Phil's 02/19 AND 02/20 WDW Update w/ Pics

[GymLeaderPhil]

R.I.P. The Plaza Pavillion.

This surprisingly looks nice here...

It looks like the Noodle Station will have Tommorowland's theme finally.

Happiest Celebration on Earth? Ha! More like The Happiest Construction Walls on Earth.

It's all walled up.

 

[imagineersrock]

thanks for the great update!

 

[Figment1986]

Great updates.. And i see more photos are comming... Great job....

Love the shots.... (I am not lying.. I love them... they are great..)

Where did you get some great ideas for some of the angles... and the luck for some of these shots...

and the nihgt parade were great...

 

[GymLeaderPhil]

The Timekeeper was open, probably for the final time and Buzz/Stitch can't let that happen.

This made my blood boil. Sort of like the water tubey thingies (as Sarge would say) in the Timekeeper's queue.

Rhea, darling, we need Danny and your support to keep this open.

I normally respect the wishes for no photography (I don't use flash), but this is important. This was an awesome attraction.

Yes, we will miss you.

 

[tigger248]

Um, where are the pics? Am I the only one not getting them?

 

[GymLeaderPhil]

Speaking of Sarge, his eyes were off on Sunday. The cannons in the only working theater were working, but one was missing a plastic cover band and it was like a night light throughout the show. The other cannon didn't light up. And there appeared to be some sort of white blob right below the teleportation tube. Like mold. Maybe it was like a napkin. I don't know, but it looked weird.

Astro Oribter is slowly being placed back into, er um, place. The spire was added early on Sunday.

Here's a shot from Saturday when Orbitor was spire-less.

The afformentioned spire, in it's rennovated beauty.

Another great shot of the amazing job they've put into Astro.

 

[Testtrack321]

Do you have a high res version of the last Timekeeper photo.

 

[GymLeaderPhil]

We've traded the lagoon for mulch.

And water fountains.

And more of Ariel's rock.

And lamp posts.

Are you worth this Pooh?

 

[egionet]

Fantastic Pics! And a fantastic update, as always! Thank you!

 

[GymLeaderPhil]

The entrance to the 100 Acre Woods.

The trail that will lead into the 100 Acre Woods.

The second half of the construction wall removal stretches to Mickey's Toontown Fair.

Don't kids like to climb over these things? I was tempted to... Maybe it was just a metorite that landed inbetween the two different fences.

I have to say, I never expected this much wasted space.

 

[MKCP 1985]

Most excellent photos. Worth waiting for - when I first clicked on this thread, I got no photos. For the longest time, got nothing at all, and then little red xes. Came back later and photos were there.

 

[DisKid]

Great update! Thanks! That does look like a lot of wasted space. Hopefully only for a short amount of time...even if we have to go and kick Pooh out and put a ride in ourselves!

 

[Lennyg512]

WOW!!! Great update!
I hate Winnie the Pooh. It is such a big waste of space. But, any word on when the 100 Acre Wood is supposed to open?

 

[Irrawaddy Erik]

Great Pics.....

 

[GymLeaderPhil]

The castle decorations are indeed behind Mulchville U.S.A.

IASW roof work.

A familiar face where a screw was once.

My sister vs. the turkey leg.

I had a hard time deciding how to end this update, but I've always had a hard time taking pictures of Spectro with previous cameras. My new camera works miracles and so this is it. Enjoy!

 

[Scar]

Great photos! What type of camera do you have? We can never take night pictures.

 

[tj229er]

I love all of those pics. Espically the spectro one. Do you have a high res of it?

 

[GymLeaderPhil]

That is some crowd at the AK for 11:00. Do the new tickets still feature Mickey, Minnie, Goofy, and Donald?

I believe so.

Where did you get some great ideas for some of the angles... and the luck for some of these shots...

and the nihgt parade were great...

Yes, these are all hand picked shots, edited from their original size. I took nearly 800 each day (about 1600 in all two days), the night time and indoor shots are always random. Some turn out, others don't. When you add motion to the mix, either in a ride vehicle or an animatronic, it makes taking a blurless shot even harder.

I haven't taken a single photography class, just an artsy person.

Great photos! What type of camera do you have? We can never take night pictures.

Canon Powershot G6. The night pictures were taken with an ISO of 400.

 

[celestia]

great photos!
I love all the comments
:lol:

 

[joel_maxwell]

well, at least we know the the plants in the 20K area probabaly have the best top soil inthe whole property seing that it is on top of an old lagoon. moisture is probably seeping thru the crap in the dirt. lol

only kidding. but they do look plush