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    The Food and Wine Festival is still going on (through June 7th).
    Here was a demonstration from the House of Blues
    The Jr Chefs area, I keep missing the show...
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    Here is the California Wine Walk still located near the Tortilla factory
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    Work is progressing on the new dining location
    You can see new props hung in the rafters
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    The Beer walk was not crowded so I took some pictures of the area
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    Heading out to the Pier. The Fun Wheel is now open.
    The plants are still in pots around the walkways (wonder if these will go in or are just some temporary green)
    The side of the dining area looks to be sealed up and painted now
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    More equipment is on the platform in the Bay
    The new extension of the viewing area is starting to take shape.
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    Not much going on near the Orange Stinger
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    A wider shot
    The control booths exterior is nearing completion
    A closer loook of the platform does not reveal much
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    King Tritons has its new canopy
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    Looks like this has been sealed up
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    The rail system looks like its going to be growing.
    A look under the bridge. A guest of the site wrote in saying he believes this is for the new wave machine.
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    The old wave machine has been removed
    More track has been put in but still no signs of what will be going in/on it
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    The DVC units from inside the park
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    Here you can see they have put the bults into the concrete for more supports
    The Fun Wheel is open
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    The entrance is now in the center of the wheel for both swinging and non swinging then you walk through a chain queue to enter the same queues as before.
    Wait times are posted for both gondolas
    The back of the sign..
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    Over at the Orange Stinger the wall now encircles the entire base
    Looking over the wall it looks the same
    Another of the structures has been sealed up (guessing these are light towers or show equipment towers, looking at the concept art I think there will be light houses on top
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    This area will be closing soon..
    Another view of the viewing area
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    Only a few more days till this will be closed
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    Here you can see the new extension. They are installing the rebar.
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    A closer look
    The walls are down and the new restrooms are open
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    A sign in front of the old restrooms
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    The new structure off to the side houses the ATM
    A quick look inside reveals a fairly plain restroom
    There is one new device.. the hand dryer on the left of this shot
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    The new pay phones
    There are two companion restrooms
    And a new set of drinking fountains (and the water was nice and cold Friday)
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    The old side (one last shot before it gets walled off and torn down)
    Work on the forms for the new extension for the viewing area
    Out by Screamin they poured the circular pads, not sure what will go there but seems to be support for something.
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    Back out to the Fun Wheel now for my first ride on the new version (same as the old really)
    The non swinging line stretched a long way
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    The queue cover is more of less the same
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    The controls
    Time to go up... some shots of the World of Color work
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    Looking under the tents
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    The new area where the Christmas tree usually goes looks to be in the final stages since concrete is being poured
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    Part of the Timon Parking lot is the staging area for World of Color stuff
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    Then in the far portion looks like some prep work is under way for Carsland (or at least moving pipes/etc..)
    Back to the World of Color work
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    Where two platforms meet, there are three large platforms.
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    An attempt to get a wide shot of the platform
    Piping/conduit going in the vewing area
    The lights for the old Sun Wheel have been removed from Golden Dreams
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    And relocated to the restroom building for the Fun Wheel
    Not much is visible in the walled off area next to Golden Dreams
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    A look at the DVC work from the Fun Wheel
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    The DVC work from the ground near White Water Snacks
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    Inside the Grand CA lobby more work is going on
    Finally able to tell what they are doing.. they are replacing the wood floor
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    Out back now to see the work. They have leveled off the pool area
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    The supports for the covered walkway (I forget what they called it maybe arcade), are going in. This will be how you get from the lobby to the DVC units which are the far side of the wing).
    The elevators are behind that glass if I remember correctly
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    For more shots of the work be sure to check out the Construction progress section Sunday.
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    Not much visible progress here.
    A new sign is up on the small portion of the old Department 56 store
    While on the monorail noticed a temporary A/C unit(or at least that is what it appears to be) connected to Indy.
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    Work continues on the monorail track in Tomorrowland (well the cover under the track really)
    Also spotted some walls up near the store across from Alice
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    From Ground level.
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    The Astro Orbitor is being re-assembled and the paint scheme looks to be about the same
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    The walls are down around Pixie Hollow and the new fountain lights are installed
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    The Street Party rolled by while I was taking pictures of Pixie Hollow
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    Monorail Blue going by
    Noticed a new flavor of icee
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    The walls in Fantasyland from Ground Level
    Had a request for Donalds boat...
    Goofy and Pluto were out for pictures in front of Goofys house
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    Peter Pan is closed for rehab
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    Something was up with the Columbia as there were a couple of maintainence CMs running on board. About 5 minutes later guests were boarding so it was a quick fix.
    The new Harbour Galley menu is up
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    The Hungry Bear is closed for rehab
    Spotted some painting going on but nothing else
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    Great to see Song of the South characters out in Critter Country
    L Ornement Magique was closed
    Kind of odd to have a sign for the Dream Suite that says private entrance and its behind the gate not in front where it would be more visible
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    Walls are still up in the park in Frontierland
    Off to the Hub
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    Lights are up for the Gradnite events
    Some better shots of the Astro Orbitor work
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    Last trip I missed the two new windows on Main Street so here they are...
    A new sign was hung too
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    A couple better shots of the new fountain lights in Pixie Hollow
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    Over to DCA for the Up! Pre-parade. It runs about 10 minutes before the Pixar Play Parade
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    A slightly better shot of King Tritons than before
    A couple random World of Color shots
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    Noticed a tarp up in Tomorrowland.
    Thought it was interesting the arrow for the Pizza Port directed you toward Space Mountain and Honey I Shrunk the Audience vs the other way which seems like it would be less crowded...
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    The pit has been filled in, so I guess the fountains will be a thing of the past
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    Noticed this ODV cart moved around the corner from its normal location
    There were some barriers up around the old location but no real signs of work
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    A couple random Street Party shots
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    The crowd after the Street Party
    The line board around 7:00pm
    Over to DCA, here is what Award Wieners has for the Food and Wine
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    A wider shot of the old Restrooms, do not think I included one earlier
    Went for a ride on the Zephyr so here are a couple shots of the World of Color work from up there
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    The Fun Wheel entrance
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    As I mentioned earlier they have wait times for each gondola set now
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    The back side of the finished Fun Wheel
    The lights were on King Tritons
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    Waiting for it to get darker so I can get pictures of the new lights on the Fun Wheel
    The sun burst seemed brighter to me, maybe it has a spot light now too
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    Now a series of shots of the Fun Wheel
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    The fog was rolling in a bit so you could see the spot light from the Bay Area
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