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The exit banner at the Mickey and Friends parking structure for the holidays.
An overview of the Star Wars Construction site from the Mickey and Friends Parking Structure.
A video overview of the Star Wars Land work.
Time to look across the site, starting on the far left/north side.
The tunnel is for the Fantasyland entryway.
Most of the concrete structure in the middle of this picture is the backstage marina that will be inside the rock work.
As we pan to the right now a lot of visible progress on this side of the wall.
You can see supports for the rock work sticking up from the other side.
Further down the wall you can see rock formations just of the top of the wall.
More trees were removed in Critter Country where the train comes out from behind the Hungry Bear.
A closer look around the site. The retaining wall is being finished up on the far side, to the right in this picture is the Fantasyland entrance.
This is panning right from the previous picture.
Continuing to the right that is the Frontierland entrance tunnel
The marina looks to be enclosed now and concrete for the rock work support over top of it is taking shape.
A closer look at where the train comes out and will cross over the new walkway from Critter Country to Star Wars Land.
Hard to tell progress on the new walkway with the wall up now.
A closer look at the new rock formations that are visible over the wall.
In the nearer area work continues on the foundation for a show building. Concrete pours going on this afternoon.
Another look at the marina structure.
Here you can see the footprint of this building is very large.
A closer look at the foundation work.
The mound of dirt area is now a parking lot for equipment. The dirt has been relocated throughout the site.
Walls going up along the new backstage perimeter road that is taking shape.
The Mickey and Friends tram stop has been reconfigured. Security screening now happens out here. This started Thursday. The first stop to the left after the escalators has been removed and fenced off.
A section of the Pinocchio Lot has been taken over and is where the check point is.
A closer look at the old stop near the billboards.
The trams now go down further in the garage before making the left to go outside. The old driveway is now the cross walk for guests on the Chip and Dale level and Pinocchio lot.
From ground level after passing through the checkpoint
There are still four stops for trams. Two old ones are used primarily for pick ups and two new ones for drop offs.
A look at the Star Wars work from ground level.
To walk to the parks you have to go through Downtown Disney. The old walkway has a fence and door now.
Demolition work is underway on the former House of Blues. Splitsville is moving in.
There is a fence and door on the walkway near the House of Blues too.
A gate directing guests to Downtown Disney a little further up the walkway.
Still no banners in Downtown Disney.
The west side of the Esplanade is once again wide open. The security tents are gone. We have not seen this view in 15 years.
One tent was left on the far side.
Wonder if they will repaint the blue back to green. It really sticks out. The area felt so open.
The old check points left some scaring on the ground.
No lines at the ticket booths this afternoon.
Ticket prices today.
The warning signs on the turn stiles really jumped out today.
A closer look.
Clearing skies as I stepped onto Buena Vista Street.
FastPasses were still available in the Blue section for the first World of Color show around 1pm.
Coloring was available at the AP corner for the Festival of Holidays. It was quiet this afternoon.
The Stilt Circus duo walking up the parade route.
Looks like a color test on the Tower of Terror. More pictures later.
Main Street USA, guests were lining up for the 1:30 Christmas Fantasy Parade.
The Disneyland Band was performing on Main Street USA
Disneyland wait times as of 1:22pm
Sleeping Beauty Castle this afternoon
A Christmas Fantasy Parade
The Toy Soldiers
Mickey and the gang on the Mailroom float.
No skiers or snow flake skaters this afternoon.
The Frozen sisters and Olaf
Reindeer
Santa closing out the parade.
These dolls are still motionless on Small World Holiday.
The line as we left the area was at 30 minutes and growing.
A pizza cart set up near the Matterhorn.
The Tea Cups were still drying out and preparing to open for the day. It rained all night and some of the morning.
A check of Star Wars from ground level on the Big Thunder Trail.
A look through the fence.
Looks like a temporary walkway is being set up. Wonder if that is for overflow/holiday crowd relief if needed? It does not look like a construction path.
Scaffolding on the Columbia as the lengthy renovation continues.
The Star Wars work from Critter Country.
Rocks are taking shape along the Rivers of America.
Rock work surrounding the train trestle.
Some new trees waiting to be planted near the Hungry Bear.
A look down the future walkway to Star Wars Land.
A closer look at the rock work progress.
The walls continue to grow.
Looking up river more steel supports are installed and ready for the steel mesh.
Dickens Yuletide Band performing on Main Street USA
Video clip of the Dickens Yuletide Band
Stopped by the Opera House and Disney Gallery.
On my way back to DCA. Tower of Terror from the Esplanade.
The Zootopia gang were in the Backlot today.
The large screens on the far left/right I do not remember seeing before.
Guests who bought a Frozen meal package line up near Stage 12.
Still only three shows a day for Frozen.
Now some looks at the Guardians of the Galaxy color scheme test (well assuming it is a test) on the Tower of Terror.
The tower is now surrounded by scaffolding.
They are now offering FastPasses for the Late Checkout.
The even say Late Check-Out on them.
A couple more views of the Tower.
From Luigis
Went for a spin on Luigis.
My dance partner was Lucia today.
Santa Mater at the Cozy Cone. Also note the fountain was off today, guessing due to wind.
Holiday Toy Drummers
Here is a video of their show from a previous visit if you missed it.
The marketplaces still appear like this most of the time. More cast members than guests the several times I walked by. The two exceptions were the ones with the beer and wine.
Princess Elena of Avalor
Elena was dressed for the cold.
The Stilt Circus duo in Carthay Circle.
Walked through the Grand California.
There is now a security check point as you leave the hotel to enter Downtown Disney.
Since my last visit the Pandora store has opened.
Curl is underwraps but scheduled to open soon.
A look inside Pandora
Tortilla Jos has expanded the outdoor seating and has a fence up to block the view of the House of Blues work.
The front side of the building is still mostly in tact. Seems they started on the back side and inside.
Looking at the side of the building.
The construction wall has Splitsville signage.
There were three of these odd shaped lights in Downtown Disney. I posted to Twitter asking what they were and no one knew for sure.
Here is the second one.
Lego Star Wars Death Star.. only $499.99
All quiet on the main stage at 4:30pm.
Rogue One banners at the AMC
Another new security check point in the space between Earl of Sandwich and ESPN.
The last new checkpoint in the former valet space.
The third and largest of these was near Rainforest across from ESPN.
It was nice to board the Monorail easily.. no security backup. Somehow I forgot to take a picture though. The numbers on the gates looked rather bright today.. are they new or just newly redone?
Onboard the Monorail.
All quiet at the entrance to Disneyland. Notice the flag blowing, the wind was picking up.
Interesting to see three Autopia cars parked out near the train tracks.
A Christmas Fantasy Parade wrapping up its second run through the park as I passed by on the Monorail.
The skiers and snowflake skaters were part of the second parade.
As you entered the Star Wars Launch Bay cast members were passing out Rogue One opening day buttons.
Inside the first two display cases now house Rogue One items.
They seem to mirror those in the WDW version I saw earlier in the week.
Virtually no wait at the Meet and Greets. They were posted at 5-10 minutes but each had 1-2 groups only.
The Buzz Lightyear sign was back in working order.
Sleeping Beauty Castle as night falls.
It was really looking like Fall in Fantasyland with a lot of leaves on the ground.
Holiday offerings at the Village Haus.
The backside of Sleeping Beauty Castle.
Jambalaya Jazz performing on the Rivers of America.
The snow fall tonight swirled alot with the wind.
Video clip of the snow fall.
A Pinapple Parfait at Tropical Imports
Moana was wrapping up her day, notice the winter coat.
Disneyland wait times at 6:15pm
Main Street USA was lined with guests waiting for the 6:30 Paint the Night Parade.
Town Square was more mellow with quite a few open spaces still.
On my way to DCA.
Some DCA waits at of 6:23pm
Wendel and Liver Lips were out
RAISE performing in Paradise Park
Mariachi Divas performing in Paradise Park
Mostly Kosher performing in Paradise Park
Paid a visit to Ariel to warm up, plus it was a walk on.
A cast member creating some leaf art on this cold and windy evening.
Flos had some neon issues.
Tower of Terror had a posted 80 min stand by and the FP return was wrapping in the garden on the right.
Found a comfortable seat in the Animation lobby to enjoy some film clips and warm up, quite a few others had the same idea.
Walking by the marketplaces spotted an interesting sign on a fridge.
A Star Wars joke...
Found a spot for World of Color Season of Light in the blue section.
Show time.
The wind was blowing pretty good and water was really flying. Here you can see some of the spray.
The projections looked good even with the wind.
The laser effects looked great too.
Everyone appreciated the fire this cold evening.
The tram crossing from on the tram as I arrived back at the Mickey and Friends parking structure.
Not a lot of guests entering this cold evening.. but plenty of security cast members working the tents if thy show up.
No signs of work tonight on the Star Wars job site.