Painting in The National Parks

May 9th, 2011 by Dirk

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In the wake of the interior rehabs at Disney’s Sequoia Lodge (so far mostly in the lodges out in the wide gardens behind the main building) a rehab of the main building’s facade facing toward Lake Disney started in late April (as reported). Work is progressing now as can be seen in this photo taken on May 8, 2011, by InsideDLParis.

Interestingly so far the pain crews seem to use two different colors, a darker one closer to the ground a lighter one further up (the very light third “color” seen in some parts of the facade on this photo should not be any chosen color but just the look of the wooden facade after preparation and prior to applying the new paints.

Photo by InsideDLParis

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Adventureland getting more rehabs

May 9th, 2011 by Dirk

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The refurbishment projects continue to pop up all over the lands of the Disneyland Park. And while the Pinocchio dark ride reopened this weekend from its rehab another attraction in the neighboring Adventureland just got closed for a rehab: La Cabe des Robinson – the tree house of the Robinson Family (inspired by the classic live-action Disney movie). This walk-through attraction normally not only allows guests a close up look at the living quarters which the Robinson Family set up when they got marooned on a deserted island but also offers great views all over Adventureland. During the rehab guests can still enjoy similar views from the highest points of Adventureland Island.

20110508-102249.jpgAnother refurbishment project in Adventureland also seems to be in the early preparation phase: the replacement of Captain Hook’s Galley that feel into serious disrepair over the last years. The close up of the galley provided by InsideDLParis (and seen on the left) not only shows the sorry state of the ship (with elements nearly falling off allowing guests to look at the core structure not supposed to be visible) but also the water level of the lagoon. As can be seen the water level is way lower than it normally should be, exposing the fundament the ship sits on.

The reduced water level is also clearly discernible at the rock in the middle of the lagoon seen in the photo below. The dark part of the rock usually is above the water line, while the lighter colored section usually is below the water line. As the replacing of the galley has been officially announced (and should already be underway according to the first schedules mentioned by the resort) this reduction in the lagoon’s water level should be the first visible preparation of this process.

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All photos by InsideDLParis

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Let’s meet at the Old Mill…

May 8th, 2011 by Dirk

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… to check the progress of another rehab project. As reported right after the Easter weekend the Old Mill building (housing a snack sales location and the long closed ferries wheel on its back) has gone into rehab as well. The vanes has already been taken down by then – and are still gone as can be seen in the latest photo by InsideDLParis. But there is some other progress visible across the green standard construction fences that blocks off not only the Old Mill itself but also the former queue area for the ferries wheel (now used as outdoor seating for the snack point and as smoking area for Fantasyland) and the walkway right in front of the structure plus surrounding planters:

Scaffolding has started to go up to allow painters to tackle the wooden facade of the mill’s main structure (any work on the lower buildings adjacent to the main part is hidden behind the construction walls). One can exepect the scaffolding to go even higher as it does not yet reach all the way up to the mill’s roof.

Photo by InsideDLParis

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Gibson Girl’s Scaffolding

May 8th, 2011 by Dirk

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InsideDLParis has provided another photo to show off the progress which the rehab at The Gibson Girl Ice Cream Parlour has made in just a couple of days. Where earlier this week the scaffolding topped out at the balcony of the building’s first floor it has now grown all the way up to the the reclining roof, covering all of said first floor and its balcony.

While the ice cream parlour remains open it is interesting to note that no sign has been set up above the entrances informing guests of its presents – as was done for Walt’s. It needs to be awaited whether such sign might be added sometime soon.

Photo by InsideDLParis

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Here we go: CRPR (UPDATED)

May 8th, 2011 by Dirk

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20110508-101718.jpgIt’s time for another CRPR (Castle Rehab Progress Report) thanks to InsideDLParis. As can be seen in his latest photo the scaffolding continues to go up further on the back side, now reaching as high as the top of the large roof structure. While there had been some scaffolding nearly as high already a week ago (when our prior CRPR was released), back then the scaffolding was only consisting of the the base structure which now has been filled in with extra layers allowing the crews to actually get out and about to do their job.

Also compared to the prior CRPR progress is visible concerning the painting on the turrets’ roofs. Where only white primer / base paint was visible now the new blue and golden colors have taken over. Albeit, the two smaller turrets’ top parts are still completely missing, being backstage to receive their refurbishment on ground level.

UPDATE:
CreativeAlan tweeted a link to a recent photo of the front facade of the castle (facing toward Ental Plaza) from an unknown source. The up-to-date photo shows that nearly all scaffolding on the front facade has now been taken down – just low level scaffolding just above the moat for the two low towers flanking the entrance gate and some scaffolding higher up a hit to the back in one other spot remains. However, the arcade toward the right9; the castle is still behind scaffolding. As there is also still a printed on scrim mounted to tha scaffolding it can be expected that ts scaffolding will stay up a bit longer.

Photo by InsideDLParis

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Batman in the Rainforest

May 6th, 2011 by Dirk

Currently the attention is mostly centered around the exterior of the Rainforest Cafe. Afterall in course of the construction of its new neighbor – the Earl of Sandwich restaurant – the upper, un-themed half of the building’s wall facing toward the Earl of Sandwich got a new blue paint job (click here for our latest construction progress report) and the two giant mushrooms of the Rainforest Cafe that would now have ended up in front of the Earl of Sandwich were taken out (and no, they didn’t add any discounted mushroom items to the menu at the Rainforest Cafe).

However, a look into the Rainforest Cafe might be interesting as well, in particular into it’s shop. While not the most recent development it is still notable that the space dedicated to the shop has been significantly reduced since opening day. Those parts that are no longer part of the shop have been re-purposed as additional seating. To this purpose an additional rock wall has been set up to function as a barrier and the cashier counter has been moved forward. The thereby created additional seating area can be seen in the photo on the right.

However, there is more to see in the Rainforest Cafe – and this time it is a rather surprising news … the addition of t-shorts featuring comic and cartoon characters / designs neither inspired by Disney nor by Marvel properties! As can be seen in the photo on one of the recent visits there were Batman and Superman t-shirts (both DC Comics characters) available as well as a t-shirt appealing to the younger European guests featuring Willy from “Maya the Bee” (the German book, comic book and animated tv series “Biene Maya”). While one might argue for a connection between Maya the Bee and the ecological message that the Rainforest Cafe often propagates there really is no connection to the Batman and the Superman characters.

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Even more scaffolding

May 5th, 2011 by Dirk

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The Gibson Girl Ice Cream Parlour at the top of the Main Street of Disneyland Paris is the latest building to join the ever growing list of refurbishment projects. With the facade of Walt’s An American Restaurant already hidden behind scaffolding this is now the second building along the Main Street in a prominent position that disappears behind scaffolding and white tarps for a repainting of its facade. However, while the facade of Walt’s is already hidden by scaffolding all the way up to it’s highest point, the scaffolding at Gibson Girl – at least by Wednesday May, 4th as seen in the photo by InsideDLParis – only covers the ground level and the balcony of the first floor.

As is the case with Walt’s also Gibson Girl will also continue to operate during the refurbishment of its facade.

Photo by InsideDLParis.

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Candy Station at Cheyenne (corrected)

May 5th, 2011 by Dirk

The Candy stations have been popping up in various shops in both theme parks as well as in the shops of the Disney Village over the last years. At these guests can fill their choices of various candy powder types (mixing as they wish) into provided clear plastic tubes. Late last year the candy stations continued their roll-out further into the resort aiming at the Disney Hotels. Recently one of these candy station with wild west decorations popped up in the shop of Disney’s Hotel Cheyenne.

Correction:
Seen in the photo here is a candy powder station with a similar wild west design that was set up late last year(?) in the Thunder Mesa Mercantile building.

No word yet, whether the shops in the other Disney Hotels will set up candy stations as well. But: let us know if you spot on!

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Captain EO Merchandise

May 4th, 2011 by Dirk

Michael Jackson has been entertaining guests of Disneyland Paris in Discoveryland now for a bit more than 10 months in the 3D movie musical / space extravaganza / space themed meag video clip “Captain EO” and it has turned rather calm around this attraction at least among the fans - mind you not inside the theater were the high energy music still continues to rock the guests.

Even so the hoped for long lines never materialized at the attraction it seems those that do come and take flight with Captain EO must still feel entertained enough – or be huge fans of Michael Jackson. Otherwise it could not be explained that early last winter the merchandise selection for Captain EO got a major boost and several new items showed up at Star Traders:

There is the Captain EO jacket (with the Captain EO logo on the front), several t-shirts (including one with the design as worn by Michael Jackson in one scene of the movie) as well as … and that had been hoped for by many fans according to posts on online boards in early 2010 … new plush!

Available are the two members of Captain EO’s crew which lend themselves best for a re-incarnation as plush – Hooter (that is the crew member with the trunk, wearing a muscle shirt) and Fuzzball (the furry one with the wings and long tail). Still missing from the original collection of plush offered at Disneyland Anaheim during the initial run of the 3D movie is the plush of the two-headed navigator of Captain EO’s spaceship, Idey and Ody.

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Chef Rémy

May 4th, 2011 by Dirk

The Magical Moments Festival officially is taking place all over Disneyland Paris, including certainly both theme parks. However, the offerings under the festival in the Walt Disney Studios Park are rather limited. One of the very few offerings in the Studios and in fact the only consistently available one is the new photo location that went up in front of the Restaurants des Stars.

Located outside the restaurant along the park’s main road, right under the sign announcing Chef RĂ©my as the restaurants special guest (he appears regularly in real size on a cheese platter and entertains guests) the photo location can be seen in the photo of the right. guests can step behind the cheese and stick their heads out through the holes of the cheese.

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