Volcano Bay Construction & Preview Discussion

[Mad Dog]

I travel quite a bit for work or book others in our office for travel (so I get the points)- so I use the chase sapphire reserve (I would do the sapphire preferred vs the Disney one easily) so I get 3x dining and travel points plus 100k bonus at sign up. Its a bargain. It's $450 annual fee but you get $300 back for a travel credit, airport lounge access, etc- Heck- you could use the 100k points just for $1k cash back- but using it for "travel" like Universal tickets count as- its a 1.3x spending rate. I love it.

Now that I'm retired I don't do business travel or expenses anymore, so that doesn't work for me since I don't have the volume, but it does sure sound like a good deal for you in your position. :thumbsup:

 

[Scott W.]

Does anybody have any recent images from Nearmap of the site?

 

[Teebin]

Does anybody have any recent images from Nearmap of the site?

Nearmap isn't quite as easy to snatch from these days...

 

[Joel]

Does anybody have any recent images from Nearmap of the site?

not since those f'ers stopped the free trials haha

 

[GadgetGuru]

Planet (planet.com) just launched / announced new free stuff at Google Cloud Next. Seems to be similar to Nearmap?

 

[Joel]

Planet (planet.com) just launched / announced new free stuff at Google Cloud Next. Seems to be similar to Nearmap?

Doesn't zoom in as much, that seems to be based on satellite images. Near map flies a plane over areas.

 

[JPRA513]

I'm thinking it's about time for Google Earth to update... it's been over a year now and this seems to be around the time they usually update.

 

[Scott W.]

not since those f'ers stopped the free trials haha

I know, how dare they! ha.

At $999 a year, I can't see anybody buying it for fun.

 

[fryoj]

Does anybody have any recent images from Nearmap of the site?

There was a backdoor where you could access the map, but they've closed that now too.

 

[Joel]

There was a backdoor where you could access the map, but they've closed that now too.

Ya, you basically had to private browse and then refresh ever few minutes (that was the max time before you had to buy an account)

 

[fryoj]

Ya, you basically had to private browse and then refresh ever few minutes (that was the max time before you had to buy an account)

You could use a pop up blocker to disable the log in screen and use it indefinitely.

 

[12th Man]

We have another update from Midway Mayhem!

These are going to be a fun 10 weeks! :tongue:

 

[UniversalRBLX]

Somewhere a project manager is saying "HOLY $&@% we got a couple weeks left!"

 

[epcyclopedia]

Very curious what the slides in the mountain will look like aesthetically when they're uncovered.

 

[RollermanDan]

Definitely filling in now at the park and it's good to see the detail work all around. Testing continues and the lockers have arrived.

More photos here:
Universal Orlando Resort Volcano Bay Construction Update 3.14.17

 

[tielo]

Looking at the excellent video of Midway Mayhem I notice some little holes in the stones at the elevator. I also saw those holes in the walkway from the tunnel to the entrance and on stone work on some ruins. Will they hold lights or is there another reason for the holes???

 

[Imperius]

Posted in Facebook group. Has it been posted here yet?

 

[Mr. EPCOT]

We have another update from Midway Mayhem!

These are going to be a fun 10 weeks! :tongue:

That guy seems to think that little temple thing in front of the park entrance is an elevator... :saywhat:

 

[epcyclopedia]

At least he admitted it's not a parking garage.

 

[Trumen882]

That guy seems to think that little temple thing in front of the park entrance is an elevator... :saywhat:

What do you think the little temple thing in the front is? I honestly am not sure thought it could be an escalator entrance at one point.