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    Backstage quite a few trashcans waiting to be painted..
    Heading down the escalator to the tram stop I noticed new banners at the tram stop
    They have started to roll out the signage for the 2009 Celebrate Today (or What will you celebrate) campaign
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    The large billboards are still Christmas
    Along the tramway are new banners too
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    Same with when you pull into the Downtown Disney stop
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    The Esplanade has all new banners too.
    First stop the Pier..
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    Not much has changed since last week, with the cold wet weather its not ideal for painting..
    Some mild progress on the framing of the Midway games
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    The new billboard is up along the Pier
    Here are the old three
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    Noticed they had tarps up on the railings
    Looking across at the DVC work, cannot tell much.
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    Wow that is a short wait for Toy Story
    They now have corn on the cob at the hot dog stand
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    Some more Sun Wheel shots, again did not notice any significant changes
    For more shots check out the Construction Progress section Sunday.
    Where the old meets the new colors
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    Noticed a new sign up at the Orange Stinger entrance (this has been around while but I never noticed or photographed it)
    The two height bars
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    Also forget to mention in the previous visits about the lack of decorations in the Bay Area..
    A look at the DVC wing(left) and Grand CA (right) nothing has started to join them yet..
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    Not much progress in the courtyard either
    For more shots visit the Construction Progress section on Sunday
    The Grand CA lobby
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    A couple random signs out near the guest services window
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    Pluto out on Main Street
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    The line board around 2:10pm
    A Jungle Cruise skipper out recruiting victims... hmm.. guests
    The Bootstrappers performing on the Island.
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    One of the Popcorn slaves near HM... (I still have a section in the By Request Section featuring a look at all these)
    All the walls are down around the harbor (they were last trip too but I did not make it out here)
    The restaurant is closed still
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    For some reason I never noticed there were lobster in some of the traps.
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    Looking down river.
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    Now into Critter Country
    Pooh was a walkon
    And Splash was only a posted 5 minute wait.
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    Heading to the Ranch now..
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    Only one turkey out (did they get both this year or only one?)
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    Santa getting ready for the big day (only a few more days now)
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    The Billys were putting on a Holiday version of their show.
    The ghost of Christmas past.
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    The ghost of Christmas Presents (get it...)
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    The Chimpmunk Song
    The ghost of Christmas yet to come.
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    The special effect of the show.. the floating Christmas tree...
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    As I mentioned last time the snow machines are no longer mounted on the light rigs (I have shots in a few pages of the new machines)
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    There was no line so walked through the Castle and here are some more shots for those of you who just could not get enough last week....
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    I noticed several stores had items on sale ranging from 50% to 25% off.
    Monorail Red was stopped out on the beamway (looked to be waiting for Blue to clear the station)
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    Hmm.. something missing here...
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    I was taking some random shots of the dolls when I noticed something odd.. look down by his right leg.. its a box of Coca Krispis.. is this product placement to the extreme or a CM pullig a prank (I go with the CM theory)
    So I started looking and saw several boxes throughout the attraction. Here are some fruit loops in Africa
    And Frosted Flakes in the mermaid scene
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    More Frosted Flakes in the rain forest
    Corn Pops in the finale.
    Back outside the other side of the clock only has two soldiers too, nothing in the middle.
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    More sale items
    Seems most stores had something on sale.
    Back to see the billies one more time
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    The sun was setting and it was the golden hour for photos..
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    One of the longest lines of the day.. for something hot to drink.
    Trying to get some good castle shots...
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    I promised new snow machine shots.. here they are.
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    I also had a request for a closer look at some of the ornaments on the Main Street Christmas tree
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    The Dapper Dans performing during the Flag Retreat
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    More sale stuff at DCA now.
    Noticed this sign at Taste Pilots.
    A new wall at the old Meet and Greet location.
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    Upon closer inspection looks like this area is open again, probably was earlier in the day.
    Behind the wall was Lightning.
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    The carts seem to have gotten larger.
    Monorail Blue streaking by.
    Mickey out on Main Street.
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    Some shots of the 5:30 snow event (they did not come out that well).
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    Now some shots of the castle
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    Looking around from the castle bridge
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    Heading into Fantasyland now.
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    For some reason I never noticed (or it did not register) the scene in the window above Peter Pan.
    One of the doors on the Village Haus bell tower was partially open for some reason.
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    Chip and Dale were out at the ranch interacting with guests.
    They took over the cookie counter for a while.
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    Back to Main Street for the parade
    No more performers with the grand marshall car.
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    The Donald/Mrs Claus float broke down and was towed in. I had the wrong lens on so this is the best shot I could get.
    Decided to ride Small World again to see if any other cereal boxes were around. And spotted a few.
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    Back outside some of the lights were off.
    The Ward Kimball in the Toontown Depot.
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    Most of the animals were off
    As were the bottom sets of lights. Looks like a breaker tripped or something.
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    The snow event went off as planned though.
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    The machines near me were in overdrive and it looked to be a mini blizzard
    The aftermath.
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    The projection show was next.
    Stopped by Star Traders and the arcade and saw a couple new machines in there.
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    Stellar at Tomorrowland Terrace
    Back through the hub.
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    Kind of odd, but Club Penquin items in Adventureland.
    Went on Pirates and some pictures came out great, here is a selection.
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    A couple Fantasmic shots...
    The Columbia appeared to have none of the rigging working, there were no stunts being performed.
    This is as high as Captain Hook went, no sword fight, no swinging behind the ship..
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    Back to Main Street for Believe and the snow finale.
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