WDWNT Reporter Adam Roth visited the Magic Kingdom yesterday and has a TON of newsworthy photos to share with us (including a lot of New Fantasyland), so let’s take a look:
Work has begun on the new path into Liberty Square from Fantasyland
The path will cut around the Yankee Trader
Walls still up at the Skyway station, soon to be restrooms
Dumbo closes in the original location on January 9th
Plenty of trees planted in New Fantasyland now, these will be staying
The pavement is a bit messy still
Castle wall construction
PROGRESS!
Prince Eric’s castle is coming along nicely
Awww…
Not too bad…
Another look at the Castle Walls
The first interactive queue
A look at Maurice’s Cottage
Work on the new Dumbo queue
The tower that Goofini will crash through is coming along as well
Belle’s Village
Mermaid rock-work
Bonjour Village Gifts
Goodbye old Dumbo…
Although we will see this one again, slightly remodeled for Storybook Circus
The Barnstormer building looks great off in the distance
If you look in the bottom right, you can see the Dumbo title “D” clearly on the new spinner
What a mess!
Hopefully this will be cleaned up and ready to open next month
This area will take a little longer…
More of Belle’s Village
A better look at barnstormer and the top of the new Dumbo
They have practically rebuilt these tents from scratch at this point
The Be Our Guest restaurant building
Work continues on the facade of Under the Sea: Journey of the Little Mermaid
A lot of construction workers out and about
That’s still one long wall…
Work has shifted into high-speed on Dumbo
Some Storybook Circus pavement is now visible
Back to Under the Sea
Back to Dumbo and Storybook Circus
Maurice’s Cottage, home to Enchanted Tales with Belle
The Castle Wall again
Cement, FINALLY!
Some Haunted Mansion 40th anniversary shirts have been released
Big Thunder Mountain is closing for a 4.5 month refurbishment on Monday
Rumors are that an interactive queue, some new show elements, and a general fix-up will happen over this period
Work pretty much started months ago when the railroad ties were removed
More Main Street facades are being worked on and these will be like this until May. Here is the Bakery
Work continues on the new semi-announced Disney Vacation Club wing at the Grand Floridian
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Great Panoramic photos from high up! First good "overview shots" I've seen.
Oh, I loved this update! It's dark and rainy with thunder in the distance and your post transported me instantly to my favorite place :). My favorite pictures are again the panoramic shots. And I wish I lived in FL to take advantage of that 3 days for $99. Whew!
Thanks for the update Adam! Great shots.
Is it just me or does the forced perspective for the Beast's castle not work at all. It looks like a doll house on top of a bunch of big rocks. Not like mountains and a castle. Pretty disappointing.
nothing quite like the last-minute-realization to show decent progress.
I think the forced perspective works really well- I know just how big it really is, but I have to think about it to see it that way. It doesn't work for my husband, he says he knows how big it is and no visual tricks will fool him. I guess it is one drawback to seeing behind the scenes.