DLR Pictorial – Part 1: 6/23

WDWNT Author on June 27, 2008

I’m back from a wonderful 4 day trip to the Disneyland Resort, which included checking out the Indiana Jones Summer of Hidden Mysteries, & of course Toy Story Midway Mania. Let’s start this pictorial off with my pictures from Monday:

Sign for Toy Story “Midway” Mania in the Esplanade


The Adventure Roadmap was handed out at both Mickey & Friends as well as Timon (more on this tomorrow)


The latest DCA maps


Now on to my first ever ride on Toy Story Midway Mania!


The amazing Mr. Potato Head


He can remove his ear (if you didn’t already know)!


A few of the posters in the queue for TSMM, giving tips on game-play & the individual games


Here’s where you pick up your 3D glasses


The start of the ride


The ride vehicles


The back of Mr. Potato Head’s toy box


My score on my first ride… Contrary to what Tom Corless says, I don’t think it’s that bad of a score!


Top scores from Monday & the month


A lovely little display thingy at the exit of the attraction


The new seating for Award Wieners


The Honda Pilot display outside of the entrance to DCA


Over to Disneyland with the new Disneyland Park map cover


Still not much visible progress at Small World


Donald’s Boat has returned from its refurbishment


As of today (Thursday 6/26) the Innoventions Dream Home is still closed


The walls are down however, so I managed to snap a few pictures


Club Penguin has joined Toontown & Pirates of the Caribbean Online in Innoventions


The bungee rats are back in the Ratatouille float in the Pixar Play Parade


Also back is the back end of the a Bug’s Life float


Also worthy to note is that the Ratatouille & a Bug’s Life floats have switched around with each other


And the acrobats are back on the Toy Story float


The new, & amazingly themed Churro cart across from Toy Story Midway Mania


A look at the queue for Toy Story Midway Mania


The new Hot Dog Hut (also quite nicely themed)


Clever


Banners advertising Toy Story “Midway” Mania in Downtown Disney


And to end off Part 1 of my pictorial, me with Cinderella

Stay tuned tomorrow for the rest of my DLR Pictorial, covering Tuesday through Thursday. Also tomorrow, we’ll have bigger versions of the pictures from this post in the Image Galleries!

DLR Pictorial – Part 2: 6/24-6/26

WDWNT Author on January 1, 1970

Now here’s the second part of my pictorial, covering Tuesday the 24th, through Thursday the 26th:

Here are a few more shots of the Innoventions Dream Home


Plaza Pavilion behind tarps


Now let’s take a look at the Indiana Jones Summer of Hidden Mysteries!


Here’s the pointless photo spot


The new, awesome, Secret of the Stone Tiger show in the Oasis


The theater for the show itself looks awesome (first time I’d been in the Oasis)


After the show, Indy battles a bad guy through-out Adventureland


Moving outside of Disneyland for a brief moment… The Anaheim GardenWalk is now somewhat open. Once it’s fully open, we’ll bring you coverage of this new mall that could affect the future of the Disneyland Resort!


Now going back over to Toy Story Midway Mania… Take a look at the difference in theming here! TSMM’s amazing theming makes Paradise Pier look even worse now!


Here’s a few more of the posters from in the TSMM queue


My score on my second ride (85,900 in case it’s too blurry to see)


I loved this shirt so much, that I bought it!


A couple of the posters from the queue are available for $35 each


This poster is behind the cash register in Midway Mercantile


The walls are down from the Grizzly River Run waterwheel, but the tarps are still up


Here’s another look at the new seating for Award Wieners


Apparently they were filming parts of the Pixar Play Parade


Later in the day (Wednesday) they were filming Mr. Potato Head


Midway Mania sure does look beautiful at night!


Moving on to my last day… When I entered Mickey & Friends, I was given an Adventure Roadmap!


The Roadmap gives you 8 extremely easy questions


The new billboards advertising Toy Story “Midway” Mania at the Mickey & Friends Tram Station


Green Army Men in the Esplanade letting guests know that TSMM is in DCA, not Disneyland


Wall-E & Eve from the movie Wall-E are available to purchase


The Haunted Mansion was closed all day yesterday for some reason


My score on my 3rd ride (I’m on the right, my father beat me!)


Another example of how great TSMM’s theming is compared to the rest of the Pier


For some reason, they’ve been sold out on the Mickey Mouse Pretzels for quite a while now


Bust Baby!

That’s going to do it for this DLR Pictorial. Stay tuned to the Image Galleries for more & bigger versions of these pictures (some are already up)!