Originally Posted By Darkbeer First, some info from the current CM Guide.... Cafe Orleans is now scheduled to open on June 10th (instead of the 9th) Pirates and the Blue Bayou are still listed as reopening on Monday, June 26th. The Mad Hatter on Main Street is currently closed, and scheduled to reopen on June 30th. The Fantasyland Camera Kiosk (near iasw) will be closed from June 5th thru the 15th. June 24th has been added as a block-out date for all Main Entrance Admission Passes and Cast Member IDs at both theme parks. Let me quote from the CM Guide... >>BLOCKOUT DATE ADDED On Saturday, June 24, DIsneyland Park will host invited Guests for the world premiere of Walt Disney Pictures 'Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest". The event will be held in New Orleans Square and will be limited to invited Guests only, including the cast, filmmakers, celebrities and media represenative from all over the world. To support the event, Theme Park and location hours have been revised and plans have been developed to provide a seamless experience for our Resort Guests. Therefore, to ensure that our guests may enjoy the magic of the Resort, June 24 has been added as a blockout date for all Cast Member Main Entrance Admission Passes (silver, blue and green passes) and Disneyland Resort Cast Member IDs at both Disneyland Park and Disney's California Adventure Park.<< Also, Annual Pass holders, ONLY the Premium AP's are valid for entry on June 24th, all other AP's are blocked out. And from Disneyland.com.... >>50th Last Chance Sweepstakes! The 50th Anniversary Celebration of Disneyland® Park won't last forever, but you can enter the 50th Last Chance Sweepstakes for your chance to win a piece of this historic Disney event! But hurry, your last chance to enter is July 31, 2006. To enter you must be registered with disneyland.com and select "Enter 50th Last Chance Sweepstakes". Fifty Disneyland 50th Anniversary commemorative prizes will be awarded to 50 random winners. The prizes are: ONE (1) Grand Prize: Framed Disneyland 50th Commemorative Pressed Penny Collection TEN (10) 2nd Place Prizes: Framed 50th Anniversary Souvenir Map with Commemorative Pins TEN (10) 3rd Place Prizes: Framed 50th Anniversary Golden Mouse Ears with Commemorative Pins TWENTY-NINE (29) 4th Place Prizes: 50th Anniversary Commemorative 2 CD Set: The Official Album of the Disneyland® Resort<<
Originally Posted By Darkbeer Also, let me add, I stopped by Disneyland this afternoon, and they removed the walls from the small area near the French Market, that some claimed was going to be a stage. It looks like just a new staircase was added to the west end, that faces the Rivers of America, and a new end piece was added (basically a planter). <a href="http://darkbeer.smugmug.com/gallery/1521256" target="_blank">http://darkbeer.smugmug.com/ga llery/1521256</a> And for the Jewel of Orleans fans, they just got in 50 new pieces of Jewelry today!!!
Originally Posted By AaronInCal Actually, those stairs have always been there. They basically just took a section of that planter out for an added pathway.
Originally Posted By Darkbeer ^ Well, they redid the bricks on that staircase, it is clearly new and different than the other bricks.... <a href="http://darkbeer.smugmug.com/gallery/1521256/5/73108895/Large" target="_blank">http://darkbeer.smugmug.com/ga llery/1521256/5/73108895/Large</a>
Originally Posted By DlandDug Looks like the same staircase to me. They are used as a "grand stand" during Fantasmic! I like the path cut through the planter.
Originally Posted By redlegtwo "Also, Annual Pass holders, ONLY the Premium AP's are valid for entry on June 24th, all other AP's are blocked out." Does that mean they will not be selling the one day pass for $30 (or $35, I can't remember) to AP's whose passes are blocked on June 24?
Originally Posted By Darkbeer Due to the west side of the park closing earlier, the Fire Marshall capacity will be lower than a normal day. If you want a Blockout Pass (currently $30), I recommend you get there EARLY, like 7 AM. The first step in handling expected capacity crowds is to stop selling Single Day Tickets, which includes the Blockout Pass. And there is no promise that Blockout tickets will even go on sale at all, if they feel that they will reach capacity the night before, they could decide to not sell Single Day Tickets at all.
Originally Posted By fidoprincess Darkbeer, As you know we are arriving on June 9th and anxious to try out the new Cafe Orleans. We too were told that it would be opening for walkins only on the 10th. I kept trying to see if they would start PS and finally got this answer last night from a disney dining CM so I thought I would post it here as well. We are sad to miss it but next time.... "Here's the official information from Management. Café Orleans' soft opening (walk ins only) will be June 19-24th. So unfortunately, they will not be opening on the 10th, the castmembers will be training June 5th through June 9th for the cast member preview June 13th-16th." So Darkbeer, do you have any other info that would lead me to hope we might visit Cafe Orleans between 6/9-6/18? As always, thanks again for you help and opinions!
Originally Posted By mickey42397 Does anyone know why they would have big trucks back in the empty theater by Thunder Ranch ? On Thursday there was a big red truck that said Abbey Rentals on the side of it. On Friday there was a different one that said the same thing. Smaller truck, but still about the size of a 24' moving truck. You know the theater right, the one that used to have the Hunchback of Notre Dame show ? (That is the last time I was in there, a really long time ago). I looked up Abbey Rentals in Orange County and it seems that the company has acquired or merged with Classic Party Rentals, which is a company that handles large scale events in and around Orange County. Anyone think that the trucks might be holding the bleachers to be set up in New Orleans Square ? I mean, there is a pretty wide path to the waterfront from that area. They wouldn't be having the premiere in that theater would they ?
Originally Posted By Darkbeer I presume that they were setting up for a private party/event. AMC Mortgage Services had a major event at the park on Friday. Ernst and Young and Experian used the Festival of Fools area today, 3 other financial groups had events in the Big Thunder BBQ area today. It is too early for the Pirates stuff to be in the park.
Originally Posted By mickey42397 Oh, shucks. I guess I keep showing how anxious I am. Hey, thanks for reminding me that the show was the festival of fools. I liked that show. What year was that ?
