This page is to help you quickly jump through this picture set. Below you will see a listing of the pages and the captions on that page.

• Page Number: 1
  

  We start off at the Magical Express desk at 6:40am... not much of a crowd
  Entering Disney property around 7:15am
  Noticed the road signs have the studios new name on them
  

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  Approaching the Contemporary (where we stayed all seven nights)
  The front desk (around 7:30am)
  Arriving at the Animal Kingdom, it was 9:15am
  

• Page Number: 3
  

  West Palm was out front greeting people
  Banners were up for the 10th anniversary today
  As were the Year of a Million Dreams banners that are everywhere.
  

• Page Number: 4
  

  There were several stations set up around the park to celebrate earth day as well as the 10th anniversary
  Our first destination was the 9:45am Joe Rohde presentation.
  Val Bunting, vice president of Animal Kingdom, made the introduction
  

• Page Number: 5
  

  Joe took the stage
  He then gave a great talk about the formation of Animal Kingdom, here are some shots of a couple of the slides he showed
  

• Page Number: 6
  

  Some early concept maps
  

• Page Number: 7
  

  An early entrance concept
  

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• Page Number: 9
  

  Storyboards for the Safari
  

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• Page Number: 12
  

  Next up we went for a trip on the Safari
  

• Page Number: 13
  

• Page Number: 14
  

  I did not grab a picture of his sign, but he is the artist who makes the masks they sell
  

• Page Number: 15
  

  One of the Earth Day stops in Africa
  It was hard to get a good shot due to the crowd/set up.. it was basically a row of tables and you had a shopping list, once completed you got a pin.
  

• Page Number: 16
  

  De Vine out in Africa
  Waiting in line at Flame Tree BBQ
  

• Page Number: 17
  

  Joe Rohde was making an appearance at the gift shop too
  Next up we head off to do some shopping..
  While waiting for the bus, noticed the signs for the studios are changed
  

• Page Number: 18
  

  Our first stop was the Animal Kingdom Lodge, here they are working on the existing building
  In the distance you can see the new villas
  

• Page Number: 19
  

  Some shots of the construction
  

• Page Number: 20
  

• Page Number: 21
  

  Heading out to Downtown Disney
  

• Page Number: 22
  

  En route to Downtown Disney
  On the way back to the Contemporary we drove by what was Eagle Pines, now is a semi flattened construction site where they were burning debris
  The pictures did not come out well (I have better ones later in the week)
  

• Page Number: 23
  

  They were working on the area near the Contemporary Bus stop
  Also noticed part of the new walkway is installed connecting the DVC tower to the main tower.
  

• Page Number: 24
  

  Here are some shots of our room (note all Contemporary Resort rooms were redone over the past couple years)
  

• Page Number: 25
  

  The computer on the left is the one that came in the room and is for the online concierge service and you can use it to surf the internet
  The closets, the fridge is in the cabinet in the middle
  The bathroom
  

• Page Number: 26
  

  The soap/shampoo/etc.. the giftshop now sells this too
  

• Page Number: 27
  

• Page Number: 28
  

  The view out the window, we had a standard garden wing, garden view room, we would have had a view of the lake if that tree was not in the way
  

• Page Number: 29
  

  Looking to the left
  Down at ground level looking up
  The bus stop
  

• Page Number: 30
  

  Look at how bare this is, compare to a shot I have in a couple of days.
  A look a the new tower
  An ashtray along the walkway to the Magic Kingdom
  

• Page Number: 31
  

  The glass blowers shop on Main Street has been redone and looks great
  

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• Page Number: 33
  

  There was a photo shoot going on near the castle
  

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• Page Number: 35
  

  The benches along the River looked recently redone or at least really clean
  

• Page Number: 36
  

  The stage in Tomorrowland.
  

• Page Number: 37
  

  The Contemporary work from in the park
  

• Page Number: 38
  

  A classic sunset shot, makes you wish for the skyway again when you could really get these great shots.
  

• Page Number: 39
  

  Now some shots playing around with framing and the wide angle lens
  

• Page Number: 40
  

• Page Number: 41
  

  Thought this was funny a large sign for dinning plan people at the Noodle station.