Universal's Epic Universe General News & Discussion

[TommyJK]

Any idea why they waited this long to make these changes? Parts of the country are leaving quarantine, so the economy is picking up (yes, I know, plenty of faulty logic in that sentence).

I would think that Comcast would’ve been less bullish during quarantine and a little more bullish as it ended. Feels like the opposite is happening.

I think as of even a month ago, with more of the economy opening up there was (IMO misguided) optimism towards things becoming more positive. But over the last month (and even more so the last week) with the incredible increases in positivity rates and hospitalizations in many areas, as well as all of the different countries talking about travel bans into or from the US, the decision makers have started to realize the worst is not behind us but still well ahead of us.

 

[GA-MBIT]

I dunno man, this is just a lot of hypotheticals stacked on top of each other. Anyone saying we won't get EU until almost 2030 is being ridiculously pessimistic. We're only 5 months into this mess, things change scary fast through all of this. We'll just have to wait and see.

 

[Magic-Man]

I think that SNW gets moved to Kidzone if this gets delayed until 2025+, but the chances of that happening are (hopefully) low. If anything, that would actually help USF out quite a bit and turn it into the fantastic park it should have been.

 

[Parkscope Joe]

Hey y’all this is for news not speculation.

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[Mad Dog]

Hey y’all this is for news not speculation.

Now that you live in Pittsburgh....we don't use the phrase y'all. Proper Pittsburghese for the plural of you is "Yinz". . ...:thumbsup:

 

[Teebin]

What was the assumption on the steel tower near the palm tree? Radio tower, Lightning rod?

 

[Scott W.]

What was the assumption on the steel tower near the palm tree? Radio tower, Lightning rod?

Looks like a lightning rod to me.

How new is this and is this built by Universal?

 

[JoeCamel]

Looks like a lightning rod to me.

How new is this and is this built by Universal?

It has been there a while, I see two enclosures on it so maybe camera? One at the top maybe transmitter but rod on top is lightning as you said I think. No transformer or other support at the base so maybe not online yet? I don't know enough about current surveying techniques but another guess is the center point from which everything else gets measured? Does not make much sense in this day of GPS tho...

 

[Joel]

It has been there a while, I see two enclosures on it so maybe camera? One at the top maybe transmitter but rod on top is lightning as you said I think. No transformer or other support at the base so maybe not online yet? I don't know enough about current surveying techniques but another guess is the center point from which everything else gets measured? Does not make much sense in this day of GPS tho...

land surveying is still done with physical markers in the ground (usually use GPS to find those markers), but I don't think this pole is that. Seems like some telecom type gear and some cameras?

 

[Scott W.]

land surveying is still done with physical markers in the ground (usually use GPS to find those markers), but I don't think this pole is that. Seems like some telecom type gear and some cameras?

Long range WiFi sounds totally feasible and makes a lot of sense to keep everybody connected. Especially when things like iPads With cloud storage are getting used more and more in these kinds of construction.

 

[Viator]

In an interesting development..a tax break is being given for NBCUniversal/Comcast in regard's to the plot of land, and has been approved by OC directly.

Orange County may give $5 million to Universal Orlando for new theme park

Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings and county commissioners will vote Tuesday on whether to spend up to $5 million more helping Universal Orlando build another new theme park. County leaders will al…

www.orlandosentinel.com

 

[JoeCamel]

In an interesting development..a tax break is being given for NBCUniversal/Comcast in regard's to the plot of land, and has been approved by OC directly.

Orange County may give $5 million to Universal Orlando for new theme park

Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings and county commissioners will vote Tuesday on whether to spend up to $5 million more helping Universal Orlando build another new theme park. County leaders will al…

www.orlandosentinel.com

I would expect nothing less. This park will bring them much more than this concession.

 

[Cup_Of_Coffee]

Not surprising to hear the city/county want this to happen.

 

[Alicia]

I think some headlines and tweets are missing the real story here. The county is voting on whether or not to offer up to 5 million in credits towards future utilities to Universal to help them offset the cost of replacing a very old wastewater pipe that the city would need to replace eventually anyway. It’s a reimbursement work Universal would be doing for the their land that the county would likely need to do themselves someday.

If we’re talking about the same news story, this isn’t at all what the headlines for some sites would have you believe.

screenshot from the sentinel for further clarity:

 

[JungleSkip]

RIP Palm Tree

 

[Teebin]

Well, there you have it... the palm tree has been removed signaling that the entire project is cancelled forever and ever. Sad. :look:

 

[pat_naughty05]

Some of the other pics posted today by Bio show cars parked on the property. Has work resumed?

 

[Parkscope Joe]

Some of the other pics posted today by Bio show cars parked on the property. Has work resumed?

Work never stopped.

 

[pat_naughty05]

Work never stopped.

My mistake. It’s been several months since I’ve visited the boards here. Based on the news I’ve seen elsewhere, I thought construction had halted due to the pandemic. Thanks for the clarification.

 

[JoeCamel]

My mistake. It’s been several months since I’ve visited the boards here. Based on the news I’ve seen elsewhere, I thought construction had halted due to the pandemic. Thanks for the clarification.

Roadwork and utilities are still active. The road is a joint project so they will finish it.