Disney's California Adventure Project Tracker III

[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: Originally planned to begin Early 2009, the project is now scheduled to being September 2011.
Open Date: Summer 2012

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: Summer 2009

New main entry turnstiles

Details: The current main entry turnstiles to Disney's California Adventure and the CALIFORNIA letters will be removed and new turnstiles/gate styled after Los Angeles' Pan Pacific Auditorium will be constructed in the current location of the CALIFORNIA letters.
Project Status: To begin September 2011
Open Date: May 2012

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 September 2011
Open Date: May 2012

Red Car Trolley transportation system

Project Status: To begin September 2011
Open Date: May 2012

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 September 2011
Open Date: May 2012

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: Hollywood Land remodeling and enhancing will begin in Phase 2.
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: Rumored for 2009, but likely delayed.

Teen Live Club - Outdoor Disney Channel venue

Project Status: Unknown
Open Date: Unknown

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: Originally scheduled to open April 24, 2009, then rumored to be delayed to May. New information says the Games of the Boardwalk are ahead schedule and will open April 7, 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: Originally scheduled to open April 24, now delayed until May 8.

California Screamin' loop re-dressing

Details: The Mickey Mouse icon will be removed and replaced with a new sunburst icon and Paradise Pier logo.
Project Status: In progress. Began January 2009.
Completion Date: By the opening of Mickey's Fun Wheel on April 24.

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

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

King Triton's Carousel plussing

Details: Previous plans to build new Victorian-styled roof structure over carousel have been delayed due to cost. New plans call for minor re-theming and "plussing" including new paint job and new canopy cover while attraction undergoes refurbishment and technical upgrades.
Project Status: In progress. Began March 9, 2009.
Completion Date: May 20, 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 Grotto (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: June 2011

California Screamin' queue / Eastern Paradise Pier re-theming

Project Status: Delayed indefinitely.
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, 2008.
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: June 2011.

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: June 18, 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

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: Cancelled. The temporary entrance idea has reportedly been scrapped. Guests will enter through the park's main entrance as it is remodeled one side at a time.
Open Date: Cancelled

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. Cars Land foundation work to begin late 2009.
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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[stitchon]

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[DL2006]

Ok so reading through this list i see that Buena Vista Street construction is listed as beginning "Early 2009"....hmmm doesn't seem like thats happening. Any word when we will see any type of construction for it? Or any word when the entrance will close?

[pianoman13]

Awesome! I'm wondering what they're gonna do with the ferris wheel...like the queue isn't getting the boarkwalk extention around it anymore, so what are they going to do to make the queue more friendly?(if they do anything at all) Because frankly, that was the part I was most excited about. I could care less if they add on a giant Mickey face.

btw stitchon, you're sig is amazing!

[mycroft16]

Originally Posted by dizneyteen

Ok so reading through this list i see that Buena Vista Street construction is listed as beginning "Early 2009"....hmmm doesn't seem like thats happening. Any word when we will see any type of construction for it? Or any word when the entrance will close?

Early could essentially mean any time during the 1st quarter of the year, so really they have almost 2 months to start that in still.

[DL2006]

Originally Posted by mycroft16

Early could essentially mean any time during the 1st quarter of the year, so really they have almost 2 months to start that in still.

Fingers crossed

[ICe101]

Oh my goodness, the 2nd project tracker was only 4 months. Wow, and we are barely getting to major construction.

[OldSchoolMickey]

With all of the "changes" and "unknown's" listed, I wouldn't hold my breath for any of it until I actually see it happening.

But at least it's a step in the right direction.

Albeit baby steps.

Perception does become reality...

[GhostHostJeff]

I hope that the boardwalk around the wheel will still take place. That concrete is just so ugly.

[Micoofy Duck]

The Thread Strikes Back. Awesome.

Or wait. Maybe it would be The Return Of The Thread then.. but i like the other one better. Thanks for doing this.

Question. What's up with Mickey's face on the Rollercoaster going away, what's replacing it?

[ICe101]

Any news on Goofy's Flight School? Also are they keeping that stage next to it that we saw in the concept art?

[KAN]

It is amazing how fast the second thread got offered up to the 2000 post thread sacrifice... Keep those keys a-clicking!!!

[Kritter]

DCA Project Tracker 3: Return of the Project Tracker

[pianoman13]

Originally Posted by Micoofy Duck

Question. What's up with Mickey's face on the Rollercoaster going away, what's replacing it?

This, the new one is supposed to have a sunburst effect whenever a Screamin car goes into the loop.

[Quacky4Donald]

Does anybody know if construction of the red cars themselves has begun?

Thanks!

- Joe