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

[Sage of Time]

Here's some photos I took yesterday (7/8)

Castle Forecourt area

From the Tomorrowland Bridge

Lastly, from the bridge connecting the Crystal Palace to Liberty Square

The two "flanks" of towers leading away from Cinderella Castle is really interesting. It makes Fantasyland feel much closer to the Hub and Main Street. Not too sure about that.

AND LOOK AT ALL THOSE TALL TREEEEEES!!!!!!

 

[Monorail_Red_77]

(sing to the tune of chimney sweep song on mary poppins)
scrim scriminy scrim
scrim scrim scrim-a-roo
we've got plenty of scrims just for you.
scrim scriminy scrim
scrim scrim scrim-ree
'cause there are just soo many things we don't want you to see.

 

[Goofyernmost]

(sing to the tune of chimney sweep song on mary poppins)
scrim scriminy scrim
scrim scrim scrim-a-roo
we've got plenty of scrims just for you.
scrim scriminy scrim
scrim scrim scrim-ree
'cause there are just soo many things we don't want you you don't really want to see.

Fixed it for you.

 

[Sage of Time]

I'd like to add this was my first time seeing the partially completed hub re-design. I think it looks wonderful! It has a totally different vibe than it did before, to me at least. I actually enjoyed my dinner in 'park' adjacent to Casey's Corner (though I had to fight off a rather aggressive crane). I'm looking forward to seeing how the vegetation in this area grows over the next few years!

It's going to be really lovely when all the trees grow up. It's exciting.

Good luck in grad school. I just got through all that madness.

 

[Sage of Time]

Thank you! As the beginning approaches, I'm finding myself more and more nervously excited

That's good. Expect to work yourself to the bone, but being excited about it is good. Will you be teaching? What are you getting your degree in?

 

[Adam N]

Anybody have any updates from today specifically?

 

[Sage of Time]

I won't be teaching my first year as teaching assistantships are only awarded to second year students in my department. So, hopefully next fall! I'll be working toward an English degree with a focus in Literary, Cultural, and Textual Studies.

Very nice. Be glad that you won't be teaching right away... I was thrown right into that on day 1 and it's a big adjustment.

 

[SpaceMountain75]

Scrims are down on the turrets closest to the castle:

I'll post better pictures when I find them.

 

[meyeet]

So when do we think the scrims will come down on the turrets?

I'm guessing we'll see a completed hub right around the time Dream Along with Mickey returns on August 22nd. At minimum I would expect the larger turrets that house the show controls will be out from the scrims.

 

[LieutLaww]

I'll be there in September as well. Hub wdwmagic meetup?

Might be an idea

 

[WildcatDen]

Not anything that would become as majestic.

Speaking of The Majestic, the soundtrack for that movie is top notch, TOP NOTCH!

 

[SpaceMountain75]

Thanks to @Daveh787 on Twitter for the sweet photos!

 

[SpaceMountain75]

Lol at my photo update being 'out of date'

I think I speak for the entire WDWMAGIC community here (definitely myself) when I say that any photo update, even if it is "outdated" as you said, is appreciated. We come here to get our Disney fix, and people who post pictures from recent visits to the parks allow us to live vicariously through them. So don't feel like your post wasn't appreciated in the slightest. I enjoyed it and I'm sure countless others did too, so thanks for the update!

 

[JenniferS]

I'm guessing we'll see a completed hub right around the time Dream Along with Mickey returns on August 22nd. At minimum I would expect the larger turrets that house the show controls will be out from the scrims.

Yay - guess who arrives conveniently on 8/22!

 

[marni1971]

Yay - guess who arrives conveniently on 8/22!

Me?

 

[JenniferS]

Me?

Me!

 

[Red Sox]

So is the right ramp to the castle still torn up? Looks like it's all behind walls from that picture.

 

[hpyhnt 1000]

Could do without the purple banner if I'm honest. But overall they look nice. Be good to see what they look like once the scrims on the new tech booth turrets come down and we can judge the forced perspective scale from Main Street.

Also, I know they are a rather trivial thing, but the addition of the hanging flower baskets on the lamp posts really make a difference (see @AJH219's earlier pics). Can't quite explain why, but they are something that just make the Hub look "better."

 

[ChristianG]

It's all coming together really nice! The turret looks great! I'm not a huge fan of the banner, though. It looks like it doesn't belong hugging the side of a tower or wall. Otherwise, everything is looking great! Loving the foliage and vegetation!

 

[ABQ]

Not a huge fan of the presentation of the purple banners, but it does remind me of the old lion logo used sparingly in King Stefan's Banquet Hall.
The good old days, before the dark times of the princess takeover.