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    While waiting for the tram a rescue squad went by on Disneyland Drive, it turned backstage and when we road by the gate was still open (they ended up taking a stretcher into Downtown Disney)
    Food and Wine Festival signs are up along Downtown Disney
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    Quite a few people at the ticket booths
    The large AP signs are down and just ticket price signs up now
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    First stop DCA... There were quite a few Food and Wine Festival banenrs up around the park
    Monorail Blue making the rounds
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    The new restrooms are moving along(I read they are expected to open in May)
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    The new sun burst on Screamin looks to be finished
    A crane was parked behind the construction wall where the Christmas tree usual is.
    Mickey has been installed on the Fun Wheel
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    The support columns have been poured
    Work on the DVC wing of the Grand Californian
    Not much visible change on the platform in the center of the Bay
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    They are installing the feed pipe for the fountains/pumps
    One of the connections, looks to be lined up with one of the large steel structures in the bay
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    Lights are being installed on the Fun Wheel as it enters the home strech. I read opening was postponed until the first week of May.
    Painting continues on King Tritons
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    A closer look at Mickeys face
    spikes to keep the birds off Mickey
    A closer look at the lights
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    A new structure taking shape under the walkway. They built a platform and now are installing framing for a building/room (wonder if this will be part of the show control?)
    Nothing popping up beind the walls yet, anyone know what is going here? Is this where the light house/projector tower is going? Or is this some other project
    Moving more dirt around in the viewing area
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    The walls are poured around the swings
    For even more shots be sure to visit the construction progress section Sunday
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    Wow a long line for MM
    40 minute standby
    No tables yet...
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    Interesting pipe work to keep the flow rate up it makes a series of turns to go through the new wall
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    The concrete that had the pattern to look like wood
    Still have not repaved this area
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    The feed pipe
    The lights that are now on the Fun Wheel
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    A glimpse of the new gondola paint scheme, seems much brighter than before.
    The Games of the Boardwalk are now open... each game cost $2.50 (250 points) to play the base level
    You purchase a game card from a kiosk (cash is no longer accepted at the games themselves)
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    The detail on the sets is great to see
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    A little disappointed to see generic prices but at least most of them matched the game you were playing
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    Next up the baseball game
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    Here is a shot of the card reader/scanner
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    Back to the Fun Wheel work. Here are some lights waiting to be installed
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    Interesting find here... the lights are actually LEDs made to look like old fashioned lights
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    A better shot of the LEDs.. wonder if that means there will be multi color sequences.
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    Painting continues on King Tritons
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    Another shot of the new room/building
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    Not much visible progress at the Wharfs new dining location
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    Not much visible behind this wall
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    Aladdin had just let out so the Backlot was packed
    The line for Monsters filled the queue and spilled out toward the stage
    For anyone visiting this weekend and are WDCC people...
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    Over to Disneyland
    The lineboard around 3:30
    The pop corn cart in its new location (just to the left of where it has been forever.. my guess to help with the guest flow issues in the area)
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    The Street Party
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    The CMs on stilts moving into position.
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    The bicycles rolling up to the party
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    The Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique officially opened today
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    I found it interesting the Peter Pan characters still over the door
    Captain Hook
    And his sidekick..
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    The front portion of the boutique is a store with more princess items crammed into the small space than one could image
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    Then the back portion of the store is the salon
    If you visit be sure to look up. The props and other items around the top of the store are interesting
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    A clock on the way out
    Back for another pass with a different lens to get some closer shots
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    For more information on the boutique I posted a press release Thursday that included some pricing and reservation information
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    There were several groups of people gathered along the Big Thunder Trail
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    Turned out to be dancers...
    The BBQ had a much better showing this week than last
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    Looking toward Frontierland from the Pirates bridge, looks like Summer...
    Lines were not too bad though
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    There were walls up around the fountains so the Pixie Hollow queue was moved
    No real visible progress in Tomorrowland. Guess this will be around awhile
    Monorail Orange making the rounds (I did not make it on this trip)
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    The walls around the fountains at Pixie Hollow
    It was closed already but wonder if it was really an hour earlier in the day
    The Flag Retreat
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    While waiting in the slowest moving line in the park (the corn dog line) noticed the truck had some damage
    A couple random shots as I cut through the stores on Main Street
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    There are walls up and the signage is down on the old Club Libby Lu (or whatever it was called). A new Disney store will be opening along the same lines this summer.
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    Some shots of the DVC work
    More shots in the Construction Progress section tomorrow
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    A CM entertaining guests around the fireplace in the lobby
    Back to DCA
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    Noticed this duck on the roof of the former Lucky Fortune Cookie
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    Looks like wires have been pulled for the new signage
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    A closer look at the new sun icon on Screamin
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    A worker installing the lights on the Fun Wheel
    More shots of the Games of the Boardwalk
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    The backstage walkway was open to help with the traffic flow due to the street party
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    Cleaning up the mess after the party
    The Rumble King at Tomorrowland Terrace
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    One of the nice things with the new street party.. kids can dance and interact with the characters and performers a bit.. I noticed this girl out having fun...
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    I wanted to see the last stop to see how the lights looked and I think this would look great at night... I think better than the afternoon showings
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    The fastpass line for Buzz was backed up and out into the walkway
    Over at DCA there were a couple crews working into the evening (or already at work for the evening shift)
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    There was no new lighting on Screamin, wonder if there will be?
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    Forgot to mention the face painting has moved back to the middle of the walkway (it was next to the pop corn cart during the construction)
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    Take alook at the light fixtures for the games
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    The old store fronts will be gone soon (I think that phase is supposed to start in the next few weeks, or at least that is what I remember reading somewhere)
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    I was playing around and tried a black and white shot...
    The bookshelf in the GRR queue
    To close with a shot from Remember... Tinkerbell was back (the last few times I saw the show she did not fly).
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