Universal Studios Update: No More Scaffolding (PART 3)
Welcome to PART 3 of our newest Universal Studios Florida photo-report, everyone (PART 2 can be found by clicking HERE)!
In part 2, we started to enjoy the beauty of the new facades of the London waterfront. In the final part of this update, we will continue to take a look around London, and we'll also check out the San Francisco and New York City themed areas:
In part 2, we started to enjoy the beauty of the new facades of the London waterfront. In the final part of this update, we will continue to take a look around London, and we'll also check out the San Francisco and New York City themed areas:
Air condition units (?) behind the windows:
Yes, this is MUCH better than Amity. Just compare the view:
2012:
2014:
Panoramic photo #1 (FULL-SIZE):
Panoramic photo #2 (FULL-SIZE):
In San Francisco, Disaster! is still closed for an extended refurbishment:
Nearby, a light pole is missing... its light:
No more phone numbers on these windows...
Beetlejuice's show is also still down:
The parade and the train behind it. Looks great:
The New York City themed area:
A planter (with L. Wasserman's statue) is receiving some attention:
The new Team Members parking garage:
Yes, this is MUCH better than Amity. Just compare the view:
2012:
2014:
Panoramic photo #1 (FULL-SIZE):
Panoramic photo #2 (FULL-SIZE):
In San Francisco, Disaster! is still closed for an extended refurbishment:
Nearby, a light pole is missing... its light:
No more phone numbers on these windows...
Beetlejuice's show is also still down:
The parade and the train behind it. Looks great:
The New York City themed area:
A planter (with L. Wasserman's statue) is receiving some attention:
The new Team Members parking garage:
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Thanks for the updates, any idea when Disaster! is opening again please ?
ReplyDeleteWhat is it about the pink? I swear Universalhad all these cans of pink and decided they better used them. First the Mexican restaurant and now London! Yech!
ReplyDeleteAgree with the previous anonymous about the pink -- doesn't look very good, but I'm sure there's more work to be done (I really hope). Question though, I know all of the London area is a facade, but behind the windows can you literally see the sky from the other side (i.e. not enclosed)? On page two, picture #15 it looks like you can clearly see that it's just a shell? Am I just seeing that incorrectly?
ReplyDeleteAlso, while I'm at it: love the updates! Thank you for taking all of these photos. Your photos make not being able to go to Universal for a while, that much more bearable!
ReplyDeleteThe pink might be a glue or a undercoat to bring the colour to life.
ReplyDeleteI really hope that this London Waterfront, is just the beginning.
ReplyDeleteThat just looks fantastic, not even a fan of the movies myself. I would love to see this type of theming a detail carry over to the amphitheater, restrooms, and even men in black part of the park. Maybe not London themed, but something that can actually compare.
Bravo Universal.
I believe Universal have got the detailing wrong on the Clock tower of Kings Cross Station. KCS UK has a single slit in the brickwork at the front and a double slit on either side. However at the Universal KCS they have a double slit at the front.
ReplyDeleteStill looks great though!
The pink is the fiberglass surface, if you look at previous images the decorative elements that are currently white (base coat), were also pink, these have not yet been painted. About seeing through windows, this is the same concern brought up about Hogwarts, the dressing for this is one of the last details added to avoid damage. Regarding the wrong detailing of Kings Cross Station, this is not reality, none of the London facades are 100% accurate to any of the buildings they represent, these are augmented for the theatrics of a Theme Park, just as EPCOT is not exact in its reproductions within their showcases.
ReplyDeleteNice, all answered then except is Disaster! open again now if not any idea when. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteI'm chuckling at some of these comments. There are no flaws in the London waterfront. The pink coating will be painted over. It keeps porous materials from cracking under weather. Extra details are being ADDED to the counterparts of these real world structure and that especially helps King's Cross station where the structure needed to be scaled back. This is a common technique in adapting structures to theme park environments and movie sets. You'll see this sort of thing in World Showcase. It looks more dramatic and detailed. This is also why Wyndham Theater's Harry Potter counterpart has 3D columns instead of flat pilasters as seen on the real one. More detail, more dramatic shadows. It's a romanticization. The single tiered Eros fountain will be blown up into a 2-tiered fountain in this romantic dramatized version...
ReplyDeleteFrom anonymous #2
ReplyDeleteThat is all very nice, but that still doesn't explain all the pink on the Mexican restaurant! I thought that pink would be covered as well, but no, it's pink!!