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BUENA VISTA STREETOverall 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 was said to be scheduled to begin September 2011, but is now looking at a January 2010 start date.
Open Date: December 2011
New main entry turnstilesDetails: 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 January 2010
Open Date: By December 2011
Carthay Theatre / Walt Disney StoryDetails: 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 January 2010
Open Date: By December 2011
Red Car Trolley transportation systemProject Status: To begin January 2010
Open Date: By December 2011
New facades, shops and diningDetails: 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 January 2010
Open Date: By December 2011
Disney's Electrical Parade enhancementsDetails: A new Tinkerbell lead float will replace the Blue Fairy and Snow White and Pinocchio units will return to the parade along with an updated soundtrack and a new "pixie dust" lighting effects on all floats.
Project Status: Completed.
Open Date: June 12, 2009
High School Musical 3: Right Here! Right Now! showDetails: 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
HOLLYWOODLANDOverall 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 TrolleyProject Status: Unknown
Open Date: Unknown
Gone Hollywood store expansion and re-themeProject Status: Unknown.
Open Date: 2009/2010
New show for Hyperion Theatre - Toy Story MusicalProject Status: Unknown
Open Date: Rumored for 2009, but likely delayed.
Teen Live Club - Outdoor Disney Channel venueProject Status: Unknown
Open Date: Unknown
Muppet*Vision 3D replacementDetails: 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 expansionProject Status: Completed
Open Date: Opened June 2008.
Stage 17 temporary entranceProject Status: Cancelled
Open Date: Cancelled. Originally planned to open by fall 2009.
PARADISE PIEROverall 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.
Disney's World of Color Nighttime SpectacularDetails: A 25-minute nighttime show, World of Color will transform Paradise Bay into water spectacular, utilizing 1,200 individual fountains, showcasing the magic of Disney animation, from classic to contemporary.
More details. Project Status: In progress. Began November 3, 2008 with the draining of Paradise Bay. Construction began in Paradise Bay Monday, January 5, 2009.
Paradise Bay refilling: Paradise Bay will begin being refilled September 9, 2009 to begin show programming and testing.
Open Date: Show debuts March 2010
Paradise Park (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 18, 2009
Orange Stinger retheme to Silly Symphony SwingsProject Status: Attraction begins to begin 'dismantling' July 14, 2009 with the decorative orange peel removal beginning the week of July 20,
according to Around Disney.
Open Date: April 29, 2010
The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Adventure and Mermaid Grotto (Includes Removal of Golden Dreams)Project Status: In progress. Golden Dreams closed to the public September 7, with the attraction open to school groups only through Spring 2009. Construction walls went up around Golden Dreams May 27, 2009. Golden Dreams Theater demolition was set to begin July 6, but has been delayed to July 15.
Open Date: May 2011
Corn Dog Castle rethemingDetails: The quick service dining location was originally said to be undergoing a Victorian-style re-theming in order to match the surrounding area's new theme. A
June 30 report from MousePlanet's David Koenig says otherwise, however, indicating the dining location will be moved from its current location and reopen at a new location in Cars Land in 2012.
Project Status: In progress. Construction walls went up June 1, 2009
Open Date: Cast Member publications currently list it as returning May 26, 2011, but that date may be in flux and can change, especially if rumors of a Cars Land relocation are true.
In his 7/7 column, MiceAge's Al Lutz noted the Route 66 makeover being completed Summer 2010.
Souvenir 66 retheming Details: Project includes retheming and renaming retail location as
Seaside Souvenirs Project Status: In progress. Construction walls went up June 1, 2009
Open Date: Cast Member publications currently list it as returning May 26, 2011, but that date may be in flux and can change.
In his 7/7 column, MiceAge's Al Lutz noted the Route 66 makeover being completed Summer 2010.
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 Fall 2009.
Open Date: 2010
Mullholland Madness re-theme to Goofy's Sky SkoolProject Status: Starts early January 2010
Open Date: 2010
California Screamin' queue / Eastern Paradise Pier re-themingProject Status: Delayed indefinitely.
Open Date: Unknown
Maliboomer removalProject Status: To begin 2011, but may be delayed indefinitely.
Project Completion: Late 2011
Paradise Garden - Expanded dining courtyardDetails: Covering the area encompassing Pizza Oom Mow Mow, Burger Invasion, and the S. S. rustworthy, the new Paradise Garden dining area will re-purpose the existing dining facilities and reuse the current S.S. rustworthy water play area for an expanded dining courtyard with Victorian-style theming in a lush garden setting.
Open Date: May 2010
S.S. rustworthy removalProject Status: To begin September 2009
Open Date: Area to re-open as part of Paradise Garden complex May 2010
Paradise Garden Grill (Burger Invasion re-theming) Project Status: In progress. McDonald's dining location closed September 2, 2008.
Open Date: May 12, 2010.
Boardwalk Pizza and Pasta (Pizza Oom Mow Mow re-theme) Details: The existing Pizza Oom Mow Mow dining facility will retain its pizza-and-pasta menu, but will be re-dressed with a new Victorian-style theme.
Project Status: To begin Fall 2009
Open Date: May 2010
Jumpin' Jellyfish removalProject Status: Jumpin' Jellyfish was originally slated to be removed before Spring 2010 premiere of World of Color, but it may remain in place for the indefinite future.
Completion Date: Unknown.
Ariel's Grotto Restaurant - Retheming and conversion to "Princess Palace" dining locationProject Status: Unknown
Open Date: June 2011.
Dinosaur Jack's Sunglass Shack removal Details: Sunglass store scheduled to close permanently May 26, 2009. The retail location will be removed completely.
Project Status: Completed. Store closed May 26, 2009, construction walls went up May 27. Demolition originally scheduled to begin June 29, but began after park closing June 24, with
visible progress to park guests on June 25.. The retail location was completely removed by Saturday, June 28.
King Triton's Carousel plussingDetails: Previous plans to build new Victorian-styled roof structure over carousel have been delayed due to cost. Rumors suggested that the carousel would get a minor re-theming and "plussing" including
new paint job and new canopy cover while attraction undergoes refurbishment and technical upgrades, but current photos of the attraction say otherwise.
Project Status: Completed May 22, 2009. Began March 9, 2009.
Open Date: May 22, 2009
San Francisco Street restroom construction.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: Now open. Opened May 15, 2009. Began January 26, 2009.
Open Date: May 15, 2009.
Sun Wheel/Mickey's Fun Wheel re-themeProject Status: Completed. Now open.
Open Date: Originally scheduled to open April 24, opened May 4, 2009.
California Screamin' loop re-dressingDetails: The Mickey Mouse icon will be removed and replaced with a new sunburst icon and Paradise Pier logo.
Project Status: Completed. Now open. Began January 2009.
Completion Date: April 15, 2009.
Games of the Boardwalk re-theme.Project Status: Now open. Began Monday, October 27, 2008, opened April 7, 2009.
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.
Toy Story Midway Mania!Project Status: Completed. Attraction now open.
Open Date: June 17, 2008
GOLDEN STATELucky Fortune Cookery - Asian-style restaurnt replacing former Cocina Cucamonga facilityDetails: The old Cocina Cucamonga dining facility will close and be rethemed and receive a new Asian-style menu.
Project Status: Closes June 18, 2009 when new, larger Cocina Cucamonga opens.
Open Date: September 3, 2009.
Walt Disney Imagineering Blue Sky Cellar: Imagineering the Future - New ExhibitDetails: Blue Sky Cellar preview center will close to remove Midway Mania, Games of the Boardwalk, etc., exhibits and replace them with new exhibits focusing on upcoming projects.
Project Status: Closes July 10, 2009 to update exhibits.
Open Date: Reopens July 16.
Condor Flats rethemeProject Status: Unknown
Open Date: Unknown
Soarin' Over California - New film - "Soarin' Over the World"Project Status: Unknown
Open Date: 2013
Lucky Fortune Cookery/Cocina Cucamonga expanded Pacific Wharf dining facilityDetails: 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
Temporary Park EntranceDetails: The temporary park entrance location was changed after the Stage 17 Entrance was cancelled. Temporary entrance 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 LANDOverall Project: Utilizing 12 acres of the former Timon Parking Lot, this is new land will feature three new attractions including a major new "E"-Ticket attraction, Radiator Springs Racers, as well as new shopping and dining experiences themed to Disney-Pixar's
Cars Project Status: In progress. Walt Disney Imagineering officially broke ground on the Cars Land project July 8, 2009, according to the
July 9 MiceAge.com Editor's Note by Al Lutz.
Open Date: June 2012
Radiator Springs RacersProject Status: Unknown
Open Date: By 2012
Tow Mater's Junkyard JamboreeProject Status: Unknown
Open Date: By 2012
Luigi's Roamin' TiresProject Status: Unknown
Open Date: By 2012
Flo's RestaurantProject Status: Unknown
Open Date: By 2012
Fillmore's Organic FoodsProject Status: Unknown
Open Date: By 2012
Radiator Springs CuriosProject Status: Unknown
Open Date: By 2012
Cars Land Drive-In RestaurantProject Status: On indefinite hold. Possibly to be built in Phase 2 expansion.
Open Date: Unknown
Timon Parking Lot - ClosureDetails: The Timon Parking Lot will close permanently to make room for the upcoming Cars Land expansion as well as additional backstage construction.
Project Status: Closed July 6, 2009. Cars Land officially broke ground July 8.
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