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Photo update as of Thursday, August 8, 2019. Since my last post of July 19th, the lower walkway next to the waterfall has been closed off. If you make the trek to the upper level, this is what you see (and surprise, it's a dead end, you have to walk back the way you came). Nothing to see...

Photo update as of Thursday, August 8, 2019. Work continues at a fever pace on the Rosewalk walkway. Lots of detail and infrastructure can be seen. Not sure it will all be ready in time for the late August opening of the Food and Wine Festival.

Photo update as of Thursday, August 8, 2019. For a couple of weeks, two construction fences have surrounded the old bag check area shelters at the entrance to the Magic Kingdom. Two things are happening: the old bag check shelters are gone now, and the pavement (including all those engraved...

Photo update as of Thursday, August 8, 2019. Not sure this has been posted yet....the Riviera Resort Skyliner station has a sign over the entrance now. Landscaping continues. Landscaping around the Caribbean Resort Skyliner station has begun. Could the small shelter on the right be a bus...

Photo update as of Thursday, August 8, 2019. The "RR" sign at the top of one of the resort towers has been installed. The "RR" sign has small light bulbs inside the letters.

Photo update as of Thursday, August 8, 2019. A better view of the bridge work for the walkway between the Grand Floridian Resort and the Magic Kingdom. Note the swing bridge has already been delivered to the site, however the footings for the bridge have not even begun yet.

Photo update as of Thursday, August 8, 2019. The faux storage vaults under the wall and above the water line are new, as this wall is new. Gives the appearance of wharf storage for river boats to unload their cargo. Note the old rockwork on the extreme left from the old wall was continued...

Photo update as of Saturday, July 20, 2019. The gondola station over Hourglass Lake between Pop Century and Art of Animation resorts. The construction fences have been removed on the Art of Animation side of the station. You can see the railing design now and inside the station. The new...

Photo update as of Friday, July 19, 2019. Faux brickwork installed on the wall near the Liberty Square bridge.

Photo update as of Friday, July 19, 2019. Some of the pavement panels have been poured.

Photo update as of Friday, July 19, 2019. Here's what's left after the gateway to Tomorrowland was removed. Two large gray boxes.

Photo update as of Friday, July 19, 2019. Construction equipment has appeared at the canal entrance to the Seven Seas Lagoon for the construction of the swing bridge. Photo taken from the monorail. Note the steel barriers stacked up in the center of the photo, to be driven into the shoreline...

Photo update as of Friday, July 19, 2019. At the Transportation & Ticket Center, the pavement between the covered bag check area (on the right) and the ticket kiosks (off to the left) are mostly gone. You might recall the water fountain in the photo between the two. Remember all those...

Photo update as of Friday, July 19, 2019. With this amount of rebar, this will be a substantial wall. However, based on the surrounding ground level (see level of the ground drain on opposite side of this wall through the opening in the concrete form), perhaps most of this wall may be below...

Photo update as of Friday, July 19, 2019. Additional construction scrims now cover the waterfall feature over the rockwork at the theatre. The water is turned off, of course, to refurbish the rocks. View from the upper level. The movie "O Canada!" is still playing. The view along the...

Photo update as of Friday, July 19, 2019. In the following two photos, the new walls along the canal are taking shape, including pre-cast capstones along the top of the wall. Along the exterior wall of the theatre building, wire mesh has been attached for a new stucco surface (see the gray...

Photo update as of Friday, July 19, 2019. Metal railing installed around covered area of International Gateway Epcot gondola station.

Fortieth set of photo pairs. Then: Coronado Springs Resort February 2017. An overview from the balcony of one of the Casitas buildings. Now: July 2019. Same view. Two of the Cabana buildings were replaced with the Gran Destino tower. The resort received an updated paint scheme...

Photo update as of Wednesday, July 10, 2019. Beautiful photos by @wdwmagic. Thanks for the great overview. Here are a few other surprises, or hidden areas, that I found. The plaza at the back of Gran Destino Tower, overlooking the lake, has a large expanse of artificial turf and a long...

Photo update as of Wednesday, July 3, 2019. Based on the location of the concrete forms, the space between the forms and the fence line indicates a much wider pathway for the walkway.