The new filling worried some fans about the future of fan-favorite ride WaterWorld

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New documents submitted to Los Angeles County in June reveal more information regarding an upcoming expansion of Universal Studios Hollywood, as part of a multi-decade project.

The “Evolution Plan,” as it’s called, was first unveiled in 2006 with an estimated cost of around $7 billion. The plan includes expansions to the exciting studio, theme park, retail, hotel and entertainment areas. The “Evolution Plan” was officially filed in 2013 and promises a multi-decade time frame.

“The NBC Universal Evolution Plan is a comprehensive planning and development effort to maintain Universal City’s status as a center of entertainment and tourism,” says the official plan guidelines. “To meet the future needs of southern California’s entertainment industry, and to allow the site to grow in a way that is compatible with Los Angeles.”

The latest filing of the plan, which was originally submitted for a new technical services building set behind the E.T. parking garage, also includes a map with more never-before-seen conceptual plans for the “Evolution Project.” Fans were quick to notice that a site currently occupied by fan-favorite stunt show WaterWorld is overlaid on the map with a designation for a “New Theme Park Attraction w/ Food & Beverage Retail.”

While Universal currently has no plans to remove WaterWorld, the map does grant them the authority to do so in the future or simply expand the land around it. This left many theme-park fans nervous about the future of WaterWorld, which was originally introduced to the park in 1995. Theme Park Insider speculated about the possibility of an “entire WaterWorld land around the show theater,” like Universal’s parks in Asia currently have.

The map also indicates a brand new CityWalk “Future Destination Venue,” as well as “Parking/Tram maintenance” in a section currently being used for Halloween Horror Nights. The future 500-room hotel originally included in the proposal is also designated on the map, yet Universal has yet to announce the project officially.