It's really not terrible. In fact, the little garden FP+ areas are nice and give a bit of a park feel to it. Yes, it's much more expansive and open and yes, it could use some more foliage (especially in the form of trees to anchor the Castle better) but...it really doesn't look or feel like a concrete wasteland. I was pleasantly surprised the first time we saw it with walls down. And I have to say the practicality of being able to get around during parades and such is a dream come true compared to being crushed in a literal herd of unmoving bodies.
I wasn't referring to the entire center plaza hub project. The pouring of the concrete will be done within a couple of weeks (so I shouldn't have said "days" - my bad). I fully expect the planters to take an additional 1-2 weeks after that for planting and installing of railings. Two things to make note of, the footprints of this new concrete appears to be larger than the previous red. Also, when they did the other side, once the concrete was done, they boxed off the planters and opened Partners. This enabled the space to be used for foot traffic at the very least. This is what I expect will happen in this case as well. Also, when they did the previous planters on the other side, the lights and speakers weren't installed until quite late, and this time they're already in (granted it's a small project, but still, it's Disney). So I'll adjust what I said in my previous post, I expect the concrete conversion to be completed within the next 1-2 weeks, at which point I would expect them to open the area and Partners to traffic while they box up and finish the planters (taking another 1-2 weeks to plan the bushes, tree and install rails). Of course, none of us are "in the know" or experts on the matter, so we'll ultimately have to wait and see.
Again, we'll see. They opened that area and boxed just the planters for spring break because of the increase in traffic to that area (obviously) and because the concrete was done. If the concrete is done by the 4th of July, I don't see why they wouldn't do the same. Having been to MK during the 4th, I have a hard time believing they consider Spring Break to be busier than Independence Day and the ensuing summer crowds. I wouldn't be surprised to see a hard push over the next three weeks to try and get that done. You may be right, that remains to be seen. All I'll say is that I won't be surprised either way based on what we've seen so far, and what's coming with the summer season upon them.
Someone would still complain...someone always will.I think the solution to the tree problem is, retractable trees.
It's been quite some time since we've seen any photos like this one of the edges bordering the mote. Are these pieces of landscaping progressing at all? I've lost touch of how much of this remains to be done as so much of the focus has been on the center of the hub and the towers and turrets.
Can't say for sure Dave, the article and the multiple other articles it links to never refers to the actual manufacturer. However, it does state that their particular field lasted as long as it was expected to. As you would expect, they are supposed to be replaced after a number of years.
I can't either, it was posted by another member and I haven't been to the parks in like 3 weeks so its new, but that doesn't look big enough for a food cart, in my opinion. It could be the picture.
That's this...but not sure what they mean by "food cart". Is it one in the same as this? But the permit indicates something in a different spot on the hub.
With the money that it costs to go there, I surely do not need any beckoning trees to entice me to go beyond Main Street. But, if you like them, fine! However, the new purpose of the castle, mostly to project shows on, are limited by the inclusion of to many big trees. Times change, we all kinda need to go with whats happening today, not what we remember from yesterday.
It finished today. It's a ramp now since there is a walkway there.
Most of the outer ring has benches being built into the walls. The walls themselves are about 20 inches deep and they are placing the fences at the back of that wall leaving a 16 or so inch deep place to sit. They are quite comfortable considering they are concrete.
