… for the summer season does not only mean, that the entertainment department is busy with the final preparations, gardening crews are bustling even more busy than normally and the final attraction closures for last minute rehabs are organized. In addition there are numerous smaller (and not so small) rehabs and construction projects in particular spread over the Disneyland Park to sprouce up everything.
In Adventureland the rehab of the CafĂ© de la Brousse, we reported earlier this week, has now been joint by a rehab inside Skull Rock that blocks the walkway. In the meantime the wooden bridge off Adventure Island next to the Pirate’s Playground has been reopened after a temporary closure at the beginning of June. In Discoveryland parts of the walkway between the entrance of Autopia, Space Mountain Mission 2 and the queue area for Orbitron are redone, creating a bottle neck.
But these construction will soon be finished just as other rehabs that were already concluded in the past weeks. One of the already concluded project took place without most guests noticing it – but the effect now that the project is done will not be overlooked, especially by fans: the arms of the Old Mill in Fantasyland are turning again. Since the attraction (a small ferris wheel) that is part of the Old Mill structure was closed the arms of the Old Mill rarely if ever turned – but just as many other effects throughout the Disneyland Park the arms of the wind mill are finally turning again adding kinetics to the back of Fantasyland. 
Another atmospheric effect that has been recently rehabed and re-activated is the waterfall extending from the fountain on the top floor of Sleeping Beauty Castle down to the ground floor next to the staricase over the pulsating crystalls embedded in the rock work the castle stands on – however, while the effect was turned on during the past week, at least Sunday it had been turned off again.
Also finished in the meantime is the second step of widening the walkways around Central Plaza that took place in the final week of May. In a first step this spring the walkway from Casey’s Corner to the entrance to Fort Comstock was widened and in particular the entrance slightly opened toward the Main Street, to make it more obvious for guests. Now in a second step the walkway
leading from the entrance area of Fort Comstock along the Central Plaza toward Adventureland was widened as well. These projects were initiated when the new “Party Time … with Mickey & Friends” was set up, as guest flow feared (especially on busy summer days) the crowds would block the main hub of the park. The widened walkways are supposed to allow for an ongoing guests flow even during show times, around a potential gridlocked Central Plaza. Therefore, especially widening the entrances and making the walkways more obvious was a central element of the project. Also guest flow expects that these steps should improve the guest flow situation during parade times.