Greetings all from the Geek Labs
Another weekend has come and gone and another Saturday spent running through the wonderful world that is Disney Theme parks
We started out Saturday at Animal Kingdom. On a mission to find a pin. Needless to say we found it. Right when we arrived though the rain came. Thankfully it only lasted a few minutes. Just enough to make it muggy
I stopped and took a look at how Expedition Everest is coming. They are making good progress on it. I didn’t see any workers working on it though I did see a red Dodge 4x4 going through the constructions area heading toward the howler monkey area. Took some pictures for an update
Next was off to MGM I took in the Haunted Mansion set walk through and was only able to sneak one picture. To be honest the sets are nice but the show it self I felt lacked and was very weak. Its basically a coverage of the script of what the movie is going to be about. They did some what technical of how they did the mask and cgi work. Rick Baker is involved so I am happy LOL but all in all its nothing to write home about. They have the set of the ballroom dance scene and fireplace. The DVD will have more info that this did I HOPE. I noticed someone mentioned how it "smelled" when they went through it. This is the exact same smell like is used at Halloween Horror Nights. If I am right it is the paint used on the set.
I did notice some more construction has happened on the New York Street rehab and also for the Stunt show bathroom area. The speederbike is still MIA from the Star Tours Garden area. I think that’s going on a month and half now of not being there.
Third stop was Epcot to see some friends. Pretty much all signs of the media event are gone excluding the trailers out in the parking lot. There is a sign even on the trailers saying media event headquarters sponsored by HP. The crane is still visible but I was unable to get back there to see if anything has changed. I did notice the fountain in the middle of Futureworld seems to be running at low pressure. I am wondering it is going down soon for cleaning???
Last stop was of course the Magic Kingdom to see Wishes and to get pictures. I did not ride Alien Encounter since I had said my goodbyes awhile back. Wishes was of course gorgeous. I did get pictures (of course they dont do it justice) and will be sending them off to Steve. Then the rains came and rain it did. Spectromagic was canceled obviously after the rain so the 9pm parade run didnt happen. FITS did happen for the last time. Which I was able to watch from the Monorail as we started Hotel hopping for the last part of our trip.
Crowds at all 4 parks where good. At the Magic Kingdom I saw a 45 minutes wait for Philharmagic. With Fast Pass being used allot. I am still waiting on a Philharmagic Lanyard for my pins DANG NABIT
I will be out this upcoming Saturday to take in the Food and Wine Festival. Till then enjoy the upcoming week and see you at the parks.
Another weekend has come and gone and another Saturday spent running through the wonderful world that is Disney Theme parks
We started out Saturday at Animal Kingdom. On a mission to find a pin. Needless to say we found it. Right when we arrived though the rain came. Thankfully it only lasted a few minutes. Just enough to make it muggy
I stopped and took a look at how Expedition Everest is coming. They are making good progress on it. I didn’t see any workers working on it though I did see a red Dodge 4x4 going through the constructions area heading toward the howler monkey area. Took some pictures for an updateNext was off to MGM I took in the Haunted Mansion set walk through and was only able to sneak one picture. To be honest the sets are nice but the show it self I felt lacked and was very weak. Its basically a coverage of the script of what the movie is going to be about. They did some what technical of how they did the mask and cgi work. Rick Baker is involved so I am happy LOL but all in all its nothing to write home about. They have the set of the ballroom dance scene and fireplace. The DVD will have more info that this did I HOPE. I noticed someone mentioned how it "smelled" when they went through it. This is the exact same smell like is used at Halloween Horror Nights. If I am right it is the paint used on the set.
I did notice some more construction has happened on the New York Street rehab and also for the Stunt show bathroom area. The speederbike is still MIA from the Star Tours Garden area. I think that’s going on a month and half now of not being there.
Third stop was Epcot to see some friends. Pretty much all signs of the media event are gone excluding the trailers out in the parking lot. There is a sign even on the trailers saying media event headquarters sponsored by HP. The crane is still visible but I was unable to get back there to see if anything has changed. I did notice the fountain in the middle of Futureworld seems to be running at low pressure. I am wondering it is going down soon for cleaning???
Last stop was of course the Magic Kingdom to see Wishes and to get pictures. I did not ride Alien Encounter since I had said my goodbyes awhile back. Wishes was of course gorgeous. I did get pictures (of course they dont do it justice) and will be sending them off to Steve. Then the rains came and rain it did. Spectromagic was canceled obviously after the rain so the 9pm parade run didnt happen. FITS did happen for the last time. Which I was able to watch from the Monorail as we started Hotel hopping for the last part of our trip.
Crowds at all 4 parks where good. At the Magic Kingdom I saw a 45 minutes wait for Philharmagic. With Fast Pass being used allot. I am still waiting on a Philharmagic Lanyard for my pins DANG NABIT
I will be out this upcoming Saturday to take in the Food and Wine Festival. Till then enjoy the upcoming week and see you at the parks.
