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PHOTO REPORT: Magic Kingdom 12/13/17 (Main Street Fountain Removal, New Merchandise, Club 33, 2018 Stuff, ETC.)

WDWNT on December 21, 2017

Our latest photo report brings us to the Magic Kingdom on the verge of what is expected to be one of the busiest holiday seasons in its entire history. Let’s see what’s new and exciting around the park, shall we?

Welcome to the Magic Kingdom

An advertisement for Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 80th anniversary can be found outside of the park.

More 2018 merchandise is trickling in.

This Chip and Dale plush set with them hiding under an ear hat is just about the cutest thing I have ever seen.

Clubbin’

Work continues on the new Club 33 location for the Magic Kingdom in the Adventureland.

This and That

Several new MagicBands were recently released.

Tick… tock… tick… tock…

SURPRISE! The sushi is already gone from the Cool Ship in Tomorrowland.

D-Tech on Demand in Tomorrowland now offers some Space Mountain phone cases you won’t find anywhere else.

They also have designs for Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party.

The Dress Shop items have moved into Uptown Jewelers now, which makes marginally more sense than the House of Magic.

It hasn’t been the most pleasant week here…

Farewell Fountain

The beloved fountain near First Aid on Main Street has been removed and paved over, likely to clear a path for an exit bypass that will be used during the busy holiday weeks at the park.

I’m curious to see if it returns…

Mousecellaneous

The Mickey Mouse Ray-Bans are in stock at the Sunglass Hut in Adventureland.

To advertise the arrival, the location has a giant pair of the glasses… They wouldn’t let me try them on…

Yup, it has been cold.

Rose Gold mouse ears are plentiful in every park at the moment.

Minnie’s Bake Shop has been rebranded as Minnie’s Sweets, with several items repackaged and some new items introduced.

A Baymax ear hat has been released.

SHOP NOW: Celebrate 80 Years of Snow White With Limited Release Shirts & Limited Edition Lithographs

WDWNT on December 11, 2017

ShopDisney.com is now featuring a number of items in the “Art of Snow White” collection to mark the 80th Anniversary of this landmark film. Among the items are several limited release shirts, and a limited edition lithograph set. The shirts are all part of a mix-and-match 2 for $44 promotion, and are available only until December 13, 2017.

The women’s raglan retails for $32.95 (or 2 for $44).

The women’s portrait shirt retails for $29.95 (or 2 for $44).

The men’s “Bite” shirt retails for $29.95 (or 2 for $44).

The women’s white forest shirt retails for $29.95 (or 2 for $44).

The Limited Edition Lithograph Set retails for $49.95 and is limited to 1000 sets.

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PHOTO REPORT: Magic Kingdom 10/31/17 (MARVEL Invasion, New Princess & Tinker Bell Merchandise, Halloween Party, Club 33, ETC.)

WDWNT on November 2, 2017

Our latest photo report brings us to the Magic Kingdom for one last look at the Halloween season before Christmas settles in next week.

Welcome to the Magic Kingdom

The last Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Part is on November 1st, and then it’s full speed to the Christmas season at the park.

A section of the Emporium is still behind tarps.

Items in the Vera Bradley Alice in Wonderland collection are buy one, get one 50% off at Uptown Jewelers.

The Little Mermaid collection is also available here.

A smaller version of The Dress Shop has opened towards Casey’s Corner. Many of the dresses, purses, and more from the Disney Springs shop can be found here now.

For some reason, this limited release shirt from ShopDisney is being sold in the parks concurrently. The location makes sense as this space was the House of Magic many years ago. Hopefully, more limited release shirts like this get released at the parks as well. Sadly, the matching MagicBand is online only.

The more confusing part is putting the shirt in a window that’s currently boarded up and no one can see…

Even though a few parties remain, any guest at the Magic Kingdom can now buy select items from the event.

As I said last year, I don’t agree with this. At least wait for the last party to end or send it to the outlets. It takes away one of the parks of the very expensive party ticket.

The Club That’s Made Not for You and Me

As we reported over the weekend, work has begun on what will likely be the Club 33 locations for the Magic Kingdom, the remainder of the old Adventureland Veranda.

The path into Adventureland is quite narrow right now due to the work.

Some are speculating that this work is actually for a permanent Moana meet and greet, but it seems way too extensive for something so minor.

Giant sections of awning that have been there since the 70’s have been removed. This wouldn’t be necessary for a meet and greet and could have been kept.

With a little tree clearing, the patio would offer some unique fireworks views for Club 33 guests.

This and That

All of the trees between Be Our Guest Restaurant and the village had to be removed due to hurricane damage.

In fairness, it doesn’t look terrible since all of the walls the trees covered are well-themed.

We’re still hoping they plant some new trees, at least to cover this speaker tower.

Work continues on the outdoor covered seating area at Cosmic Ray’s Starlight Cafe. Should open very soon.

Pecos Bill’s has added an menu with pictures… it’s a window cling.

Splash Mountain is still closed for refurbishment.

Some new holiday plush for sale. Goofy’s sweater features bulbs that actually light up.

You can get the blown-glass Monorail ornament personalized at Ye Olde Christmas Shoppe.

For some reason, they have a Haunted Mansion merchandise cart out in front of the store selling accessories. I suppose this is to capitalize on Halloween Party guests.

Princess ApparelÂ

A number of new Princess items were released recently, including this Snow White line.

$36.99

$39.99

$36.99

$39.99

Sir Mickey’s has the new Little Mermaid line as well.

The collection also includes this hoodie, $49.99.

Jasmine top, $36.99

Aurora top, $36.99

Belle long sleeve top, $44.99

There are also 4 new Tinker Bell shirts. They range in price from $36.99-39.99.

A large section of Sir Mickey’s is now selling items from Olaf’s Frozen Adventure.

This pillow is exclusive to the parks.

It retails for $27.99.

Shop ‘Till You Drop

Disney’s Making A Live Action Version Of “Snow White”

WDWNT on November 8, 2016

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The newest Disney animated classic to get the live action treatment is the one that started it all, “Snow White”.

According to The Hollywood Reporter:

Disney is ready to take on another of its classic fairytales with a new musical, live-action version of Snow White.

Erin Cressida Wilson, who penned the adaptation of The Girl on the Train, is in negotiations to write the script for the film, which will expand upon the story and music from the beloved animated classic.

The movie will include new songs, with songwriters Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, who most recently wrote the lyrics for La La Land, attached to pen the new music.

Marc Platt, who also is working with Disney on Mary Poppins Returns, is attached to produce.

After the overwhelming positive response from what we have seen so far with Disney’s live action “Beauty And The Beast”, I would expect Disney to make a more faithful adaption to their own original animated classic. So dont expect another “Mirror Mirror” or “Snow White And The Huntsman”

Source: The Hollywood Reporter

Fantasy Faire Architecture to Extend Fantasyland at Disneyland Park

WDWNT on January 3, 2013

By Erin Glover on the Disney Parks Blog:

If you’ve visited Disneyland park recently, you may have noticed that Fantasy Faire is quickly taking shape next toSleeping Beauty Castle. Opening this spring, Fantasy Faire will not only be a home for Disney princesses, but it will also be a natural extension of Fantasyland. To find out how the look and architecture of this new area will be designed to flow with Sleeping Beauty Castle and Fantasyland, I went to the creative lead for the project: Michel Den Dulk, Creative Director, Walt Disney Imagineering.

“My goal,” he said, “was that the new Fantasy Faire would meld over into the existing Fantasyland naturally.” He said that his intention would be for first-time visitors to never suspect that this addition came later than the rest of Fantasyland.

“I took a lot of inspiration from the classic Disney movies like ‘Pinocchio.’ There’s some reference that’s in the architecture to the way the backgrounds of ‘Pinocchio’ are drawn. I took inspiration from the castle – you’ll see that there’s a lot of gold finials and beautiful banners and turrets that are similar to Sleeping Beauty Castle … So it really looks like it’s all part of the existing Fantasyland.”

Another key piece of architecture in Fantasy Faire will be the Royal Theatre, which was the former Carnation Plaza Gardens Stage. “My main inspiration there,” Michel explained, “was a Gothic kind of fair. King Arthur Carrousel and all the structures surrounding Dumbo – those were the main inspiration for the theatre structure.”

We’ll have more updates on Fantasy Faire – including the opening date – here on the Disney Parks Blog in the coming weeks, so keep checking back!

Dirk Wallen’s 8/16-19/12 WDW Photo Report

WDWNT on December 21, 2012

WDWNT Reporter Dirk Wallen was all over the Walt Disney World Resort this weekend, visiting Downtown Disney, the Magic Kingdom, and Disney’s Hollywood Studios. He took some great photos on his trip and has them to share with us in this photo report:

Looks like the Earful Tower is being painted or repaired

At the Magic Kingdom the Bakery has been out from behind tarps for a while now

The old Swan Boat dock is getting refurbished at the moment

Work continues on Princess Fairytale Hall

The Castle Walls are approaching completion

We still can’t go on the second level of Village Haus to take photos…

More grass being placed on the facade of Under the Sea: Journey of the Little Mermaid

The structure for the new Fantasyland restrooms is coming along nicely

The Yankee Trader is open but behind tarps

The Crow’s Nest is still being worked on

Next-Gen FASTPASS has been installed at Haunted Mansion, but it is still covered

Work is wrapping up on the Tomorrowland bridge and we can now see new futuristic railings have been installed

Another look at the Swan Boat dock

Another look at the work on the new bathrooms

Moving over to Epcot, Habit Heroes is still closed!

Epcot 30th anniversary merchandise is starting to hit shelves, like this awesome lanyard!

Perry the Platypus/Phineas and Ferb snacks are available, but I’m more interested in what’s on those Epcot-only popcorn buckets and cups…

A permanent DVC booth is being built next door to the Canada pavilion

Phineas and Ferb topiary still up

A quick stop at Downtown Disney shows us the progress on the new Rainforest Cafe volcano

Moving to Disney’s Hollywood Studios, there’s a Frankenweenie ad in the parking lot

The first sign of work on The Legend of Jack Sparrow is this blue coat of paint on the building matching the colors now used for the Superstar Television Theater complex

Oz billboard behind the Great Movie Ride

Frankenweenie as well

Wreck-It Ralph and Frankenweenie up in the Animation Courtyard

Finding Nemo banners hanging in the courtyard

At the end of PPIXAR Place, you can find this Finding Nemo billboard

Halloween merchandise is out!

Awesome shirt featuring the Haunted Mansion and the Fab 5

Another shirt has the Hatbox Ghost

Our last stop is a look at Grand Floridian DVC wing construction

It’s coming along…

Tom Corless’ 8/23-8/29/12 WDW Photo Report

WDWNT on December 21, 2012

I visited the Walt Disney World Resort last week covering all four of the theme parks and I have plenty of newsworthy pictures to share, so let’s take a look at what’s happening around the Vacation Kingdom:

The Rainforest Cafe sign inside Animal Kingdom is still missing

Beastly Bazaar is closed to become a character meet and greet experience this Fall

Wreck-It Ralph has taken over the display at the exit of the Magic of Disney Animation show

Vannelope is voiced by Sarah Silverman

That cake looks so real…

The game Fix-It Felix is inspired by games such as Rampage and Donkey Kong

Ralph even started as a monster just like one you would find in Rampage

Niceland is the city in the game

Ralph and Felix

Hero’s Duty might end up being the darkest looking scenes in any Disney animated film ever…

Hero’s Duty is inspired by games such as Gears of War and Halo

Voiced by Jane Lynch

Sugar Rush is inspired by games such as Mario Kart

Looks like a possible villain to me…

They were painting the next Ink and Paint Cell to be released while I was there

A Hatbox Ghost big figure has been released

There’s also a new Stitch figure

For the first time in ages, the decorations in The Studio Store do not represent a single new film!

Nice to see the original intended decorations back for once

Banners for Finding Nemo 3D up

The LEgend of Jack Sparrow building was painted blue

Walls are now up near the front of the building

The menu has been drastically changed at Backlot Express

BUFFALO CHICKEN BREAST NUGGETS! AHHHHHHH!

Next-Gen FASTPASS preparations already made at American Idol

Moving over to Epcot, work continues on the new Disney Vacation Club booth near Canada

A strange wall has popped up in the queue for Journey Into Imagination

Possibly FASTPASS related?

The Kim Possible sign-up areas in Innoventions have been completely removed

While passing by on the monorail we could see that the new parking lot for the Grand Floridian DVC wing is almost complete

Moving on to the Magic Kingdom, the park is ready for Halloween

There is a new banner at the beginning of Celebrate a Dream Come True

I’m not sure when it happened, but Mickey and Minnie are in normal clothing on their float

The Junioe Jungle Boats outside of the Jungle Cruise have reportedly been closed permanently

Next-gen FASTPASS ready to go at the Jungle Cruise

Same at Big Thunder Mountain Railroad

Meanwhile, some rather drastic queue modifications have been made at Pirates of the Caribbean

There is now a point where the two queues meet

Work continues on the former Fantasyland Skyway site, soon to be home to a new walkway and restrooms

Thought this was an interesting shot as it gives you an idea of where the Mine Train will be as you walk into Fantasyland

Seven Dwarfs’ Mine Train construction

The Castle Walls are nearing completion

Some work being done on the roof of Mickey’s Philharmagic

Most of the Snow White facade is now gone in preparation for Princess Fairytale Hall

Grass continues to be installed on the roof of Under the Sea: Journey of the Little Mermaid

The signage has been installed on Big Top Souvenirs in Storybook Circus

I LOVE the popcorn lights…

FOOD!

Some new Space Mountain shirts are available

Moving back to Fantasyland, the lights were on inside the Castle Walls

Lights were on in the Beauty and the Beast area as well

They were testing lighting on the turrets of the Castle Walls as well

The Mickey-O-Lanterns are much brighter and actually flicker this year

Magic Kingdom “New Fantasyland” Construction Update – 6/6/12

WDWNT on October 30, 2012

What’s the latest on the New Fantasyland project at the Magic Kingdom? I took plenty of photos during my most recent trip of the progress, so let’s take a look:

Snow White’s Scary Adventures is closed….

Walls go down to Sir Mickey’s

The Seven Dwarfs’ Mine is still open

Speaking of the Seven Dwarfs’, here’s the progress on the Mine Train

The Dumbo marquee was finally installed and the Timothy figure from the old ride is back!

The back of the sign is pretty neat

Work continues on the former Tigger’s Bouncy Place

Rumor is that Winnie the Pooh and Tigger will be doing meet and greets in this new spot

The facade of Under the Sea: Journey of the Little Mermaid is looking great

More Mine Train

The second Dumbo spinner was testing all week, should be open any day now

Another look at Mermaid

Big Top Souvenirs still under construction

More Mermaid

The new Dumbo sign on a sunnier day…

The hose that the monkey uses to spray guests will go across the entire Casey Jr. Splash ‘N’ Soak Station

Guests have been ripping the handles off of the luggage near the train station

They aren’t doing too well

Some were completely ripped off

Hadn’t see this reference yet

The unlabeled structure next to Pete’s Silly Sideshow is coming along nicely

Pete’s Silly Sideshow progress

Another look at the mystery structure

Some new steel has appeared at the base of the Mine Train

Looks like one of the lower hills

A new stand-by wait sign up at the second dumbo spinner

An arrow was added to the construction walls so it is clearer to guests what is back in Storybook Circus

A day later and a primer coat of paint is going on the new covered area in the Pooh queue

The Castle Walls are coming along quickly

Walls also up near the Carousel

The old Skyway site is still pretty barren

Tarps up at “it’s a small world”

Storybook Circus Opens Late March, Snow White Closes Late May

WDWNT on February 25, 2012

From Jennifer Fickley-Baker on the Disney Parks Blog:

Who’s ready for an update on New Fantasyland? I just heard that the first elements of Storybook Circus will open by late March, marking the first in a series of progressive openings for the largest expansion in Magic Kingdom Park history.

Among the first experiences to open will be one carousel of Dumbo the Flying Elephant, a re-themed Barnstormer starring the Great Goofini and the Fantasyland Station of the Walt Disney World Railroad.

In designing Storybook Circus, Imagineers were inspired by Disney’s animated film, “Dumbo.” When complete later this year, the area will be filled with multicolored circus tents and other nods to the film. The section will also feature Casey Jr., the famous locomotive from the movie, who has rolled into town, bringing the circus with him.

Beyond Storybook Circus and as we mentioned in a previous post, the Disney Princesses will be getting a new home at the location where Snow White’s Scary Adventures is today. The last day of operation for this attraction will be Thursday, May 31.

We look forward to sharing more with you throughout the year as our work progresses.

A few interesting notes to be made:

-The Casey Jr. Splash ‘N’ Soak Station is not mentioned, so now will be opening sometime after March.

-Snow White’s Scary Adventures is not supposed to close until Under the Sea: Journey of the Little Mermaid is ready to open, so it is very possible that the new attraction will open sometime around May 31, 2012.

-Soft openings for Dumbo, Barnstormer, and Fantasyland Station can happen at any point now as the project nears completion, mid-March is just the official opening date

Zach Larson’s 3/7-8/11 WDW Photo Report

WDWNT on March 10, 2011

It has been way too long since we have had a photo report to share with you, but luckily Zach Larson has broken the dry-spell with some photos taken at Disney’s Hollywood Studios and Epcot over the last two days. Enjoy:

The Speederbike photo-op is behind walls

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PHOTO REPORT: Magic Kingdom 12/13/17 (Main Street Fountain Removal, New Merchandise, Club 33, 2018 Stuff, ETC.)

Welcome to the Magic Kingdom

Clubbin’

This and That

Farewell Fountain

Mousecellaneous

SHOP NOW: Celebrate 80 Years of Snow White With Limited Release Shirts & Limited Edition Lithographs

PHOTO REPORT: Magic Kingdom 10/31/17 (MARVEL Invasion, New Princess & Tinker Bell Merchandise, Halloween Party, Club 33, ETC.)

Welcome to the Magic Kingdom

The Club That’s Made Not for You and Me

This and That

Princess ApparelÂ

Shop ‘Till You Drop

Disney’s Making A Live Action Version Of “Snow White”

Fantasy Faire Architecture to Extend Fantasyland at Disneyland Park

Dirk Wallen’s 8/16-19/12 WDW Photo Report

Tom Corless’ 8/23-8/29/12 WDW Photo Report

Magic Kingdom “New Fantasyland” Construction Update – 6/6/12

Storybook Circus Opens Late March, Snow White Closes Late May

Zach Larson’s 3/7-8/11 WDW Photo Report

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