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    The tram stop was calm, also the Honda contest has ended so the car and signage is gone.
    Healthy lines at the ticket windows due to the Holiday weekend.
    Not too bad of a wait to get into Disneyland right now.
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    DCA lines looked a bit longer.
    This evening they were showing Lady and the Tramp in the Opera House for Annual Passholders.
    True Love Week is going on. Which means the Valentines decorations are back plus a couple more photo ops.
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    These looked to be the same as last year.
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    This line was for Mickey and Minnie (who were alternating with Donald and Daisy).
    Next week they celebrate Presidents with special Voices of Liberty performances. I thought they should have been today since this is presidents weekend.
    Minnie with a heart back drop.
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    Mickey in a Dapper outfit.
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    At the point in Town Square was a large heart to take pictures around. Thought it was interesting seeing Dale in the crowd...
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    No signs of work on the coffee house yet. Kind of surprised that project is not underway yet.
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    The waits around 1pm
    Fantasy Faire is racing toward completion. Looked like they were putting the finishing touches on many of the facades. The announced opening date is March 12th.
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    The castle had some banners for True Love Week.
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    Mary Poppins, Bert, and the Pearly Band were performing as I was trying to photograph the castle.
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    A couple more random Fantasy Faire pictures.
    Notice the Tangle Tower is installed (better picture later).
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    There was a decent line for Snow White who was out in her Grotto.
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    Speaking of lines... 40 minutes for the Jungle Cruise this afternoon.
    There are now signs up at all Fastpass distribution areas reminding you that you are to return during the window on the ticket. Castmembers are starting to enforce the end time which is a new practice for Disneyland, WDW started doing this last year.
    The Rivers of America have returned to normal and Fantasmic returns this evening (minus the Mark Twain which you can see on the left is still being worked on).
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    No signs of activity or much visible progress over at Big Thunder.
    The Bayou Bash is over and New Orleans Square is back to normal.
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    A closer look at the Mark Twain
    I thought it was a great detail that the new signs are all painted to match the area.
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    The Stage Door Cafe is back to its regular menu.
    The Billies have returned to the Golden Horseshoe.
    One of the Ranch residents was out near the Big Thunder entrance.
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    Looks about the same as two weeks ago.
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    Did spot a new camera.. do you see it?
    A closer picture.
    The Big Thunder Ranch Jamboree area had performing arts groups today. Plus a couple of Country Bears roaming around.
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    The Natomas Charter School Concert Band.
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    Did notice one tank but nothing else on Big Thunder.
    The Mad Tea Party has returned. Anyone ride yet? Did they change the resistance again?
    A long line as usual at the Princess Walk.
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    Noticed a covering is up now to shade the area and probably help with lighting for the pictures.
    Small World is still closed.
    No real visible progress on the theater.
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    Cartoon Spins Fastpass machine.
    Still working on the Goofy Water.. someday it will reopen. Amazing how long it takes to work on a drinking fountain.
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    For True Love Week Princes were escorting their Princesses. Here are several pictures of the royal couples.
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    Belle has a new gown now, check out my 2/1 update for pictures of the old one if you do not remember it.
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    Near by... Cinderellas step mother and sisters...
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    A pass through Tomorrowland and the Fastpass machines there.
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    Here you get a better picture of Tangle Tower in the middle.
    Some flowers and other props for True Love Week in Snow Whites Grotto.
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    Main Street had a lot of guests moving around.
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    The Opera House was being turned into a Cinema for the evening.
    Which meant the last Great Moments showing was at 3:00pm, luckily I made it with about 5 minutes to spare.
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    To celebrate Presidents weekend I had to stop by and watch Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln.
    There were a fair number of tourists in the showing I attended. The Cast Member doing the introduction to conclude his spiel said now reach below your seat to find your 3D glasses and more than half the audience bent over to look for them!
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    Cinderella out front greeting guests entering the park.
    Made my way to DCA.
    They announced an Annual Passholder Preview for the Oz sneak peek this evening. It was on the AP website and there were signs in the park.
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    The Hyperion Bridge paint scheme is continuing to evolve. Not sure where it is going...
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    The waits at DCA around 3:30pm
    The Red Car News Boys arriving in Carthay Circle for a performance.
    Disney Junior is currently closed for an update.
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    Oz has taken over the Muppet theater. A photo op out front.
    Dancing with Disney is shuttered/gone.
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    DCA Fastpass machines have also received new signs.
    Red greeting guests as you enter Cars Land.
    A picture of the Never Tire bench by day.
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    The Festival of the Flying Tires was going on... as it is everyday!
    Walked by the Racers and noticed the Fastpass return line was backed up. Only a 90 minute standby wait.
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    There were special/seasonal cupcakes at several locations around the parks for True Love Week. Here are some in the Pacific Wharf Cafe.
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    The Lunar New Year menu was still available.
    I walked back to Cars Land to eat.. here was the view from my table.. a great vista to relax and eat.
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    I did notice you can make out one of the power lines still if you look carefully.
    Continuing our Fastpass machine tour.
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    They were clearing the Fun Wheel.
    The swings are being worked on. The ride mechanism looks like it has been removed. I could not go on the Fun Wheel for pics unfortunately.
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    GRR is slowly moving along.
    Looks like the signage is being repainted and cleaned up too.
    A cat out watching guests this afternoon in Condor Flats.
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    Do not see any signs up at the Racers machines like the others.. anyone around in the morning, do they have signs too on the return policy?
    Looks like the wind knocked the flowers over.
    The cupcakes in the Cafe on Buena Vista Street.
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    Looks like more color testing going on.
    A couple special offerings at Award Wieners for the Oz preview.
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    Moving on to Oz...
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    On the way into the screening they gave us bubbles. I heard there were buttons too but somehow missed those.
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    Time for the clip which ran about 8 minutes.
    Movie posters on the way out. They were moving the crowd so did not have time to get good pictures.. maybe next visit.
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    Speaking of the crowd.. the waiting area was full for the second showing (I went to the first one).
    Arrived on Main Street as Soundsational was making its way through Town Square.
    Has this window been updated, this is the last one on the block for the Carriage House (nearest the backstage gate).
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    Cinderella cookies...
    The waits around 6:50pm
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    Worked continued after dark in the Fantasy Faire.
    The Castle had a red color scheme for True Love Week.
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    A better picture of the Tower in the Faire.
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    Suburban Legends performing in Tomorrowland.
    Was walking back to the hub and caught the last few notes and glimpse of the True Love Week castle event.
    So found a spot and camped out for the next one... which happened to take an hour (the first one was 7:30 and the next one was 8:30).
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    Here is a video of the two minute event. The castle lighting effects looked better in person but you can get a feel for it and the projections with this video.
    Stills of the event.
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    Another random note.. a Cast Member taking guests pictures had an external light he was using (bottom left of this shot), they looked to be coming out great.
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    Here you can almost make out the spot light effects.
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    One last look at the Fantasy Faire work.
    Noticed the cheese sticks did not return in the Golden Horseshoe.
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    Fantasmic returned this evening. I managed to find two sets of Glow Ears to stand behind and see how they interact with the show. As I looked around the audience I saw maybe a handful of them only.
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    Since the Mark Twain is out of service the characters all take to the stage for the finale.
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    Remember was cancelled due to high winds so there was a mass of guests exiting the park as I arrived on Main Street (the backstage alley was open so I was able to get to this point without too much hassle).
    To close with a looks at the time schedules.
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