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The side of the Soarin building facing Downtown Disney is being repainted.
Here you can see the second coat is being applied and what the final color will be.
The list of closures for today.
The Downtown Disney sign is still under wraps.
Wow.. the light pole closest to DCA is finally back.. I think its been a couple of years or at least it seems it.
A closer look at the replaced light pole.
Fences up around the center of the Esplanade.
Finally a Fantasy in the Sky poster to replace the Magical one. (I say finally because the show has been running since early January).
Stepping onto Main Street USA
The annual egg-stravaganza kicked off today at both parks (plus Epcot in WDW).
The way it works is you purchase your map and then set off to find the various eggs and match the character sticker to the location you find.
Here is the kit you get.. a map, sticker, and then a prize egg. In this example it is Tinkerbell.
You can redeem your map at any point and pick your prize. They have a queue set up near the parade gate on Main Street.
Under each egg is a character. The one you pick is the one you get.
A closer look at the Tinkerbell Egg
The back side.
There are six eggs. At Disneyland they did not have them out on display. But our friends at MouseSteps.com took this picture at Epcot. The prizes are the same on both coasts. (Thank you Denise for letting me use the picture). I am going to keep this picture set spoiler free. So if you would like to see the hidden eggs and their locations I will be posting a separate picture set showing all 24 eggs at Disneyland & DCA.
Dale came running by while I was walking through Town Square.
Walking through the Emporium.
Sleeping Beauty Castle has received more of the 60th decorations and it does have a reflection now.
Disneyland waits around 1:10pm
I will circle back to the Castle in a few minutes..
First wanted to see if there were any FastPasses left for the 1st Fantasmic. There were not.
Dumbo topiary.
Now a walk around the Castle starting with the Fantasyland side.
Some cords are visible this week.
I think this can confirm that it will light up at night.
Interesting. Appears to be large light bars under the jewel tiles to provide the light.
The water was off in the Grotto
Two turrets have what appears to be a plastic diamond on them.
With a crown on top
Depending on the angle you pick up some lens flare...
In the Grotto area.. guessing it is a speaker.
Making my way to Tomorrowland
The Big Hero 6 signage is all gone as the theater prepares for the Tomorrowland sneak peek
Work signs up at Innoventions. It closes this upcoming week.
Passing over the Frozen Fun area at DCA on the Monorail.
Quite a few trees have been brought in to the Grizzly Peak airfield area. Looks like a fair amount of shade for the Smokejumpers dining area.
A large crane is in place to move the trees around.
More new trees in front of Soarin
The entrance to Disneyland
Work continues on the chiller placement backstage in Tomorrowland.
Fantasyland is in bloom
No real visible progress on the Small World facade
Interesting they just painted over the clips for the holiday lights.
Walking through Toontown
It was pushing 90 degrees so a stop for Goofy Water was definitely needed.
Arrived at the Springtime Roundup as the Bunny Hop was wrapping up.
Time to check out the latest egg creations
Bunny Olaf and snow babies
Cinderella
Frozone
Belle
Oops a little out of focus (sorry about that)
A new York Worlds Fair egg
The Merlin one we saw in progress last week
Marie and the Hatbox Ghost
An in progress egg of Sleeping Beauty
Not a lot of guests dancing so if you wanted to you had plenty of Cast Members to interact with.
Roger Rabbit greeting guests.
Time for a cruise on the Mark Twain
The Columbia was also out making the rounds today.
Critter Country was still closed.
Water has returned to Splash Mountain. I did not see any logs cycling though.
Critter Country looks ready to reopen.
The walls, fences, and scaffolding are all gone.
The Hungry Bear
There was a cast member meeting going on.
The walls are down in the River Belle Terrace/Stage Door eating area.. looks like maybe some pipe work?
The Mark Twain getting ready for its next cruise.
The Bengal BBQ menu
They have added a chef special.
Here is todays.. linguisa portuguese sausage & pineapple (thank you to the cast member that helped me with the picture and spelling of this offering)
Genie working the Dole Whip line as he heads toward Main Street
Another pass by the Castle
An interesting angle of the jewels
The moon was out this afternoon
Baymax balloons are still around. Surprised the characters did not return for the home video release at least.
Passing through the Candy Palace
Springtime treats
Cinderella apples
Heading to DCA
5 & Dime circling Buena Vista Street
DCA maps for the egg-stravaganza are available in Elias & Co and that is also the redemption point. I will include all 12 egg locations in a separate posting.
The DCA map.
The redemption area.
Spring Break 2015 shirts available in Elias & Co
These two were hanging out in a corner..
At Clarabelles
A look at a model sundae
The Spring Buena Vista Bugle is now on newstands
The rockwork at the entrance to Grizzly Peak Airfield is taking shape.
The crane from ground level.
Smokejumpers was very quiet this afternoon.
A look at some of the letters in one of the display cases.
Back out to the rock work
Disney California Adventure Wait times around 4:30pm
The Cinderella preview has ended and the regular Tough to Be a Bug film has returned. The cast members were enticing guests to enter by saying plenty of ice cold air conditioning inside.
The show building mural is showing some wear.
Spotted a butterfly in the garden area.
Walked through Ghirardelli which has an assortment of Easter candy available.
Note the samples are still the regular caramel minis.
Red traveling down Cross Street
The view from my table in a quiet seating area (only one other group outside today).
A game set up in front of Luigis
DJ rolling out for his dance party
Passing by the Cozy Cone
Some ducks hanging out by the Cozy Cone fountain
A Cast Member driving Red around.. kids really enjoyed this they could not figure out how he was being controlled.
Some tractors MIA at Maters..
Passing back through Elias & Co
Oswald greeting guests on Buena Vista Street
Is the Fly n Buy keeping its name? The sign is still visible. I thought it was receiving a new one.
World of Color fountains warming up.
Grizzly Peak
The current assortment of Frozen Treats at carts around the park.
Not sure why this one was closed so early.. it was still around 80 out.
No real visible progress from this angle except the green on the end of the Soarin building
The pool closest to Storytellers (guess that is the North one) is walled off at the Grand Californian for some work.
Work continues on this store at Downtown Disney
Looks like they split the space. No indication of what is going in on the left side. But the right has a Disney Vacation Club sign.
One stand in this large area..
Work continues very slowly on the fall protection at the Disneyland Hotel
One area looks done.
The Monorail slides were closed already for the evening. The pool was fairly crowded with guests enjoying the warm spring break weather.
Some new paint near the large hat.
Cinderella banners at the AMC
Maureen and the Mercury 5 performing on the stage near ESPN/Rainforest Cafe
Work on the entrance arch is still going on.
The sign I mentioned early for the new DVC store.
Back to DCA
A clip from the Let it Go sequence (I had the wrong lens and was in the wrong spot but it gives you an idea of the sequence).
An ice chair at Freeze the Night
Olaf was melting quickly this warm evening.
No real line at the House of Ice
The Spring Break shirts
Back to Disneyland
The redemption line was much shorter than last year. It is only the first day but seems much smoother since they were encouraging guests throughout the day to pick up their prize vs waiting until the evening.
Disneyland waits around 8:20pm
A look at Sleeping Beauty Castle this evening
Still no signage for the Standby Fantasmic area.. it is to the left.. but at least the barrier is moved so it is easier to enter the area.
They taped off rows but guests were ignoring it.
Looking down to the FastPass area plenty of space still and this was about 5 minutes to show time.
Continuing up the walkway another FastPass area is virtually empty. I think they should open areas like this at show time for stand by guests.
The view from a walkway that turned into standby viewing.
Maleficent from New Orleans Square (took this from back near the shops behind a standby area)
Closed out my evening with Fantasy in the Sky from Main Street.