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- Onboard and leaving the Riviera Station at 1:09pm
- Regular traffic flow now vs this morning to enter the resort.
- Looking across at the other portion of the line.
- This large crane is backstage at Epcot and is being used to move barges for the new fireworks show.
- Spaceship Earth
- Some of the sights of Epcot over the treeline.
- The American Adventure
- Buena Vista Drive
- Approaching Epcot you get a great view of the France Expansion work.
- Here is a video of the approach. This is from a cell phone and I was taking still too so it is a little jumpy.
- The building on the far left appears to be restrooms.
- The green to the right appears to be queue space or maybe dining space.
- The main show building in the background and in the foreground a utility area.
- Looking up the walkway that you will use to enter/exit the area. To the left is the International Gateway.
- A better view of the concrete work going this direction thanks to the suns location this afternoon.
- Approaching the International Gateway.
- The gateway renovation work is just about done. Only a couple walls remained during my visit.
- A sign for the Friendship Boats. FYI it was 12 minutes travel time from Riviera to here.
- Norway across World Showcase Lagoon.
- The restrooms were open at World Showplace today.
- Canadian Holiday Voyageurs performing.
- The new temporary Starbucks racing toward completion, it is adjacent to new restrooms and the Refreshment port.
- The new restrooms look to be just about finished.
- Innoventions West is stripped down to the steel in most areas and soon will be completely gone.
- This corner is still somewhat intact. Looks like they were testing some colors or something on it.
- Wonders of Life dome with the Guardians building looming beyond it.
- Moving around to the center side to check on the Innoventions work.
- Walking through Mousegear
- The newest color to hit store shelves.
- A look at the Innovention demo work from near the Electric Umbrella/Mouse Gear walkway.
- The Art of Disney has been closed as they prepare to start removing this half of Innoventions West.
- Walls up along the walkway from Art of Disney to the restrooms where a new walkway is being added heading toward the Seas.
- Spaceship Earth
- On the opposite side another walkway being added. You can see right through now.
- Current popcorn bucket choices.
- The trees between Wonders of Life and Mission Space are gone.
- A water refill station at this drinking fountain in Epcot Experience.
- Cranes where a new hotel tower will soon be rising.
- Passing by Norway
- Paused in Germany for some caramel corn.
- Hmm.. no pasta in Italy right now.
- The flowers look night for a backdrop but I enjoyed the open view and being able to walk through here.
- The standby line was already stretching toward Italy and it was 2 hours before the first Candlelight.
- Pat Sajak was the narrator this evening.
- Not a lot of visible progress on the Smokehouse.
- The Art of Disney has taken over the small gift shop to the right at the American Adventure.
- A look around inside.
- This corner had some interesting Disney history.
- The Guardians building is massive.
- Pavement replacement in France continues. They started in the back and are working their way forward section by section overnight.
- Here you can see old on the right, recent on the top and less recent but replaced on the left.
- Where the old meets new.
- More sections of the old are cut and ready for removal.
- This area still looks so bare without the trees.
- Temporary concrete where the trees used to be. Assuming this will blend in once they redo this area.
- Goofy near the International Gateway walkway
- Minnie Mouse (and Mickey was nearby) at the International Gateway.
- Back at the Boardwalk to relax for a few minutes before heading to dinner. If you were curious on time it was 15 minutes from Minnie Mouse to here.