New nighttime show 'Rivers of Light' confirmed to be coming to Disney's Animal Kingdom

[danlb_2000]

Here are some pictures of the seating area construction from 9/20. The first pictures shows a pile driver and a bunch of sheet pile on barges.

I have to say it's nice to be able to provide construction pictures I actually took!

 

[wdwmagic]

PHOTOS - A look at the Rivers of Light construction at Disney's Animal Kingdom

 

[WDWtraveler]

Photo update of Rivers of Light construction area as of Wednesday, October 8, 2014. (Not just a picture of a wall....)

 

[RayTheFirefly]

PHOTOS - A look at the Rivers of Light construction at Disney's Animal Kingdom

As long as they replace every single shade tree they took down, I'm happy.

 

[FutureCEO]

seems like Disney is one giant construction zone

 

[FutureWorld1982]

seems like Disney is one giant construction zone

Great! Now we need more walls in other parks (Epcot, DHS). No walls means nothing new.

 

[jmuboy]

It looks like the steel beams are going into the middle of the lake! Is that maybe for show infrastructure too?

And I am really excited for this show. I'm sure it will be high quality. But I hope seating area does not damage the themeing along the lake.

 

[GhostHost1000]

seems like Disney is one giant construction zone

construction kingdom it seems yes

I think it will be worth it though. We just had to wait too long and now everything seems to be happening at the same or some overlapping time

 

[doctornick]

seems like Disney is one giant construction zone

With the size of WDW, there should always be a bunch of walls up somewhere. I don't think it's unreasonable to expect at least 2 of the parks to have significant construction at any given time.

 

[DManRightHere]

Whatever their doing, I hope it can blend in with the natural landscape look like the rest of the park..

 

[danlb_2000]

It looks like the steel beams are going into the middle of the lake! Is that maybe for show infrastructure too?

And I am really excited for this show. I'm sure it will be high quality. But I hope seating area does not damage the themeing along the lake.

They are putting in sheet pile near the edges of the lake. This will allow them to hold back water and the earth on the bottom of the lake while they construct something behind it. This might mean they are going to extend the viewing area out into the lake, or maybe just build a new retaining wall that will be the edge of the viewing area.

 

[FerretAfros]

Here are a couple photos that I took during yesterday morning's Jingle Jungle 5K, showing some construction at the backstage marina behind the Theater in the Wild, which I assume is related to Rivers of Light. The first 2 photos are looking northeast on Savannah Circle, and the 3rd photo is looking north through an opening in the construction fence. It looked like all of the concrete pavement surrounding the marina had been removed, but the buildings and awnings were still in place

Sorry for the less-than-great photos and lack of details, but these were taken while running so I didn't have time to look around more

 

[MotherOfBirds]

Better that this is all happening right now rather than later. I'd like to see the parks looking great for the 50th

 

[Goofnut1980]

I will take this improvement! love it!

 

[ToTBellHop]

What a beautiful course for a 5k...............especially in a park that doesn't really celebrate Christmas any more and doesn't even of the parade that this 5k is named after. Just change the name, Disney.

 

[FerretAfros]

What a beautiful course for a 5k...............especially in a park that doesn't really celebrate Christmas any more and doesn't even of the parade that this 5k is named after. Just change the name, Disney.

They still celebrate Christmas...we even got an up close preview of the decorations!

But in all seriousness, I like the name since it's runDisney's only race that has an official song, and now that the parade is in Yesterland, the song is exclusive to the race. It's the little things.

It also played as a nice counterpoint to the 5K for the Tower of Terror 10-Miler weekend, which was Halloween themed. Prior to the creation of the TOT weekend this 5K was Halloween-themed (and even held at MK!) because Wine & Dine was held on an earlier weekend, so it will be interesting to see if they change it back now that TOT has been removed from the calendar

 

[roj2323]

construction kingdom it seems yes

I'm ok with this!

 

[Kman101]

I'm good with construction walls too. I mean, people want them to do things but then don't want to see it. Does everyone expect things to just magically be done overnight and voila?

 

[Matt_Black]

Honestly? I'm going to miss the walls that were around 7DMT, as those had the cute little pictures of the Dwarfs themed to whatever area they were facing.

 

[dgp602]

Honestly? I'm going to miss the walls that were around 7DMT, as those had the cute little pictures of the Dwarfs themed to whatever area they were facing.