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- Passing through the lobby of Disney's Boardwalk Resort to start my morning.
- Decided to take a boat to Epcot this morning to save some steps.
- Disney's Yacht & Beach Club across the lake
- Another Friendship boat passing by
- Disney's Yacht Club Resort
- Arriving at the International Gateway
- A look at the work in the France at World Showcase as we docked. This building on the far side appears to be new restrooms.
- The facade of the original building is being completed now that it will be onstage.
- Making my way to the Disney Skyliner Station.
- All quiet leaving Epcot at 9:50am, most guests are arriving.
- From the queue there is an unobstructed view toward a backstage roadway. Wonder if this will be changed.
- Onboard and departing the station in less than 2 minutes from entering the queue.
- An aerial view of the work in France. This is in preparation for the new Ratatouille attraction opening in 2020.
- This will be the primary walkway to reach the new area.
- New sections of concrete have been poured and preparations for the next are under way
- The roof of another building is taking shape.
- The large facade on the right is the show building for the attraction.
- Working on the facade this morning. A team is painting.
- Looking back as we fly by.
- This appears to be a structure for the queue.
- The back side of the show building.
- A wider view as we move away.
- Flying over the Boardwalk convention center space.
- In the distance you can see the Swan & Dolphin and crains for the new tower that will be a new hotel as part of that complex.
- Spaceship Earth
- Approaching the turn station in the Boardwalk parking lot.
- Epcot as we go along Buena Vista Drive.
- Looking back at where we just came from
- The road is closed beyond the Boardwalk so to reach the Beach club you have to go back to Buena Vista Drive.
- New chairs, trashcans and other items staged in a parking lot.
- Japan and beyond it Spaceship Earth at Epcot
- Looks to be samples/tests for the France Expansion.
- A closer look
- The fire station along Buena Vista Drive
- The show building for the Guardians attraction dominates the skyline.
- Passing by Italy.
- Approaching the Riviera Station/turn.
- Today is opening day for the resort. The opening ceremony was going on. A line of first day guests arriving.
- Media and guests in the central courtyard for the opening ceremony.
- Caribbean Beach resort and beyond it non Disney hotels.
- Approaching the end of this line at the Caribbean Beach Resort Station. You have to disembark here and transfer.
- Transferring to the Hollywood Studios Line. As for timing it has been 16 minutes since my picture of entering the queue at the International Gateway.
- Two minutes later we are onboard and taking flight.
- The rock formations of Batuu in the distance.
- In the background you can see Summit Plummet at Blizzard Beach then to the right is the Chinese Theater.
- Disney's Hollywood Studios Parking lot entrance.
- The tramway for the parking lot.
- To the right the new bus area.
- A closer look at the bus stops.
- Coming in for a landing at Disney's Hollywood Studios.
- At the bag check 25 minutes after boarding at the International Gateway (9 minutes after transferring at Caribbean Beach Resort)
- Making my way up Hollywood Blvd.
- Guests queued up for characters.
- Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker poster.
- Decided to pay a visit to Walt Disney Presents.
- Nothing jumped out at me as being updated since my last visit.
- Was hoping for an expanded look at the Runaway Railway opening in March.
- A couple Pirates items in the display case closest to the theater entrance.
- Descendants 2 costumes.
- I skipped the movie and walked back through the displays to exit.
- Passed through the Incredible Celebration area, it was really quiet.
- A billboard for the Disney Plus movie Noelle
- Also one for Frozen 2
- As you walk around the park plenty of A-Frames up telling you there are no more boarding passes for Rise of the Resistance
- 10:36am and up to group 46.
- Wait times around the park this morning.
- The new building for the Toy Story restaurant is taking shape.
- Entering Toy Story Land.
- The extended queue is not in use for Slinky dog. Umbrellas are up and offering zero shade at the moment.
- Found the end of the line but no indication of the wait.
- Other signs trying to help people find their way.
- A little hard to read but 80 minute standby time posted.
- We had FastPass+ so the rest of the group went for a ride.
- Then we headed for Batuu.
- Fans are throughout the land to help with the Florida weather.
- Approaching Black Spire Outpost
- Some pictures from a sunny walk through Black Spire Outpost on Batuu in Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge.
- A queue set up for PhotoPass (this is where there is another entrance/exit to the land at Disneyland).
- The PhotoPass location is 360 degree camera.
- A quick look at the First Order Store.
- This morning a closer look at the small Millennium Falcon on the underside of the large one.
- 100 minute wait this morning to ride Smuggler's Run
- In line to try the super zoom magic shot from PhotoPass since there were only two groups waiting.
- The view while I waited.
- It was a two stop process. First up a standard photopass photo then the super zoom which is taken by a remote camera on the far side of the courtyard and will zoom in and out on you.
- Putting down more tape to try and keep guests out of the PhotoPass area.
- X Marks the spot where you need to stand for the Photo.
- Umbrellas up throughout the land to try and help with shade. Really a different look than Anaheim with them.
- Rontos
- Walking through the Marketplace
- A card game going on as I passed by.
- The Marketplace this morning.
- The colors here are different than in Anaheim.
- There are a lot of Cast Members at the entrance to Rise of the Resistance to help with the various queues and checks. This group was checking for FastPass returns (FastPasses/reboarding passes are issued if it goes down as well as for boarding groups that did not get called the previous day).
- The Standby Entrance. The small sign on the left has the boarding group info
- 11:25am and on group 54.
- This line of Cast Members scans your Magic Band/Ticket to verify your boarding group then you can enter the queue.
- Heading toward Grand Ave.
- Lunch time at Rizzo's
- The view from the second story.
- Donald water art
- The Tower of Terror in the distance
- A lot of guests moving around Echo Lake
- All ready for Christmas
- Back to Hollywood Blvd.
- Walked through Mickey's of Hollywood.
- A good size line of guests entering the park at 12:15 as I exited.
- A final look at Mickey as I exited and headed for the Disney Skyliner.