Disney's California Adventure Project Tracker II

[MasterGracey]

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Information sources:

Disneyland Resort Press Releases, MiceAge.com, Blue Sky Disney, LA Times Funland Blog, OC Register Around Disney Blog, and special contributors.
If you have any new information, please reply and provide your source or send me a private message. Thanks.

Special Thanks:

• Brady MacDonald, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer at the LA Times Funland Blog.

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• Buena Vista Street
• Paradise Pier
• Carsland
• Micellaneous

BUENA VISTA STREET

Overall Project: Retheming of Sunshine Plaza into Buena Vista Street (originally planned to be called Walt Disney Plaza). New park icon, the Carthay Circle Theatre, Red Car Trolley transportation system, and various shops and restaurants.
Project Status: To Begin Early 2009
Open Date: Spring 2011

Disney's Electrical Parade enhancements

Details: A new Tinkerbell lead float will replace the Blue Fairy, and rumors suggest the Dumbo's Circus floats will be replaced with a new Snow White unit and the parade soundtrack will be updated.
Project Status: In progress.
Open Date: 2009

Carthay Theatre / Walt Disney Story

Details: The Walt Disney Story attraction is reportedly cancelled. Carthay Theatre building will be built, however, and is scheduled to house a relocated Resort Preview Center.
Project Status: To Begin Early 2009
Open Date: Spring 2011

Red Car Trolley transportation system

Project Status: To begin Early 2009
Open Date: Spring 2011

New facades, shops and dining

Details: A new Main Street-esque street will house new shops and dining, replacing the tile murals, restrooms, lockers, and Guest Services/AP Processing buildings. The new shop facades will feature nods to Walt Disney's rich life history on shop windows, including "Elias & Co. Dept. Store" and "Oswald’s Gas & Oil." For more information, see this post.
Project Status: To begin Early 2009
Open Date: Spring 2011

High School Musical 3: Right Here! Right Now! show

Details: High School Musical 2 moving stage show cancelled. A new moving stage show based on High School Musical 3 will replace the old show.
Project Status: Now open.
Open Date: Debuted October 24

HOLLYWOODLAND

Overall Project: Utilizing Stage 17 as temporary entrance into theme park. Retheming of Hollywood Blvd, including facade enhancements and addition of Red Car Trolley route. Various expansion and re-theming projects. Land planned to be renamed as "Hollywoodland"
Project Status: Unknown - Possibly 2009 when Red Car Trolley line is built and installed.
Open Date: Unknown

Hollywood Blvd placemaking and Red Car Trolley

Project Status: Unknown
Open Date: Unknown

Gone Hollywood store expansion and re-theme

Project Status: Unknown.
Open Date: 2009/2010

New show for Hyperion Theatre - Toy Story Musical

Project Status: Unknown
Open Date: 2009

Teen Live Club - Outdoor Disney Channel venue

Project Status: Unknown
Open Date: 2009

Muppet*Vision 3D replacement

Details: Various ideas have been considered for this venue ranging from Mickey's PhilharMagic from WDW, a "flex-theatre," etc. The current plan favors a Chronicles of Narnia special effects attraction.
Project Status: Unknown. Reports say Muppets will remain until 2010, at least.
Open Date: Unknown.

Award Wieners dining area expansion

Project Status: Completed

Open Date: Now open. Opened June 2008

Stage 17 Temporary Entrance

Project Status: Cancelled
Open Date: By Fall 2009

PARADISE PIER

Overall Project: Retheming of Pier to Victorian-era theme. Addition of Toy Story Midway Mania attraction. Retheming of Games of the Boardwalk, Mullholland Madness, Sun Wheel. Removal of Maliboomer, Pizza Oom Mow Mow, Burger Invasion, Golden Dreams. Addition of Beer Garden, themed shops, and Voyage of the Little Mermaid & Mermaid Grotto.
Project Status: In Progress
Project Completion/Soft Open: First phase concluded with the opening of Toy Story Midway Mania! and the surrounding area's re-theming with soft-openings in April 2008 and a official opening in July 2008. Additional phases of this project are on-going.

Games of the Boardwalk re-theme.

Project Status: In progress. Began Monday, October 27, 2008.
Open Date: April 24, 2009

Paradise Pier shops re-theme.

Details: Point Mugu Tattoo, Man Hat N Beach, and Sideshow Shirts will close and be re-themed inside and out, including new facades.
Project Status: To begin following completion of Games of the Boardwalk project.
Open Date: 2009

Sun Wheel/Mickey's Fun Wheel re-theme

Project Status: In progress, however, the planned boardwalk surrounding the Fun Wheel has reportedly been cancelled.
Open Date: April 24, 009

San Francisco Street restroom construction and demolition.

Details: New restrooms will be built in the East San Francisco Street facades so that the current restrooms in the West San Francisco Street facades can be removed to make space for The Little Mermaid attraction.
Project Status: In progress. Began January 26.
Completion Date: May 15, 2009

Disney's World of Color Nighttime Spectacular

Project Status: In progress. Began November 3, 2008 with the draining of Paradise Bay. Construction to begin in Paradise Bay Monday, January 5, 2009.
Open Date: Early spring 2010

Disney's World of Color Viewing Area

Details: A new viewing area for the upcoming World of Color show is being constructed where the former Golden State Amphitheater was located, along the northern shore of Paradise Bay. The new viewing area will be multi-leveled, similar to Disneyland's Fantasmic! viewing area, and large enough to accommodate 9,000 guests per show.
Project Status: In progress. Began Monday, January 5, 2009.
Open Date: December 12, 2009

The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Adventure and Mermaid Lagoon (Includes Removal of Golden Dreams)

Project Status: Golden Dreams closed to the public September 7. Attraction open to school groups only through Spring 2009. Golden Dreams removal and construction to begin April 2009
Open Date: Spring/Summer 2011

California Screamin' queue / Eastern Paradise Pier re-theming

Project Status: Delayed from September 2008. Possibly to begin in October with Sun Wheel re-theme
Open Date: Unknown

Maliboomer removal

Project Status: To begin 2011, but may be delayed indefinitely.
Project Completion: Late 2011

S.S. rustworthy removal

Project Status: To begin September 2009
Open Date: Area to re-open as part of Beer Garden complex by 2010 opening of World of Color show

Burger Invasion refurbishment and removal of McDonald's menu/theming.

Project Status: In progress. Closed September 2.
Open Date: Restaurant listed as re-opening 5/26/2011 in Cast Member publications.

Removal of Pizza Oom Mow Mow and Burger Invasion, addition of Beer Garden.

Project Status: To begin Fall 2009
Open Date: By 2010 opening of World of Color

Mullholland Madness re-theme, Orange Stinger retheme to Silly Symphony Swings

Project Status: To begin 2009
Open Date: Spring 2010

Jumpin' Jellyfish removal

Project Status: To be removed prior to premiere of World of Color show. Begin date unknown.
Completion Date: To be completed before World of Color premiere in Spring 2010.

Ariel's Grotto Restaurant - Retheming and conversion to "Princess Palace" dining location

Project Status: Unknown
Open Date: 2010

Toy Story Midway Mania!

Project Status: Completed. Attraction now open.

Open Date: June 17, 2008

GOLDEN STATE

Lucky Fortune Cookery/Cocina Cucamonga expanded Pacific Wharf dining facility

Details: The long-closed Lucky Fortune Cookery will be converted into an expanded Cocina Cucamonga. Cocina Cucamonga will be converted into a new, smaller Asian dining location.
Project Status: In progress. Construction walls went up week of January 12.
Open Date: Unknown

Temporary Park Entrance

Details: The temporary park entrance location has been changed. It is now expected to be at the Golden State utility gate between Soarin' Over California and the Grand Californian Hotel. Guest access to this temporary park entrance will be via Downtown Disney. Temporary entrance only expected to be used for 6-8 months during entry plaza construction.
Project Status: New entrance will be utilized during 2009 and 2010 while DCA's main entrance is re-themed.
Open Date: Early 2009

Condor Flats retheme

Project Status: Unknown
Open Date: Unknown

Soarin' Over California - New film - "Soarin' Over the World"

Project Status: Unknown
Open Date: 2013

Walt Disney Imagineering Blue Sky Cellar: Imagineering the Future (Resort Preview Center)

Details: Originally planned for the San Francisco Street buildings, the Blue Sky Cellar replaced the Seasons of the Vine Theater. Exhibits planned to rotate every 6-8 months.
Project Status: Now open.
Open Date: Annual Passholder Previews October 16-19. Open to public October 20, 2008.

CARS LAND

Overall Project: Utilizing 12 acres of the Timon Parking Lot, this is new land will feature three new attractions, and a major dining complex themed to Disney-Pixar's Cars
Project Status: Project in development. Construction has not yet begun.
Open Date: 2012

Radiator Springs Racers

Project Status: Unknown
Open Date: By 2012

Tow Mater's Junkyard Jamboree

Project Status: Unknown
Open Date: By 2012

Luigi's Roamin' Tires

Project Status: Unknown
Open Date: By 2012

Flo's Restaurant

Project Status: Unknown
Open Date: By 2012

Fillmore's Organic Foods

Project Status: Unknown
Open Date: By 2012

Radiator Springs Curios

Project Status: Unknown
Open Date: By 2012

Cars Land Drive-In Restaurant

Project Status: On indefinite hold.
Open Date: Unknown

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[lovedisney33]

thanks for keepin us in the know!!

[Wally]

Yay! One wonders how many 'trackers' we'll burn through before the last finishing touches are put on Carsland?

[peoplemover1]

Bring back the purple sheet fan club!!! jk MG!!!
Great job on keeping us up to date!!

[Uncle Bob]

Originally Posted by Wally

Yay! One wonders how many 'trackers' we'll burn through before the last finishing touches are put on Carsland?

Let's hope that phase two gets approved quickly and the trackers can live on beyond that.

[BassBone]

I love the smell of new thread in the morning...

Smells like... FANDOM!

[MasterGracey]

Brady MacDonald over at the LA Times Funland Blog shares some info and concept art from the upcoming Blue Sky Cellar:

Disney’s California Adventure preview center sprinkles pixie dust before construction dust

A new preview center opening Oct. 20 at Disney’s California Adventure aims to tempt visitors with a sneak peek at coming attractions just as the Anaheim theme park prepares to undergo a massive $1.1-billion makeover.

Designed to look like the interior of an artist’s studio, Blue Sky Cellar will feature Walt Disney Imagineering models, sketches, concept art and videos of a nighttime water show, Little Mermaid dark ride, Cars Land themed area and overall 1920s Los Angeles retheming planned for the under-performing park.

Concept art of the Silly Symphony Swings shows the Orange Stinger ride reenvisioned with a Mickey Mouse theme based on the 1935 cartoon “The Band Concert.” The rethemed ride is expected to reopen in 2009.

Concept art of the Paradise Pier makeover evokes a 1920s California seaside amusement park with a continuation of the Victorian architectural styling previously introduced at the Toy Story Mania attraction.

Blue Sky Cellar replaces the Golden Vine Winery movie theater, located across from A Bugs Land.

You can find more Blue Sky Cellar images over at the Orange County Register.

And the Around Disney blog at the OC Register shares info along with a Photo Slide Show

New attraction will keep guests updated on DCA expansion

Walt Disney Imagineering is poised to open up its Blue Sky Cellar — a special attraction in California Adventure’s Golden Vine Winery.
The attraction will be set up like an architect’s studio. All sorts of information, plans and renderings will be available for guests to sift through — including models and video of the construction in progress.
We here at Around Disney will be there for a press event Wednesday — first on the scene before the Blue Sky Cellar opens to the public Oct. 20.
We’ll bring you a big photo slide show on Wednesday afternoon so you, dear readers, can be among the first to check out the latest California Adventure expansion plans along with us.
Disney Imagineers sent us the photos above as an even sneakier peak to pique our interest leading up to the opening next week.

[DCAfanatic]

DCA will be better than disneyland in about 4 years.............j/k

[Mojave]

I never really noticed this is previous concept art, but it looks like you'll be able to walk out and around Mickey's Fun Wheel. Is that still in the plans?

BTW, great to have this wonderful thread continued! Now, I just wish we'd complete the trilogy and have a Disneyland Resort Project Tracker thread - I want to know about upcoming hotels, expansion of DTD, parking structure construction, etc.

[Dustysage]

With over 175,000 page views, the first version of this thread was one of our most popular topics ever. Kudos to Master Gracey for his ability to gather together the information people are looking for and present it in a way that is entertaining to read.

[MasterGracey]

Originally Posted by Mojave

I never really noticed this is previous concept art, but it looks like you'll be able to walk out and around Mickey's Fun Wheel. Is that still in the plans?

BTW, great to have this wonderful thread continued! Now, I just wish we'd complete the trilogy and have a Disneyland Resort Project Tracker thread - I want to know about upcoming hotels, expansion of DTD, parking structure construction, etc.

Eventually I hope to add larger Resort projects in the Disneyland Project Tracker... but that'll take some time. Let's just keep it as it is for now ... I need a break!

Originally Posted by Dustysage

With over 175,000 page views, the first version of this thread was one of our most popular topics ever. Kudos to Master Gracey for his ability to gather together the information people are looking for and present it in a way that is entertaining to read.

Thanks for all the support in keeping these threads accessible, Dusty. Making them sticky certainly helped the Project Trackers, and for that thank you to you and the mod team!

[goofypirate]

I noticed the Jumpin Jellyfish are scheduled for removal however they appear in the background of the latest Silly Swings concept art. Were thet just drawn in for some context maybe?

[mycroft16]

Thanks MasterGracey for keeping the thread alive and updated! Love that we're on to PT Mark II.

I really like the new look of the Mickey's Fun Wheel area. The wooden plank decking will really tie it nicely to the rest of the pier area.

[penguinsoda]

A most excellent job MG!!! Thank you for putting so much time into this project for us!

[ROBONICS95]

This thread continues to be one of the highlights of any MiceChat visit and it has been a joy to see it evolve from it's late evening/early morning inception.

Keep up the amazing work, MG, as you prove to be a valuable asset to the Disney Fan.