It’s been a few weeks since my last visit to Islands of Adventure and a lot has changed over at the Skull Island construction area. The first thing that caught my eye was a beautifully painted mural on the mountain range backdrop behind the facade. They’ve already finished the left-side and are continuing on the right, but it is looking incredible. It really sells the perspective, and even features some 2-dimensional brickwork extending the building upwards. Also new, are the two posts above the giant temple gate. These look like the posts used in the earlier King Kong films to tie down the sacrificial human when offering them up to the mighty Kong. The queue building on the right side of the construction zone is coming along nicely, with a rough fort-like roof style and some new covered walkways extending out from the Kong face arch. Check out all the images below for details in this Kong-sized photo update!

Skull Island signs added to the construction walls, displaying proudly that it’s opening Summer 2016
Construction Photos:

The new steel connecting arch entry to indoor queue building. This will be part of the outdoor queue

The wall texture ends and is paint only for the far right side. Wonder if this is how it will remain.

Right side of structure finally enclosed and being painted nondescript color to blend into background

The ride is still open, but team members had to stand out front to help direct guests to the entrance
That’s all for this Kongstruction update. View the previous update with video.
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