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    We start off today over at the Disneyland Hotel
    They have two mockup/test rooms set up in the corner of one of the Towers.
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    With the lighting it was hard to get a good photo of the paint scheme
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    The fast food place was closed
    A wedding was wrapping up near by (or at least I am assuming it was the end, they were taking pictures)
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    All the signage for Department 56 is gone now
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    Painting going on inside.
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    White Water Snacks at the Grand CA was closed too.
    Work is progressing on the exterior of the building
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    A closer look, for more shots check out the Construction Progress sectino tomorrow.
    Looks like the spa or small pool will be poured soon.
    The larger one already has been
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    There is a new sign for the Celebrate Today promotion at the entrance to the Grand CA
    The supports for the sign
    A random shot..
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    The painting at the World of Disney is done.
    The miner 49ers were out performing
    For those that like shots of walls... here are the walls around the Bay Area (the new restrooms)
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    The walls have been extended now all the way around.
    Not much visible progress on the Sun Wheel this trip.
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    New maps have shown up on some of the walls
    They are the same map that is in the Blue Sky Celler
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    Thought the border art was a nice touch
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    More walls now block all sides of the work. Also notice the large trees are gone.
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    Looks like the far side of the Luky Forutne Cookie has had the walls removed.
    A closer look.
    The demo work on the new viewing area looks to be complete and now they are moving the dirt around..
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    For even more shots (if the next several pages are not enough) check out the Construction Progress section tomorrow).
    Looking into the Bay the support structures for the World of Color show are being installed
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    The new retaining wall is done, and more walls appear to be up by the Orange Stinger
    Not much progress on these supports
    The Midway Games are taking shape and appear to be in the process of being painted now.
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    A closer look at the Sun Wheel
    The Grand CA DVC wing from the park side
    Looking out to the Bay
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    Noticed there are now two large and two smaller signs for the World of Color along the walkway
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    The tarps are down around the one queue area, we could not figure out what changed
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    The games have been painted now
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    Mickeys Fun Wheel queue is being painted red. So guess its staying.
    The supports on the back side are still white and will soon be black to match the other side
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    Part of the retaining wall has been removed
    A closer shot
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    Here is another shot showing where the large trees used to be.
    The bread tour and bakery are closed.. but the cafe is still open
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    Looking inside
    All the signage for the Lucky Fortune Cookie is now gone
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    Hmm.. they changed the sign on this wall
    Looking through a crack in the wall, looks like they are replacing some of the boards and painting.
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    Some signage remains on this side of the building
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    Now over to Disneyland
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    A random shot of Main Street pavement.. that still needs to be replaced
    The walls are down and here is some of the new pavement
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    The Town Square flowers do not look too spry
    A new sign has been installed at the point...
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    Looking down the street.. no walls.
    The back side (or exit side) of the sign
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    More new pavement
    Some painting going on.
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    All the work on the Plaza Inn is finished
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    More painting
    The boards on the bridge into Adventureland looked new to us.
    A quick trip through the 100 acre woods
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    No change in the walls on the Big Thunder Trail
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    A look around/behind the wall reveals they have poured the new pavement
    And it looks fairly thick
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    The walkway is quite narrow now
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    Looking through a hole in the fence you can see some of the work going on at the BBQ area
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    No real visible progress on the boutique
    Now a trip through Small World with the wide angle lens
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    I had a couple requests for wide shots so they could see how the new characters blend in.
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    From the monorail a look at the add on to the Grand CA/Downtown Disney stores. I do not think I ever posted a picture of the finished building
    A look backstage at Disneyland
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    One side of the Matterhorn was closed off for rehad
    More Celebrate Today signage, this time at the Plaza Inn
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    As you walk to the parking garage some new plants going in where they were working.
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    Back to the park and here are some shots of the new sign at dusk
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    The lights are LED lights
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    The lineboard around 6pm
    I noticed the door was open to the alternate experience for the Castle Walkthrough
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    So I went inside for a look around. When you first enter there is a display case with the crown jewels
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    The focal point of the room is a large screen that takes you through the experience
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    The seats
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    Now over to the Village Haus for dinner.. the Pizza Box is red but it has the old tag line on it.. no Celebrate Today
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    Noticed the Pizza now comes with apple slices instead of a side salad.
    Small World at night
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    Goofys house is under wraps
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    There is a new lighting effect and when the train goes by the colors follow it across
    My photos did not come out that well.. will try again next trip hopefully.
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    A couple shots from the train
    Noticed the turn styles at the Main Street station were gone
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    Stopped by the 50 Magical Years
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    At the exit there were several kiosks the survey teams were using.
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    Over to DCA to finish the evening
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    Some random shots from around the Sunshine Plaza
    The Bakers Field Bakery and Burr-r-r Bank Ice Cream were not crowded so I snapped some shots
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    A look at the quiet bay
    The lights on the area that was being worked on were not on.
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    The Midway Mania sign was off too
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