WDWNT Reporter Dirk Wallen visited Disney Springs, Disney’s Hollywood Studios, Animal Kingdom, and Epcot this week and he has a ton of newsworthy photos to share with us in this HUGE photo report, so let’s get started:
Plenty of roadwork still to be done for Disney Springs
A new piece of elevated track is rising on the West Side, between Splitsville and Wolfgang Puck
We now know this large building with be the Boathouse
Disney announced this new restaurant concept last week
They wasted no time in adding ads to the walls for the restaurant
Concept art for the façade of the Boathouse
The small waterside park in The Landing opened this weekend
A nice little area for relaxing and live entertainment
Some of the buildings are out from behind construction walls in The Landing
New concept art for the area now on construction walls
There is a giant inflatable Baymax from Big Hero 6 on the West Side…
These storefronts in The Landing are just about done
The bridge in the Marketplace is also nearing completion
Two small, temporary stores operated by Something Silver opened by Fulton’s recently
The Marketplace bridge with the Rainforest Café façade refurbishment in the background
Shifting gears, Christmas merchandise has invaded the resort
Ornaments
Some Star Wars holiday pins were released
Plenty of Big Hero 6 merchandise is available around the resort
2015 calendars available
New “I Conquered” shirt
Iron Man and Captain America shirts
New Star Wars character glasses
New Darth Vader t-shirt
Some new merchandise was released at the Art of Animation Resort
Over at Epcot, walls finally came down around the area that was closed when a water main was hit after the Flower and Garden Festival
No visible progress at Norway’s Frozen attraction
We tweeted these weeks ago, but if you haven’t seen, some new retro EPCOT Center merchandise has been released
A quick stop at Animal Kingdom reveals work walls near Pangani Forest and Kilimanjaro Safaris
No visible changes at AVATAR, it’s impossible to see from inside the park
Moving to Disney’s Hollywood Studios, work continues on Starbucks and the Trolley Car Café
Nah nah nah nah, nah nah nah nah, hey hey hey…
Big Hero 6 merchandise carts replace the Frozen carts
Banners up in the Animation Courtyard
Work has finally begun on the Big Hero 6 meet and greet inside The Magic of Disney Animation
Big Hero 6 billboard by The Legend of Captain Jack Sparrow
Let’s journey inside the new Wandering Oaken’s
Purchase with purchase Frozen bag available
Jim Shore has released some Frozen statues
Osborne Lights are ready to go
No more Backlot Tour…
Great report. The Darth Vader ugly Christmas sweater-style t-shirt is a MUST HAVE.
Any word on what Disney is going in place of the Nanea Volcano Pool at the Polynesian Village? I saw the volcano being demolished, which is ANOTHER crime there after destruction of the lobby waterfall. Any chance they’re building a bigger, better volcano? Please? :-/
“Nah nah nah nah, nah nah nah nah, hey hey hey”
Now that was clever Tom (-;
The nautical flags spell T B O F… what the hell can THAT mean?