This week, we have news and photos from Animal Kingdom, Hollywood Studios, and the Magic Kingdom! Lots of photos, so let’s get this show on the road!
Welcome to Animal Kingdom!Still lots of walls up at this park.The Avatar walls have been brought closer to the center of the park. From the parking lot, you can now see steel for the main attraction rising.This should be where the AK Starbucks goes.
Walls up here for a new marketplace on the right hand side of Harambe.
Construction for Rivers of Light show.
Another view of the Rivers of Light construction.Flame Tree BBQ still closed.More walls.The Tree of Life area is far more wide open now than it was before. Off to the Studios!Welcome to Hollywood!
That giant disk at the end of the street is all that’s left of the hat . . . getting there!Starbucks officially opened at DHS this week. Let’s go inside!
The You Are Here mug is now available.
Trolley Car details.
Love this stuff.
Time for many views of the Hat deconstruction.
Soon, this will be but a distant memory.
This car was missing for a while, but now it’s back!
Time to head to Magic Kingdom!Welcome to the Magic Kingdom!Painting happening to keep the entrance fresh.Scrims still up on Main Street.
A look at the Tomorrowland side of the Hub construction.
New trees!!
The planters in the center of the Hub are now gone and paved over.
Partners is still in a box.
Coming along!
You get a better idea of where the new planters and green spaces will be here.
There are a lot of big, new trees here. Very important to the feel of the area, excellent.
Scrims still up in Adventureland.
Splash Mountain is open again after its annual refurb.
I didn’t ride because it was 46 degrees that morning!
Drained moat!All but a few of the Holiday lights are down.Crane still there in Fantasyland.
Mine Train was down for a chunk of the morning.
Long lines still for Be Our Guest.Little Mermaid is down for a refurb. Here’s hoping we get the enhancements DCA got!
Walking out.
That’s it for now!
That’s going to do it for this week! How do you all feel about the changes and construction at these three parks? Let us know in the comments!
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