Work on the themed Adventureland pavement in Magic Kingdom has spread to Jungle Navigation Co. LTD Skipper Canteen.
Adventureland Pavement Work
This morning, new themed pavement was drying just in front of Skipper Canteen. Luckily, the sit-down restaurant doesn’t open until 11 a.m., but guests will be able to enter and exit the restaurant using the far right side of the entrance.
If you’ve not yet dined there, Skipper Canteen is a table-service restaurant located in Adventureland at Magic Kingdom. There, you can enjoy the cuisine of Asia, South America, and Africa, served to you by the same skippers who guide the steamers down the Nile, Amazon, and Congo Rivers aboard the Jungle Cruise just a short walk away.
Inside the restaurant are three themed dining rooms: the crew’s colonial-era Mess Hall; the Jungle Room, a former family parlor for Dr. Albert Falls; and the S.E.A. Room, where the Society of Explorers and Adventurers once met in secret.
Read our many reviews from Skipper Canteen, and check out a video tour of the restaurant from its opening:
The gray area shown here toward the top left is the old pavement, while the brown is new. The first sections of new pavement were installed near the Adventureland bridge a few weeks ago.
It’s been less than a week since we reported on the bottleneck the new pavement work had created just off the Adventureland bridge in front of Sunshine Tree Terrace.
Roped stanchions surround the drying pavement to prevent guests from stepping in the wet concrete.
The new pavement is more themed, with various animal prints and purposeful cracks throughout. It’s reminiscent of pavement installed in Frontierland last year, or the Storybook Circus sidewalks.
The prints resemble different kinds of animals you may find in Adventureland. There are hoof marks, paws, and little bird feet, to name a few. All are animals you might encounter on attractions in the land.
Other sections closer to buildings have spots of green, mossy texture, as if the rain runoff over the years has caused this reaction.
What do you think of the new Adventureland pavement? Did you prefer the former, unthemed look? Let us know in the comments and on social media.
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