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- 2:31pm our bus to Disney's Hollywood Studios arrives.
- Passing by the new Coronado Springs Resort Tower.
- Disney Skyliner construction along Buena Vista Drive.
- Skyliner towers dot the parking lot now.
- Passing the parking entrance.
- The bus former charter bus area is mostly behind fences and torn up.
- The Skyliner station for the studios is taking shape (better pictures in a couple pages)
- The Skyliner towers lined up toward the Caribbean Beach Resort.
- A path through the trees has been cleared and you can see through to the Bonnet Creek Hotels in the distance.
- The wall has some concept art and a map for the Skyliner.
- Here is a map of the initial system that is being installed.
- The new station at Disney's Hollywood Studios
- The current state of the Skyliner station
- The wheels are used to move the gondolas around the station after they leave the cable.
- The current walkway, to the right is the Skyliner work. To the left WDW bus stops.
- A closer look at one of the support towers.
- The Friendship Launches are closed due to bridge renovation.
- A look at the Skyliner station.
- Signs to a temporary bus route for the hotels normally on the friendship route.
- Arriving at the front gate just before 3pm.
- Current WDW pricing at the ticket windows.
- This welcome sign seemed odd as you stepped onto Hollywood Blvd.
- Some popcorn and sipper options.
- Star Wars still takes over the center of the park during the day.
- A Storm Trooper Patrol
- Due to the construction and to ease congestion stroller parking for Toy Story was across from the Little Mermaid theater.
- Walt Disney Presents
- Concept art for Toy Story on the construction wall
- Pixar Place
- A structure going up on the corner that will lead to Toy Story Land.
- Beyond the construction walls you can see Woody marking the entrance to the land that opens in June.
- A lot of FastPass+ windows were open today. So we were able to book one with no problem and walk right to the attraction and ride.
- Standby was 65 minutes.
- The FastPass+ line was backed up. This seems to be a common trend at many attractions now a days.
- Inside there are walls up as they are re-configuring the queue to accommodate the new entrance from Toy Story Land.
- Walls up at the accessibility load area too.
- My score.
- This was the merge point and entrance for the attraction. On the right are FastPass+ and the left Standby.
- This is the Standby queue. All outside until after the merge.
- More of the queue, not in use this afternoon
- It crossed the street too and more queue space on the other side.
- Trees are in place and you can not really see into Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge.
- A glimpse of one of the rock spires
- Cruz is still out greeting guests. She is in the middle of the extended Toy Story queue.
- I find this bar/cocktail stand a bit awkward. Guess it is targeted at those in the slow moving stand by queue for Toy Story. There really is nothing else in the area.
- The billboards are a little out of date.. not really showing coming titles.
- A closer look at the Toy Story Land construction wall.
- Next up stopped by Walt Disney Presents
- I find it interesting they still have the Paradise Pier model from the last remodel on display. Over say the Fortress Explorations model or something that is not being changed already.
- I spent some time taking a closer look at the Toy Story Land model.
- This is the exit from the 3rd Toy Story Track on the far side of the building.
- Moving into the land.
- A wider view
- the entrance path.
- In one display case is a small portion of the Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge model. Wonder if a larger display will go up once Toy Story Land opens.
- A wall with concept art for the new Runaway Railway attraction going in the Chinese Theater building.
- The Guardians Meet and Greet is still in the back portion of the exhibit.
- 30 minute wait this afternoon
- A couple costumes from Saving Mr. Banks on display in the lobby area.
- On the way out a random China picture.
- The skies were threatening as I stepped back outside.
- Next stop the Launch Bay. Here were the wait times.
- Inside I saw nothing different from my December visit. Thought maybe something for Solo would be added.
- Smoke from the end of one of the Star Wars shows was blowing through.
- Characters from the show exiting the area.
- Passing by the Chinese Theater.
- A couple random pictures..
- Hmm.. seems my camera blacked out the wait time. I want to say it was long.. maybe 45 minutes but I do not remember..
- The ABC Commissary menu
- Arriving on Grand Ave. Trees block your view of almost all construction except the cranes towering overhead.
- The trees appear to still be in boxes. So are they there just to block construction? Or just not planted yet.
- Same goes for views from this angle.. trees in the way.
- The gate by the Muppet exit. Interesting the facade is still backstage. Thought that would be gone with the new gate.
- You can see a corner of the Battle Escape show building.
- They have not fully enclosed the building yet. Panels still not installed on the right (behind the tree).
- A slightly better view.
- Upstairs was a ghost town as usual.
- Temporary stairs to the roof of the building.
- Star Tours had a short wait posted, 15 min only, and plenty of FastPass+ slots open too.
- 15 shows today.
- Stopped by the Backlot Express
- Signs up to direct you around some concrete work near Frozen's theater.
- Temporary hedges up to block the work, not even full construction walls.
- Echo Lake. Still seems odd that they did not bury the conduit to the island.
- Here you can see equipment for the concrete work.
- $50 an adult for the buffet now a days.
- Guests and cast members playing ring toss.
- The bus assignments here.
- Another look at the Skyliner station as we were waiting for the bus to the Boardwalk.
- There are two arcs the gondolas can take. My assumption is the back/longer one is for those needing more time to board/disembark and the shorter one will be a quick return from the unload to load side.
- A closer look at the switch point between the shorter and longer path.
- The drive bull wheel for this end of the line. The cable will wrap around it. The cars will be off the cable at this point.
- Another look at the switch point
- The towers leading off to the Caribbean Beach Resort.
- From the bus as I head toward our next destination a look at the new bus area taking shape.