Aerial photos of spotlights being installed as an element of a night time show in Epic Universe. The beams will be seen from inside the park as rising behind Helios Grand Hotel. Located behind the park's fireworks launch.
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Show every month12 spotlights are being installed at Epic Universe as a background element in a layered night time show. From inside the park, the spotlight beams will be seen rising behind Helios Grand Hotel. Located behind the fireworks launch.
Spotlights are being installed at Epic Universe as a background element in a layered night time show. Located behind the fireworks launch, behind Helios Grand Hotel.
Aerial photos of spot lights added for a nighttime show in Epic Universe. As backdrop to fireworks. Located on the lakeshore behind Helios Grand Hotel.
Skyline of Hogsmeade is nearly restored. Small amount of scaffolding visible on a tower of Hogwarts Castle, at right.
Current repainting of an area of Hogwarts Castle. Different sections have different stages of progress. Moss has been applied as a masking device. Paint is washed over the moss, and when the moss is removed there will be lichen-looking age spots in the surface.
Theming details revealed at a tower of Hogwarts Castle, after repainting. Age and weathering is part of the painting process, including forms of algae. In foreground of 1st photo are spots of moss, Painting will continue. Moss later removed. Causes spots like in other pics.
Current repainting of Hogwarts Castle. Much is completed, and scaffolding is being removed from a completed tower at right. Work continues in the front areas.
Current supports placed near CityWalk for Fast & Furious Hollywood Drift.
Current supports placed near CityWalk for Fast & Furious Hollywood Drift.
Scaffolding being removed from repainted rock work at the big splash of Jurassic Park River Adventure.
Aerial overview of Hogwarts Castle in refurbishment. Scaffolding is being removed from the tower at right. Repainting continues in the front areas.
Aerial look back at the construction of Stardust Racers. • Nov 24, 2022 inside the ground level of the station. with train servicing at left. • Nov 11, 2022 one of the staging areas for track/supports; and first sighting of yellow/green track in place for the ride.
Algae texture added as random spots on stone being repainted in the Hogwarts Castle refurbishment. Zoom into the first photo ... the algae has depth! The stone color variations have become more appealing and natural now. After overall translucent stone colors were applied.
Details in a repainted area of Hogwarts Castle where scrims were recently removed from scaffolding.