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    The tram stop billboards
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    Downtown Disney has holiday banners too
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    The AP billboard when you go through security.
    The ads on the ticketbooths
    DCAs entrance has candy cane strips again
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    The Disneyland entrance decorations
    Monorail Blue went by, I did not see anyone on board though.
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    The floral Mickey has stayed the same, I did not notice any changes for the holidays.
    Main Street
    The new (artificial tree) tree.
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    I had a request for more shots of the Main Street window displays, so I will try to get some each trip.. here is one.
    The line board around 12:30
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    The walls are finally down on the Plaza Pavilion
    A peak in the window reveals its ready to be the Annual Pass processing center again.
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    The current guidemaps
    The Holiday napkins
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    and cups
    DCAs tree, the holiday decorations in DCA are really scaled back (notice in the background the lack of lights on the old Golden Dreams building
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    Now some shots of the completely drained bay. Its been drained for work on the World of Color installation and other Pier projects.
    The scaffolding on the Sun Wheel has climbed even higher, but so far no real visible progress.
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    Work is progressing on the new Midway Games
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    No sign of the new billboard yet to replace the Burger Invasion one.
    The water on the left is from Screams cooling system.
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    The wave machine
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    The Holiday popcorn buckets
    Around the Midway Games area there are now signs of what is coming.
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    Toy Story was down again..
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    The old queue cover has been removed, soon the queue itself
    The walls around the Sun Wheel
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    If the last several pages were not enough and you want even more shots of the drained Bay stop by the construction progress section Sunday.
    A close up of one of the anchor points in the bay. I read these were left over from the Lumaria show.
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    The holiday mugs at the coffee stand
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    A better shot of the lightly decorated (notice nothing on the roof this year) Golden Dreams building.
    A closeup of the tree for those who like to see the ornaments
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    A couple random shots of the map in the Blue Sky Cellar
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    Next up Fliks Fun Fair
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    They are working on the entrance.
    The regular holiday decorations are out inside, nothing new or changed from what I could tell/remember
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    Notice what is missing here?
    No signs of the Beach Party Blast this year.
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    The Backlot looked about the same to me.
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    Stitch out interacting with guests
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    The Grand Californian is not decorated yet.
    The DVC work at the Grand Californian is moving along.
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    For more shots be sure to check the Construction Progress section Sunday
    The back of the sign near the ticketbooths.(this is what you see as you are leaving the parks and heading to Downtown Disney.
    The Columbia rehab has finished and its returned (along with Fantasmic)
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    All the walls are down in the area, but barriers are still up to keep you out.
    The Halloween tree looks rather bare since the decorations were removed.
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    Friday was media day at Disneyland.
    There were several radio stations setup in the hub
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    The walls are donw on the walk through entrance.
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    But not the exit...
    The accessible version is now marked too.
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    Small World has returned.
    All the work in Toontown is done too.
    Minnie out by her house.
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    Some holiday decorations are not up this year. Nothing here.
    Or on the school
    Some random merchandise shots.
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    The Fantasy Faire gifts has reopened
    The VIP area if you took the holiday tour.
    How many custodial CMs does it take to clean up something on the parade route now a days.
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    There were two bands before the parade. Here is the second
    Then a Narnia preparade (no Bolt)
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    Then the Christmas Fantasy Parade (first of the 2008 season if you exclude the Christmas parade taping a few weeks ago)
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    There is a new Toy Factory float this year.
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    The first part of the toy factory takes in raw material.
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    The middle portion is the paint area and you see toys going by.
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    The final portion is gift wrapping.
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    The finale... Santa.
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    Now time to ride Small World.. here is a shot of the new boats
    The front row on the new boats is much smaller than the old ones... no extra leg room like before.
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    The new flume
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    The attraction is more or less identical to before, just brighter, cleaner, and more working dolls.
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    Until you reach the Hawaiian area. Some volcanos are gone.
    And the rain forest is now squeezed in as the last scene of the room.
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    A couple random shots of the flume
    Also the Sun has returned to the finale (I read one site that said it has not been up since the Worlds Fair.. I don't remember ever seeing it but then again my Disneyland history only goes back to the 80s)
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    More random flume shots for those of you who wanted to see it.
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    The new wheelchair boat
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    Out to the ranch now.
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    The ranch is more or less the same this year. We were running late so more shots of the area on my next trip...
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    Frontierland..
    A close up of the new tree on Main Street. Notice the LED. That is for the snow events.
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    The corner shop on Main Street is now a custom printing shop (not sure I am a fan of these new banners... this is similiar to the art of Disneyland one on the opera house exit)
    Inside there is merchandise you can pay to have your name embroidered on.
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    Some random ornament shots on the Main Street tree
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    The Flag Retreat
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    A couple more Main Street windows
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    5:00pm Tree lighting time.
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    The line board around 5:15.
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    5:30 was the first snow event of the season, so we staked out a spot in front of the castle.
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    This year the trees in the hub and the garland down Main street all transform too.
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    We ate dinner in the Golden Horseshoe.
    Next up a night time ride on Small World Holiday
    Caught a little of the parade while in line.
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    Noticed the bells as you enter the first large room are different.
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    Watched the 7:30 snow event from Small World mall.
    One little corner of Thanksgiving merchandise in a shop on Main Street.
    Mickey and Minnie out for some pictures.
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    A shot from Believe. The show seemed the same for the most part.. nothing stood out as drastically different.
    The snow finale now is enhanced with the new lighting on the garlands
    As well as the tree which turns white
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    The Disneyland entrance decorations at night.
    To close with a shot of the trees at Downtown Disney with their usual holiday lights.
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