Contributing photographer Jason of disneygeek.com sends us these photos from his trip to the parks on Friday, July 8, 2016.
An overview of the Star Wars site from the Parking Structure.
A wall is taking shape on the far side of the site, near Fantasyland.
The mound is where the Skyway building once stood.
Another wall is taking shape along the former Big Thunder Trail.
A closer look at the far wall. a crew is working on the rebar that will be in the wall.
Here you can see the conduit coming in from the left into the junction/access box.
A new fence along Disneyland Drive is taking shape right behind the existing one.
Pipes are onsite waiting to be installed. Assuming there is a trench along the fence line where the new road will be going and these will be buried there. But you cannot really see from this angle.
A lot of conduit and piping is run to this area near the center of the site.
A small structure taking shape. Guessing it is one of the two utility buildings that there are permits for.
Stopped by Oswalds. Ortensia is now on several pieces of merchandise.
There is some new Oswald merchandise too.
The fountains were on this afternoon. Seems like it has been a long time since I saw them in action.
Ghirardelli was back to handing out minis as the freebie today..
A preview for Pete’s Dragon has moved into the Sunset Showcase (formerly Muppets) Theater. It runs every 20 minutes (top of the hour, 20 and 40). Nice to know there is a schedule, but it is not published. The cast members out front were telling guests this.
At the Studio Store a couple pieces of merchandise for the film.
Elliot is $19.99
The seating in the Animation Building has changed to six hard benches in the center of the room.
Nick was out when I walked back by. They seemed to be looking for Judy.
Headed into the preview next. The preshow room appeared untouched. The theater was open to go and sit down and wait for the next show. I had about 5 minutes to wait. Inside they were projecting a forest on the screens above the doors and had a 3D placeholder on the screen for the film until it started.
Next stop Disneyland.
Out on Tom Sawyer Island most structures are now surrounded by scaffolding. This is the pirate ship.
Making my way to the end of the Big Thunder Trail. You can see the new wall taking shape through the trees.
A look through the fence. You can see the walls going up right along the walkway. Assuming these will be rock work along the Big Thunder trail.
Dance the Magic was at the parks this weekend for their summer program. Before Soundsational they filled the parade route with dancers. This year their music was from the Jungle Book.
It was about a 5 minute stream of dancers. Here are a couple video clips of Dance the Magic passing by.
Scaffolding up around the cabin.
Interesting to see scaffolding up around the tree house. I saw rumors it may be removed. But seems it is staying in some form.
Looking through the fence by the Canoes.
The far seating area of the Hungry Bear was closed off again this week.
No scaffolding on the fort though.
Several Disneyland security cast members showed up for the flag retreat today.
Walking by Autopia, the new green car really stands out.
It looks like most if not all of the cars sport the new colors now.
Walked through the Star Wars Launch Bay to see what was going on. It was really quiet. Only a 5 minute wait for one of the meet and greets. The upstairs is still closed with no signs of any work going on.
Sleeping Beauty Castle
Sleeping Beauty Castle
A small crowd along the Rivers of America enjoying the Jambalaya Jazz. They now perform four sets on the river (6:20, 7:45, 8:55 and 10:25 on Friday).
The light tower does look bare right now with a majority of the equipment removed. This is the center Fantasmic tower.
A couple video clips of the All-American College Band performing Let it Go.
In the Paint the Night parade Jessie was MIA…her cowgirls were all there, though.
Disneyland Forever Finale
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, https://disneygeek.com Also be sure to follow me on twitter @disneygeekcom for pictures from the parks.
I’ll probably never get to the DLR, but I enjoy these reports very much. Thanks for this virtual trip!