George Lucas on a Bench
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Another classic historic element of DL disappears. I feel like this sort of thing has been happening a lot more in recent years.
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News Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge - Historical Construction/Impressions
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Stevek
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I know, I can't wait until the tear out the Mansion ; )
George Lucas on a Bench
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Well, we lost those massive pine trees on the berm looming over the Mansion's extended queue. It may have been necessary, though and the new vegetation has grown in rather nicely, despite the inappropriate decrepit brick walls (serving some kind of purpose?) and aesthetically questionable railings that I saw morons climbing up onto on a grad night last week.
Disney Analyst
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I wonder if they kept the Rock Arch intact and just moved it off site?
Mouse3268
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This is my guess as well.
brb1006
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Disneyland is moving fast.
The tunnel is also gone too. Wonder if the arch was unsalvageable. Seems weird they went out of their way to keep it so long.
I'd say we only have a handful of days left in the Chalet's life at this point.
jmuboy
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As I understand it, the walls are to help create flat / more level planting areas for trees to grow. The older trees were too large and with wind a hazard for falling. The new magnolia trees are location appropriate and will look great as they grow in.
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Can we assume some of that land will also contain some small back stage facilities?
Curious Constance
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I'd say it will have some small backstage facilities, part of the river/island, walkways separating the river from the Star Wars land, the Frozen expansion pad, and huge show buildings. When you take all of that into account, it doesn't seem quite so big.
SSG
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It does look that way but you can see the outline of what l think is the new ROA route, so a lot of that will be returning
It's a bit misleading because of the fact the front half is still full of water. It particularly exaggerates the difference.
You can somewhat see the outline of the two dirt mounds for the MF attraction.
SSG
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Emmanuel
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Really big and most of it was backstage while the rest was Big Thunder Ranch and part of the Rivers of America. Looking at the overhead pics you can make out the original back portion of the river and railroad path. It'll be interesting to see another overhead pic by the end of the year to see how far its come.
