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

[Monorail_Red_77]

Those of you that have not seen my thread yet from last weekend (3/14) visit to MK can view it here:
http://forums.wdwmagic.com/threads/...rt-march-14th-2015.897156/page-2#post-6606462

I have detailed pics of hub construction as well as some mainstreet east bypass theming and some de-treeing at TTC

For those that are interested.

 

[RSoxNo1]

Caption and photo taken from Micechat's new photo tour of Universal.

What is this, the Magic Kingdom Hub?

I lol'd.

Yeah, I got into an argument with my co-host on our last show about this. The exact same thing happens at Universal.

 

[erclvrb18]

so no new pix?????

 

[Cosmic Commando]

Yeah, I got into an argument with my co-host on our last show about this. The exact same thing happens at Universal.

What podcast are you doing now?

 

[roj2323]

Stopped by yesterday and got a few photos. The restrooms by the main street bypass did get a refurbishment. It's very modern, not futuristic but nice. The also now have the entire rose garden area concrete ripped out.

More to follow

 

[roj2323]

I also got lucky? And parked in the far back corner of the Scar lot (row 127) and got a pretty good view of the towers under construction back by the air strip. It was unfortunetly a bit far away to get a good photo but I could swear one of the towers was loaded on a trailer ready for transport.

 

[Cesar R M]

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I also got lucky? And parked in the far back corner of the Scar lot (row 127) and got a pretty good view of the towers under construction back by the air strip. It was unfortunetly a bit far away to get a good photo but I could swear one of the towers was loaded on a trailer ready for transport.

nice photos!

RIP flower Grden

 

[SpaceMountain75]

This picture perfectly encapsulates the need for large trees in the hub.

 

[Sage of Time]

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Stopped by yesterday and got a few photos. The restrooms by the main street bypass did get a refurbishment. It's very modern, not futuristic but nice. The also now have the entire rose garden area concrete ripped out. View attachment 87727View attachment 87728
More to follow

I love how 'Tomorrowland' that planter is. It just needs a nice big tree so as to block backstage views.

 

[prfctlyximprct]

This picture perfectly encapsulates the need for large trees in the hub. View attachment 87766

This photo makes me feel very patriotic.

 

[wogwog]

This picture perfectly encapsulates the need for large trees in the hub. View attachment 87766

Please also return the themed trash cans and trash the generic brown junk in use today.

 

[xstech25]

I don't know how anyone could be in that area around nighttime entertainment time and not be supportive of what they did. The area is much, much better now. My wife and I even had a picnic with sanwiches we brought in .

 

[ford91exploder]

I don't know how anyone could be in that area around nighttime entertainment time and not be supportive of what they did. The area is much, much better now. My wife and I even had a picnic with sanwiches we brought in .

Oh maybe it might be that they've taken a green oasis which used to be the divider for the lands and turned it into a blazingly hot concrete wasteland for 12 hours of the day all for the sake of 30 minutes of entertainment at night.

 

[ford91exploder]

Please also return the themed trash cans and trash the generic brown junk in use today.

But but it's more cost effective...

 

[xstech25]

Oh maybe it might be that they've taken a green oasis which used to be the divider for the lands and turned it into a blazingly hot concrete wasteland for 12 hours of the day all for the sake of 30 minutes of entertainment at night.

Well what I saw during the day people were relaxing, letting their kids run around and let off steam, sitting and enjoying an ice cream cone in front of the castle, etc. And what I saw at night was very pleasant compared to thousands of angry confused people trying not to get run over by mobs of crowds.

Having nice pretty wooded paths in parks is great - but in this situation it wasn't practical anymore. You weren't the one having to deal with what was probably hundreds of letters of complaints every day, Disney was.

The same situation with Downtown Disney and the large expansion of roads and parking in that area. Not only has the property attendance gone up but population in the Orlando metro area has exploded in the last 15 years.

 

[xstech25]

Plus it's not like they just made it a concrete wasteland: you can clearly tell they tried made the best of a bad situation by adding small trees and planters, fountains, etc. If you want to see an area butchered for a show look what Six Flags Great America did to Hometown Square for Ignight, they just took out all the planters for more viewing.

 

[RSoxNo1]

What podcast are you doing now?

I'm on The View.

 

[jdmdisney99]

I'm on The View.

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[yellowrocket]

Speaking of futuristic bathrooms - I really miss the powdered hand soap they had before 9/11.

 

[betty rose]

nice photos!

RIP flower Grden

I was surprised that the new hub "park" was so small. It was pretty , but much smaller scale than I pictured.