WDWtraveler
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Photo update as of Sunday, Apr 12. Finally, all the construction walls have been removed from the West Side high line section in front of Splitsville and Wolfgang Puck's.
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High Line West Side construction
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WDWtraveler
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Photo update as of Friday, May 29. Two additional high line structures are being added to West Side: in front of Curl by Sammy Duvall and Disney Quest. Construction walls are in place. The entrances to the stores on the left are still accessible. The high line structure in front of Disney Quest is already vertical and painted.
The concrete supports for the high line in the foreground are behind the construction wall. See photo below taken from second story of Splitsville. The pavement between these two construction sites already has the "faux" pillar remnants in place.
The concrete supports for the high line in the foreground are behind the construction wall. See photo below taken from second story of Splitsville. The pavement between these two construction sites already has the "faux" pillar remnants in place.
WDWtraveler
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Photo update as of Tuesday, June 2. Proximity of the new high line to Disney Quest.
WDWtraveler
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Photo update as of Saturday, June 20. The construction fence for the additional west side high line now extends beyond the Disney Quest ticket queue and entrance. A passageway exists between the building and the construction fence.
WDWtraveler
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Photo update as of Tuesday, June 30. Construction walls have moved in front of Splitsville as more "faux" pillar remnants are being added to the pavement between the high line sections.
The concrete pillars seen here are NOT for a new high line, but only to hold the construction wall in place.
The concrete pillars seen here are NOT for a new high line, but only to hold the construction wall in place.
roj2323
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You really have to appreciate the effort they are going through to install themed concrete to tie the High-line segments together.
Next Big Thing
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I guess... but I sort of just wish the whole damn thing would've been connected and second floor accessible. Maybe even provide access to Splitsville or Bongos from the second floor.
NeXuS1000
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Don't think a lot of ground level shops would be too happy about that
halltd
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I actually really like the High Line concept...and most of the implementation of it (I wish the track bed was more than a white roof and I wish you could go up on the one). But, on Mousesteps' latest photo update, I noticed something that made me question how it is going to terminate at The Landing.
If you look at the below photo, the curved section in front of Characters in Flight appears to turn off into nothingness. The roundabout paving doesn't even seem to be in line with the imaginary offshoot. So, I'm wondering if the old PI bridge is going to get torn out and aligned differently to make the end of the High Line make a bit more sense. The story of the tracks is really cool, so I'm excited to see how they transition into the new sections not yet built.
Or, it's just an optical illusion from the balloon and the above was all just a waste of brain power.
Photo courtesy of Mousesteps.
If you look at the below photo, the curved section in front of Characters in Flight appears to turn off into nothingness. The roundabout paving doesn't even seem to be in line with the imaginary offshoot. So, I'm wondering if the old PI bridge is going to get torn out and aligned differently to make the end of the High Line make a bit more sense. The story of the tracks is really cool, so I'm excited to see how they transition into the new sections not yet built.
Or, it's just an optical illusion from the balloon and the above was all just a waste of brain power.
Photo courtesy of Mousesteps.
jt04
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I actually really like the High Line concept...and most of the implementation of it (I wish the track bed was more than a white roof and I wish you could go up on the one). But, on Mousesteps' latest photo update, I noticed something that made me question how it is going to terminate at The Landing.
If you look at the below photo, the curved section in front of Characters in Flight appears to turn off into nothingness. The roundabout paving doesn't even seem to be in line with the imaginary offshoot. So, I'm wondering if the old PI bridge is going to get torn out and aligned differently to make the end of the High Line make a bit more sense. The story of the tracks is really cool, so I'm excited to see how they transition into the new sections not yet built.
Or, it's just an optical illusion from the balloon and the above was all just a waste of brain power.
Photo courtesy of Mousesteps.
Perhaps they installed it backwards.
Looks like it.Mouse Detective
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It definitely does not line up with the current bridge. Save Pleasure Island asked that same question last year. http://savepleasureisland.blogspot.com/2014/12/pi-update-planes-trains-automobiles.html
danlb_2000
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I actually really like the High Line concept...and most of the implementation of it (I wish the track bed was more than a white roof and I wish you could go up on the one). But, on Mousesteps' latest photo update, I noticed something that made me question how it is going to terminate at The Landing.
If you look at the below photo, the curved section in front of Characters in Flight appears to turn off into nothingness. The roundabout paving doesn't even seem to be in line with the imaginary offshoot. So, I'm wondering if the old PI bridge is going to get torn out and aligned differently to make the end of the High Line make a bit more sense. The story of the tracks is really cool, so I'm excited to see how they transition into the new sections not yet built.
Or, it's just an optical illusion from the balloon and the above was all just a waste of brain power.
Photo courtesy of Mousesteps.
It looks like this is the way it is supposed to be. Here is a plan for that area and you can see the curved part of the high line directly below the Character In Flight balloon, and the bridge is in the same place. I think the idea might be that the train originally passed over the river on it's own bridge which is no longer there.
Mouse Detective
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Except that the track on the Landing side of the bridge, in that area that looks like a train turntable, lines up with the bridge.
dstrawn9889
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a turntable is used not only to turn engines around, but to put them on other tracks as well, couldnt there have been a spur there as well?
Mouse Detective
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There could have been, but the only track there comes from the existing bridge and heads towards the station.
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-roAji0xDjx8/VLwsYLNJybI/AAAAAAAAmRw/tNZtiXn1Oy0/s1600/0115+PI+017.JPG
lazyboy97o
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Just as there are parts of the elevated tracks missing the connection could also be missing.
dstrawn9889
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come on guys 'suspension of disbelief' is always key in theme parks, even when the themeing is as good as harambe
lazyboy97o
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Suspension of disbelief is about accepting unique, fantastical elements, not just accepting anything. It's about creating a strong sense of plausibility.
Mouse Detective
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Bottom line is that the highline does not line up with the bridge.