NBA Experience Demolition, Soarin’ Over California Closing, Tiana’s Bayou Adventure Update

NBA Experience Demolition, Soarin’ Over California Closing, Tiana’s Bayou Adventure Update

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News today I’m Tom Corliss of wdwnt.com. Please like this video. Subscribe and hit the notification bell to make sure you never miss the latest from the Disney theme parks around the world. Here. Now the news for February 21st, 2024. After we saw at the Magic Kingdom that the flume had been filled with

Water a few days ago, log ride vehicles are now visible in the flume at Tiana’s Bayou Adventure. There was no water in the flume this time when we stopped by, but a series of the vehicles were at least sitting in the flume, albeit dry. The logs are the same vehicles that

Were used for Splash Mountain, of course. However, they have been modified. They’ve clearly been refurbished in place. As you can see, those rubber sections look, pretty neat and clean. There are other spots where maybe not so much. The big change, obviously, is, the bear rabbits are gone. Obviously we expected this.

But they have not been replaced with anything either, so they’ve simply sort of sand it over where the rabbits on the front of the log were. Don’t worry, folks, they were all destroyed. They had to make sure that I believe the word on the street was, it had to be filmed, to ensure

That every bear rabbit was destroyed so none would survive from the attraction. But nonetheless, yeah, they’re not there. The small posts on the back of the logs already existed for pulling the vehicles when necessary, but they had red tags on them that said, rejected. We don’t know exactly what

The designation meant in this case, but nonetheless, the logs were sitting there. Hopefully doesn’t mean they sank to the bottom. That’s why they’re there. Who knows? But nonetheless, Tiana’s Bayou Adventure will open this summer at the Magic Kingdom. No exact date has been announced, but obviously we are seeing all these steps happening

That are, the steps just before you start testing with people in the logs. Or at least the sand bags are coming next. The ice cold hydraulics kiosk at Disney’s Hollywood Studios is now open after construction walls came down earlier in the week. The new Coca-Cola stand in the Los

Angeles themed Grand Avenue outside of Muppet Vision 3DS courtyard, and as well the Star Wars Galaxy’s Edge entrance. Is, it looks like a car. It’s like a place where they work on cars, a mechanic shop. The special menu items are the candy painted cinnamon rolls and the bouncing mini churros,

Regular cinnamon rolls, mini churros, Mickey shaped pretzels, popcorn, cotton candy and ice cream products are also available. We tried the new items being their candy painted cinnamon Roll three pack and the bouncing mini churros, as well as a classic, the frozen Jack and Coke. I could read the review a12.com.

You can also watch Nana and I try all these items right here on our channel in a brand new video. But ice cold hydraulics now open at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. In a conversation on Twitter, former Imagineers Frank Testa and Jim Schull confirmed that it canceled Star Wars Galaxy’s Edge. Creature could still be

Created or added to the park. Many pieces of concept art have popped up over the years. She would have been a giant, mechanical creature that would carry as many as six guests around Star Wars Galaxy’s Edge at both Disneyland and Hollywood studios. It was designed to be a relative of

The bantha, a tattooing creature that has been featured in Star Wars since the very first film visit. Testa previously confirmed she was scrapped due to budget, and Jerry Rees expressed hope she could still be incorporated into the land. In a response on February 18th, tester wrote yes, we worked on this

For over a year and it was pretty far along, but it got cut as a cost saving move. It would have been awesome, she replied and confirmed the infrastructure is still in place to bring it to life. Introducing the giant creature. This galaxy’s edge is possible. The land is built to accommodate the

Right vehicle beasts. The station location is set and the technology is understood a relatively cheap way to plus the existing land as a tester then agreed to Jim in a reply good point. Could always be introduced in the future. If it is, I will be first in line. Of course. Early sketches appeared

In the Art of Star Wars Galaxy’s Edge, a coffee table book by Nerdist managing editor Amy Ratcliffe, who spoke to several people involved in the creation of the land. Imagineer Scott Trowbridge said Eli was a creature that we designed and did a fair amount of work to figure

Out how we would bring her to life. Ian McCaig, did some designs for her. We just fell in love with those designs. We did some models and figured out how we could bring her to life technically. And then ultimately, what we realized is, with the kind of

Population we expect in the land, we won’t really be able to have her feel authentic. Eventually, though, a plush of Ellie was released last year. Here. Here she is. She’s very cute. There’s a book too that goes along with this. It’s a really cute thing. It’s a shame it didn’t happen.

We miss out so many of these. You know, I don’t think the company sees the value in these small scale attractions that aren’t necessarily flat rides, right? Like, we’re getting a lot of those. They build a lot of these alien, swirling saucer type systems. We’re getting that boat ride thing for tangled.

Tangled go round, whatever you want to call it at Walt Disney Studios Paris, where we don’t get a lot of diversion, stuff like that. And look, I understand they. Thought the crowding would be an issue. Let’s face it now. Galaxy’s edge has been open for a couple of years now on both coasts.

It’s not really that overcrowded. There’s path space. So long as you know the Mandalorian isn’t standing in the path, there’s plenty of path space. This this could be done. Will they? I don’t know, and personally, I think at this point I would rather they spend whatever that money is to

Plus the land in other ways, whether that’s add more missions to mining Falcon, Smuggler’s Run or add a sit down restaurant or add another larger scale attraction, just push some of that money into something bigger. You know, Galaxy’s Edge, in my estimation, is still missing something.

To give it more life like rise is a fantastic attraction. The rest, you know, other than the lightsaber experience, I’m still pretty lukewarm on. Get it lukewarm? It’s like the inside of a tauntaun. But anyway, as much as I’d love this look, I love original characters. And I love rides like that.

At this point, I don’t know that opening, just that would make a big splash. So something with with, you know, a bigger impact should be done with the land at this point, I think. Or turn it back to the original trilogy. I what did I say that I don’t know.

First found by Dan Levy, 2000 on the WDW Magic Forums, Disney has filed a permit for demolition at the NBA Experience in Disney Springs, which never reopened following the Covid 19 pandemic closures at Walt Disney World Resort. The permit was filed on February 15th and lists general construction

And demo as as the general description of improvement, with the project assigned to a Dana Corporation, which has handled large projects for Walt Disney World in the past, including the World Celebration Gardens and Epcot. According to Dan Elbe 2000, there is no indication in the permit that the entire building will be

Demolished, as it was in 2017 that permit listed demo of structure and additional work as the general description. Of course, that’s when they knocked down Disney. Quest City Works eatery in poor House, also shares the building with the former attraction and has not announced any form of closures.

And we don’t expect them to. They do pretty well. However, possible demolition work could include removing the large basketball mural that wraps around the building or interior spaces that were heavily customized for the previous experience. Per WDW magic, Disney has been actively searching for new tenants to take over the space, but the

Company is yet to announce a replacement. But in 2022, Meta Quest moved temporarily into the space to offer the limited time demo of ILM and, Star Wars Tales from the Galaxy’s Edge. It’s also reportedly been used as office space for the opening of Summer House on the Lake, but they are now open.

The NBA experience open to guests on August 12th, 2019, replacing Disney Quest and offering basketball fans a chance to immerse themselves in their favorite sport. It never reached a high level of popularity in that short amount of time. It was open again, closed in March of 2020, and then they just

Decided to call the whole thing off and never reopen the space. And that’s the story. One of the it’s going to go down with, like with what, like rocket rods and things like that is like the biggest blunders probably, in the company’s history. My favorite thing was several years ago, the first

And it may have not been the first, but one of the replacements for Disney Quest, was supposed to be the void. You may remember, the void ended up taking a very small space by Once Upon a Toy, where they did a number of experiences, in particular, Star Wars one was,

Still the coolest VR thing I’ve seen in in my time. I think unmatched and unrivaled in that space. They were during the time they existed. But there was talk about them taking over Disney Quest, and each floor would be a different VR experience. And I thought that was, you know,

Such a missed opportunity. Obviously the void went out of business, which is sad. Because again, I think they did it better than anyone. But I think that probably would have been a more popular replacement. Maybe, maybe that would have saved the company. Who knows? But, it’s nice to see this.

I hope this means something’s coming, because that is a big, empty building to look at. You’ve heard us talking about renting DVC points through our friends at DVC rental store accom. Well, if you’ve rented points and gotten a taste of the DVC lifestyle of a Walt Disney World vacation, you

Might be thinking it’s time to jump in and join the club. But did you know you don’t have to pay the price? Disney charges for a membership. You can save thousands of dollars when you buy resale contracts. You can contact our friends at DVC Resale Market to find out how much

You can save. Go to DVC Resale market.com/ww. And for more information, we actually bought, I bought a resale contract, a couple years ago. With the Polynesian saved, I think, over 50% of what people paid for it originally. And we got to stay in a bungalow. And now, you know,

Regularly use it, so it’s a great deal. I think it’s the best way. Yeah. You don’t get lounge access, but, I mean, do you really need free gummy bears? I think we’ll be okay. So are in over California, which return to Epcot for a limited time during the 100 Years of Wonder celebration.

Will. Go away this month and turn around the world will return. According to the Walt Disney World website, February 27th will be the last day to ride Soarin Over California. Soaring on the soaring Around the World will then be back on February 28th. The original version of the attraction opened with Disney

California Adventure on February 8th, 2001, and then came to Epcot in 2005, and both parks replaced it in 2016 with Soaring Around the World, which debuted a day previously at Shanghai Disney Resort. The bases of the Lamp Post in the World Celebration Gardens at Epcot have proven to be a trip hazard.

There are now green construction boxes around the base of each lamp post, while crews work at night to solve the problem. The lamp posts are slightly slanted black poles with two black rings near the top, and the rings light up in different colors at night. The green construction boxes are a

Couple of feet tall and surround the bases of the lamp posts, and beneath them we could see signs of some pavement work. Previously, these lampposts had small mounds at their base that were the same color as the brown pavement. You can see that in the photos now. World Celebration Gardens finally

Opened after years of construction on Walt Disney’s birthday, December 5th of last year. The gardens are located in the center of what was Future World behind Spaceship Earth, and includes Dreamer’s Point with the statue of Walt the Dreamer. Judging by the marks on the pavement, the mounds have been

Completely removed so guests can no longer trip over them, and Disney is likely doing something new with the bases so it will be safer for guests. You know, there’s been a lot of criticisms of the world celebration gardens, and I’m one of the people responsible, I’m sure.

I think there’s a lot of this where they order fixtures and all these things, and no one looks at them and thinks about. How is this going to work when a guest goes through here, right. There’s some things unavoidable. There’s some things that you you have the best of intentions, and

Then you let people in, and you couldn’t have imagined what people were going to do to stuff or how, you know, finishes were going to hold out and things like that. This is not one of those cases. I think just looking at them, it was pretty obvious to the

Stuff that was not the best choice. And it’s I’m glad to see them very quickly fixing the problem. It’s it’s a good sign. The Figment Topiary has a new location for this year’s Epcot International Flower and Garden Festival, and that’s at the center of world celebration where our King belongs.

When we arrived at Epcot on Tuesday morning, we saw crew members putting the finishing touches on the large pink flower topiaries that encircle figment. The display is located in the Epcot Logo Planter in the center of World Celebration Gardens, which opened again in December. The Figment Topiary has previously

Been located outside of the Imagination Pavilion. The Figment topiary is the same design as previous years. There are six giant pink flowers around him, and he faces away from Spaceship Earth for an ideal photo opportunity, and at night this area is illuminated with lights linked up to the spaceship. Earth light shows

We’ll have to see how figment will be lit as well. The Epcot International Flower and Garden Festival begins next Wednesday, February 28th. The runs through May 27th. Other Topiaries already in place include the new goofy one, lady and the tramp, a Norway troll, pandas, and more. You can see them all at

Our com. We don’t have time to talk about them all now, but there also be new topiaries which have not yet been installed for wish, Coco and Guardians of the Galaxy. Speaking of the Flower and Garden Festival, Disney has announced the outdoor kitchens that will be at

This year’s event as well as their full menus. There will be over 60 new menu items, so please pray for me next Wednesday at the nearly 20 outdoor kitchens, including Cook Bonito at Florida Fresh and Peach Peach Galette at the Epcot Farmer’s Feast. Returning favorites one called the Frozen Dessert, Violet Lemonade

At Pineapple Promenade, and the Chicken and Waffles at the Honey Bistro, hosted by National Honey Board for the garden Grace Food Stroll guests can collect stamps in their festival passport when they purchase one of eight participating items, and after collecting five stamps, guests get a free, exclusive treat from Pineapple Promenade Festival

Themed Disney gift cards featuring Orange Bird and Spike the Bee sing Along at home will be available. These mini gift cards come on wristbands for convenient scanning, so stay tuned for our coverage. Flower and garden next week 60 I think with with, some beers and wines, it’s actually 70 new

Items, I think, it’s it’s back to what it used to be covering the festivals. This is going to sound like such a first world problem. Covering a festival first day is very taxing. And, we’ve been lucky lately. The number of new items has been lower for several festivals in

A row. This is getting back towards where it used to be when it was more of a Herculean task. So Wednesday’s going to be interesting. The United Kingdom Pavilion restrooms at Epcot have reopened after refurbishment that began in June of last year. The walls came down in the restrooms

For both women and men. Or ladies and gentlemen, as they say on the signs are finally once again open. The entrance before the refurbishment had a small sign hanging in each of the two archways. As we noted back in January when the walls first came down, the restrooms

Now have signs above the arches with the restroom sign in the center, and above that is a bronze Waterloo plaque with two lions and a shield. Waterloo was used as a play on words as well. It is an actual location in London. Loo is also a term used

Instead of restroom in the UK. During our visit, we were able to take a look at the changes inside at least the women’s restroom, which is completely remodeled as we anticipated. These original 1982 bathrooms finally got a full remodel. They look quite different. They look completely refreshed, they look modernized, and they’re

Actually pretty thematic too. There’s now mint brown, white, black and off white color, color scheme throughout the whole thing, instilling an English look. They’re very detailed. This is, a glow up for sure. Can’t say anything bad about this. You know, I will miss. And it’s a weird thing being a Disney Parks fan.

You know, we get nostalgic for the little pieces of the park that have stayed the same our whole lives. I realize how psychotic it is to fall in love with 1980s bathroom esthetics, but, I’m going to miss. That was a little piece of Epcot center that that stuck with us.

Not an important piece, but a piece nonetheless. But these look very, very nice. It’s a big, big improvement. Of course, now the World Showplace restrooms are closed once again because of this. This program is brought to you by our official travel agent sponsor, August Vacations. Your dream vacation begins with Be

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She’s very, very sweet. Very cute and very huggable, I might add. She’s so cute. And look, she’s friends with Ely. They’re best friends. They both live at the same park. Yeah, he’s fully lost it, folks. Also, don’t forget about stage 89. I know you just saw the countdown ad

At the beginning, but this is the largest in-person reunion ever of those who created the Disney MGM studios, including The Great Movie Ride, Muppet Vision 3D, and The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror. It is going to be an incredible time. If you can join us in person, please do tickets available at stage

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Ron Disney has announced the theme for the 2024 Disney Wine and Dine Half Marathon weekend races at Walt Disney World Resort. The Wine and Dine Half Marathon weekend will be from October 31st through November 4th. General registration for the Wine and Dine Half Marathon weekend will open on March 12th.

Gold and platinum Club Run Disney members will be able to register on March 5th. Bawk bawk bawk. No, I’m not having further episode. Racers, prepare yourselves for a 3.1 mile, 3.1 miles of Muppet madness hosted by the Swedish chef. During the run, Disney 2024 Disney Wine and Dine five K.

And don’t let this race get by you. Join the party with Tiana and friends and a delicious 6.2 mile race adventure through Walt Disney World during the ten K. And anyone can cook and anyone can race. I mean, I did so. Must be true. So lace up for the run.

Disney 2024 Half Marathon at the Wine and Dine, hosted by Chef Remy and Linguini. During this tasty track, you’ll race for 13.1 miles to earn a delectable finisher medal, and then two courses are better than one. Save room for more and take on the A run. Disney 2024 Disney two

Course Challenge, hosted by Chef Mickey, complete both the Disney Wine and Dine 10-K and the Wine and Dine Half Marathon during a special Challenge Finisher medal. I personally am grateful that figment is not back this year, which means I don’t have to run. Ticket prices will increase next month for Disney Resort Line

Monorail service at the Tokyo Disney Resort. A single adult ticket is currently ¥260. Beginning on March 16th, it will be ¥300. A day pass will increase from 660 to ¥700 as well. The increase is reportedly due to increased energy prices, refurbishments of the stations and updates to the ticketing gates.

The Disney Resort line transports guests around Tokyo Disney Resort starting a JR my home station. It’s operated by the MC Hammer Resort Line Company Limited, a subsidiary of the Oriental Land Company, which owns Tokyo Disney Resort. Orient Thailand Company is then a subsidiary of the Kasai Electric Railway Company.

Try to stay with me, folks. It’s a big mega conglomerate, but, man, do they know how to run a Disney park though? For the latest on these stories and all that didn’t make it into today’s show, be sure to check.com and follow us on all your favorite social media platforms.

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CHAPTERS
00:00 Stage 89 Countdown
00:35 Opening
01:06 Refurbished Log Ride Vehicles in Tiana’s Bayou Adventure Flume at Magic Kingdom
02:36 Ice Cold Hydraulics Coca-Cola Stand Now Open at Disney’s Hollywood Studios
03:29 Former Imagineers State Scrapped ‘Elee’ Creature That Could Carry Guests Around Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge Could Still Be Added to Land
05:28 Tom’s Thoughts on ‘Elee’ Creature in Galaxy’s Edge
07:07 Disney Files Permit for Demolition at Former NBA Experience in Disney Springs Years After Permanent Closure
09:51 https://dvcresalemarket.com/wdwnt
10:43 Soarin’ Over California at EPCOT End Date Announced
11:14 Construction Boxes Added Around Lamppost Bases in World Celebration Gardens Due to Trip Hazard
12:50 Figment Topiary Added to World Celebration for 2024 EPCOT International Flower & Garden Festival
13:53 Full List of Outdoor Kitchens and Menus Announced for 2024 EPCOT International Flower & Garden Festival
15:13 United Kingdom Pavilion Restrooms Reopen After Eight-Month-Long Refurbishment at EPCOT
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17:17 https://wdwnt.link/parkcandy
17:48 https://wdwnt.link/gertie
18:25 https://stage89.com
19:17 2024 runDisney Wine & Dine Half Marathon Weekend Race Themes Include Muppets & ‘Princess and the Frog’
20:39 Tokyo Disney Resort Monorail Ticket Prices Increasing in March 2024
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