At the end of January we saw the addition of a frame for a large statue in the proposed How To Train Your Dragon land, more supports for dual-racing coaster, supports for Classic Monsters coaster, tower crane in Harry Potter land and traffic lights on Epic Blvd.
Jan 23, 2023 aerial overview of Universal's Epic Universe. Recent changes:
- Frame for a large statue in How To Train Your Dragon land
- More supports for dual-racing coaster
- Supports for Classic Monsters coaster
- Tower crane in Harry Potter land
- Traffic lights, Epic Blvd pic.twitter.com/Rl5oDpfizy— bioreconstruct (@bioreconstruct) January 26, 2023
You can compare the video below showing aerial helicopter footage for the whole of Epic Universe from January with the most recent video above.
Video: Aerial look at construction of Universal's Epic Universe. pic.twitter.com/z3BZo129e0
— bioreconstruct (@bioreconstruct) January 6, 2023
In the video you can clearly see work being done on the How to Train Your Dragon roller coaster, The Ministry of Magic in the Wizarding World of Harry Potter, The Classic Monsters land and Super Nintendo World with the Donkey Kong roller coaster Although these lands and still not officially confirmed, the rumors appear to be confirmed by the layouts and attractions we are beginning to see.
The Center of Epic Universe is speculated to have a lagoon area which is expected to have a show which could be similar to World of Color - ONE which is coming to Disney California Adventure Park. It is also expected to have a water based restaurant. The video is embedded below.
December 29 - We are all excited to see the progress being made on Epic Universe and it is very interesting to see how Universal's third gate has been transformed from open land back in December 2016 to what it is today. Bioreconstruct has posted three photos in a tweet showing 2016, 2019 and then 2022.
An aerial look back at site of Universal's Epic Universe. Oct 23, 2016 before site preparation.
2nd photo Dec 19, 2021, as construction of buildings started.
3rd photo Dec 9, 2022 Huge construction progress!
Arrow at same location in all the photos. pic.twitter.com/WiMPj2iinC— bioreconstruct (@bioreconstruct) December 27, 2022
December 20 - It is so exciting to see the construction progress being made on Epic Universe. In a tweet by Bioreconstruct we can see a photo of the recent developments that have been made at the park. These include Facades in the proposed Harry Potter related land, track supports at far end of the dual-racing coaster, more track added for the Classic Monsters land coaster and more of Donkey Kong being enclosed.
Aerial overview (Dec 18, 2022) of Universal's Epic Universe. Recent changes:
1 Facades in the Harry Potter related land
2 Track supports at far end of the dual-racing coaster
3 Track added for Classic Monsters land coaster
4 More of Donkey Kong being enclosed pic.twitter.com/kCpnP1LDbi— bioreconstruct (@bioreconstruct) December 19, 2022
Although we only have Super Nintendo World officially confirmed, let us know which out of the definite and proposed lands are you most excited about by voting in our poll below.
- Super Nintendo World
- Universal Classic Monsters
- How To Train Your Dragon
- Wizarding World - Ministry of Magic
December 13 - We are closely following the construction progress of Epic Universe and a number of aerial photos have been posted on twitter by Bioreconstruct including this one which shows how Super Nintendo World currently looks.
Aerial look at the front of Super Nintendo World.
1 Portal construction
2 Mario Kart
3 Mount Beanpole
4 Donkey Kong roller coaster
5 Yoshi's Adventure
6 Likely merchandise, dining related to Nintendo.
In Epic Universe. pic.twitter.com/GOsOz6UN4J— bioreconstruct (@bioreconstruct) December 10, 2022
The different areas of Super Nintendo World and marked onto the photo to give you perspective of the layout of the land. You can definitely see that progress is being made on this exciting new land at Epic Universe.
December 6 - During a UBS Investor Conference call on Monday, CEO Jeff Shell made two main points relating to Epic Universe. Firstly he confirmed that despite some supply chain concerns, Epic Universe is on track to open ready for Summer 2025.
Secondly, there was mention that Epic Universe may work well with Convention visitors due to the park being split into clear lands that they could be accessed separately. " ...the park is built so that you can come into one land and not the whole park."
NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell on Monday confirmed Epic Universe is tracking for a summer 2025 opening. He also made an interesting comment about why the park might appeal to convention visitors:
"...the park is built so that you can come into one land and not the whole park." 🤔 pic.twitter.com/AM5mSDu7Bd— Scott Gustin (@ScottGustin) December 5, 2022
Comments
I’m not sure if it’s too late to reconsider but for Universal’s Epic Universe in the DreamWorks area could you go back to the other option and make it look more like Fantasyland at Disney. This way it would be better because it should have more than one land from previous DreamWorks animated franchises. For Instance you should leave room too great a Madagascar land and make it just like the one in Singapore which sadly is being changed to Minions land and that’s stupid because Despicable Me is pretty common cat every Universal Studios around the world. However, Madagascar land isn’t common that land was pretty unique and while your at also make room for a Kung Fu Panda land even though there’s one at the Universal Studios in Beijing it would still be a good idea because that land will be pretty much unique also if it gets changed in the future. My point being is if you’re going to have a DreamWorks themed land don’t just let it be How to Train Your Dragon there add these two lands too it as well. If you can’t reconsider then just add these two lands separately too the park.