A bit out of order, but wanted to start with this shot. Absolutely love this view from Super Nintendo World. Moving from left to right: Track over and under the Starway. Station and queue. Stall element. Track down the hill (in front of the Frankenstein parking structure). Final piece of track (that the Minion had a great shot of).

Heading down on the Studio Tour.

A clear look at the completed final piece.

Here is what it looked like just 2 days prior on Sunday.

As you can see, it's not quite an inversion.

They were still doing a bit of work during Brian's visit.

Some great shots from the exit of The Simpsons Ride. We are going to get some fantastic views from this coaster.

The good kind of sightlines. =)

Heading down to the lower lot.

It will be interesting to see what kind of themeing/landscaping we get in this area.

While the buildings and the view of the valley certainly fit the LA scene of Fast and Furious, I'm still anticipating lots of landscape work going on this summer.

Anybody staying in the Hilton soon? Can imagine some nice views from there.

Fast and Furious 17: Jurassic Drift. Starring Vin Diesel as Dominic Toretto and Jeff Goldblum as Dr. Ian Malcom. You know you'd watch it.

Brian got a little artsy with this one. But I kind of like it.

A look at the track on either side of the final element. Apparently there are launches on both sides of this.

Just an insane amount of twisted steel.

Alright, that's going to wrap it up. Hope you enjoyed the update! We'll have a new update for you soon I'm sure. And thanks again to Brian for the awesome pics!

Let's start out here at Hurricane Harbor where the Black Snake Summit slides have gotten a pretty awesome paint job.

Can't wait to see all of the changes inside Hurricane Harbor. It's been a few years since we've visited so we'll make it a point to visit this summer.

Viper just celebrated it's 35th Anniversary so I took a nice ride on it. It seems to be running pretty well this season actually!

Just make sure you pick the right seat. =)

Inside the park there's a whole bunch of small things happening, that most people wouldn't notice. But we do! And we love it.

This former smoking section now has a sign that indicates there is no smoking allowed. As somebody with asthma who is triggered by cigarette smoke, this is amazing for me!

Not really a park improvement, but Scrambler is still sitting vacant. I doubt it comes back as even the sign has been removed.

It's a sold flat-ride spot so hopefully something will come here soon. The park is in desperate need of more flat rides.

The site is still showing as an attraction on the app, but when you click it there is no information. Hopefully that's a good sign that some kind of attraction will be coming back here soon.

Let's talk about Superman. The ride announced it's permanent closure last week which didn't come as a surprise to most of us. While we wish we could have gotten some final rides, I certainly understand why it didn't reopen. It was simply cost prohibitive.

As of now the tower is remaining (I can't even imagine what it would take to bring this thing down at this point) and Lex Luthor: Drop of Doom is remaining open. Although it wasn't open during my visit.

The last we heard about 10-12 years ago was that it would take $3-$4 million just to get the Sky Tower up to the California Building code for public opening. Imagine how much more that would be in 2025. Especially now.

While these views are fantastic, capacity is low, ridership would be low after the first few weeks. There is a reason it shut down in the first place.

Wow, this corner of the park sure looks different than 19 years ago.

Fully expect this to be redone with Project 2026

Speaking of Project 2026, lots more earth is getting moved around.

Some of the seats for the Golden Bear Theater are still there, but it looks like they're chipping away at it. Literally.

Can we also hope that Full Throttle gets a more permanent looking station with this addition? Maybe they'll finally finish it? (I'm joking ... kind of)

This is what the site looked like on Friday. Only difference today is the crane is gone. Can't wait to get some unobstructed views soon!

This is where the last bit of track work was happening over the weekend.

Since our last update, much of the coverings over the queue and station have been removed.

And it looks great!

A peek inside the windows reveals nothing much.

This is what the final gap looked like on Friday (April 4, 2025).

And this is what it looked like Sunday (April 6, 2025)

A couple of different shots from the Studio Tour

I'm guessing the park will post some kind of video/pictures of the last piece being set when it happens. It may have already happened for all we know.

Elsewhere in the park, prep for FanFest nights is progressing.

Photo op outside of the Studio Tour exit. This looks so great.

Universal Plaza is getting decked out for FanFest nights

Lots of work going on for whatever this project is. Lots of speculation. Until we hear officially that's all it is.

There is definitely a LOT of space available though. And some construction offices. Hmm.

And here we are, early April and we're already seeing HHN prep. When do they just end up getting permanent tents like Orlando and stop tearing them down every November just to add them back 5 months later?

A closer look from the Studio Tour.

Over on the H-Lot, a new tent has sprung up. This looks to be in a slightly different location than previous years.

We also tried some Butterbeer treats. This is not a "Butterbeer Season" exclusive, but we were disappointed when we had this last time so tried it again. I don't know why, but this is different than what is offered in Orlando. Anybody know why?

We also tried the ButterBeer Cream Puff. We thought it was just "okay". Which created some controversy online.

Lastly, lots of changes coming to CityWalk. Not sure why they're trying this again.

Whatever this is is coming.

Billabong will be something new as well.

We noticed some new (to us) Funko's in the Universal Store. These are super cute.

That's going to wrap it up for this update. Hope you enjoyed. I'm sure we'll have another update pretty soon, and of course we'll be at FanFest nights during the first weekend. Super excited for that.