Buena Vista Street (2012)

[Texas84]

Captain, that is just wrong.

 

[CaptJapan]

Sorry, had to do one more.

 

[sponono88]

I love this.. The new welcome announcement for DCA

 

[sponono88]

Hmmm..somethings missing from Buena Vista St.
Ah of course!

There we go, now that's the Disney Difference!

This will give me plenty of nightmares. Thanks for that

 

[nemofinder22]

Hmmm..somethings missing from Buena Vista St.
Ah of course!

There we go, now that's the Disney Difference!

This will somehow become an instant classic! LOL I can already hear it Disney couldn't use the Carthay as an icon due to copyright.....

I love this.. The new welcome announcement for DCA

Very nice, quick informative and to the point with out any extra "fluff" great to also hear the Snow White soundtrack.

 

[Nicole220]

The new welcome announcement is so classy compared to that crap pop song they used to play!

 

[Communicore]

Ha ha ha ha @ that stupid hat!!! Wow, I can't believe it's still here. Anyway BVS is amazing, I can't wait to see it in person!! It seems like BVS and Cars Land are built by a different company or something like Disney Tier A instead of the pathetic people here.

 

[nemofinder22]

The second edition of the Buena Vista Bugle was released at the start of July. A great little offering for the park!​

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http://www.disneygeek.com/updates/disneyland_update.php?page_id=2&update_dir=2012_07_03​

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I LOVE how DL has an ad in the paper advertising the new entertainment offerings this year
-Matterhorn climers​

-Voices of Liberty
-Big Thunder Ranch Jamboree​

http://www.disneygeek.com/updates/disneyland_image.php?update_dir=2012_07_03&page_id=3&num_image=1​

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The Buena Vista Street- Blue Sky Cellar video is now online to view. An excellent video well worth watching, WDI put a lot of heart into BVS.​

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Red Car Trolleys behind the scenes look, kinda late now that they're in operation but a nice look.​

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[sponono88]

A new behind-the-scenes video shows the creation of the radio show dialogue inside Oswald's:



http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/bl...-oswalds-in-disney-california-adventure-park/

 

[nemofinder22]

A nice video of the interior of the shops. Julis Kats and Sons is stll my favorite as well as the Elysian Arcade entry near Kingswell.




The 3rd edition of The Buena Vista Street Bugle came out at the start of the month.

Disneygeek has a look at the newest edition.
http://www.disneygeek.com/updates/disneyland_update.php?page_id=3&update_dir=2012_08_03

 

[sponono88]

A new article from the OCRegister has additional details about the BVS Bugle newspaper. Apparently the newspaper was only going to be issued for one month after DCA's relaunch but because of its popularity it will continue at the park indefinitely. Also, Halloween and Holiday version are in the works.

ANAHEIM – Disney creators are turning to an old-fashioned method of giving out information to visitors: a newspaper.

The Buena Vista Bugle debuted this summer at Disney California Adventure as part of the park's makeover to explain new features. Disney is producing the information in a very 1920s and 1930s way, matching the architecture and style of the Buena Vista Street entrance corridor.

California Adventure officials borrowed the concept from its neighbor, Disneyland, which produced The Disneyland News beginning in 1955. At California Adventure, Buena Vista Street is the equivalent of Disneyland's Main Street, U.S.A., where The Disneyland News used to be distributed.

Mary Niven, vice president of California Adventure, said officials wanted to find something besides the map and guide to tell the stories of the park to visitors.
The Red Car News Boys street show had entertained with a newspaper as a prop, so Niven said officials decided to add a real four-page newspaper for the first month of California Adventure's expansion, which debuted in June.

But the Bugle gained popularity: Between 12 percent and 15 percent of surveyed visitors reported that they got information from the newspaper. And it's common to see visitors relaxing on a park bench or sipping a Starbucks coffee at an outside table, flipping the pages.

Obviously, we were onto something. So, we're not just walking away from a great idea," Niven said.

Read the full article here:

http://www.ocregister.com/entertainment/disney-369121-park-newspaper.html

 

[nemofinder22]

A new article from the OCRegister has additional details about the BVS Bugle newspaper. Apparently the newspaper was only going to be issued for one month after DCA's relaunch but because of its popularity it will continue at the park indefinitely. Also, Halloween and Holiday version are in the works.

Read the full article here:

http://www.ocregister.com/entertainment/disney-369121-park-newspaper.html

This is excellent news! A great small detail that offers such personality and charm to the park.

 

[nemofinder22]

So this thread hasn't been updated in a bit, since the last post in this thread the merchandise team kinda went in add lots of merchandise to the period windows. Take a look.

June 15th are the original windows that BVS opened with.
Sept 10th are the windows dressed up with lots of merchandise.
Sept 17th are the revised windows and I believe current look.

Buena Vista Street Windows

Atwater Ink and Paint
June 15th

http://mintcrocodile.smugmug.com/photos/i-KcpLSxs/0/O/i-KcpLSxs-O.jpg

September 10th

http://datelinedisneyland.smugmug.c...d-Update-Photos/i-dz35xqB/0/X2/IMG7984-X2.jpg

October 12th

http://mintcrocodile.smugmug.com/photos/i-4KZSD4R/0/O/i-4KZSD4R-O.jpg

More Atwater Ink and Paint from Sept 17th.
http://datelinedisneyland.smugmug.c...hotos/25388765_kPjX2J#!i=2089641145&k=THkktfH

Julius Katz
June 15th

http://mintcrocodile.smugmug.com/photos/i-zd2JQbt/0/O/i-zd2JQbt-O.jpg

Sept 10th

http://datelinedisneyland.smugmug.c...d-Update-Photos/i-V97ScbK/0/X3/IMG7924-X3.jpg
More photos of the Sept 10th version of the Julius Katz window.
http://datelinedisneyland.smugmug.c...hotos/25254649_gPFDhQ#!i=2074560101&k=V97ScbK

A week or so later it was revised.

http://datelinedisneyland.smugmug.c...d-Update-Photos/i-FmVzXmf/0/X3/IMG9224-X3.jpg

More of the Sept 17th version of the Julius Katz window.
http://datelinedisneyland.smugmug.c...hotos/25388765_kPjX2J#!i=2089638403&k=FmVzXmf



Above photos by,
June 15th- Mintcrocodile- http://mintcrocodile.blogspot.com/2012/06/buena-vista-street-june-15-2012-disney.html

Sept 10th- Dateline Disneyland
http://datelinedisneyland.smugmug.c...hotos/25254649_gPFDhQ#!i=2073916187&k=WpFG7QG

Sept 17th- Dateline Disneyland
http://datelinedisneyland.smugmug.c...hotos/25388765_kPjX2J#!i=2089623093&k=5fQT8kw

 

[nemofinder22]

Elias and Co
June 15th, The doll sitting on the chair should look familar to many, as it's the same doll that sits in the lobby of Tower of Terror just down the street.

http://mintcrocodile.smugmug.com/photos/i-BCjCvF3/0/O/i-BCjCvF3-O.jpg

Sept 10th

http://datelinedisneyland.smugmug.com/DisneylandResort/2012/09-10-12/i-W2MsdkP/0/X3/IMG8109-X3.jpg


Big Top Toys
June 15th

http://mintcrocodile.smugmug.com/photos/i-f43jvBs/0/O/i-f43jvBs-O.jpg

Sept 10th

http://datelinedisneyland.smugmug.com/DisneylandResort/2012/09-10-12/i-79Vxk4j/0/X3/IMG8168-X3.jpg

Los Feliz Five and Dime, side door windows.

Left window
June 15th

http://mintcrocodile.smugmug.com/photos/i-ZXv9bcM/0/O/i-ZXv9bcM-O.jpg

Sept 10th

http://datelinedisneyland.smugmug.com/DisneylandResort/2012/09-10-12/i-gW6Pfrs/0/X3/IMG8214-X3.jpg

right window

June 15th

http://mintcrocodile.smugmug.com/photos/i-djgcn4z/0/O/i-djgcn4z-O.jpg

Sept 10th

http://datelinedisneyland.smugmug.com/DisneylandResort/2012/09-10-12/i-69Vjj8j/0/X3/IMG8210-X3.jpg

Sept 17th

http://datelinedisneyland.smugmug.com/DisneylandResort/2012/09-14-12/i-SCGxH9S/0/X3/IMG9216-X3.jpg

Los Feliz Five and Dime(under the balcony)

June 15th

http://mintcrocodile.smugmug.com/photos/i-qn78TM9/0/O/i-qn78TM9-O.jpg

Sept 10th

http://datelinedisneyland.smugmug.com/DisneylandResort/2012/09-10-12/i-j2Z7RxJ/0/X3/IMG8233-X3.jpg

Above photos by,
June 15th- Mintcrocodile- http://mintcrocodile.blogspot.com/2012/06/buena-vista-street-june-15-2012-disney.html

Sept 10th- Dateline Disneyland
http://datelinedisneyland.smugmug.c...hotos/25254649_gPFDhQ#!i=2073916187&k=WpFG7QG

Sept 17th- Dateline Disneyland
http://datelinedisneyland.smugmug.c...hotos/25388765_kPjX2J#!i=2089623093&k=5fQT8kw

 

[nemofinder22]

In other Buena Vista Street news

Buena Vista Street Bugle- Issue 4 is now out.
http://www.disneygeek.com/updates/disneyland_update.php?page_id=56&update_dir=2012_09_14

Holidays on Buena Vista Street
If you haven't been following this thread http://forums.wdwmagic.com/threads/holidays-2012-at-the-disneyland-resort.851906/, here's a quick catch up of the holiday decor that will be coming officially starting Nov 12.

Disney Parks Blog
http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/bl...-resort-coming-november-12-through-january-6/

Buena Vista Street will be decked out in vintage-style ornaments and décor.

BlueSkyDisney(unofficial) is reporting this-
http://www.blueskydisney.com/2012/09/know-flakes.html

The garlands, lights and music when you walk down that early 20th century street way toward the beauty of the Carthay Circle Theater will take you out of the problems of the modern world and pull you into a nostalgic view of what this great city could have/would have been like at this time. That circular area in front of Elias and Company? That's where the new Christmas tree will go, all bright and lit up to stun guests. Walking into Elias, you'll get the feeling you've entered an early Macy's store, complete with a display set up for that jolly old man himself. That's right, Santa will now be located inside the main store on BVS, instead of being in that little gazebo on Paradise Pier. It will evoke a very Macy's Christmas feel and Mr. Claus will have plenty of elves around him to greet kids young and young at heart.

"CALIFORNIA" letters
http://www.ocregister.com/entertainment/letters-374296-statues-disney.html

ANAHEIM – Truckers are moving Disney's C-A-L-I-F-O-R-N-I-A letter statues north to the state fair after a decade in front of Disney California Adventure.
On Thursday, eight workers placed the statues onto three flatbed trucks transporting the iconic statues to Cal Expo in Sacramento. Crews plan to unload the 10 statues Friday into storage until they are displayed in front of the fairgrounds in about a year, said Paul Gillingham, deputy manager of the state fair.

West Planter Construction
The last unfinished part of the new entrance is now being worked on(well since Labor Day). The temporary walk way into DCA used part of this area while BVS was under construction.

http://mintcrocodile.smugmug.com/photos/i-9mNmBK3/0/O/i-9mNmBK3-O.jpg

http://mintcrocodile.smugmug.com/photos/i-Vx9xSLz/0/O/i-Vx9xSLz-O.jpg

Work in front of the Carthay Circle

http://mintcrocodile.smugmug.com/photos/i-V44d4Lc/0/O/i-V44d4Lc-O.jpg

I have to say I really like the use of those hedge planters.

 

[Californian Elitist]

I really wish they'd switch the window displays on BVS back to the way they were.

I too like the hedges in front of Carthay.

 

[nemofinder22]

I really wish they'd switch the window displays on BVS back to the way they were.

I too like the hedges in front of Carthay.

Much nicer than the plywood construction walls, my eyes have grown so tired of see them.

 

[Cosmic Commando]

Much nicer than the plywood construction walls, my eyes have grown so tired of see them.

Yeah, you might not even notice anything is wrong if you were just walking by.

 

[nemofinder22]

Just in time for the holidays! a new CD but this time from Carthay Circle.

“The Circle Sessions: The Music of Carthay Circle”

http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/bl...d-lounge-at-disney-california-adventure-park/

In the wake of the extremely popular “Music from Cars Land” album, another new CD comes out November 6 that has already become a favorite among Disney cast members. “The Circle Sessions: The Music of Carthay Circle” offers, for the first time, sparkling jazz versions of great Disney songs, selected from the soundtrack of the Carthay Circle Restaurant and Lounge at Disney California Adventure park!

 

[nemofinder22]

The west planter has been completed well it has since sometime in Nov.

http://mintcrocodile.smugmug.com/photos/i-9mrhL56/0/O/i-9mrhL56-O.jpg

http://mintcrocodile.smugmug.com/photos/i-rcbLRTt/0/O/i-rcbLRTt-O.jpg

Above photos by Mintcrocodile
http://mintcrocodile.blogspot.com/2012/11/from-night-to-light-and-peppermint-treat.html

The Hyperion Bridge was repainted a few days ago

http://mintcrocodile.smugmug.com/photos/i-hdbDfVB/0/O/i-hdbDfVB-O.jpg

http://mintcrocodile.smugmug.com/photos/i-WGtsg8C/0/O/i-WGtsg8C-O.jpg

Above photos by Mintcrocodile-
http://mintcrocodile.blogspot.com/2013/01/the-crane-crane.html

Buena Vista Street Bugle has a new edition out-
http://www.disneygeek.com/updates/disneyland_update.php?page_id=50&update_dir=2013_01_18