Hello, and welcome to Dateline Disney World! This week, the majority of the news at WDW brings us back to the Magic Kingdom, where we have about 60 photos for you! Let’s go!
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Welcome to the Magic Kingdom!
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Right at the entrance to the park, this boat to Fort Wilderness needs some TLC. To Disney’s credit, some of the boats have been refreshed lately and look excellent.
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Once entering the park, you’ll notice some ground work being done at the main entrance to the Emporium.
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Inside the Emporium, I’m actually a fan of these black and white plushes. They’re fun.
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For this week’s Limited Time Magic, Disney brought back a Monsters University themed ice cream sundae that they’ve already had at one point. Not the brightest week for LTM.
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I went in the opposite direction than I normally go this week, so we’re headed for Tomorrowland!
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Over at the Mad Tea Party, a really neat new sign was installed for standby and Fastpass+.
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Big kudos to whoever designed this one.
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Time for some Mine Train construction photos. You’ll notice that the area is a mess of scaffolding, mesh, and coaster track. I’m curious to see what the timetable currently is for this project.
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I was interrupted along my way by the Storybook Circus Giggle Gang, who despite being creepy clowns, put on an interesting and entertaining show.
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Prince Eric’s village is coming right along, with some new straw roofing installed. I’m thinking it can’t be too long until this is open.
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Back to the Mine Train.
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No sign of exterior movement at the Princess Hug Zone.
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No movement either at the Fantasyland side of Columbia Harbor House.
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I never noticed this detail at the Tangled area.
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Interesting news from the Haunted Mansion this week, as now with Fastpass+ being installed, all standby guests must now enter the attraction through the interactive graveyard outside.
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Beams at the entrance being worked on.
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At least with FP+ now here, you can get a clean straight on shot of the Mansion, which is pretty cool.
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In Liberty Square, something permanent is being built behind these walls.
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The LS buildings are really in great shape.
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New signage came out at Sleepy Hollow, and it looks really classy.
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I love the Liberty Belle!
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Typical summertime waits at the big Frontierland attractions.
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Where did the statue of the Br’er guys go?
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Pirate’s Adventure game hasn’t seen huge crowds.
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Construction continues in Adventureland.
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I think the 3PM heat drove some of the people away.
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The sign is now fully uncovered at the Hall of Champions.
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That wraps things up for us this week. How do you all feel about the Mine Train construction? How about the new signage in the park? Let us know in the comments!!
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