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    A crew painting the rails at the tram stop
    Main Street was alive with activity.
    The River has been refilled and is scheduled to reopen tomorrow (Saturday the 8th)
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    This walkway looked cleaner/brighter than usual... maybe it was the lack of crowd and the sun? Or was some work done here recently.
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    The new Matterhorn sled is covered up and off the main line since the attraction is running again.
    No real visible progress in Tomorrowland
    Filming something on the castle bridge
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    Out for a stroll and pictures.
    Same with this couple.
    This pavement has recently been resurfaced
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    Big Thunder is down for some work
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    The new docks look great
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    You can once again walk up to the small dock and have some great views of the River again
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    There are now steps too, not just the ramp
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    The Columbia was in port.
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    They are still working on Tom Sawyer Island raft dock so the wall is still up over there.
    The Mark Twain is still partially wrapped up too, notice the new Paddle Wheel.
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    A closer look (the Twain is expected back in service the end of the month)
    Still applying finishing touches on the island
    No visible progress on the work in NOS
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    The Island side of the raft dock seems a bit behind.
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    Is that a new second railing on the back of the Mark Twain?
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    There is quite a bit more wild life now.
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    A boat docked near the Hungry Bear
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    Princess Tiana is still performing, but they are no longer in the Time Guide.
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    The wait times around 1:50pm
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    Lincoln was closed this afternoon
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    Over to DCA now
    Rob Wilson from the Ritz-Carlton Laguna Beach
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    A sign to let you know the walk way is closed
    Some new banners near the Blue Sky Cellar
    I will come back to this later
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    High School Musical streamers in the trees
    Looks like the seating area is going to be covered
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    The Little Mermaid is moving along. Looks like they are starting to put up the exterior walls
    Walked through the park.. there are now umbrellas
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    Also kind of weird no people around during the mid afternoon. I looked around and had the park to myself for several minutes.
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    The swings are moving along.. only a few more weeks till they are expected to open.
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    The steelwork for Cars Land is getting larger.
    Looks like permanent additions to the projector housings, the plywood is gone
    Looking down on the park from the Zephyr
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    Looks like more concrete is in and railings are going in the new park area
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    The surf boards were blocked off again
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    Some shots from the SS Rustworthy, notice the light towers for the parade route are in now.
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    There is a new shade structure over the start bottom of the stairs.
    Still have not finished the railings
    What will be the entrance..
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    From the Fun Wheel now
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    Notice the catwalk going in.
    Now a pan from right to left
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    Back to the swings
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    Over at the Little Mermaid site they are putting up the walls for the facade on the roof.
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    The Muppet ship is gone wonder if it has returned (I forgot to look when I went to the backlot..)
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    The projectors from above
    The Disneyland Hotel exterior is looking nearly complete now.
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    A tent over the track of the test area, this is where the removable section goes.
    The curve is taking shape.
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    Over on the left side of the site, not much visible progress from here.
    A closer look
    One last Mermaid shot
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    From Ground level
    There is a new photo spot set up for Toy Story 3
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    You can go inside a toy box.
    Screamin was down
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    High School Musical rolling by
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    They block off the parade route during the show.
    So I walked by the Little Mermaid building
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    I read on a website earlier in the week about some changes to GRR.. they swapped out some of the props, the extreme sports angle is being removed. I beleive this may be one of the new props. Gone are the kayaks.
    No movement on the walls by Playhouse Disney (no signs of the new lightposts in the background)
    Some merchandise for old shorts.
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    This bench on the backlot looks like it needs some TLC
    Spotted a World of Color sign near the old Millionaire building.. it was advertising a cast member showplace the first week of June, this is when the CMs will learn about some of the logistics, merchandise, etc...
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    In the Festival Showplace they had one of the counters closed this afternoon, Guess since it was not crowded.
    A wine seminar going on given by Salvestrin Winery
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    No visible progress in this area either.
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    Noticed this old lamp post is still around.. guess it will be till they do this corner?
    Mr Incredible hanging out on the backlot
    Stopped by the animation building and they have an ad up for Tangled now
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    And Toy Story 3
    The Cars steel in the distance
    The grapes are starting to grow in the vineyard
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    When you enter the Blue Sky Cellar the first set of displays has a count down for World of Color
    One screen shows testing
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    And the other some construction footage
    A new picture in the display at the end of the walkway
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    The glass case that had the Alice paper now as Little Mermaid
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    There was no crowd when I stopped by..
    The screen was showing some of the web videos.. great to see them in a higher quality.
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    The celebrity chef of the day was Art Smith
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    Aviator Minnie was out (I know she had a different name but I cannot remember it...)
    Walking over to the Disneyland Hotel
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    The side facing the central courtyard looks to be complete
    The original Disneyland Resort fountain show...
    Still surprised they have never done anything with this area
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    Some shots of the newly redone tower
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    The external elevator is down to only 6 floors now.. so they are slowly finishing up the side facing Downtown Disney
    New banners up at the AMC
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    The new backstage building is moving along.
    Some new Captain EO merchandise is on the shelves
    The Billys.
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    The Corn Dog Wagon is back
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    Back to DCA
    Thought this was interesting to see the Toy Story characters in the background
    The flowers in the park were in full bloom (just ask my allergies!)
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    Not sure what to call it, but there are now new rods in between the fence grates for the first foot or so along the water. Guess to keep things from going into the water?
    Time for the Play Parade
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    No bubbles in the area I was in
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    A new unit is now in the parade featuring Lotso
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    Thought the driver was a nice touch
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    A group of CMs out in the park.
    A ground level shot of the new park area
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    A couple characters I missed the first time by
    There was no line so a second trip on the Fun Wheel
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    Not much visible progress where the show building will be.
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    Never noticed that this sign is just about completely obstructed by the truck
    The view from inside the toy box on the Pier
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    Another character I missed the first few times away
    They were doing some testing/cycling of the fountains
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    Nothing too interesting, just some basic tests
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    This structure was lit tonight
    Back to Disneyland.. Lincoln was open
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    Nothing looked new or changed to me on a quick glance..
    Some Toy Story 3 merchandise as you exit Buzz
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    There was a tram broken down so they had only one lane open and were directing trams through it.. this looked to be slowing down the exit crowd (luckily we walked)
    A traffic jam getting into Downtown Disney too.
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