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The Color Code
Confirmed/Under Construction/Greenlit Projects in Green
Legitimate Rumor, but no timetable in Red
Far fetched/Blue Sky Rumor in Blue
Magic Kingdom
Rapunzel and Flynn Ryder to Replace Storytime with Belle in the Fairytale Garden on October 15th (Final Storytime with Belle is September 12th)
Fantasy Forest = Fantasyland Makeover/Expansion for 2012
Under the Sea: Journey of the Little Mermaid - D/E-Ticket omnimover that will take guests through all of the music from the Little Mermaid. The exterior will be a rock work Grotto behind a fully rendered version of Prince Eric's Castle
Beauty and the Beast Area: Enchanted Tales with Belle - Interactive Story Time, Be Our Guest Restaurant - counter service restaurant by day, table service restaurant by night (to feature living characters of Lumiere and Cogsworth), Gaston's Tavern - counter service restaurant
Dumbo's Circus - A relocation of Dumbo the Flying Elephant to the old footprint of Mickey's Toontown Fair will see an additional Dumbo Spinner, effectively cutting guest wait time in half. The interactive queue will be underneath "the big top" where guests will see sideshow acts and play midway games while they wait.
Re-theming of Goofy's Barnstormer (Possibly to Clown Alley)
Re-theming of Toontown Fair Railroad Station to Dumbo/Circus theme
Casey Jr. Food/Merchandise location to be added near Dumbo
Mickey and Minnie meet and Greets to be moved (Possibly to Town Square Exposition Hall on Main Street)
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh facade to be re-themed to a forest setting.
"it's a small world" refurbishment August 1st-October 22nd (To include facade work and queue work with reversal of exit and entrance for attraction)
Snow White's Scary Adventures to close
Princess and Fairies Meet and Greets to be moved to former Skyway and Snow White's Scary Adventures
Seven Dwarves Mine Car Coaster to replace spot originally planned for Cinderella and Aurora Chateaus
New parade and New Castle Show as part of 40th Anniversary celebration
Offboard audio to be added to Space Mountain
Mickey's Toontown to close in January 2011 at the earliest
Living character (voice, moving mouth and facial feature) versions of Mickey, Minnie, Donald, Goofy, Pooh and Tigger coming to the resort - Possibly exclusive to character dining locations
Lap Bars added to Splash Mountain
Ride enhancements for The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh to come in a refurbishment later this year
RFID tag changes to be incorporated into Peter Pan's Flight, The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, Monster's Inc Laugh Floor, Snow White's Scary Adventures, Space Mountain, and Haunted Mansion as part of $1.5 billion "Next Gen Experience"
Walk Around the World tiles to be removed
Hatbox Ghost in Haunted Mansion
Jungle Cruise refurbishment (Possibly by 2012)
Big Thunder Mountain Railroad refurbishment
Frontierland Expansion
Epcot
American Heritage Gallery at The American Adventure is closed for refurbishment. Modifications currently unknown
Cantina in Mexico demolition/rebuilding, estimated opening date September 24th
Completion of Spaceship Earth Descent
Journey Into Imagination with Figment Refurbishment
New Soarin' Video (Soarin' Over the World)
RFID tag changes to be incorporated into Spaceship Earth as part of $1.5 billion "Next Gen Experience"
Disney Nature to take over Circle of Life Video in The Land
New World Showcase Pavilion/E-Ticket
Disney's Hollywood Studios
Star Tours 2.0 (To close September 8, 2010, and re-open May 16, 2011)
High School Musical 3 Show to be replaced by new Disney Channel movie music show starting October 22nd
Muppet What Not Work Shop
Muppet Mobile Lab and Electric Mayhem Band Living Character Initiative appearances
New Pre-Show for Muppetvision 3D(Announced at D23 Expo, but not included in April/May refurbishment)
Relocation/Removal of Sorcerer's Hat
One Man's Dream refurbishment August 16, 2010-November 2, 2010 (Possibly including new/upcoming projects)
Possible re-configuration of Rock 'n' Roller Coaster Queue - Re-introduction of queueless waiting system
Marvel Attraction
Halloween Party to cover two weekends, and include characters from Tron, Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland, and Nightmare Before Christmas
Monster's Inc Coaster
Backlot Tour Removal
Great Movie Ride Refurbishment
Sounds Dangerous replacement (Phineas and Ferb 3D show?)
Carsland Expansion in the Backlot Tour Tram Area
Disney's Animal Kingdom
Walking Tour of Kilimanjaro Safaris (More Information Here)
Expedition Everest Yeti Refurbishment/Replacement
Mysterious Island/Journey to the Center of the Earth/20K Leagues Under the Sea
Australia
General Walt Disney World
Four Seasons
Golden Oak Residential area near Four Seasons with 50-60 $1 million+ homes (More Info Here)
Pleasure Island Area to be re-done by 2012
Monorail Maroon to be built off of more heavily damaged parts of monorails Pink and Purple
Animation Suites being built adjacent to Pop Century
Haunted Mansion, Pirates of the Caribbean, and Disney's Royal themed rooms at moderate resorts
Typhoon Lagoon Expansion - West of Crush 'n' Gusher
Re-Purposing of Mannequins and 8 Trax at Pleasure Island, possible Aquarium Restaurant (Owned by Landry's)
Doors coming to Parking Lot Trams
Recently Completed/Opened
Tomorrowland Transit Authority renamed to Tomorrowland Transit Authority PeopleMover
Via Napoli: New Counter Service Pizzeria coming to Italy
The Color Code
Confirmed/Under Construction/Greenlit Projects in Green
Legitimate Rumor, but no timetable in Red
Far fetched/Blue Sky Rumor in Blue