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  1. Monorail_Red_77

    Cool MK Attraction History Bits

    the Swan Boats used to travel the moats around the hub and go underneath the castle bridge. The load/unload station was to the left of the main Tomorrowland walkway in the Hub. It was along what used to the the Rose Walk. This was removed of course with the hub redesign circa 2014. Long after...
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    News New Gondola Transportation - Disney Skyliner -

    If they made a slight jog north of Bonnet Creek it could work. WDW already owns 63.8 acres of wooded area at the start of Bonnet Creek entrance road. Bonnet Creek owns the access road and RCID owns the canals that cut though Bonnet property also. Map Time. As you can see in the quick map view...
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    News Spaceship Earth Refurb - 2 Year Closure

    Yes, very touching video of a friend honoring his friends last wishes. Location was in MK, near to the Brave Meet and Greet on East side of Castle in the wooded area there along the footpath from Fantasyland to Tomorrowland. I feel their videos were very important in that they documented the...
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    News PHOTOS - New look Magic Kingdom auto-plaza shares similar color scheme with Cinderella Castle

    I just wish they would have added Donald back to Epcot Center Dr after the widening they did there. But, you know costs and all. Plus guests would never know he was there before.....
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    News PHOTOS - New look Magic Kingdom auto-plaza shares similar color scheme with Cinderella Castle

    Here are some maps to explain Buena Vista Blvd. and Center Dr better. Here you see Buena Vista Dr, north end near warehouses (DC) as well as Vista Dr. north entrance as it wraps west and heads towards Ft. Wilderness and TTC. Golden Oak visible bottom left of pic. Here is where it gets tricky...
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    News PHOTOS - New look Magic Kingdom auto-plaza shares similar color scheme with Cinderella Castle

    No hotel Plaza Blvd is different. Buena Vista turn north along disney springs and then goes back stage. If you continue straight it turns into hotel plaza blvd. I'll link a map in a minute.
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    News PHOTOS - New look Magic Kingdom auto-plaza shares similar color scheme with Cinderella Castle

    Inside the toll booths are still pink. hopefully they paint them this go around.
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    News PHOTOS - New look Magic Kingdom auto-plaza shares similar color scheme with Cinderella Castle

    As much as you don't link the baby blue on MK toll plaza, the pink before it was worse. Not to mention when they painted the baby blue back then, they never painted the interior of the toll booths. So you to this day can still see the pink from the previous refurb. I hope at least with this...
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    News PHOTOS - New look Magic Kingdom auto-plaza shares similar color scheme with Cinderella Castle

    yep our local Walmart just went through the similar remodel. grind and polished cement floors, exterior went to grey building with blue accents and blue and white logo. Oh, and a new IHOP in the walmart plaza has accents on the corners of the building that have hidden a few mickeys in them...
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    News PHOTOS - New look Magic Kingdom auto-plaza shares similar color scheme with Cinderella Castle

    I hope they are keeping the castle on the sign. But, I suspect they are removing the castle, bringing it back to the 2006 design as well as older styles.
  11. Monorail_Red_77

    POTC queue music

    I noticed after the audio refurb a few years back. You can now hear the pirates in the cave looking for treasure. It is in the queue that goes up and over the boats. As you come back down and before you get on the boat, there is a cave where it plays intermittently. Also during that refurb is...
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    DHS Parking lot remodel and expansion

    That Kidani ground level garage is a tight squeeze. Especially that roundabout at the end. When you look at Kidani, the whole first floor is the parking garage. Also has an outside traditional parking area as well up against the building in spots.
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    Rumors for Remaining part of 2020

    Yes sometimes wait times are very bad. I was at Philharmagic this past Wednesday afternoon. Stated Wait Time was 15 minutes. Actual time from the entrance checkpoint to sitting in the theater was 40 minutes, no technical difficulty.
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    News PHOTOS - Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin switch to Mears shuttles for theme park transportation

    Yes, Disney and Mears have a long standing relationship. Since Magical Express as well as Disney Cruise Line bus service are contracted Mears bus service but with Disney Livery. if you look real close on the sides of the bus it will say operated by Mears Transport. This is in addition to the...
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    News Improvements coming to the entrances of all four Walt Disney World theme parks

    Also, since we are talking about TTC. All of the oaks that were being boxed up and relocated to the DHS old bridge, berm. I would have thought they would have taken all of the oaks since they were all mature. But apparently, these are not needed. Such a shame.
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    News Improvements coming to the entrances of all four Walt Disney World theme parks

    Not sure if his has been posted or not. But today I noticed the tram tunnel at TTC has been freshly painted and a final set of lights installed. It looks really nice. I’m not sure how long this has been completed. Maybe a few months?
  17. Monorail_Red_77

    Must do Disney has been removed

    I just stayed at AKL - Kidani, this Labor Day weekend. You get a bar of soap and body lotion at each bathroom sink. The shampoo, conditioner and body wash, in the showers are mounted to the wall in those locked in bottles. We stayed in a 2 bd rm villa that had 3 bathrooms. Another fun fact, the...
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    Flamingo Crossing Hotels

    There is some buffer around that is RCID property. But there is not much buffer to the south with Orange Lake Resort already existing and other land owners adjacent to WDW/RCID property there. It could be developed almost right next to Flamingo area. To the north of course there is tons of RCID...
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    Antenna Topper locations?

    I haven't seen them in WDW anywhere since around 2018. they started being in less and less places. Last I saw they had almost generic looking four packs of the toppers near some checkout registers in Emporium. After that I quit looking for them. I now just go on EBay and find certain ones I may...
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