Town Square Theater Soft-Opens to Guests!

WDWNT on March 31, 2011

Town Square Theater on Main Street U.S.A. at the Magic Kingdom held some soft openings yesterday to welcome the very first guests to the new homes of Mickey Mouse and the Disney Princesses. We have a ton of photos from WDWNT Reporters Robert Ashburn and Taylor Martina to share with you. Keep in mind that they both made several trips through the lines at the new location, so these photos are presented in the order they were taken. Basically, you will see that we go in circles from entrance, to meet and greet, to entrance over and over again. We would have attempted to sort all of these photos together in order, but we really wanted to get this information out to you as soon as possible. Without any further ado, here is an in-depth look at Town Square Theater:

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Wait times sign for Mickey inside. Don’t expect to see this wait very often…

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Town Square Theater’s Magical Transformation – Inside and Out

WDWNT on March 26, 2011

WDWNT Reporter Banks Lee visited The Magic Kingdom yesterday and took some great pictures of some newly revealed details at Town Square Theater on Main Street U.S.A.:

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Banners for the Princesses and Magician Mickey are now up outside

The sign that was installed a few weeks ago

The Princesses will be living here until at least late 2012

This will be Mickey’s permanent home

Wait time signs await activation

Inside, work is wrapping up

A beautiful tile mural wrapping the new area into the Main Street story has been revealed

Signage directs guests to the three separate venues. The theater entrance is the gateway to the meet and greet experiences

Tony’s Town Square restaurant has reconfigured their waiting area so a line does not flow into the center of the new lobby that will now be pretty busy

This area is Box Office Gifts. There is a sign outside for a “Curtain Call Collectibles”, which we assume is another shop at the exit of the meet and greets

The Town Square Theater is officially opening on April 1st, so stay tuned to WDW News Today as we keep you up-to-date on this exciting project!

PICTURES: NEW Interactive Queue at the Haunted Mansion Open to Guests

WDWNT on March 14, 2011

The new interactive queue area for the Magic Kingdom’s Haunted Mansion that we have been watching the construction of since October 2010 has finally been completed! WDWNT Reporter Taylor Martina was on the scene to bring us pictures and a first-hand report of the new elements:

The line was long, really a perfect day to open the new interactive queue

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