Merfdate!

[mousermerf]

I finally got my pictures!

Section 1: WATER.

Ever notice the rain drops falling from the Spring Balloon in the Land's atrium?

Where do they go? They go into the boatride, flow out the front of the building and down the new rockwork and finally cascade down the front of the new icon sign.

Speaking of water - there's a fish out of water over at the Living Seas. Where is Dory?

Maybe she's jsut lost.. I even checked inside the Coral Reef to see if she had been gutted and found this reassuring sign:

 

[mousermerf]

Part 2: The Rest of Epcot!

New use for the butterfly garden path behind Mousegear:

Where you can find Peanuts and Honey - free food!

Speaking of food, here's some pics of the new stand outside M:S (first - then close up showing NesCafe!) and the Land (with its ugly color).

 

[M:SpilotISTC12]

Great pics keep em coming!

 

[mousermerf]

Part 3: Changes!

There's a wall up keeping the alien wheat grown over at the Land pavilion at bay by M:S.

And something's different at Energy...

Could it be this handy new sign?

Not quite.. What do you think it is ladies? Did you consult the map?

There's no trees no more!

Better visibility i suppose...?

 

[mousermerf]

Part 4: When in Botswana, pretend you're in Epcot.

Over by the Rose Garden you'll find this not-so-great sight:

Fear not, it's actually nice from the inside!

Get your Botswana groove on!

It was really neat - the guys not wearing the shells jumped around and slapped those things on their legs together to the rhythm.

 

[mousermerf]

Part 5: The Mysterious Odyssey.

A WDWMagic first: The inside of the Odyssey!

They added cute little lighted fountains:

Everyone is seated at big round tables facing the cooking stage. People start showing up for these limitted capacity demos an hour or more prior. Here's more than i ever wanted to know about vanilla:

I actually enjoyed it after he stopped the slide-show about growing regions. I can actually taste the difference between regions. I'm a vanilla con-NAH-sur.

 

[mousermerf]

Part 6: Get ye to thy Contemporary!

Hello down there!

Which one of these is not like the others...

New Hallways! Note the groovey carpet, warm tones, and new room numbers.

Dare we enter? New sinks! Extra-shallow though - for the pretensious ones i suppose.

Don't the beds look cozy and nice? The rooms seem so much bigger. No - i did not jump on the beds...

But i DID go outside, down to the beach, and along the shore to get photos of the south garden wing being repainted:

You too can have new contemporary pics if you brave the swarm of trained attack mosquitos that protect the construction site!

 

[mousermerf]

Part 7: MK and MNSSHP.

When in doubt - pretend it's not an eyesore.

Cinderellabration at night during MNSSHP. As its supposed to be seen. By the Japanese.

Everything about it looks better at night - even the daytime fireworks!

Now, don't call me a scrooge - but isn't it a bit early for Christmas?

The lighting FX on Space Mountain during MNSSHP were great - these are just moments of the patterns and FX. Tons of colors and coolness.

I think that's it for me - what do ya'll think? Discuss

 

[Fantasmic!329]

Thanks Merf!

 

[LSUxStitch]

Ohhhhhh, I wonder if they will keep those lighting patterns for all nights at MK. I like em!

 

[TTATraveler]

Great Update, Thanks!:sohappy:

 

[dandaman]

Can't believe those SM lighting effects!

 

[Connor002]

Another great merfdate!

 

[MickeyTigg]

Great pix....thanks.

 

[zdonahue]

Great update Merf!!

Did you stay in the new room at the Contemporary or was that a preview room?

 

[GoofyMom2]

Thanks Merf! I'm glad you got your pics.... they are great! :sohappy:

 

[dr_teeth90210]

Thanks for the Merfdate! It's Merflicious.

I hate Merfberries!!!<--- bad Smurf's reference/ joke... very bad

P.S. Constantly speaking about one's self in 3rd person has been known to cause hairy palms.

 

[GymLeaderPhil]

Disneyland's Space Mountain does a similar effect with normal white floods, creating a sort of marquee-like display at night.

 

[speck76]

For a second I thought maybe Merf had a date.....with another person:lookaroun

:lol: :lol:

Last year they had a huge spiderweb projected on Space Mt....I thought it looked better than the changing colors this year.

I love the new Contemporary guest rooms, but they are pretty standard as to what most hotels are doing now.

 

[TomorrowlandTyler]

Great job as always, thanks merf