Guests may be carrying fewer tubes when Blizzard Beach reopens from its current refurbishment

The latest refurbishment work at Blizzard Beach may be bringing some improvements that could significantly improve the guest experience.

The latest aerial photos of Blizzard Beach from @bioreconstruct appear to show a new conveyor belt system being assembled on the ground alongside a mobile crane which will presumably be used to assemble a tower crane on the new concrete pad to lift the new conveyor into position inside the park.

Aerial look at a crane (lower left) being used to refurbish Blizzard Beach. Crane likely to move to the recently added concrete pad and reach inside the park with the extension currently on ground. pic.twitter.com/ySagPfWK2S

— bioreconstruct (@bioreconstruct) August 7, 2022

Conveyor belts are already used in some areas of the park to transport tubes from the bottom of the slide to the top, but some slides still require the riders to carry their own tubes.

It isn't clear if the new conveyor will be a replacement for an existing tube transport, or if it will be an addition to improve another slide.

The crane is close to Runoff Rapids, which consists of three slides and could benefit from a tube conveyor system. Adding further weight to Runoff Rapids being the new location for the conveyor system is recent construction at the edge of the splash down pool, which looks like it may become one of the anchors for the conveyor belt.

Left and center arrows in this aerial at some of the work in progress during refurbishment of Blizzard Beach. The clearing seems to be a staging area.

Right arrow at a sidewalk along Buena Vista Drive. pic.twitter.com/nwprlHOwG7

— bioreconstruct (@bioreconstruct) May 8, 2022

Blizzard Beach is currently closed and does not yet have a reopening date. Typhoon Lagoon is available as Walt Disney World's only operating water park at this time.