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Wing and pontoon added to Hemisphere Dancer in CityWalk.
Current work for an engine placed in Hemisphere Dancer. Clear windows over the opening.
Current work at Hemisphere Dancer in CityWalk. Almost all of a wing added, with pontoon.
Wing staged for the reassembly of Hemisphere Dancer at Lone Palm Airport Bar in CityWalk.
One engine with a propeller partly added to Hemisphere Dancer at Lone Palm Airport Bar in CityWalk.
Pontoons staged for the reassembly of Hemisphere Dancer in CityWalk. Jimmy Buffett's personal plane at Lone Palm Airport bar.
Rain and dirt collecting behind a construction fence in CityWalk. See aerial photo in first Post of this Thread where there's staining from previous accumulations. A fenced area related to the attraction that is replacing Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit.
Arrow where graphic panels have been placed over construction fence supports in CityWalk. To hide plywood wall sections from Water Taxi view. At the site of the attraction that will replace Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit.
Hand and wand of the portal tower of the Wizarding World with the top of Helios Grand Hotel.
Kirkman Rd sidewalk along Epic Universe has a handful of areas where there's been recent utility work. Green wall at left, along the park perimeter fence, is filling in well. It's becoming difficult to see The Burning Blade Tavern and Mine-Cart Madness.
Kirkman Rd sidewalk still closed between the Helios Grand Hotel entrance and Carrier Dr. Through the Sand Lake Rd interchange.
Motorcycle parking at Epic Universe.
A comically misaligned door at the Hemisphere Stage has same theming as a construction fence at an Epic Universe expansion pad (behind the gate, 2nd photo).
Table placed comically at a roof drain. In the patio of an Epic Universe restaurant opening in 2026.