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- Transferring to the Epcot Monorail at the Transportation and Ticket Center.
- My train arriving... 6 minutes later.
- A look at the World Drive Road work from the Monorail as we made our way to Epcot.
- Land clearing underway as you approach Epcot. It spans from the solar farm to the Monorail beam then toward the park. This appears to be preparation work, a new retention pond and other drainage work, for future projects.
- Spaceship Earth as my Monorail nears the park.
- The Flower and Garden Festival entrance display.
- Spaceship Earth
- Some of the large flower beds from the Monorail.
- A smaller planter on the walkway between Future World and World Showcase.
- Figment
- A wider view.
- The cranes are the Guardians of the Galaxy Coaster building.
- A closer look at start of the exterior frame for the building.
- Finally made it into the park. Just short of 30 minutes from the Monorail entrance sign at the TTC to this point. That is one Monorail ride, security and park entrance.
- A sign reminding guests that Innoventions still has a couple open attractions.
- Another sign.
- A Water Wise Garden.
- Walking toward the shuttered attraction area...
- First up the former Universe of Energy.. this building will be the entrance to the new Guardians of the Galaxy Coaster that is rising up behind it and to the right.
- For now though it is just a walled off shell from this side.
- Looking back at Spaceship Earth.
- Next door the shuttered Wonders of Life that not being used as a festival center anymore. They are redoing the roof. So guess that means it will be around for a while. No word on what it will become though.
- Moving on to Buzz Lightyear in front of Mission Space. This is open but wait times were minimal during my trip.
- Last up on this side of Future World is Test Track, it was open with over an hour wait thanks to FastPass+ but the queue fits inside the building so it was quiet outside.
- This area between Mission Space and Test Track will be home to a new space themed restaurant. Curious if it will have a facade from this side or be placed further back with an entrance through the side of Mission Space.
- Lightning McQueen Topiary
- Cruz Ramirez topiary.
- Some floating planters as you walk toward World Showcase.
- Morocco across World Showcase Lagoon. Behind it is the Tower of Terror and to the right is the Ratatouille construction.
- A closer look
- An out of scale and place Disney Skyliner Tower visible behind France. Wonder if there is a plan to add another layer to the facades to hide it.
- The Three Caballeros topiary
- A view from the shore of Morocco
- The skyline of France continues to deteriorate.. here you have the Swan, Boardwalk and Skyliner all intruding on the view plus a construction crane.
- Morocco with the Ratatouille building behind.
- Walking through Norway. Frozen topiaries.
- Elsa
- Anna
- Gods of the Vikings display in the church now.
- Continuing next door to China.
- Not a big crowd (actually no one) waiting for the next showing.
- It was 11 minutes away still.
- From this angle even more cranes visible. In the distance you can see the tower crane for the Coronado Springs project.
- Doc & Grumpy topiaries
- Snow White topiary with Spaceship Earth
- Walking by Italy.
- Next stop the American Adventure.
- A video clip of the Voices of Liberty performing at the American Adventure
- Walking by Morocco
- Ran into this long line near the boat dock.
- Turns out it was to meet Belle.
- The Ratatouille Show building rising up behind the trees between Morocco and France.
- Serveur Amusant performing in France.
- Belle topiary.
- The Beast
- Looking across the water at the International Gateway and the Skyliner construction.
- A closer look
- Since there are show times for Impressions de France it seems it would be good to put this in the times guide or app vs saying Intermittently.
- After the film decided to take a Friendship Boat across the lagoon.
- Morocco as I waited.
- Looking back at Japan.
- Walking by Canada.
- Riviera Resort construction visible beyond Germany.
- Illuminations Barges being positioned for later
- Passing the United Kingdom.
- Tigger topiary.
- Spike in the United Kingdom.
- Tinker Bell
- British Revolution performing in the United Kingdom.
- Exiting the park at the International Gateway you can see a couple Skyliner towers.
- Walking along the Boardwalk.
- The Beach Club Resort across the lake.
- Here you can see some scaffolding under the bridge to the Swan.
- The Swan/Dolphin boat dock is being renovated.
- The bridge is open to pedestrians as they work underneath it.
- Random flower picture as I walked along the path.
- A look at the renovation work on the bridge.
- The other bridge is not undergoing any work right now.
- The Dolphin lobby.
- Dinner this evening at Shula's
- Walking through the coffee shop/quick service area of the Dolphin toward the bus stop.