Matt Paul has just returned from two day’s of fun at the Walt Disney World Resort and has a plethora of photos to share with us from his journeys, so let’s take a look:
“Celebrate Today!” over and over and over again
The West Side was a ghost town early in the morning
Some new decorations for “Celebrate Tonight!” at Pleasure Island
They have repainted this refreshment/DJ building
The Paradiso 37 restaurant is now open
Characters in Flight blends nicely into scenery at Downtown Disney
The entrance of the Design-a-Tee shop is under refurbishment
A bus to the new Treehouse Villas at Saratoga Springs
Welcome to the Magic Kingdom, or as we’re calling it now, Refurbland
Tarps are up on the Penny Arcade facade
As well as the Hall of Champions
Guests can still walk through
A bubble machine was running by the hub for some reason
“I’m not waiting that long for this attraction!”
A new stage is being built for the Captain Jack Sparrow Pirate Tutorial across from Pirates of the Caribbean
The Diamond Horseshoe is still under tarps
A strange tarp is up on the top of this building
The Hall of Presidents is still under tarps, even though we are just two weeks away from Passholder previews
Are these Eagles on the lampposts new?
Ye Old Christmas Shoppe is also under tarps
The backside of the tarp features trees
“it’s a small world” and Pinocchio’s Village Haus are behind tarps as well
The entrance is temporarily back on the right side of the attraction
The wait time sign has actually been embedded in the walls
This is what it would look like if the queue was enclosed….
Space Mountain is still closed
The old Skyway building is still under refurbishment
The Frontierland Railroad Station is still under tarps as well
Back to Space Mountain, where there are people working on the roof
The TTA is closed until late August
A really cool sign telling guests about the closure
Matt then watched the Celebrate a Dream Come True Parade
“Please don’t hit me with that baton…”
The princess unit has received a new pain scheme
The white frosting has been turned blue
They also repainted the white railings here gold
More new blue frosting
Star Wars Weekends has wrapped up at Disney’s Hollywood Studios
The “Alice in Walt Disney World” cel was released at the Animation Gallery on Saturday
The parks have been very crowded all week
The San Francisco Street facade has returned and is looking very good
We end this report with the Green Army Men teaching some new recruits. Thanks for the report Matt!!!
