Universal Epic Universe (South Expansion Complex) - Opens May 22 2025

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trr1

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Sep 19

Everything We Know About the Donkey Kong Mine Cart Coaster - Scene By Scene Rumors
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Tommy Hawkins
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Carousel building is somewhat starting to make sense now with the ride pit, that looks like a massive plantroom they are building under the footpath near exit/entrance queue. I suspect for all three ponds. #EpicUniverse
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And here is what the Star shaped Fountains may look like obviously were not seeing the fill picture...yet. This lake is 215Feet/65Metres Across, to put that into perspective, if youre standing on the front row of Central Park in USF, the last row of water jets is 150ft away
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MisterPenguin

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OG Runner said:
It must just be the way I was looking at. I thought this particular hotel, was closer to being in the park than
other hotels I have seen. That is why I asked.
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It's not just closer, it is in the park; or, if you prefer, its door facing the park is a gate.

When the park closes, guests of that hotel leave the park and enter the hotel.

While the park is closed for the night, guests can't use that door to get into the park. The other side of the hotel faces a parking lot. From there, they can drive, Uber, or take a bus to the other Uni parks or anywhere else at any time of day or night.
 
tommyhawkins

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OG Runner said:
It must just be the way I was looking at. I thought this particular hotel, was closer to being in the park than
other hotels I have seen. That is why I asked.
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Much has been spoken about the hub remaining open beyond actual park close. But on the basis of the fact the hotel will only hold ~2000guests its incredibly unlikely they would keep a park open to serve so few people. It has two bus stops to get people up to City walk fairly quickly.
 
lazyboy97o

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tommyhawkins said:
Much has been spoken about the hub remaining open beyond actual park close. But on the basis of the fact the hotel will only hold ~2000guests its incredibly unlikely they would keep a park open to serve so few people. It has two bus stops to get people up to City walk fairly quickly.
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The hub being a sort of CityWalk was a Blue Sky idea that never went beyond that stage of ideation.
 
OG Runner

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MisterPenguin said:
It's not just closer, it is in the park; or, if you prefer, its door facing the park is a gate.

When the park closes, guests of that hotel leave the park and enter the hotel.

While the park is closed for the night, guests can't use that door to get into the park. The other side of the hotel faces a parking lot. From there, they can drive, Uber, or take a bus to the other Uni parks or anywhere else at any time of day or night.
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Thanks, that is what I was wondering.
 
lazyboy97o

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MisterPenguin said:
It's not just closer, it is in the park; or, if you prefer, its door facing the park is a gate.

When the park closes, guests of that hotel leave the park and enter the hotel.

While the park is closed for the night, guests can't use that door to get into the park. The other side of the hotel faces a parking lot. From there, they can drive, Uber, or take a bus to the other Uni parks or anywhere else at any time of day or night.
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It’s not really closer than hotels like MiraCosta, Grand California and Universal Studios Grand Hotel. Heck, Hotel Charles Lindbergh at Phantasialand has a coaster built around/within it.
 
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bioreconstruct
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Aerial look at the 3 water features in the central corridor of Universal's Epic Universe. Filled with rain water from Hurricane Ian. Substantial flooding also in Classic Monsters land, top right.
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Aerial overview of Universal's Epic Universe. With flooding from Hurricane Ian.
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Aerial look at a portion of Donkey Kong roller coaster track. Note the swoop at left. There are multiple colors to blend in to different scenes. Black track is believed to be where cars will appear to jump over gaps. Track is sideways and under cars. At Epic Universe.
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Aerial overview of Super Nintendo World at Epic Universe.
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Aerial overview of Super Nintendo World at Epic Universe.
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bioreconstruct
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In foreground of this aerial is Super Nintendo World. 1 Epic Universe Team Member building 2 Ministry of Magic show building 3 Chilled water plant for the park 4 High speed roller coaster 5 Fountain basin, pre-filled by Hurricane Ian 6 Water-related attraction
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Aerial look at construction of Mario Kart in Super Nintendo World. Some routing is seen. In Epic Universe.
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A nearly straight-down aerial look at construction of the Donkey Kong roller coaster in Epic Universe. At center will be a water feature, and it currently has rain accumulated from Hurricane Ian.
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Aerial look at Donkey Kong roller coaster construction. At center will be a water feature. This excavation currently has rain water accumulated from Hurricane Ian. At Epic Universe.
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Aerial photo showing steel frame recently placed over the circular load/unload of Yoshi's Adventure. Green track at left, and supports at top center. At right is the entrance portal of Super Nintendo World. In Epic Universe.
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trr1

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bioreconstruct
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In foreground of this aerial is the gateway to Super Nintendo World. Structural frame has been placed over the yellow disk of load/unload for Yoshi's Adventure. Green ride track seen winding at right. Nearby are track supports. At Epic Universe.
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In foreground is an aerial look at more green track at Yoshi's Adventure. At top and center is construction of the Donkey Kong roller coaster. In Super Nintendo World at Epic Universe.
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Aerial look at track staged for a high-speed dual-racing coaster in Universal's Epic Universe.
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Aerial look at some of the areas flooded by Hurricane Ian, at construction of Universal's Epic Universe.
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Aerial overview of Universal's Epic Universe. Lower sections of the construction site are flooded due to Hurricane Ian.
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Aerial look at retention pond 10A near Universal's Epic Universe. As seen after Hurricane Ian. There's a link to a YouTube video(Link to a video by @tommyhawkins explaining drainage in the Epic Universe site: ) in first Tweet of this Thread that might be interesting. Describes how drainage is planned in the UEU area.
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Aerial overview of Universal's Epic Universe construction. Track for attractions is staged at 1, 2, 3. Some of the day guest parking lot is paved and available to construction workers. Toll plaza for day guests at 4. Park entrance at about 5.
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donsullivan

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In this general area, the winds were not as severe as we had feared they would be once it arrived here. The major issue in central FL is the epic flooding you keep seeing so much about as a result of the stunning amount of rain.
 
JoeCamel

JoeCamel

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donsullivan said:
In this general area, the winds were not as severe as we had feared they would be once it arrived here. The major issue in central FL is the epic flooding you keep seeing so much about as a result of the stunning amount of rain.
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If you look at the worksites above you can see pumps being set up and lines run in almost every building location. They are wasting little time getting this back on track.
 

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