{"id":152409,"date":"2026-02-12T02:19:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T02:19:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/152409\/"},"modified":"2026-02-12T02:19:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T02:19:09","slug":"shreks-swamp-splash-pad-paved-over-months-after-demolition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/152409\/","title":{"rendered":"Shrek’s Swamp Splash Pad Paved Over Months After Demolition"},"content":{"rendered":"

The splash pad of Shrek\u2019s Swamp in Universal Studios Florida has been paved over with concrete, apparently indicating the water play area is no more. The splash pad was part of Shrek\u2019s Swamp for Little Ogres<\/a> in DreamWorks Land, which opened in June 2024. About a year later, construction resumed on the splash pad. It was completely blocked off and demolished<\/a> by late September.<\/p>\n

Shrek\u2019s Swamp Splash Pad Paved Over
\n\"\"\"\"<\/a>Source: bioreconstruct on X<\/p>\n

Photographer bioreconstruct<\/a> shared pictures of the newly-paved space on X. Where the splash pad used to be is just this patch of concrete. It\u2019s still blocked by construction walls.<\/p>\n

\"\"\"\"<\/a>Source: bioreconstruct on X<\/p>\n

It at least isn\u2019t completely plain, blank concrete. It has ogre and donkey prints stamped into it.<\/p>\n

For reference, below is what the splash pad looked like.<\/p>\n

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We don\u2019t know the reason for the splash pad\u2019s removal. Guests can still meet Shrek, interact with Pinocchio, and play on the climbing gym.<\/p>\n

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Ironically, (as of February 11, 2026) the header image of the Shrek\u2019s Swamp webpage<\/a> is still the splash pad and it still says kids can \u201csplish, splash and spray people with water in a swampy play area.\u201d<\/p>\n

How do you feel about Shrek\u2019s Swamp losing its splash pad? Let us know on social media.<\/p>\n

Watch a full tour video of DreamWorks Land, including Shrek\u2019s Swamp, from when it first opened:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The splash pad of Shrek\u2019s Swamp in Universal Studios Florida has been paved over with concrete, apparently indicating…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":152410,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[73539,139,141,140,73541,73542,73540],"class_list":["post-152409","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-dreamworks-land","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news","tag-shreks-swamp-for-little-ogres","tag-shreks-swamp-splash-pad","tag-shreks-swamp"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152409","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=152409"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152409\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/152410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=152409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=152409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=152409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}