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    We start off the day with a ride on one of the trams that has doors on it. Here is a look from the inside.
    There are signs to explain how the door works.
    A close up shot of where the door attaches to the tram.
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    Some painting at the World of Disney
    First stop DCA.. some random Food and Wine Festival shots
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    The walks are all $10. I forgot to get a shot/show that last week.
    Out at the Little Mermaid the building is really taking shape.
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    A temporary staircase has been put in.
    The boardwalk is still closed off.
    Some visible progress out on the Swings. Only a month or so until they are expected to open.
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    Some of the plastic/tarps are down so you can see the structure.
    Speaking of down, the elevator shaft scaffolding is removed.
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    I had a request to show some of the other offerings of the Food and Wine Festival. Each dining location has something. Here is the Pizza Oom Mow Mows
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    A closer look
    The swings from the SS Rustworthy
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    The Little Mermaid from near the Zephyr
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    The railings are almost all in now.
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    There was a little testing going on.
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    More of the Cars steel is visible from the Wharf area now.
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    The Chew Chew train was being worked on.
    The temporary walkway to Tower from Fliks is now walled off
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    A peak through the trees reveals little...
    Donald was out for photos in the farm area
    As was Pluto
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    Getting ready for the celebrity chef of the day.
    Jeffrey Saad from the Food Network was the chef.
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    The dish he was preparing.
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    No visible change on the backlot.
    There was choir competition going on at the stage
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    There are now walls blocking off the entrance and Fastpass area from Tower. The walls come all the way out to the corner near the Hyperion queue.
    A sign to guide you to the temporary entrance
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    Heading back to Tower
    The temporary entrance, no Fastpass while the construction is going on.
    That is the gift shop/exit to the left.
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    The small area is still walled off on the right (the Hyperion side)
    This would be looking right at the walkway to Bugs (Tower is on the left and the fastpass distribution area is in the trees on the right).
    Moving a littler further along
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    There is a possible choke point to traffic here.. this is the only way in and out of the area with Tower of Terror. But since there is nothing else in the area it is probably only bad right after Aladdin lets out.
    Drawn to the Magic is back on the street now.
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    Heading over to Disneyland. There are a couple new attraction posters.
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    I realized it had been a while since I took pictures of the posters...
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    The Keel boat is looking great.
    A couple Imagineers checking out the work, they were walking around quite a bit, I also spotted them in a few other areas.
    The scaffolding is down and it looks like a partial treehouse or lookout tower was built.
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    Stopped by Toontown, not much going on...
    The Jolly Trolley track.. interesting to note this brickwork compared to the new track at DCA
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    The docks are moving along.
    The project is in its last sprint to the finish. Water is supposed to be flowing around in the next two weeks.
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    A new lamp post
    The track looks replaced and they appeared to be lowering the Columbia.
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    Notice the jacks
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    No real visible progress here
    The new water wheel is in
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    I had not noticed before but the steps are removed from the loading platform for the Columbia
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    The Billys
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    The scaffolding/tarps are removed from the back of the Mark Twain as they prepare for the re-installation of the paddle wheel.
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    Noticed this roofing in the treehouse needs some work..
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    The lines around 3:50pm
    Some more attraction poster shots as I was exiting
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    Jonathan Rollo doing a Culinary Demonstration
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    The dish he was preparing
    New popcorn buckets? Looks like a perfect segway to the silly symphony swings.
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    Aviator Goofy out for pictures
    A little later in the day, Goofy changed and was being a Chef on the Backlot.
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    The Jammin Chefs. They are now in the time guide with show times of 11:30, 1:00, 2:30, 4:30, and 5:30 Friday to Sunday.
    A couple random shots..
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    Setting up for the next demonstration by the Mozzarella Guys (I missed this since I wanted to get to the Fun Wheel before the parade blocked my path).
    Looks like some of the railings are being replaced
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    Now some shots from the Fun Wheel
    The hotel tower is moving along
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    Traffic trying to follow the parade was diverted through Paradise Park
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    The Mermaid building is looking rather large (I know its hard to tell with no real points of reference/scale)
    More steel is going up for the rockwork
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    Looks like more rebar out on the turn for the racers
    And over to the other side some concrete is in and more forms/rebar too.
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    More steel waiting to be lifted into place
    Looks like an archway being built.
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    Back to the Mermaid building
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    They were submerging the left most platform to the storage level.
    Some shots of the swings
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    The crowd after the parade
    The Muppet ship is still backstage
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    Wonder what this is? Just some scaffolding or something more interesting?
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    There were a handful of guys working on the pipe for the right most water screen
    What the water looks like when the platform is submerged.
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    One pipe was still above water but everything else was submerged and hidden.
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    There were several bands before the Street Party.. this one was interesting.. it played the theme from Indiana Jones and their color guard even sported the hats/outfit.
    Realized I had not seen the Cavalcade during the day, so stopped to get some pictures..
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    Tried to get a nice background but neither looked at me and this was the best shot.
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    Not much visible progress in Tomorrowland.
    I was walking by the Matterhorn and they were cycling some sleds. I wondered if they new one was on the track and guess what, the next sled by was the new one..
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    I like the temporary badge.
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    For some reason I did not remember the horses on the gift shop racks..
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    The wait times around 7:20pm
    Looks like they are preparing to pour some concrete at the little park area near the swings.
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    A couple shots from the Zephyr, not the best since it was quite dark already.
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    Noticed all the lights in this area were out or at least off.
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    The back of the Fun Wheel
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    Some random shots around the park
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    Noticed the projectors were not in the center housing.
    No signs of life in the control booth
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    Stopped by the Backlot for some night shots
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    Wonder if the Lion King tram stop name will be updated soon?
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    The overpass for Ball Road was closed. This led to quite a bit of traffic and a 5 minute or so delay when I left.
    Looks like another tram in the tent to get some doors..
    While watching the fireworks, noticed a large crane and a truck with some equipment pulled into the staging area. I could not tell what project it was for.
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