The aerial archive

Glimpse of Mount Beanpole, seen from the Castle Hotel area of Universal Blvd. The blue scrims just at right are the towers of Bowser's Fortress in Super Nintendo World.

Glimpse of the manor tower in Dark Universe, and the mountain and portal tower of How To Train Your Dragon land. As seen from Universal Blvd in the Castle Hotel area.

Glimpse of Starfall Racers, with the mountain in How To Train Your Dragon land. As seen from Destination Pwy.

A short berm ready for landscaping at Epic Blvd and Destination Pwy. Epic Blvd is the access for day guest parking of Epic Universe. On the horizon at center are Helios Grand Hotel and Starfall Racers.

Current look at red scaffolding structures in the Universal lagoon. Temporary supports for construction of permanent over water platforms.

A comet might be visible if you're in the path of totality of the April 8 eclipse. Also a good line up of the planets. This Astronomy article has details: https://www.astronomy.com/observing/a-comet-will-be-visible-during-the-2024-total-solar-eclipse/

After crossing Shingle Creek on Destination Pwy WB there's a distant view of Epic Universe.

Current South end of Shingle Creek Trail, as seen under Destination Pwy. There's plans to extend the trail. Universal (UCDP Universal City Development Partners) currently owns the property.

In this Jul 2, 2023 aerial photo of Shingle Creek Trail 1 Surfside and Dockside 2 Universal property North of Sand Lake Rd 3 Ramp from trail to Destination Pwy 4 Universal property South of Destination Pwy 5 Distant view of Epic Universe 6 Starfall Racers

Shingle Creek Trail South of Sand Lake Rd is 1 mile paved path through thick forest to Destination Pwy. There's wetlands at right of this photo that border the Epic Universe property.

The view under Sand Lake Rd from the Shingle Creek Trail.

There's ramps both sides of Sand Lake Rd down to a public trail along Shingle Creek.

There's two very large Universal warehouses along Sand Lake Rd. At right in the Jan 13 aerial photo. Arrow in the aerial photo at Dr Doom's Fearfall towers.

Helios Grand Hotel as seen from Sand Lake Rd.