NEW PHOTOS of Universal Orlando’s Epic Universe Construction

A brand NEW park is coming to Universal Studios Florida!

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That park is Epic Universe and will be home to Illumination, DreamWorks content, and Super Nintendo World. That’s all pretty exciting, but for now, the park is still under construction — BUT we have an update!

Epic Universe will be located about two miles southeast of the existing Universal Orlando parks and will have its own shopping district and hotels.

Thanks to @bioreconstruct on Twitter, we’ve got some brand new aerial photos of the Epic Universe construction site! The first photo shows a building at the West of the in-park hotel — what’s most interesting is that only a few months ago, all you could see here were utility ducts. So it’s coming right along.

Aerial look at a building at the West of the Epic Universe in-park hotel.
1 Interesting features
2 The 2nd hotel tower crane
3 Deep excavation in Classic Monsters land, now filled
4 Months ago these utility ducts were the only feature in this area. Dirt will soon hide them. pic.twitter.com/cvVei9dxT4

— bioreconstruct (@bioreconstruct) January 7, 2023

Another aerial photo shows the hotel from a different angle.

Aerial look at construction of the in-park hotel of Universal's Epic Universe. pic.twitter.com/m5REO844ZZ

— bioreconstruct (@bioreconstruct) January 7, 2023

This photo shows the park’s entrance, the basin that will lead to a chain of water features, the dual-racing coaster area, the How To Train Your Dragon coaster area, and the Donkey Kong coaster area. This is getting exciting!

Aerial look at Epic Blvd construction
1 Epic Universe entrance
2 Fountain basin, in chain of water features through UEU
3 Dual-racing coaster
4,5 Track staging, dual-racing coaster
6 How to Train Your Dragon coaster
7 Track staging, Dragon coaster
8 Donkey Kong coaster
?Jan 6 pic.twitter.com/LKYvVwAJZ4

— bioreconstruct (@bioreconstruct) January 7, 2023

Here’s a closer look at the high-speed dual-racing coaster. It looks like a lot of the track is already in place.

Aerial look at track for the high-speed dual-racing roller coaster in Universal's Epic Universe. This track is near the central corridor of the park. pic.twitter.com/RFq3krCRXR

— bioreconstruct (@bioreconstruct) January 6, 2023

Here’s a view of even more of that coaster’s track:

Aerial look at some of the track for a high-speed dual-racing roller coaster in Universal's Epic Universe. pic.twitter.com/GCqvx8hOUG

— bioreconstruct (@bioreconstruct) January 6, 2023

There will also be a Harry Potter-themed land and you can see some of the facades in this photo, as well as more details for some of the other coasters.

Aerial overview (Jan 6, 2023) of Universal's Epic Universe. Some recent changes:
– More track for the dual racing coaster and How to Train Your Dragon coaster
– 4th excavation in central corridor seems done
– In-park hotel road has roofed underpass
– Park entrance taking shape pic.twitter.com/hx5zkTXTxb

— bioreconstruct (@bioreconstruct) January 6, 2023

There’s even a photo of what will be day guest parking for Epic Universe.

Aerial photos of track staged for the high-speed dual-racing coaster in Epic Universe. Area seen in first photo will be a section of day guest parking. pic.twitter.com/2U8fLxt0oy

— bioreconstruct (@bioreconstruct) January 6, 2023

Here’s everything that’s already been confirmed for the new park, and we’re excited to see everything beginning to take form. It also seems like a lot of our AllEars readers are also really excited about the new park. We’ll continue to keep you updated about it, and will — HOPEFULLY — be able to share a more detailed opening timeline with you soon!