Posts Tagged ‘refurbishment’
Monday, November 7th, 2011
As widely reported the Sleeping Beauty Castle at the heart of the Disneyland Park has returned from its extensive rehab earlier this year more beautiful than in a long time. However, there us still one area that is off-limit for guests currently where a rehab is still on-going: the dungeon / caves under the castle.
All three entrances are closed off – the gates in front of the bridge leading to the front entrance are closed, a special construction wall blocks the rear entrance and the gates in front of the stairway leading from Merlin’s shop down into the cave are also closed.
However, with a bit of luck guests may be able to catch a glimpse of the ongoing work from inside Merlin’s shop despite a black tarp which is supposed to prevent guests from seeing behind the magic (see photo above)…
Tags: Castle, closure, Disneyland, Disneyland Park, Dragon, Le Château de la Belle au Bois Dormant, refurbishment, rehab, Sleeping Beauty Castle
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Monday, May 30th, 2011
Another rehab has come to its conclusion on the Main Street – Disney & Co. the shop specializing in toys and plush has reopened after its extensive refurbishment. Not only was the flooring redone and the whole interior of the shop with its detail rich design repainted so that it shines in bright colors once again – in addition the shop’s main room recieved a major change to its layout. As reported before the rehab the (working !) organ as the room’s centerpiece (around wish the cashiers were located) has been removed opening up more space for guests and merchandise as the cashiers were moved to the far ends of the shop. While the loss of the organ (that has been rumored to be on the move to Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom) is to be mourned the new layout has helped ease the nearly eternal congestion inside the popular shop. With Disney & Co. being back to full regular operations Lilly’s Boutique next door has returned to showcase its “regular” merchandise as well after offering shelter to some toys and plush during the rehab of the shop next doors.
There is also news to report from the rehab across the street of the Gibson Girl Ice Cream Parlour – here the scaffolding was covered with a printed tarp during the past week to reduce the impact on guest experience.
Photos by InsideDLParis
Tags: Disney & Co., Disneyland, Disneyland Paris, Disneyland Park, Gibson Girl, Gibson Girl Ice Cream Parlour, Main Street, Main Street U.S.A., Main Street USA, refurbishment, rehab
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Saturday, May 21st, 2011
The refurbishment of Sleeping Beauty Castle at the heart of the Isneyland Park is making huge progress over the last few days. As can be seen in the photos all scaffold on the front facade of the castle has disappeared in the meantime – including the scaffolding in front of the arcades to the right of the castle. However, as a close up shows there is still some work to be done to some parts of the latter. Note how fresh and pristine the refurbished part looks and how worn down in comparison the columns of the arcade closer to the camera.
However, this should require only a rather fast touchup job. Just take a look at the impressive effect of the new coating on the detailed stone work on the back side of the castle facing toward the Snow White area.
With the scaffolding completely down on the front the waterfall to the left of the castle has been turned back on again as well. However, work is not fully finished and painters can be seen working on e castle from a crane at times.also not all turrets are finished yet, even so another white (i.e. primed) roof top has received is final blue color in the meantime. Those turrets still missing are supposed to receive a golden roof top.
Meanwhile the work on the back facade facing into Fantasyland is making visible progress as well – the first scaffolding is already coming down again here!
Photos by InsideDLParis
Tags: Castle, Disneyland, Disneyland Paris, Disneyland Park, Le Château de la Belle au Bois Dormant, refurbishment, rehab, Sleeping Beauty Castle
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Monday, May 16th, 2011
It’s Monday morning … and to start off the week we got an update of various refurbishment projects inside Disneyland Park courtesy of InsideDLParis for you. Let’s start off deep in Fantasyland … where the scaffolding around the Old Mill has gone up another few meters and is now hjiding the full height of the building – only the weather vane is still peaking over it.
Just a few steps further along the pathway leading away from it’s a small world (where the former post-show pavilion is still closed for it’s transformation into a Princess Meet’n'Greet / photo location) another rehab has come to a fast end and the Unbirthday tea party table has returned to the photo location in front of Alice’s Curious Labyrinth. The table and the decorations, cups and more all look shiny and new again. A closer Look will reveal one important change, though: the cups, in which rain water collected when the table was installed in April are now featuring little holes for the water to drain.
The refurbishment of the castle continues, with the front of the main strucutre now free off all scaffolding, but the scaffolding still reaching into the sky on it’s back.
On to the final stop of today’s rehab update program: Orbitron in Discoveryland. As reported the various decorational elements turning when the ride is in motion as well as the arms with all rockets have been dismantled, leaving only the bare center element standing with it’s mechanical interior revealed to see (over the green cosntruction fence) – as can be seen in the photo above taken from the entrance into Discoveryland.
Photos by InsideDLParis
Tags: Alice in Wonderland, Alice's Curious Labyrinth, Discoveryland, Disney Magical Moments, Disneyland, Disneyland Paris, Disneyland Park, Fantasyland, Magical Moments, Magical Moments Festival, Old Mill, Orbitron, refurbishment, rehab
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Saturday, May 14th, 2011
As reported the extensive refurbishment of the exterior facade of Walt’s on the Main Streeted started about three weeks ago – i.e. the facade disappeared behind Scaffolding reaching all the way up to the highest point of the roofline. While a temporary sign was added above the entrance to make sure guests are aware, that the restaurant remains open for business, it took a bit longer to cover the white tarps with tarps showing a printed replica of the original building’s facade.
However, on May 13, 2011 they finally were installed, making the whole refurbishment project less obvious and intrusive for guests walking down Main Street U.S.A. The painted tarps have become a trademark feature of Disneyland Paris which is in the meantime also emulated in the US Disney resorts. Their effect of reducing the intrusion of the rehabs into the themed environment is particularly important in years like 2011 when the number and the scope of rehabs exceeds the usual amount by far – in this case due to the preparation for next year’s anniversary.
Photos by InsideDLParis
Tags: Disneyland, Disneyland Paris, Disneyland Park, Main Street, Main Street U.S.A., Main Street USA, refurbishment, rehab, Walt's, Walt's An American Restaurant
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Friday, May 13th, 2011
Even so our coverage of the various refurbishment projects currently taking place at the resort in preparation for next year’s 20th anniversary mostly concentrates on the big, high-profile projects (e.g. the current rehab of Orbitron) there are numerous small regurbishments going-on across the resort at any given time. For example right now one of the small bridges of the meandering paths connecting the various outdoor areas of the Cafe de la Brousse in Adventureland has been closed off for one of the smaller refurbishment projects.
UPDATE:
It is as if the small rehab next to the Cafe de la Brousse was set up as a perfect example for us to demonstrate the small & swift rehabs that pop up in the resort and are finished just as fast as they appeared. Where Thursday the rehab was executed the work was already finished and the two pieces of construction fence blocking the access had disappeared by Friday – as seen in the new photo by InsideDLParis.
Photos by InsideDLParis
Tags: Adventureland, Café de la Brousse, Disneyland, Disneyland Paris, Disneyland Park, refurbishment, rehab
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Wednesday, May 11th, 2011
Time for a look at the other big rehab going on in Fantasyland besides the one of the exterior of the Old Mill. This time InsideDLParis provides us with a look over the green construction fence that blocks of the wide area in front of the Toad Hall Restaurant (still open, accessible via a small walkway leading up onto its terrace next to Peter Pan’s Flight) and the Fantasy Festival Stage / Fantasyland Station (also still open). As can be seen the original floor has been taken out and new stones will be laid down very soon. To the right of the photo the new pavement stones have already been laid.
Unfortunately a third, unplanned refurbishment has sprung up in Fantasyland as well: today the Unbirthday Party tee table decoration that had been set up at the photo location in front of Alice’s Curious Labyrinth was gone. While the throne (here since 1992) and Mad Hatter’s seat (complete with the hat, both installed only this year for Disney’s Magical Moments Festival) remained, the table with its crazy decorations for the Unbirthday Tea Party is gone. If past experience with Aladdin’s Magical Lamp at another new photo location created for the festival is any indicator most probably the table respectively the decorations on it did not withstand the wear and tear imposed by some guests…
Photos by InsideDLParis
Tags: Alice's Curious Labyrinth, Disney's Magical Moments Festival, Disneyland, Disneyland Paris, Disneyland Park, Fantasy Festival Stage, Fantasyland, Magical Moments, Magical Moments Festival, refurbishment, rehab, Toad Hall
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Wednesday, May 11th, 2011
The rehabs in preparation of next year’s 20th anniversary celebration have (finally) touched down in Discoveryland as well. Green construction fence has sprung up all around the Orbitron – the center piece of the large plaza in front of Space Mountain: Mission 2. Orbitron is not only the alternative to Dumbo for a bit more adventurous guests (as it flies higher and turns much faster) but also adds kinetic energy to the front half of Discoveryland with its lgeaming and turning elements. However, guests will have to live without this effect and the attraction for quite a while. Currently the rehab is scheduled to last (at least) till the end of June. If the major rehabs of Orbitron in the past are any indicators the center piece of Orbitron, which still stretches high above the construction fence, can be expected to be taken down soon.
As a side note: surprisingly a themed construction notice has been put up on the construction fence for Orbitron, featuring the popular poster art as seen in the tunnels under the Main Street Station (and on the photo above by InsideDLParis).
UPDATE:
Yesterday we said that the dismantling of the ride’s centerpiece could be expected soon … only shortly after the post was published InsideDLParis reported that overnight that exact dismantling process had started and first elements had been taken down overnight.
Photos by InsideDLParis
Tags: Discoveryland, Disneyland, Disneyland Paris, Disneyland Park, Orbitron, refurbishment, rehab
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Monday, May 9th, 2011
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
Tags: Disney Hotels, Disney's Sequoia Lodge, Disneyland, Disneyland Paris, refurbishment, rehab, Sequoia Lodge
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Monday, May 9th, 2011
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.
Another 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.
All photos by InsideDLParis
Tags: Adventureland, Captain Hook's Galley, Disneyland, Disneyland Paris, Disneyland Park, La Cabane des Robinson, refurbishment, rehab, Robinson Tree House
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As widely reported the Sleeping Beauty Castle at the heart of the Disneyland Park has returned from its extensive rehab earlier this year more beautiful than in a long time. However, there us still one area that is off-limit for guests currently where a rehab is still on-going: the dungeon / caves under the castle.
All three entrances are closed off – the gates in front of the bridge leading to the front entrance are closed, a special construction wall blocks the rear entrance and the gates in front of the stairway leading from Merlin’s shop down into the cave are also closed.
