Construction update 2: Long Overdue

2009-08-31T06:36:00.000-07:00

2008-12-27T21:35:00.000-08:00

Here's the first of the photos. This set was taken on 18 Nov 08.
Shots were taken from the Sentosa Express Monorail and the Tiger Sky Tower

View from Vivo City, Singapore's largest mall, on the mainland opposite Resorts World

The view of the entire Resorts World.

Entrance to Sentosa Island and Underground Carpark for Resorts World.

View of Universal Studios from the Monorail.

Overview of Universal Studios Singapore. The footers for the Battlestar Galatica Dueling coaster on the bottom right!

Close up of Universal Studios Singapore with the monorail in the foreground.

Another close up of Universal Studios Singapore. Waterworld takes shape at the back of the park. The Jurassic Park Rapids right could be the structure to it's right.

Revenge of the Mummy Ride skeleton. The first of its kind to be build from scratch and not retrofitted into existing buildings. Height stands at 21 meters according to Resorts World at Sentosa.

What will become a massive underground parking space right under Universal Studios. Possibly the first theme park in the world to have one.

More on the columns

Depth of Construction: Taken from monorail. The Street level of FestiveWalk can be seen.

Overview of the hotel area

Close up on the hotel area

Close up on one of the hotels

View from the highest point of the island

The Sentosa Luge and Skyride, view from the Tiger Sky Tower

Songs of the Sea set with the backdrop of the busy waterway beyond the island

Shangri-La's Rasa Sentosa

Merlion

The far end of the resort, currently being used to for storage and to ship in ride pieces and construction material. It will become part of The Spa by ESPA in the future.

Construction HQ

Construction HQ with facade mock ups

Expansion of the Causeway to Sentosa Island from the mainland to accommodate the increase traffic flow.

First post

2008-11-20T06:10:00.000-08:00

Welcome to ussconstruction. This is my attempt at documenting the construction of Universal Studios Singapore from the end of 2008 till opening day.

Universal Studios Singapore Construction

Construction update 2: Long Overdue

First post