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In the future Illumination Avenue at Universal Studios Florida, the Villain-Con Minion Blast marquee sign has been completed, and one wall of Transformers: The Ride has been painted bright blue.
Villain-Con Minion Blast
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Villain-Con Minion Blast is the second Minion-related ride for Universal Studios Florida, across from Despicable Me Minion Mayhem. It replaces Shrek 4-D, which closed in January 2022.
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Crews have been adding the orange letters of “Villain-Con” to the new attraction’s entrance. Just yesterday, the letters were covered with black tarps.
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Today, the bright orange “Villain-Con” letters were unveiled, thus completing the attraction’s marquee sign.
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While most of the soundstage has remained yellow, the overhang around the bottom of the building is now bright orange with black trim.
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Orange has been used for other Villain-Con theming, mainly the marquee lettering and banners.
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The yellow sides of the building were repainted early on in construction.
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Small lights are on the overhang, pointing down at posters.
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The “Evil Stuff” sign was recently installed, pointing to the attraction’s store. It’s directly across from Despicable Me Minion Mayhem’s Super Silly Stuff store.
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Villain-Con Minion Blast will anchor the new Illumination Avenue, which takes over a significant portion of Production Central.
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Giant billboard posters of villains were added on the side of the building facing Transformers: The Ride.
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Back at the entrance to Villain-Con Minion Blast, we could just barely see inside.
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Orange and purple banners hang past the entrance signage.
Minion Café
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Across the alleyway is Minion Café, still surrounded by scaffolding and blue scrim.
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Through the scrim, we could see weather-proof paneling on the outside of the building.
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Crew members have been working on the roof.
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Minion Café replaces Monsters Café. A large steel structure has been added to the building at the entrance.
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Some brown paneling peeks out at this corner of the building.
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Minion Café will presumably have similar theming to the Minion Café at Universal Studios Hollywood. Read our first review of Hollywood’s Minion Café.
Transformers: The Ride Show Building
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The wall of the Transformers: The Ride building right behind Minion Café has been completely painted teal blue.
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This is apparently to better match the future Minion Café, but it looks jarring right now.
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We first noticed blue stripes on the building last week.
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The Transformers-related symbols have been painted over.
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The job isn’t quite finished — we saw this gray smudge.
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What do you think of the Minion-related changes to Universal Studios Florida?
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