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This page is to help you quickly jump through this picture set. Below you will see a listing of the pages and the captions on that page.

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    The bridge in the parking structure was blocked off. My guess for some painting.
    Nothing visibly going on.
    Looking over at the Disneyland Hotel you can see the blue color is creeping upwards.
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    The new DCA entrance is really taking shape.
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    The park side.
    Heading into the park the crane is still there raising steel for the Carthay Theater.
    The building is going to be a great center piece.
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    For a sense of scale notice the workers.
    The side by the parade route.
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    Another piece being lifted into place.
    This one was heading up to extend the tower another floor.
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    Looks like a staircase on the backside.
    Heading out to Cars Land.
    The rock painting is moving along and looking great.
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    The Cadillac Range is almost done. Just one more fin to go.
    Looking closer noticed tires are up on Luigis
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    The tail fins are slowly taking shape.
    They have started to cover the last one, by next visit this should be covered in concrete.
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    Stopped by the Blue Sky Cellar and they have an overhead shot from January up.
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    As well as some Earth Day facts.
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    The script that was in the bottom area is now at the top.
    Heading out to the Pier.
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    The majority of the painting looks complete and I would guess the new entrance sign is coming very soon.
    These are new since last trip.
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    The Miner 49ers were across the street from their normal spot.
    Back out to the Pier.
    Disney Channel Rocks had several signs up in the area.
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    Still a small crowd though.
    The building is looking great as they continue to add finishing touches, highlights, etc..
    Another of the new toppers.
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    Working on the platform again/still. Noticed some wall/tarp up under Screamin near the Hot Dog stand too.
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    Duffy is ready for Easter.
    Guess guests were still trying to smoke in this old area.
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    There was a minimal wait for Screamin.
    Much less crowded than the past couple of visits.
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    From the Fun Wheel.
    Scaffolding is up at the Boardwalk Pizza place as the exterior is moving along.
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    The Grill is slowly taking shape too.
    The tower looks primed and ready to go.
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    More walls are up on Goofys and they have all been painted blue.
    Speaking of walls. This one out by the restrooms.
    The roof looks to be on the shaded area and in the foreground they are working on the roof for the seating area that lines the parade route.
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    Over to Maters where the foundation is taking shape.
    An overview of Cars Land
    More pieces of the new level of the Carthay tower are in and more are on the way.
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    blocks for backstage wall have arrived onsite and the footer looks to be poured (notice the rebar sticking up).
    More of the scaffolding/toothpicks have been removed.
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    A better shot of the tires on the corners of the building.
    The lighthouse is under wraps as work on the gift shop gets underway.
    Trees in the planters around the Corn Dog Castle. Still no visible work on the shack itself.
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    The queue to the left of the Mermaid building is nearing completion. The wall is done, the queue roof looks complete, and rails are up.
    No progress on the track for the Racers yet.
    Noticed what looks to be tire planters out back..
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    A closer look at them. Also notice the supports for the wall are up.
    The gift shop is slowly moving along.
    The facade for the second floor is taking shape.
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    A better shot of the footers and pad/walkway that will lead into Cars Land from the Wharf.
    The Racers show building exterior is creeping along.
  • Page Number: 27
    Moving a lot of dirt around by the Cozy Cones
    Still working on that next level of the tower. Also notice the Hollywood Backlot sign is gone. Just the elephants remain (better shots in a few pages)
    A better shot of the queue area on the left of the Mermaid building.
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    Woody was out for pictures in the Maliboomer park.
    The line..
    The benches are nice.. but no shade.
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    The icee stand has returned on the left.
    The roof is going on.
    From the Swings area.
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    The new shack between the Swings and Jellyfish
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    The new entrance arch for the dining area. Guessing a sign will be on it.
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    Light bulbs line the top now and they have painted most of the metal blue now.
    Speaking of painting the Paradise Park project just keeps moving along.
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    The lights were on inside.
    A closer look
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    A couple closer shots of the detail work.
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    Here you can see where the toothpicks have been cut off and scaffolding removed. They still have not finished the edge though.
    A closer look
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    Lowering a floor panel into place on the newly extended tower.
    The Hollywood Pictures Backlot sign is gone. A little hard to tell with the ElecTRONica sign in the front.
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    The Disney Theater sign was all lit up this afternoon
    Still missing some neon.
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    Where the supports used to be for the entrance arch.
    The other side has temp concrete done already.
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    Here you can see it is all gone.
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    Pirates is front and center in the toy store.
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    Tron still has a decent display too, just off to the side.
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    Some of the Alice gang out for pictures
    Mickey was nearby too
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    No visible progress on Main Street thanks to the tarps.
    Setting up for some filming.
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    The wait times around 2:30pm
    All the scaffolding is down in New Orleans Square.
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    The Jewel Orleans is closed again
    Splash Mountain is still down.
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    Grass is being planted
    Some new stone work
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    Some work under the train trestle
    Still no hearse
    Something is missing here...
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    The lemonade stand is gone.
    Work continues on the new stand by the boat exit.
    From on board the Mark Twain
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    The new shack
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    No real wait for Big Thunder this afternoon
    Even New Orleans Square seemed mellow
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    I was taking pictures and then looked to my left and noticed this odd sight.. no one on deck with me.
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    No sign of the horse near the Indian Camp
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    Walked through the ranch area and got some daytime shots of the pirate banners
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    No cover on the queue.
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    Alice was broken and there were several CMs in the area working on it.
    Star Tours is on the home stretch with previews starting in about a month.
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    With no Fastpass the Buzz line seemed to hover in the 10-15 min range most of the day.
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    All the tarps and scaffolding area gone as the Star Trader sports its new blue color.
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    Innoventions was still using the ramp as the entrance. It was spinning today though.
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    Only half the Starcade sign was lit.
    Getting ready to film something...
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    Turned out to be three bands for the Magic Music Days
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    Interesting rig here. They were using a DSLR camera to shoot video on a steady cam unit.
    Flag Retreat
    The wait times around 4:45
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    A full schedule at Plaza Gardens today.
    Some work on the backside of the Castle
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    This cannot be right... can it? It did not look that long.
    One of the Tea Cups now has a larger door to make it more accessible.
    The regular doors
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    A long line at the Monorail but no signs of a train.
    The Carthay is starting to peek out in the background.
    The new jean store is open.
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    This store is not yet.
    Spotted this balloon in the bushes.
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    The monorail was closed when I walked by.
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    A platoon of guest relations CMs..
    Setting up for the evening.
    A buffet set up on the patio of the ESPN Zone
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    They have painted most of the Magic Tower now.
    Noticed the lights that line the roof are LEDs
  • Page Number: 75
    They were painting the courtyard side of the Magic Tower this afternoon
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    Some new palm trees are in and the roof panels are on.
    Speaking of roof, they had/have a leak near the gift shop
  • Page Number: 77
    Not very busy this afternoon.
    Monorail Red has arrived at the waterslide.
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    The stone bridge looks great too.
    The main lobby of the Dreams Tower is closed off for work.
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    They have painted around some of the windows on the first floor of the Dreams tower.
    The entrance area is tore up too.
    So guests have to use the far entrance. The piano has been removed.
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    Hmm.. that is not helpful. Someone stacked wood over two of the holes in the wall.
    So that just left one hole and with the lighting the pictures came out terrible.
  • Page Number: 83
    Someone asked what the old child care area at the Grand Californian had become.. no visible sign, but my guess is a CM area.
    Is that a new wedding display? Seemed new.
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    The new level is done.
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    Ticket still available for the 10:15 show and it was around 6:30pm
    The lights were still on inside, but no better shots thanks to the glare
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    The Cars gang is done for the day.
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    Checking in on the vineyard.
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    Noticed this on the way out. They have electrical run inside the new entrance structure already.
    Scot Bruce/Elvis in Tomorrowland.
    He had a good size crowd this evening.
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    The neon was not on just the underside bulbs this evening.
    The ElecTRONica kickoff.
    The final countdown.
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    A nice little bench park was set up near the restrooms. Assuming these are the benches from the stage area that were cleared out for ElecTRONica.
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    The guest DJ of the evening.
    Out on the Pier they left the Mermaid lights on so you could see inside.
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    Forgot to get a close up shot of the tarp I pointed out earlier from across the Bay.
    The new park at night. Notice the neon in the background stayed. Also it was nice and quiet since Screamin was closed for World of Color already.
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    Most of the lights on the construction walls were not on this evening.
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    On the way out spotted this ad.
    Forgot to mention this store will be gone soon.
    Noticed they changed the parking tickets. Now you have to write in the information vs circling. Also your name/passnumber are not printed on the ticket anymore.
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