The aerial archive

Current state of new grid-like frame on the exterior of the upcoming Epic Universe preview center.

Rollins College has a famous Fox Day, where a statue of a fox arbitrarily appears and fun ensues. Today was Squirrel Day at Universal Orlando Resort ... 🤭 Earl the squirrel peeking out the window of the next version of the Tribute Store.

Statue of Universal executive Lew Wasserman is being refurbished. Google has a notation that the statue is temporarily closed.

Water level a few inches higher at the Universal, hiding more of the new show equipment below the surface.

Current paint at rock work at the viewing area of the upcoming Universal lagoon show. Just grey right now.

Way back I worked at Feature Animation Florida in the Technology crew. Although I was focused on solutions like CGI track in Roller Coaster Rabbit, sometimes I helped with park things. Hand-made artwork was hi-rez scanned in tiny sections, then stitched for digital printing.

Feature Animation Florida was work, but also a fun workplace. Photos here of a department Thanksgiving potluck, and a how much time until each department finished work on Lilo and Stitch.

I was first guest in the tour! Helped set up the studio a few months earlier. Joined the crew in summer 1989. Sadly, I was also one of a dozen crew that packed up the studio when it closed in 2004. This photo taken after the closing. Now Star Wars Launch Bay.

Today is anniversary of tours through the former Disney Feature Animation studio at then Disney-MGM Studios. This book tells of what it was like to work there. A reunion of the crew who worked between 1989-2004 is planned later this year.

Current work at the upcoming Epic Universe preview center. Latest addition is the steel grid at the building corner.