The construction site in front of the Jurassic Park section of Universal Orlando’s Islands of Adventure is changing rapidly.
Crews have begun installing what appear to be the first vertical supports for the rumored Jurassic Park coaster.
The Jurassic Park coaster construction site as of Nov. 20, 2019 (Orlando Rising)
These two cranes are visible throughout Islands of Adventure (Orlando Rising)
Barges have extended the work area in front of the Discovery Center (Orlando Rising)
A crane installs what appears to be a support for the Jurassic Park coaster (Orlando Rising)
To illustrate just how fast construction is progressing, notice how just two days earlier, the cranes were in a different position and fewer supports were on site.
The same site on Nov. 18, 2019 (Orlando Rising)
The coaster construction has caused a major shift in the Jurassic Park area. A new walkway has been between the Pizza Predattoria restaurant (which is now behind construction walls) and the entrance to Jurassic Park River Adventure. Besides the construction cranes, there’s little to see except walls and a few plants.
The new walkway through Jurassic Park (Orlando Rising)
Elsewhere around Islands of Adventure, the area around Popeye & Bluto’s Bilge-Rat Barges and Me Ship, The Olive is currently closed for refurbishment, making the waterfront behind Mythos is now the undisputed top spot for photos of the Jurassic Park construction site.
Walls around Popeye & Bluto’s Bilge-Rat Barges
This area of Toon Lagoon is scheduled to reopen on Dec. 22.
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