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- 11:47am - Was parked on the roof of the Pixar Pals Parking structure to start my day.
- The tram stop billboards are now Pixar Fest which officially starts today.
- Earl of Sandwich is still open, no indication of a closing date yet but it should be soon.
- As usual no reservations today. No waits at the ticket booths either.
- The large sculpture/photo op in the center of the esplanade for Pixar Fest is finished.
- A closer look as I walked around the sculpture
- 12:08pm - Arrived at Disneyland.
- City Hall is still behind scrims
- DUG Bucket was for sale throughout the parks
- The Fire House exterior renovation looks complete.
- The Town Square Pixar Fest sculpture
- Main Street USA this afternoon
- 12:15pm - Disneyland Wait Times
- The Disneyland Band Performing in front of Sleeping Beauty Castle
- The characters join the band and prepare to march to Town Square
- Video: Disneyland Band and Characters at Sleeping Beauty Castle
- Some of the Pixar Fest offerings in Tomorrowland
- No Millennium Falcon buckets today. Instead the train was available in Tomorrowland.
- Slinky Dog sippers
- Coco Guitar bucket
- Pixar Pals Playtime Party takes place in the Fantasyland Theatre
- A Pixar photo op as you walk in
- There are photo ops and characters on the floor in front of the stage, the stage is used for dancing and characters and plenty of shaded seating available.
- Bugs Life photo op
- Performers were on stage throughout the entire time I was in the area.
- A closer look at the set.
- Cars Photo Backdrop
- A Luca backdrop in the back corner
- Monsters Inc photo op
- More performers on stage.
- An Onward Van
- Video: Pixar Fest Playtime Party performers
- Ian and Barley Lightfoot from Onward
- Jessie and Bo Peep join the performers
- Jessie
- The Luca photo op. The characters were not out when I walked by.
- Ember and Wade from Elemental were out nearby though.
- We set off for Black Spire Outpost to play the Seek and Find game
- Stopped by the Droid Depot
- The BDX Droids walking out to explore Black Spire Outpost
- Video: BDX Droids exploring Black Spire Outpost
- A check on Tiana's Bayou Adventure construction. Next week much of Critter Country will close as the project moves to the next phase.
- A team working on the side wall below
- The Haunted Mansion
- The large mound of dirt has been removed. Guessing they back filled the area around the new elevator area.
- Another look at the Bayou Adventure
- For Pixar Fest there are Alien Pizza Planet Truck Buckets available for purchase.
- It lights up too.
- The current state of the construction walls in New Orleans Square
- In Adventureland the walls are still up between the restrooms
- And another set over by the bridge
- The Disneyland Band was performing so we stopped and caught their Star Wars Medley
- Several characters were walking Main Street visiting with guests.
- The Dapper Dans of Disneyland
- Video: The Dapper Dans of Disneyland have a Pixar Medley for Pixar Fest.
- Pixar Fest is featured on the Disney California Adventure Guidemap
- Next stop Disney California Adventure
- 2:38pm - Disney California Adventure wait times
- Work continues on the DVC lounge in the former Blue Sky Cellar
- Pixar Fest posters are back in Cars Land
- Flo's Pixar Fest offerings
- Found a Pizza Planet Truck in the Cozy Cone. We heard there are 50 hidden around the parks.
- Some cactus in bloom in Ornament Valley
- Hmm.. was this sign hanging up before?
- Found another truck in San Fransokyo Square
- The Little Mermaid entrance has returned to this side.
- The LL and Standby queues enter through the original entrance walkway now.
- The Green Army men drove down the parade route, turned around by the Little Mermaid then drove the other way.
- Alien Pizza Planet Truck Buckets. 1875 boxes in this shipment. Each box had 16 trucks for an even 30,000 trucks. Selling for $28.75 each is $862,500 in revenue.
- The Coco Guitar buckets there were 2084 boxes with 12 per box. So 25,008 buckets. Selling for $26.75 each is $668,964 in revenue.
- Up and Toy Story Balloons for Pixar Fest.
- 4:17pm - Ready for the 4:00pm Better Together: A Pixar Pals Celebration!
- Video: 4:00pm Better Together: A Pixar Pals Celebration!
- 4:20pm - The parade arriving. It started in Hollywood Land and took about 20 minutes to reach this point.
- Turning Red group
- Up! is next
- Dug
- Soul is next
- Inside Out
- Luca is next
- The Incredibles lead the finale
- Miguel from Coco and the Toy Story gang on the front and top of the float
- Monsters Inc on the back side
- Stopped by Paradise Gardens. There are some special food offerings for Pixar Fest but nothing else.
- Slinky Dog Sippers are available throughout the parks.
- Looks like some Pixar folks were on hand to see the parade.
- The DVC kiosk in Grizzly Peak Recreation Area (as well as Redwood Creek Challenge Trail) are still behind walls.
- Back on the hunt for Pizza Planet Trucks.. found this one in the airfield
- Soarin' Around the World has returned
- Crossed paths with Goofy
- Pixar Fest banner along Hollywood Blvd
- Club Pixar takes over the backlot from 4:30-8:30pm
- Photo Backdrops
- There is a Shorts Stop Drive-In Theater set up by Stage 12
- You can sit in a car and watch shorts on the screen.
- There are a handful of free games you can play in the area too.
- Stopped by Trolley Treats and found this Pizza Planet Truck
- Next door in Starbucks found one too
- In the window of Julius Katz & Sons
- Dug Popcorn buckets.. 2511 boxes of 12 buckets for a total of 30,132 in this shipment. Selling for $32 each is $964,224 in revenue.
- Found another Pizza Planet Truck on the 2nd floor along Buena Vista Street
- 6:04pm - Today is National Pretzel Day and Wetzel's Pretzels was giving away a free pretzel from 3pm until closing. The Downtown Disney location was participating. So I hopped in line.
- 6:09pm - Have my free pretzel and am exiting the store. A very short wait.
- Centrico is in a soft opening phase.
- Paseo was open too.
- Tiendita was not this evening
- The Disney 100 and characters have been removed from the Monorail Blue wrap. But the reflective base has not.
- Parkside Market continues to take shape
- Din Tai Fung exterior is moving along. No opening date announced yet.
- The concrete work continues.
- Pixar Fest photo op at the Former ESPN Building.
- Tomasina performing this evening.
- Pixar Fest signage around the Lawn
- A Pixar Fest photo op near by
- The line for Wetzel's has grown but is still under 10 minutes
- 6:30pm - Arrived back on Buena Vista Street with enough time to find a spot for the 6:30pm parade.
- 6:49pm - Found a spot on Hollywood Blvd for the parade. It is just arriving.
- Better Together: A Pixar Pals Celebration! @ Disney California Adventure
- Turning Red
- Up!
- Soul
- Video: Soul group passing by
- Inside Out
- Luca
- Incredibles
- A Pizza Planet Truck
- Video: Before heading backstage the performers stop for a finale good bye.
- Club Pixar Takes place in Hollywood Land from 4:30pm to 8:30pm. Time for a walk through after dark.
- The stage features dancers throughout the evening
- A DJ appears from time to time to talk to the crowd.
- Video: A few clips from the finale to Club Pixar at it ends for the evening.
- 8:34pm - The wind was steady and not looking good for fireworks.
- The sculpture on Buena Vista Street after dark.
- You can activate audio with your MagicBand
- Video Clip: Pixar Fest Sculpture MagicBand activation sequences on Buena Vista Street
- Hard to see but the popcorn line circles the area.
- With the sun set a better view of the truck at Julius Katz & Sons
- The sculpture has no lights at night.
- Found another truck at the Main Street Train Station
- 8:48pm - Main Street USA 40 minutes before fireworks (well projects since it is windy).
- About 5 minutes before showtime they announced no fireworks due to the wind. So here is a look at some of the projections during Together Forever – A Pixar Nighttime Spectacular @ Disneyland
- Video: Together Forever – A Pixar Nighttime Spectacular Finale
- My path today