Magic & Walnut

News, observations and musings about life in the shadow of the Mouse.

[Magic & Walnut @MagicAndWalnut]

Signs of work on @Disneyland’s Fantasmic! The princess barges have been dry-docked and moved to a backstage warehouse behind Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge. Perhaps we’ll get some show enhancements during this unscheduled downtime?

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The #D23Expo show floor at the Anaheim Convention Center is being dismantled fast! Here’s what the inside looked like just 24 hours after the event ended:

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The @Disneyland Monorail resumed nighttime operations today — the first day since the start of the pandemic that it has operated past 7 p.m. The attraction’s hours are finally the same as the park’s!

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A major repainting project has begun on all three of the @Disneyland Hotel towers. It looks like the royal blue and tan color scheme is being replaced with a sky blue and off-white color scheme — perhaps to better complement the new DVC tower under construction?

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@htsosie2010 @Disneyland It’s likely that the old Downtown Disney parking lot is being bulldozed to create a staging area for construction of Downtown Disney’s new west end. A similar-sized staging area already has been constructed in an adjacent parking lot for the Disneyland Hotel’s DVC tower project.

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The proposed @Disneyland Hotel #DisneyVacationClub tower is still moving forward! Detailed renderings of the 12-story, L-shaped tower were unveiled tonight during a town hall webinar for neighborhood residents.

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The @Disneyland Paradise Pier Hotel retheming project appears to already be kicking off! Scaffolding has been erected along the base of the south tower, creating a scaffolding foundation that can now be extended upward to repaint the entire tower.

[Disney Tourist Blog @DisTouristBlog]

Paradise Pier Hotel Getting Pixar Reimagining https://t.co/BPAu2dSJPA

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The new #CaliforniaAdventure entry gate exclusively for Disney’s Paradise Pier Hotel guests has been unveiled off Disneyland Drive. The gate is to the immediate right of the existing card-key gate leading to Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel. Looks about ready to open!

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Shocking “KILL PEDOS” graffiti has popped up along a @Disneyland Resort wall facing Walnut Street — possibly linked to the far-right protests last month on Harbor Blvd. The concrete wall surrounds the main #DowntownDisney parking lot.

[Alicia Stella @AliciaStella]

This crowd was small, but their message is scary. In case there’s any doubt this is going to lead to violence against the LGBTQ community, imagery like this is starting to show up.

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A graffiti artist has defaced a @Disneyland Monorail beam along Disneyland Drive with unusually elaborate artwork. The artwork is credited to someone who goes by FetusBanquet on Instagram.

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The official typography of EPCOT has made its way to the West Coast! The construction site for the @Disneyland Hotel’s new, 12-story DVC tower includes signage that features EPCOT’s distinctive World Bold font.

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The southwest corner of the Disneyland Hotel has turned into a jumble of pipes, metal and big machinery as construction accelerates on a new 12-story, L-shaped Disney Vacation Club tower.

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Magic Key stickers already have started popping up across #DowntownDisney to signify locations that will give keyholder discounts starting tomorrow. Best of all, though? The stickers are in the unmistakable shape of the @Disneyland “Here you leave today” entrance plaque!

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Vertical construction on the #DisneylandHotel’s new #DVC tower has begun with installation of a row of metal pilings (peeking out over the top of a construction fence) near the Goofy’s Kitchen/Conference Center building. Nearby, a construction crew grades and preps the site.

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A @Disneyland Monorail-themed gate has been installed at the main pedestrian entrance to the Disneyland Hotel on the eve of the hotel’s reopening. The keycard gate will enable Disney to restrict non-hotel guests’ access to the hotel grounds and/or implement security screening.

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The return of fireworks to the skies above @Disneyland will take place four days ahead of the official July 4 debut of Mickey’s Mix Magic! A midweek test run has been scheduled for June 30, just a half hour after the park closes — and while #DowntownDisney is still open!

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A privacy screen has been installed along the green fence that runs the length of the @Disneyland tram route, further insulating guests from the “outside world” (of Disneyland Drive) as they traverse the half-mile tram route on foot.

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The @Disneyland Resort marching band is coming back! I spotted the band practicing in full formation tonight on an access road that runs behind Cars Land, effectively confirming the imminent return of live music to the parks. So amazing to see — and HEAR — them again! Listen in:

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The “brief” Avengers Campus pyro display will take place the night of the official, live-streamed dedication ceremony, as well as the night before. And #DCA likely will still be open to regular park guests during the pyro!

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The @Disneyland Resort will launch its very first pyrotechnics in more than a year to celebrate the opening of #AvengersCampus next week, according to an email sent to neighborhood residents.
https://t.co/ra3uj5XAci

[Disney Parks @DisneyParks]

Attention Recruits! The Avengers Campus Opening Ceremony from Disney California Adventure park will stream LIVE on June 2 at 8:15 p.m. PT | 11:15 p.m. ET. Tune in to celebrate this moment from the @Disneyland Resort. More details on the Disney Parks Blog: https://t.co/h3PoJqu2xC

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The @DisneylandCats have been presiding over the Disney Vacation Club construction site at the #DisneylandHotel. It would appear that when the construction crew is at bay, the Disneyland cats come out to play!

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The #DisneylandHotel has begun construction on its new 12-story #DVC tower with demolition of a back-of-house building. The new tower will be built on the southwest corner of the hotel grounds.