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- There looked to be a lot of people at the tram stop so I decided to walk. Also interesting to note it seemed most guests were crammed into the first two waiting areas.. toward the front of the tram looked empty.
- They were not parking guest cars outside yet, just the handicap/bus/oversize area.
- Still working on the stairwell.
- No real visible progress over at the Disneyland Hotel. The map appeared to be the same.
- As was the work where the topiaries were.
- By summer this will be an Earl of Sandwich.
- The Monorail is back in operation (but only blue was in service this afternoon)
- The Lego Store is moving along. It has been painted.
- Work continues in front of several stores.
- Everything is still open during the work.
- Next week is an event in Downtown Disney - Signin in the Street. Hopefully the weather forecasts are wrong (they are saying rain next weekend as of today)
- A healthy crowd in the Esplanade.
- First stop DCA. Buena Vista Street is looking great.
- Here you can make out the form of the new bridge. In the background is the Elias & Company sign.
- Oswalds has received some paint.
- More scaffolding/mesh is down to reveal more building outlines.
- And some detail work starting to appear.
- Minnie has changed from the Aviator outfit to a Flight Attendant. This seems to work with the show better.
- Not much visible progress on the Carthay this week. Just some work on the marquee.
- More scaffolding down, this time on the west side of the street.
- A closer look.
- The east side and Elias & Company.
- Here you can see the bridge taking shape on either side of the monorail beam.
- The Elias & Company storefront.
- A closer look at the bridge.
- More mesh is down and you can get a clear shot of Clarabelles facade.
- The west side of the street.
- One more shot of Elias & Co.
- No real visible progress here thanks to the mesh.
- The walls are down at the end of the street.
- Not much visible progress on the walkway from Fliks to Cars Land. The trees do look great though.
- The Carthay fits right in.
- A look down the parade route.
- Heading to the Blue Sky Cellar Patio, noticed the concept art has been removed from the exterior of the cellar.
- Time to check in on Cars Land.
- An arrow pointing the way.. made out of hub caps of course.
- They were testing Maters again.
- The roof looks to be done now. The tires are back.
- A look down Route 66.
- This afternoon the street is fairly empty.
- A large cactus down by the courthouse waiting to be planted.
- Sarges looks done.
- The Courthouse looks to be ready for Stanley out front.
- A closer look at Maters shack.
- No real visible progress on the entrance sign.
- A look down the street.
- Waiting for the signage on this building.
- Another look at the arrow.
- No real visible progress in the Wharf.
- Water has returned to the tidal basin.
- Still working on removing the toothpicks and touching up the rock face.
- The bridge work is mostly done. The sign has yet to return.
- The Midway Shop work appears to be done. The canopies have returned.
- What a difference without the giant clown.
- More of the Matterhorn is revealed as the work progresses.
- Wonder if anything will be done to the parade building.
- An almost scaffolding free shot of Cars Land.
- No signs of testing going on this afternoon.
- No visible progress on the back side of the rock work. Thought they are going to continue the cover.. but maybe not?
- The walkway from the Wharf
- No activity at the Flying Tires today.
- Working on the parking lot entrance near the Paradise Pier Hotel.
- A wall of rims by the Flying Tires
- A closer look.
- Landscaping and fences are going in around the Cozy Cones.
- Maters.
- Still no progress on the ATM
- The walls are down from under the swings.
- Nothing sticks out... wonder if it was work with the drains?
- The scaffolding is all down from GRR. The new colors really pop.
- And water has returned. Nothing was cycling though.
- Again the new colors really pop.
- Much of the wood has been replaced.
- Minnie also wears the Flight Attendant outfit for pictures near her plane. I thought the aviator outfit worked better here.. but I guess they want to match the show.
- The cactus is on the move..
- Spent some more time looking at the picture. Realized the Red Car pin really obstructs the view of Buena Vista Street.
- Had a request for a closer shot of Cars Land. This picture was taken back in January. In just under two monhts they have made a lot of progress.
- The light/speaker towers have returned to the parade route.
- The Sorain sign replacement has not arrived yet.
- No visible progress with the poles. In the back right they have started to put a brick facade on the building.
- New signs in the transportation center off Harbor.
- A closer look.
- Time to visit Disneyland!
- No change on Main Street.
- The painted mesh/tarp was up today, so we could not see the progress on the facade.
- The Matterhorn.
- The wait times around 3pm. Seemed like an average day to me, but I do not visit that many Saturdays so a little hard to compare.
- Some of the Nemo subs are in need of some touch up work.
- A closer look.
- Looks like during the down time they resurfaced the monorail station. Noticed the yellow lines were not back yet at the gates.
- A look at Buena Vista Street from the Monorail. In the bottom right you can see they have not covered all the old bridge yet.
- A closer look at the center (wonder what this area is called.)
- A closer look off to the left at the Red Car stop. They have started the brick work for the rails.
- Here you can see the new bridge covering. The flat concrete.
- A closer look down toward Oswalds
- The Lego Store.
- Lurking in the shadows in the far side of the shot you can see some of the displays/models under wraps.
- From the other side of the Esplanade as we headed back to Disneyland.
- Wonder if the elephants are staying.. thought they were to be removed. From this angle they look kind of interesting with the Cadillac range backdrop.
- Another view of the new signage.
- Still working on some of the stops.
- The Tomorrowland Station is open again. Interesting note as I was walking up I was met by a mob of people. They emptied the train for some reason.
- The Bayou Bash wraps up this weekend in New Orleans Square.
- The Mark Twain has returned to service.
- From Tarzans Treehouse
- Stopped by the Tiki Room. I had not seen the new intro video.
- Kind of funny the animated Tiki Gods doing Vanna White impressions with Dole products.
- Some shots from the show..
- Was there something on this column before? There was a hole in the middle...
- The blimp was overhead. It appeared to be lingering over Angel Stadium.
- I ate dinner in Paradise Gardens. While eating the Ellis Island Boys performed (here is a video clip)
- I wanted to go for a spin on the Fun Wheel but the line stretched all the way around the lower area which was longer than my patience this evening.
- Duffy ready for St Patricks Day.
- Stopped by the Blue Sky Cellar Patio again. This evening most of the neon was not on.
- Flos sign seemed to be having a problem.
- Something went on or was going on at the Hyperion.
- Only a handful of weekends left for ElecTRONica.
- I hung out for a while to see if the TronCams would be turned on.. they were not while I was there.
- Did catch Laserman though.
- Looking in the window of the Carthay looks like the ceiling is in this area.
- As well as this one to the left.
- Watched World of Color from the alternate viewing/stand by area in front of the Little Mermaid.
- Made it over to NOS in time to watch Remember as a pre-show for Fantasmic.
- The flames for the Indy segment make it look like a forest fire from this angle.
- I like how they do some lighting effects, this was during the Haunted Mansion segment.
- They also had the lasers on during the Star Tours segment.
- Some random Fantasmic shots to end this week with.
- All three barges/boats were in service this week.
- Ariel was by herself.
- Flotsam and Jetsam were in the show this week.
- This concludes this weeks update, hope you enjoyed.