Tim Alcoser’s 9/5/2012 Disneyland Photo Report
Tim Alcoser was at the Disneyland Resort a few days ago and got some pictures of some newsworthy items around Disneyland Park.
Adam Roth’s 3/23/12 WDW Photo Report
WDWNT Reporter Adam Roth visited Epcot, Disney’s Hollywood Studios, and the Magic Kingdom on Friday and has a TON of newsworthy photos to share with us, so let’s take a look:
Flower and Garden Festival in bloom at Epcot
IF ONLY WE HAD XPASS!!!!
Queue modifications are done… it’s a completely different queue experience now…
Peacock
Cool graphics on the Epcot tip board
Enjoy Kim Possible while it lasts
Habit Heroes and the VISION House now on the list inside Innoventions East
Habit Heroes is still closed
I’m offended…
Work continues on the VISION House
Habit Heroes now has a sign on the entry wall
Goodbye
VISION House will be added soon as it opens in April
Phineas and Ferb now have an entire section at MouseGear
AGENT P!
The light-up Vinylmation lamps and Baseball figures now available
Let’s Go Yankees! (Personal bias)
These are buy 1, get 1 50% off
Shouldn’t the Knicks be on the bottom? (I actually am a fan… but I’m realistic)
Let’s go Dolphins! (Please pity me)
2012 dated Vinylmation
Zodiac series
Flower and Garden merchandise
Cool magnets
This is too cool…
If your imagination features Captain EO, seek help
Bambi’s Butterfly House is back
The play area for this year’s festival is called “Let’s Get Moving”
Chimpanzee is coming… before Earth Day?
Can’t imagine why they are changing this…
Exterior work continues at the Seas with Nemo and Friends
A new entrance being worked on, possibly for Turtle Talk
There’s a new path in the queue…
It leads to Seabase
The mural is surviving the work
A new company has taken over the chromakey photo area at Imageworks
It’s pretty empty right now
Amazing Pictures (who you may have seen at Universal Studios) is now here
Hey, why don’t we just start the demolition…
On to the Festival Center
The Flower and Garden, Food and Wine Festival?
A touch-screen map of the Festival available
Body Wars is back there somewhere
The Odyssey has been painted blue
Well, at least the roof
This exhibit is weird…
Tarps are now up for the Tutto Italia refurbishment
FREE SAMPLES!
Another play area
Let’s take a boat over to Studios
We can’t get enough of these
The outline of Roger Rabbit has seen better days
The entrance at Tower of Terror had some pavement replaced
The Star Tours name is on some of the merchandise tags now
On to the Magic Kingdom, Skyway demolition continues in Fantasyland
The Tigger Bounce area being removed from the Pooh queue
Yes, more Dumbo photos…
Storybook Circus sure is something at night
HA!
I love restrooms… there, I said it…
I’ll tell you what I don’t love… the Club 626 Dance Party
A sad not to end on…
John Corigliano’s 3/23-25/12 WDW Photo Report
WDWNT Reporter John Corigliano visited the Walt Disney World Resort this weekend and has some newsworthy photos to share with us, so let’s take a look:
MORE CIRCUS PHOTOS!
Can’t get enough of these shirts
New character shirts
The back
On to Disney’s Hollywood Studios, here’s another look at the Brave exhibit at Magic of Disney Animation
Monsters University billboard
Wreck-It Ralph poster
The remodeled Storyroom
Still no Narnia replacement… and I’m fine with that…
Only 90 minutes…
Splash fountain is being refurbished
Cars meet and greet has had short lines recently
Phineas and Ferb has long lines all the time
The Art of Animation sign is in place along the road
Both hands on the wheel John…
Habit Heroes is still closed
Someone is up in that window…
The Honeymooners? WHY?
Awwww…
Tick… tock…
This is one nerdy reptile… we named him fanboy
“Horizons was the greatest thing EVER!”
Land accross from the site of the new Grand Floridian DVC wing is being cleared, probably for parking
VIDEO: Incredible In-Depth Look at “Dumbo The Flying Elephant” Day & Night
WDWNT Reporter John Corigliano shot and edited a fantastic in-depth look at Dumbo the Flying Elephant in the Storybook Circus of New Fantasyland. This video is a must watch if you have yet to experience the new addition:
Fantasyland Character Shuffle Moves Rapunzel Out and Merida In
As announced on the Disney Parks Blog earlier today, Merida from Disney-PIXAR’s Brave is going to be taking over Rapunzel’s current home in Fairytale Gardens in Fantasyland at the Magic Kingdom.
Merida’s Fairytale Garden meet and greet will be a a setting inspired by her Scottish Highlands home, where young guests will be invited to engage in archery lessons and other activities until it’s their turn to meet her. Joining Merida will be the three bear cubs from the film, who will no doubt be up to plenty of mischief.
To prepare for Merida’s arrival, Rapunzel will be moving from Fairytale Garden April 15, to a new spot at the outskirts of Adventureland where she will continue to do meet and greets, possibly along with Flynn Rider once again.
With the Tangled characters remaining so popular, it is apparent that the move to Adventureland won’t be permanent and that the rumors we reported a few months back of the Fantasyland Skyway replacement including a new meet and greet experience are true. When work is done, we expect to see a new Tangled meet and greet, complete with Rapunzel’s tower from the movie, open in Fantasyland later this year.
Stay tuned for more information on this story as it becomes available.
An Aerial Look at New Fantasyland – March 2012
Courtesy of Scott Keating and scottkeating.net, we once again have some fantastic aerial photos of Fantasyland to share with you:
The base of the old Dumbo is still lingering, guess it isn’t that easy to completely remove…
A lot going on here: The bridge that will serve as the entrance to the Be Our Guest Restaurant is nearing completion, the Mermaid queue entrance is out from behind scaffolding and appears mostly complete with the exception of pavement, and we can now make out a distinguishable footprint for the Seven Dwarves Mine Train
Another angle shows that Gaston’s Tavern is far behind the other buildings in the village
We can now see where the Casey Jr. Splash ‘N’ Soak Station is going in Storybook Circus, but what lies beyond it in the tents is mostly a mystery…
Getting away from Fantasyland, the Big Thunder Mountain refurbishment rolls on with most of the queue being rebuilt, all track being replaced, and a visible fresh coat of paint being applied to the entire mountain
Work continues on the DVC wing of Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort & Spa
Jeff Lukas’ 3/25/12 WDW Photo Report
We welcome Jeff Lukas to the WDWNT team with his first photo report, taking us to the Magic Kingdom and Epcot:
Work continues on the Bakery facade
Dapper Dans
Fantasyland Woodwind Society
The roof on Prince Eric’s Castle is almost complete
More scaffolding came down at Be Our Guest Restaurant
The Fantasyland Skyway station is completely gone
The queue building at Big Thunder Mountain has been rebuilt for the most part
Work continues on the track
Site looks completely cleared for the Grand Floridian DVC
On to Epcot
Story Time is still occupying the former Velcro exhibit in Innoventions
Still closed…
Work continues on the VISION House
Welcome to the Wonders of Flower and Garden Festival Stages and Shopping
Kind of cute…
Still cool
Welcome aboard Jeff!
First Look at Completed Section of New Fantasyland’s Castle Walls
WDWNT reader AJ P. found some more pictures from her trip to share and these few are pretty interesting…
The first completed section of the Castle Wall has been revealed
It stands right near the pit left by the old Dumbo
All that remains is a stroller parking sign
It looks great!
The wall will soon stretch across this area
Carl Rishi’s Walt Disney World Photo Report
WDWNT reader Carl Rishi was nice enough to offer some of his photos from his latest trip for us to share, so let’s take a look:
This banner was up for One More Disney Day
A look at the times guide
The free button
Special cake pops available
They have cupcakes with the stained glass artwork featured in The Magic, The Memories, and You! romance segment
Looking good
Prince Eric’s castle is looking great
The Muppets Star Wars toys are now available
St. Patrick’s Day Mickey plush
Easter Duffy
Flower and Garden topiaries were up already
Disney Offers First Look Inside New Fantasyland’s “Be Our Guest” Restaurant
From Jennifer Fickley-Baker on the Disney Parks Blog:
“Be our guest! Be our guest! Put our service to the test!” Or so the song goes. Who doesn’t love this playful scene from “Beauty and The Beast,” in which the enchanted staff welcomes Belle to the castle in grand style?
And speaking of “style,” Walt Disney Imagineering (WDI) has been busy recreating the castle’s very detailed beauty in the form of the Be Our Guest Restaurant in New Fantasyland at Magic Kingdom Park.
In this video, provided by WDI, Senior Concept Designer Ted Robledo presents our very first sneak peek inside this highly anticipated restaurant. Imagineers recently put the finishing touches on one of its major elements: a massive mural that will serve as the restaurant’s backdrop. Here, Ted shows how WDI combined digital technology with traditional artistry to create a sweeping landscape that gives guests the feeling that they really are walking into a part of the film.