Mint's Magical Pictorial Discovery of the Disneyland Resort 4/2/09

[MintCrocodile]

Time to go the distance and head to the Disneyland Resort.



What's that thing above the Grizzly bear head?



With the one person looking up at the hubcap, it reminds me of one of those publicity stills ^



Wow! That's one big crane ^





Looks like the start of the star burst ^











The stencil for the sun burst ^



close up of what it will become ^



An even closer look ^



The top of the carousel turning out nicely with fresh paint ^








Probably will be the family-friendliest bathrooms San Fran will ever have ^



Someone must have thought this was a pinata of some sort. No candy will fall from it though ^









Starting to get busy... time to head to Disneyland ^



Looks like Walt is getting into the Celebration spirit ^



It's a party Castle! ^



New signage for the shop ^



"Your admission prices at work" ^



Cinderella looks so innocent ^



Once opened, you little ones may look like one of these ...



A Princess Diva or a Pop Princess ^



Went to go check out the Thunder Ranch Celebration thing and it wasn't even opened yet. Doing a lot of last minute touches





I'll check out the actual ranch for the time being ^



Are these signs new??? ^





The rest can be found at the Gallery



The crane in the background ^

Went back to the Celebration Ranch...



Come on Billy.. they aren't opened yet, I can't wait all day, and we have Fast Passes to use.

Didn't bother with it any more today.



Don't remember seeing this little fella in the back window of the peep window inside Sleeping Beauty Castle ^



Make it Blue!



Make it Pink



That's about it for today

Check out the rest of the pics at Mint's Gallery

[Snoopy]

Aren't you funny? I was just thinking to myself "Hey, I wonder if Mint has a new update" and lo and behold, a few seconds later here it is!

Anywho, I love the progression of Paradise Pier (especially the Screamin' sun circle and games) but the photoshopped pictures of Walt and the castle kind of creeped me out because I'm sure they've considered doing that at one point...

Excellent update as usual, Mint.

[HSM fans]

I love your updates Mint. Great job!

[Disney Vault]

Does her dress really change colors in the book or did you photoshop that? I really hope that is real.

[MintCrocodile]

Does her dress really change colors in the book or did you photoshop that? I really hope that is real.

It really does change colors now

[Disney Vault]

It really does change colors now

Glad to see they are still getting all the little things to work for the walk through. I am just loving all the progress.

[smitty-78]

Great stuff Mint love Walt's jacket, and no kidding when we were having dinner at the PCH on monday night as well as tuesday night they were bringing in parts of the crane that sucker is big.

[whitetiger]

okay i have a question regarding paradise bay... the huge black platform/stage being built for world of color- is that always going to be that elevated? will that make the bay look shallow? that's some pretty impressive technology going on if all of that is for lights and fountains. very interesting... i guess i just wasn't expecting an underwater "stage" to be built.

and has anyone else noticed that the sky blue in the sunburst matches the little flags/weathervanes on midway mania's rooftops? i assume it will be sky blue and not darker... does anyone else have the details?

[PirateGuy 815]

Very nice, thanks for the update!!

I was also thinking that maybe they should have some water in the bay go under the World of Color viewing area to make it look Pier-ish.

[blue-britt-bug]

what are the odds that i went to the park the same day as you?

i was wondering what that crane was doing at DCA