Main Street U.S.A. hub redevelopment at the Magic Kingdom

lazyboy97o

lazyboy97o

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coruscant said:
It will be very difficult to fully replace it.
However if they could do it that would not mean at all goodbye to the horse-drawn trolley cars:)



(this last one is not mine)
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I don't think he was referencing the actual ability to use bricks and the tracks. The streetcar is already in very limited use, nowhere near enough to justify the cost of working around it if the entire road is being replace with a different material.
 
erwinalber4

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jkpmac

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[/QUOTE]Wow, a new record, for me at least! 39 "likes" and counting for a single post, as of 1 Feb. Thank you all for your interest.[/QUOTE]
Now you have 51, you deserve many more!
 
flyerjab

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RayTheFirefly said:
Looks great, but jeez, still feels like it's taking forever. Hopefully these sections of the project will wrap up soon.
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The good news is that it would seem - from several posters that spoke to the latter stages of this project - that the greenery part of this should not take long at all. Heck, they are already starting to plant rather mature trees. Once the walkways take off, I am certain it won't be too much longer. We are going March 4th this year and have FP for both Wishes and the FoF parade in the new sections.

EDIT: As an add on, we typically do not reserve FPs for these types of events, but I will be visiting on this trip with an immobilizer on my right arm. As a result, there are a lot of rides I can't go on, so we decided to take a somewhat tamer trip for our 5 days this March.
 
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Prince Thomas

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flyerjab said:
The good news is that it would seem - from several posters that spoke to the latter stages of this project - that the greenery part of this should not take long at all. Heck, they are already starting to plant rather mature trees. Once the walkways take off, I am certain it won't be too much longer. We are going March 4th this year and have FP for both Wishes and the FoF parade in the new sections.

EDIT: As an add on, we typically do not reserve FPs for these types of events, but I will be visiting on this trip with an immobilizer on my right arm. As a result, there are a lot of rides I can't go on, so we decided to take a somewhat tamer trip for our 5 days this March.
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I'll be there the same exact time as u!!! Im pray it looks somewhat better when i get there
 
Mawg

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I would like to complain about the loss of trees and vegetation in the Hub as well. All the trees use to be so beautiful. But, I can't complain because I also really enjoy the light and fireworks shows on and around the castle. Let's not forget that the Hub was never intended to be used as a "stadium" but that is exactly what it has become. The fix for the trees would be to remove the shows and build a proper stadium for them like Fantasmic, but then they would not have the appeal they do with the castle in the background (which is a huge part of their advertising and they would never change it). So unless they learn to make retractable trees and vegetation I have to come to a crossings and regrettably say bye bye trees.
 
note2001

note2001

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Prince Thomas said:
UGH my poor castle...i hope my pix dont end up looking like ****
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Pretty sure you'll be fine.
The walls Disney has been putting up have been fairly good for keeping the average eye and photos away from viewing the construction. The pictures we have presented to us here are from those peeking over/through and around the walls or from vantage points where they could not block the view (Tomrrowland terrace).
 
MissM

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Pics I took late Monday afternoon. Posted on my blog: http://www.thefloridaproject.com/blog/2015/02/04/look-at-magic-kingdom-hub-construction/

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View of the Castle as you approach the hub


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Standing up against the low wall facing the Castle.

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Standing against the low hub wall looking left towards Liberty Square

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standing against low hub wall looking right towards tomorrowland

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with low hub wall to my back, facing back towards main street

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Moat was completely drained

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Tomorrowland side of the drained moat. (You can also see the rose gardens without the swan boat dock that was removed last year.)

ETA: By the way, the Hub area is really LOW lighting right now because of the construction. The entire Tomorrowland side of the hub is dark at night now. The lamps are turned off behind the walls making it very unbalanced and low, low lighting.
 
Kman101

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I think what they meant by saying if we got all bricks on Main Street they meant they WOULDN'T replace the tracks, so then there would be no trolley. Not that having bricks would prevent this. TDO would likely not replace the track so they don't have to run the trolley.
 
Prince Thomas

Prince Thomas

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MissM said:
Pics I took late Monday afternoon. Posted on my blog: http://www.thefloridaproject.com/blog/2015/02/04/look-at-magic-kingdom-hub-construction/

mk-feb215b.jpg

View of the Castle as you approach the hub


mk-feb215a.jpg

Standing up against the low wall facing the Castle.

mk-feb215c.jpg

Standing against the low hub wall looking left towards Liberty Square

mk-feb215d.jpg

standing against low hub wall looking right towards tomorrowland

mk-feb215e.jpg

with low hub wall to my back, facing back towards main street

mk-feb215f.jpg

Moat was completely drained

mk-feb215g.jpg

Tomorrowland side of the drained moat. (You can also see the rose gardens without the swan boat dock that was removed last year.)

ETA: By the way, the Hub area is really LOW lighting right now because of the construction. The entire Tomorrowland side of the hub is dark at night now. The lamps are turned off behind the walls making it very unbalanced and low, low lighting.
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Thanks for posting this btw!!!
 

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