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.

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  Arrived at MCO to find an empty Magical Express area (what you would expect at 6:15am)
  They have some Celebrate Today decorations out
  

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  Heading onto Disney property (6:45am)
  One of the first billboards is for the American Idol Experience
  A steady stream of cars even at this hour.
  

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  Our destination, the Contemporary
  Forgot to grab a shot of the bus at the airport (we had our own again this trip)
  

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  No crowd at the checkin counter either
  

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  Our room was ready so we went to drop off the bags. Here was our great view!
  We were on the sixth floor (right above the monorail)
  

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  The view from the room door, into the Grand Canyon Concourse
  The busses (and monorails) have celebration markings
  

• Page Number: 8
  

  Next stop the Animal Kingdom Lodge (thanks to a great bus driver who took us directly there vs going to the Animal Kingdom and having to switch busses). Here is the new sign for the original part of the resort
  The bus signs have been updated with info on how to get to the new DVC (Disney Vacation Club) portion of the resort.
  

• Page Number: 9
  

  A look down at Boma from the lobby
  The stairs I just came down
  

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  Breakfast... 8am (not bad to be eating 2 hours after landing)
  A look around Boma
  

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  Two random lobby shots before heading to the new part
  

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  Waiting for the bus
  The road to access Kidani Village (the new DVC portion of the resort)
  

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  Pulling up to the bus stop the first thing that caught my eye was the parking under the resort.
  The lobby
  Looking back at the bus stop structure
  

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  Signs to help guide you around.
  The lights on the drop off area
  

• Page Number: 17
  

  On the walls throughout the resort are quotes
  Stepping into the lobby its a smaller version of the main lodge (I forgot to adjust for the backlighting)
  

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  To the left is the front desk
  To the right the gift shop
  Some seating in the center of the lobby
  

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  Walking through the lobby and looking out to the savanna.
  There is a camp fire and observation area that extends out just like the main building
  

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  Artwork and quotes are throughout the area
  A sitting area off to the right of the observation area
  More artwork
  

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  A fireplace to sit around
  

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  A wider shot of the room
  

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  An activity board in the hallway
  The observation area
  

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  Back to the lobby area
  Heading downstairs
  

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  Off to the right, actually a U-turn from the steps, is the restaraunt.
  

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  They do not serve breakfast
  

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  The view outside from the dining room, you are on the same level as the savanna
  Now heading out to the firepit area
  

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  Looking back
  

• Page Number: 30
  

  This is looking across to the Jambo house, these are the windows I used to take pictures of the construction over the past several visits to WDW
  

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  The savanna had not opened for the day yet
  This is to the right of the lobby. The large arches on the first floor are the restaraunt, the weird arrangement of windows is actually where the elevators are
  

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  The left side, the first floor is just a walkway then the second is where the sitting area was
  Back up to the observation area
  

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  More artwork, this time near the elevators
  

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  Looking out one of the windows
  A peak down the hall
  

• Page Number: 35
  

  The lobby doors that lead outside
  The roof of the gift shop in the lobby
  

• Page Number: 36
  

  Another trashcan shot for our ever increasing by-request section
  A resort map
  

• Page Number: 37
  

  Next up the pool area, Samawati Springs.
  There is a large interactive area (it was not open yet as we were there before 10am).
  

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  A young kids area
  

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  Of course there is a pool bar area too
  

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  Work is still going on near the back of the pool area
  

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  Looking beyond the pool area you see a large field then regular Florida landscape.... wonder if this will be for a phase II somewhere down the road? That would put the pool area in the center of the two wings if it were to happen.
  

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  That is the bar in the distance
  

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  Back out of the pool area and looking at the lobby
  

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  The old security area is now empty as there is a new one down on the main road that is used for both parts of the resort
  Next stop the Magic Kingdom
  

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  Spotted this interaction and just thought it was great to see a character having some one on one time with a child... even if it lasted only a couple seconds
  Some work on Main Street
  

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  More work down the street
  

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  Not a large crowd in the park this afternoon.
  

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  Walls are up between the entrance to Pirates and its gift shop. This is going to be the new Pirate makeover location (Pirates League),
  Here you can see the walls from the giftshop side
  For some reason this sign near Pirates as you head toward Splash Mountain just bugs me.. not sure why though.. maybe its the break in show it causes
  

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  The old McFry cart is gone and in its place this new structure was built.
  

• Page Number: 52
  

  The Menu...
  Goofy signing autographs near Splash Mountain (a CM actually yelled in my direction during this shot saying if its not your child you cannot take pictures which seemed odd to me, especially since as you see the child is well outside the frame.. I was not sure if they were talking to me or not but I took my shot and moved on.)
  

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  Some work on the Diamond Horseshoe
  Work continues on the Hall of Presidents
  

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  Some work across the street too
  

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  Time for the Move It! Shake It! Celebrate It! Street Party
  The opening music is the same as Disneylands street party
  

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  The floats, dancers, etc.. all travel up Main Street to the hub, circle it, perform the show, then circle again and head back down Main Street.
  

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  I was short on time since I wanted to catch Stitch, I come back to see the full Street Party later.
  Again not too crowded as I headed to Tomorrowland
  

• Page Number: 60
  

  Signs warning people of Space Mountains closure
  I arrived just as the show started, this was the second show of Stitchs Supersonic Celebration, it debutted only an hour earlier with the first showing. (It had been in a soft open phase the past few weeks)
  

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  The crowd started off small but grew
  Our host, Tip Trendo
  His backup dancers, the Galaxy Girls
  

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  Stitch makes his appearance on screen
  He interacts with the crowd and host, think Turtle Talk or Laugh Floor
  

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  Tip out in the audience letting Stitch talk to someone
  A gift from Stitch, Robots
  

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  The finale is Stitch coming to perform/take part in the celebration as Elvis.
  

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  By the finale the area had a healthy crowd
  

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  The control room
  

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  The Peoplemover (TTA) is closed for rehab
  The old Galaxy Theater is gone and a new wall is in its place
  

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  Cleaning up for the next show
  

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  More signs in case you did not see the others
  The facade of the old Skyway/restroom building is being worked on, the restrooms are still open
  

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  I really enjoy the walkway from Tomorrowland to Toontown, you can get some interesting/great shots of the steam trains
  

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  Some work being done in Toontown
  

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  All the McDs items are gone from the menus (last trip in December they were still here)
  Still working on the Village Haus
  

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  And now the Small World facade too
  

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  A new roof is going on here
  

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  Had to go see my bears...
  

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  Do you know where this is??
  

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  It is one of the benches in Adventureland near the tree house
  I promised more shots of the Street Party.. so here they come!
  

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  After rolling into position the characters disembark the floats
  

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  Characters then emerge from the gifts
  

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  Then everyone is invited into the street to dance
  

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  All the CMs in the area really seemed into the party too
  

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  Then the floats make the circle one more time
  Before heading back down Main Street.
  

• Page Number: 90
  

  We headed for lunch at the Plaza Restaurant (I keep calling it the Plaza Inn since that is what Disneylands is called)
  A look inside
  

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  Then it was into Tomorrowland again... noticed one of Stitchs Fastpass machines was uncovered
  Throughout all the parks are these special birthday Fastpass machines on attractions that did not have Fastpass operating that day
  My Buzz score (managed to hit a couple 100K targets and maxed it out by the mid point of the attraction (I think my gun was broken I am good but not that good.. I probably only hit 5 or six targets)
  

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  The crowd for a later Stitch show as a little larger
  

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  Celebrate a Dream Come True Parade
  Same Grand Marshall car they have at Disneyland now
  

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  Parade time
  

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  Basically the same floats that have been in the last 2-4 parades (I lost track of the name changes...)
  

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  Heading to the TTC, the Contemporary and Bay Lake Towers
  

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  Some work going on at the TTC
  A Shades of Green bus
  Our bus to the Studios
  

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  The entrance billboard is for American Idol Experience
  A banner for the Studios 20th which was the 1st.
  The wait board, the only really bad one is Toy Story
  

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  One Mans Dream has a couple new displays (I will get in there on a later day for pictures)
  A new D23 logo
  Reduced hours too
  

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  Ended up waiting about 30 minutes for Toy Story
  Then headed for American Idol
  

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  We were a bit late and missed the pre-show
  We were seated right away in
  

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  The theater was maybe 1/5 full
  

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  All the empty seats behind me
  A large screen over the control area which I noticed had the lyrics on it during the performances
  

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  The judges area
  The warm up CM
  

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  A video introduction
  Showtime
  One of a couple camera guys roaming around for the show
  

• Page Number: 114
  

  The host (far right) and three contestants for our show
  The judges
  The first singer had a video clip played from an American Idol contestant
  

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  Then she was off to sing
  And just like the show the judges were there to offer tips, feedback, etc..
  

• Page Number: 116
  

  The winner is announced
  

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  The winner of our show would go on to compete in the finale show against the winners of the other shows then that person wins a golden ticket/fastpass for any American Idol try out so they do not have to wait in line.
  Rumor is some hints were dropped at the 20th anniversary talks that the hat may be leaving soon (hope that is true)
  HSM 3 performing
  

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  Heading to the Yacht Club and dinner at Yachtsman
  

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  A convention event was going on near the marina
  

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  Then it was back to the Contemporary to call it an evening.
  

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  The new Market has opened (pictures inside at on another day)
  The Bay Lake Tower at night.