The Yankee Trade merchandise location in Liberty Square and located right outside The Haunted Mansion in Disney World’s Magic Kingdom is under serious construction. Giant refurbishment walls have been placed all along the outside of the building on the side facing the Rivers of America. A sign on the walls states, “The Yankee Trader is […]
The Yankee Trader in Disney World’s Magic Kingdom under serious construction – Pics
Details on Refurbishment Closures for Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort later this year
The announcement came the other day that Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort & Spa would undergo a lot of closures on shops, restaurants, and the main pool through the rest of 2012 for refurbishment. Some of the details weren’t all there and some questions were left proposed such as: Where would guests eat quick service food […]
Restaurants, pool, shops to close at Disney’s Grand Floridian this year for refurbishment
Just a few days ago, new pictures of the construction going on over at Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort and Spa were shown, but this news now is even bigger. Along with the building of the DVC Villas, a number of refurbishments will be going on at the same time which will bring about the temporary […]
New photos of the DVC construction at Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort
If you’re planning on visiting the Grand Floridian Resort & Spa at Walt Disney World, be prepared still for tons of walls, construction equipment, and dirt mounds. The work on the new DVC Villas set to open in 2013 is well underway, but it is causing a lot of commotion over there. Check out the […]
Refurb walls around the Main Street Bakery in Disney World’s Magic Kingdom finally come down – Pics
After a very lengthy refurbishment that began at the start of this year, the walls have finally come down around the Main Street Bakery in the Magic Kingdom. For a refurb that seemed to take even longer than that of Big Thunder Mountain, it is obvious that some big-time visual changes were made to the […]
Country Bear Jamboree and Liberty Square Riverboat Closing for Refurbishments in August
Both Liberty Square and Frontierland will be a little quieter at the end of the summer as two attractions are closing down for refurbishments in August. Only one though will be quite lengthy though while the other is only about a week. Starting on August 4, 2012, the Liberty Square Riverboat will be closing for […]
Ride-Through Video and More Pics from Newly Refurbished Big Thunder Mountain Railroad Soft Opening
On Saturday, there was a very quick “soft opening” for Big Thunder Mountain Railroad at the Magic Kingdom, but it lasted all of 35 minutes before “technical difficulties” shut it down for the night. Sunday, May 27, 2012 marked yet another “soft opening,” and this one seemed to be going off without a hitch. The […]
Big Thunder Mountain has Quick Soft Opening – Details on Changes to Attraction
Big Thunder Mountain at the Magic Kingdom has been under refurbishment since January and is preparing to be reopened to the public on Monday, May 28, 2012, but a “soft opening” happened today for a very short amount of time. And sadly…the falling rocks are gone. All of the refurb walls around BTM are down […]
Epcot’s Test Track to Open In November 2012 Instead of September
Epcot’s Test Track was recently closed down for a very long refurbishment that will be overly extensive and change almost the entire concept of the attraction. Word had been out that the attraction would open back up in the fall of 2012, but more specifically on September 21, 2012 to be exact. It appears as […]