Contributing photographer Jason of disneygeek.com sends us these photos from his trip to the parks on Friday, January 15, 2016.

What appears to be utility work going on along the tram load/unload area for the Mickey and Friends garage.

Out in the Pinocchio lot work continues on the support facility.

The billboards at the tram stop feature the cars characters. no slogans.. really surprised no Cars Land logo on it.. just characters.

At the Disneyland Hotel the swimming pools are closed and being renovated. They were jack hammering this afternoon.

The Monorail slide and pool area is open but the other two are closed.

The closure list is substantial.

With the railroad closed for the next year+ they have trains pulled into Main Street and New Orleans Stations. The EP Ripley with the Lilly Belle were on Main Street.

You could get up close to the train for pictures. There were cast members around to answer questions about the trains.

One car available for pictures.

The Lilly Belle. It was closed but cast members were opening the door to get a look in from time to time.

The area in front of the castle was roped off as they were preparing for a taping this evening for the upcoming Wonderful World of Disney: Disneyland 60 special on ABC.

The Royal Theatre has reopened. Frozen is now performed only in the morning then Tangled in the afternoon.

Crossed paths with the Evil Queen in Fantasyland

The Big Thunder Trail is open through the weekend then slated to close for Star Wars work.

The park maps show it closed now. Also note they photo spot is moved down the trail.

No signs of work on the Ranch Area yet.

Some repainting of the Fantasmic light tower housing covers.

The Columbia was in port and open to walk through and take pictures. No visible progress on the River this week.

The Mark Twain is in the dry dock at Fowler’s Harbor

Continuing up river.

No visible changes here yet either.

Walls and mesh are up at the Hungry Bear. It is open for business.

The lower level has a brand new custom made wall.

Upstairs the mesh has a forest print on it. Not too bad.. but I would have rather watched the construction 🙂

The side facing away from the River features bears.

The rail and ties have been removed from the visible area after the trestle assuming they removed them all the way around toward Toontown.

The Haunted Mansion is closed for removal of the holiday overlay.

The New Orleans Square station is open with the Ernest S Marsh parked there.

The Jungle Cruise is closed for removal of the Holiday overlay as well as some dock work for the next several months.

Thought this was really cool. An attraction poster saying it is closed.

The wall features concept art.

Next door they now sell Paint the Night meals since Fantasmic is dark for the next year+.

Approaching the hub they were rehearsing for this evening.

This taped off and roped off area was for dinner package guests. I believe the grab and go guests were in the Small World Mall.

A couple of clips from Paint the Night.

Several of the units were short performers today. For example, only four yo-yo cowgirls with Jessie tonight instead of six.

Around 8pm Elton John took the stage and performed Circle of Life a couple of times and his new song Wonderful Crazy Night.

I had to shoot through a sea of cameras, arms, and people… so the pics are not the best..

Here are a couple video clips from the performances of Circle of Life (he sang it several times).

Next up his new song which was accompanied by Fireworks and will be the finale for the TV show.

Some clips of Elton John performing his new song with fireworks.

Over at Disney California Adventure Aladdin is gone and the Hyperion is advertising the upcoming Frozen show.

In Cars Land a new sign for Luigis.

Hope you enjoyed this highlight tour of the Disneyland Resort. For additional photos and details from this trip you can check out the full Disneyland Update I posted on my site, http://disneygeek.com Also be sure to follow me on twitter @disneygeekcom for pictures from the parks.

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