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It'll be interesting to see how fast this proceeds! Three out of four parks have active construction sites in their 'hub' areas.

Looks like we're a little over half way to the 2 month time frame I predicted for the current construction. Wonder how close/far off I'll be?

Wonder if it'll be down when we're there at the end of the month.

Nice! 26 days here!

Bring on the 2015 permits! :P

Disney Parks Blog did a live broadcast from the MK. Oh, and there was no Frozen in it. ;)

For the new years broadcast, they are doing a good job of keeping the cameras off the construction area.

We never have a problem when we take our stroller, here's how I did it: Buy a pack of those printer iron on transfer pages. Make a background image the same color as the fabric Make a big oozy brown smear of color and print it out. Go ahead. Iron said 'diaper blowout' printer transfer page to...

With all the original low-fi hisses, pops and scuffs to boot. LOL. I was on the line for 10 minutes and can't get it out of my head. We've been having troubles making dining reservations this evening online or through the app.

Well yeah, the Orleans Parish by surface area is made up of almost 12% of a soil classified as 'clovely muck', 10% 'sharkey clay' and 9% 'lafitte muck'. What do you expect to get from millions of years of erosion? It is a good example of human ingenuity though.

I think we speak the same language and it's called engineer. Ha!

Yeah, it's almost like they planned it from the start. ;)

Yep. 1 cubic foot of water weighs almost 62.5 lbs. A quick overlay of the new photos on Google Earth gives us a 210x100ft show building (at the widest point, so my next figures are off). If it were filled with 18" of water that's 31,500 cubic feet of water. Or just under 2 million pounds of water.

Have fun! We too took advantage of the $99 flight deal from Southwest. Saved us $640 right there!

If they can work the existing building interior in to the plans, why rebuild the bathrooms? They're not even 17 years old ;) In home construction, the most expensive (per sq ft) and time consuming parts of the build are related to the kitchen and bathrooms. If you've got adequate plumbing for...

Dang, think I know where we're going in Jan/Feb. Thanks for the pic!

It appears that there is a concrete pumping truck getting ready to do a foundation pour on the main building. The light areas are mounds of crushed rock, to use as a footing under heavy parts of the foundation (ie: where the piers/posts will go). The darker areas are just dirt. From the way...

Looks like we're getting some topsoil added to the site too! Perhaps something will be able to grow after all.

As a follow up to my last post, I ended up buying the cards from Sams and linked them on the Disney Savings Account. Discover was running a 5% cash back promotion for online purchases, so I bought on SamsClub.com and had them shipped to my house. All told, my gift card "stacking" ended up...

Just the membership cost (~$45?); don't believe there is any additional amount added to the receipt. Sales tax should not be collected on the gift cards either. There are also no limits on gift card purchases. So $2k of gift cards should save you around $95 minus the membership cost. I just did...