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- There were signs up everywhere notifying you that the park hours for tomorrow are changed for the Pirates Premiere
- A new Monsters Ad as you walk in
- Not too bad of a line to get in the park and more signs..
- The Municipal Band out
- The Opera house was closing down early (I read somewhere this is going to be the press headquarters Saturday, not sure if that is why..
- The Hat shop is still closed
- Looking down Main Street
- The new Dapper Dans were out performing
- Cables crossing the walkway near the hub
- Another band performing, not sure their name
- I would say it looks like a normal summer day
- Heading to Adventureland there are signs, ropes, and Cast Members to keep the traffic moving
- To help also no Fastpass on Indy this week
- Our first sighting of the bleachers..
- Each section is color coded
- Speakers and lights up around the bleachers
- I do not remember being able to see all the way through the plants over the Pirates entrance.. maybe you could.. but for sure now you can.
- Signs up on the bleachers letting guests know what is going on
- The Gallery is getting a new Pirates exhibit
- Lights near the entrance
- The back of the middle set of bleachers
- Signs to identify each section
- More traffic signs (nice to see all the detail on these temporary signs even)
- More props
- A look at the screen
- The Mark Twain was still making the rounds
- The Columbia on the other hand was in port as it was being transformed into what looks like the Black Pearl
- A gangway on the Columbia, my guess is the stars or performers will be arriving by ship Saturday evening.
- More cables (there must be quite a few miles run around the park for this event.
- The second part that helped with my guest that people would be arriving via the Columbia, this looks to be where it will dock right near show center.
- Out by Splash Mountain the water wheel is now replaced and working.
- The canoes had extended hours
- Just liked this shot..
- New Pirate Mouseears
- New cash registers have popped up around the resort, they look to be the same as the ones at Walt Disney World.
- Now some more Columbia shots
- There were Cast Members everywhere it seemed helping with the traffic flow, nice to see and for the most part it worked great.
- A couple shots in the old Christmas store (I do not remember the new name)
- The Blue Bayou was closed, but there were still people eating inside (guessing some sort of preview)
- The A/C inside was really cranked up, you could feel it streaming out where I was standing.
- The Pieces of Eight gift shop has re-opened
- A new line of merchandise seemed to be everywhere.. Pirates & Princesses
- A door was open.. too bad it was too dark to see anything
- The crowd in Adventureland
- Walking around to the Frontierland side..
- Not a bad wait for Big Thunder
- Kind of suprising to see a full trashcan
- The 2006 All American College Band is performing, here are some shots from their 2:30 set at Plaza Gardens
- And Art Bartner is gone (he retired last year), the new directors name is Stan Frees(sp??)
- A pin cart for the Pirates Pin trading event
- Random plants in Fantasyland..
- The cover was up today over the queue
- A permanent sign for Dumbo has arrived (this reminds me I am thinking of running a section with all the new signs.. anyone interested in seeing that?)
- Snow White is back.
- Wow that is an early closing for Toontown (usually its 8:30 I thought)
- Speaking of Wow.. look at the wait time
- I had not noticed these before near the seating area (I am sure they have been around but they never registered)
- Another long wait time
- The new play area was closed for some reason.
- CMs standing guard at the play area entrance
- Kind of weird, Pluto out front of Goofys house
- Back to the Rivers of America and a trip on the Mark Twain
- Filming some sort of piece
- Notice all the lights in front of the screen, kind of interesting
- Lights near the castle (not sure if these are from Gradnite or for something else
- The College Band and their 4:00pm set in front of the Castle
- Speaking of the Castle, I thought this was a nice shot
- Even though the park was crowded you could still find areas that were not..
- Repainting the hub railings
- The new Star Tours sign is gone..
- And the old Fastpass area now contains queue switchbacks
- The work on Club Buzz is almost complete, all areas except one were open
- This are feels much more open now
- A random palm tree shot
- Now a couple lagoon shots, look for a complete update Sunday in the construction progress section
- The dance floor area was temporarily closed off
- So they could clean it up.
- The new wheel chair ramp to the counter service area
- The College Band and their 5:00pm set at Club Buzz
- I kept forgetting to get a good picture of this sculpture that showed up several weeks ago near the newly redone restrooms.
- The lines are a bit longer now
- A better shot of the cables on Main Street
- The Dapper Dans again
- The 6:00pm Flag Retreat
- Great to see all the CMs out for the Retreat
- The College Band also does the preparade
- One last look at the line board
- Kind of interesting they resodding and the cable posts are into the ground (under the sod)
- A Pirates banner has been put on the Muppets building
- More Pirates stuff in the windows of Greetings from California at DCA
- DCA was not crowded at all 10 minutes for Monsters (13 for Tower)
- Even though its summer Aladdin is on reduced days
- Someone took the X from the exit sign in the animation building
- Another full trashcan
- The entrance to Tough to Be a Bug has been cleaned up a bit (this reopened before our last visit but I forgot to grab some pictures)
- The trackers and the gift cart are all gone from the farm area, guess the sponsorship deal has ended
- Part of the sign is missing.. is it not still called Fliks Fun Fair
- One tractor is left
- I never noticed these signs before
- The area looks so empty now
- The Ladybug spin is still down
- Another Pin cart
- The table covers are all gone
- Looks like new, or at least cleaned umbrellas
- A new sign for Golden Dreams, kind of sad to advertise Whoopi Goldberg so much instead of the attraction.
- I had not noticed the props along the Bay Area street
- The painting looks to be complete on the Grand Californian
- Still no new carpet in the lobby
- Work continues on the new Downtown Disney store
- Illuminations has reopened
- A contest from the House of Blues
- Security looked tight for the House of Blues concert
- A missing sign in Adventureland
- Looks like this tree had a branch recently cut off near Pirates
- A look under the bleachers, its lighted with posters.
- A look into the gallery you can see some of the new display
- The swing band at Plaza Gardens
- Forgot to mention this giant TV screen in Tomorrowland, no idea what it is for (its in the same spot as the one for the 50th was)
- A couple shots of the new Club Buzz seating at night
- I just liked this shot
- The band at Club Buzz