. Looks like it is for the slides towards that back of the park, not sure what those are called.
Nthderivative
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Runoff Rapids, which has a history.
SLAM's portfolio has a history of swimming pools, that might be a breadcrumb of sorts.
They didn't work on Toy Story Land, they worked on "Florida Theme Park project".
Pretty funny that they won't name the project, but showed a picture of blueprints that make it pretty clear what it was.
Nthderivative
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They describe their contributions as "Civil Engineering". That's incredibly broad. Essentially everything from site-prep for laydown (like these documents) to designing the nuts and bolts for the game pieces hanging over the guest's head in the Toy Story Mania queue.They didn't work on Toy Story Land, they worked on "Florida Theme Park project".
Pretty funny that they won't name the project, but showed a picture of blueprints that make it pretty clear what it was.
Disney Analyst
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Didn’t they fix and replace the back of park slides before covid?
worldfanatic
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I absolutely love Runoff Rapids.
I hope they're not making making major changes there. Unless of course, it's to build an automated "tube delivery to the top" system. That would be sweet.
I hope they're not making making major changes there. Unless of course, it's to build an automated "tube delivery to the top" system. That would be sweet.
Yes, there was a refurbishment there in 2017.
Blog Mickey has some pictures of the land being cleared for this.
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They also mentioned, which I had forgotten, the height balloons that were seen there last year. Height Balloons suggests that this is going to be something new and not just a refurb.
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They also mentioned, which I had forgotten, the height balloons that were seen there last year. Height Balloons suggests that this is going to be something new and not just a refurb.
Height Balloons tests at Blizzard Beach
This is from blog mickey. I had heard about it from my mother when she went to their McDonalds for a soda since the one on 192 was insane, on her way to her school. Looks like I wasn’t the only one who was told about it...
castlecake2.0
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Very curious