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Arrived at the Disneyland Resort just after 10am and was directed into a spot on the Goofy level of the Mickey and Friends parking structure
Not a lot of visible progress on the Pixar Place Hotel from this angle.
A Black Panther banner along the walkway to Downtown Disney
BB-8 on another banner
Work on the luggage storage area in front of the Disneyland Hotel continues
A new large rug at the main entrance to the Fantasy Tower
Smaller rugs at the other doors
The Disneyland Hotel Lobby
Looks like the painting projects have wrapped up, no signs of work today.
The Disney Vacation Club tower is still under wraps as work on the exterior facade and interior move along.
A team was working on the entrance area
You could see other teams on the various floors working
A Disney100 medallion added to the topiaries.
The construction walls in Downtown Disney feature Disney100 graphics
Downtown Disney Entertainment schedule
Information about Lunar New Year is also posted.
Looks to be a Disney100 photo op
The Wonderground Gallery has been relocated due to renovation work.
It is now in the former ESPN Zone store.
Fences are up around the entrance to the Monorail Station for some pavement work.
The Monorail is still operating, you enter and exit through this gate near the pin store.
The Jazz Kitchen is closed and renovation walls are around it.
Next door the WonderGround Gallery and Disney Home stores are also behind walls.
The planters have no seasonal decorations at the moment but Disney100 should be installed soon.
A look into the Disney Dress Shop as I walked by.
Oswald is on the window of Pandora
They were allowing you to enter the World of Disney near Starbucks.. first time in forever. The center doors were still closed but you could enter/exit from either side today.
I walked through World of Disney since I could.
The center section features Disney100
La Brea Bakery has closed and will be temporarily replaced with an Earl of Sandwich opening soon.
The longest lines I have seen at the ticket booths in quite a while. Here are the booths on the right/south.
And the queue on the left/north was about the same length.
Disney100 Banners in the Esplanade
No lines of at Disneyland at the moment, it was just past 11am.
A Disney100 Medallion above the entrance to Disney California Adventure
The back side
The current Disney California Adventure guidemap, assuming new Disney100 ones arrive next week.
Buena Vista Street has Disney 100 banners and decorations.
The tree has not been replaced in Carthay Circle yet
11:11am - Disney California Adventure wait times
The carts along the performance corridor have Lunar New Year graphics
Standard offerings though.
The Lunar New Year archway
No water flowing at Grizzly Peak as the attraction is closed for renovation.
Oswald is featured to celebrate the Year of the Rabbit
The marketplaces opened at 10:30am. At 11:17am queues were mostly full and extended.
The Bamboo Blessings menu
Route 66 this morning
One of the banners along the walkway.
Some Lunar New Year merchandise
The water has been drained from the tidal basin in the Pacific Wharf for regular renovation and the Big Hero 6 conversion to get underway.
Another of the Marketplace queues
Wrapped with Love menu
A performance area on the Sonoma Terrace.
Some scaffolding up as work is getting underway to installed the San Fransokyo overlay
Custard Egg Tarts by Kayla's Cake
Red Dragon Spice Traders Marketplace menu
The Bay Area has Lunar New Year decorations
The merchandise is still Little Mermaid/generic in the area.
The back trail is closed due to the attraction renovation that is underway.
Lucky 8 Lantern Marketplace menu
A board to see where your birthday falls
Lunar New Year merchandise near the Little Mermaid
Prosperity Bao & Buns Marketplace Menu
A display near the arts and crafts area
You can color a fan in the area
Umbrellas provide some shade
Longevity Noodle Co Marketplace menu
A Lunar New Year churro offering
Taking a walk through Paradise Gardens Park.
The queue for the character meet and greet wrapped around the area
Oswald the Lucky Rabbit was meeting guests for Lunar New Year
Paradise Garden Grill Lunar New Year menu
There are now three registers as they adjust to guests wanting to order at a register vs mobile order it appears
Some more pictures of Oswald
Someone gave Oswald a drawing
Ortensia arriving to meet guests, this is her U.S. Parks debut today.
Melody of China performing.
Video: Mulan's Lunar New Year Procession - 12:20pm procession from Carthay Circle
Mulan's Lunar New Year Procession travels the entire parade route starting in Hollywood Land and ending in Pixar Pier.
Oswald riding along in the procession
The crowd behind the procession
A Disney100 offering available in Flo's V-8 Cafe
Disney100 cups in use throughout the parks.
1:00pm - Flo's was not busy this afternoon
Mater cruising by while we ate
Radiator Springs Racers is closed for renovation
A small wall blocking the extended queue
Looks like some work n the track past the finish line
Walls up around a portion of the courtyard in front of Luigis, the attraction is still open.
Walls are also up around the entrance to Radiator Springs Racers which is closed
Route 66 this afternoon
The entrance to Luigis
Making my way to Cars Land
Black Panther was out greeting guests
The Wakanda Forever remembrance area is gone
Renovation work along Hollywood Blvd
Decided to catch the 1:45 Lunar New Year Procession from Hollywood Blvd.
Gone Hollywood still has holiday merchandise in one window.
Disney100 shields above the entrances to Disneyland.
The current Disneyland Guide Map
Toontown is on the map but grayed out.
2:05pm - Main Street USA
The wait time board was having a problem and no wait times were displayed.. the Magic Band advertisement was though.
Disney100 Magic Key popcorn bucket offer is underway
Adventureland is current a dead end. There is a sign and several cast members warning guests.
There are walls starting at the Jungle Cruise entrance
Due to the walls there you enter the queue for Jungle Cruise in the Tropical Imports area, stroller parking is moved.
An attraction poster marks the entrance.
The queue wraps around then enters the regular queue.
You can reach Bengal BBQ still.
With Adventureland closed Frontierland is more crowded than usual.
The walls on the other side of the closure are up blocking the walkway near the entrance to Pirates.
The bridge is a series of switchbacks for Pirates.
The French Market will be closing Feb 17th and will reopen later this year as Tiana's Palace.
The extended queue for Haunted Mansion Holiday was not needed at the moment.
The train station building that had the fire last month is still underwraps
The end of the line for the Mint Julep Bar
No real visible progress on the Treehouse
A section of Frontierland was roped off
Not sure what is going on or way at 2:30pm this area is roped off.
Sleeping Beauty Castle this afternoon
Disney100 decorations are being installed
A new set of fountains are installed in the pond.
Lights are hanging around the castle.
The Pearly Band performing
it's a small world reopened today. It had a 10 minute wait when I walked by.
Last week the Toontown signs were installed
A closer look at the new sign.
A closer look at the four signs that accompany the main sign.
Mickey and Goofy arriving for photos
Time for a ride on the Highway in the Sky
Passing over Disney California Adventure
A look at the Downtown Disney West side construction. Not a lot of visible progress.
Walls on both sides of the walkway right now near the Monorail station
A look at the pavement work at the entrance to the Monorail.
Interesting the Downtown Disney logos were installed facing the construction not the guest walkway.
Passing by the entrance to Disneyland
It is kind of awkward with tables right in front of the wait time board in Tomorrowland. People are trying to sit and relax and others keep walking up to read the board over their head.
3:27pm - Disneyland Wait times
3:30pm - The Main Street wait times
The other board on Main Street still was not working.
Plaza point features Lunar New Year
The Disneyland Band performing in Town Square
The Disneyland Railroad board was not working today. I read online that the fire in New Orleans Square damaged some of the sensor network. So the trains are operating by radio calls right now.
Time for a Grand Circle Tour of the park.
Passing through Critter Country
Steaming along the Rivers of America
Passing it's a small world
4:30pm Nightly Flag Retreat
The Main Street Station can use some renovation time.
Back to Disney California Adventure for the rest of the evening.
Pacific Wharf Cafe offerings
Video: Mulan's Lunar New Year Procession (5:45pm) from Hollywood Blvd.
Award Wieners special offerings right now
Ortensia was greeting guests
Minnie Mouse arrived to greet guests
Along with Mickey Mouse
Vocal Seoul set times at the Sonoma Terrace
Video: Vocal Seoul performing at the Sonoma Terrace as part of the Lunar New Year Celebration
A wider view of the area
Mulan and Mushu greeting guests
Received a push notification that the World of Color viewing area opened almost 90 minutes prior to show time.
I did not travel over there until about 15 minutes before show time.
Video: Hurry Home World of Color Preshow celebrates the Lunar New Year
World of Color follows directly after Hurry Home
Along the tram route are Disney100 banners marking various milestones in the history of the company. I will get better pictures on a later visit during the day but here is a sampling from this evening.
The banners need to be fact checked there are a number of errors.. for example Snow White opened in 1937 not 1939.
Spotted this car in the Mickey and Friends garage and I walked back to mine.