Originally Posted By ssWEDguy They've been refurbishing the whole train station at WDW/MK for many weeks now. Because of the size of the work and the main entrance placement of the station, it's quite a visual challenge for park arrivals. The station has sported various sets of tarp coverings and scaffolding in the last weeks, messing up lots of photo opportunities. Well, on my visit yesterday I see that it's improved visually. The train station tarp covering now sports a full sized image of what the station looks like underneath. Cool. It's not the real train station, but it's a whole lot more appealing than viewing construction apparatus directly. Notice the detail. They've even included Walt's train station window in detail. And the clock is permanently at 2pm. And a detail that helps make it work is that the "Magic Kingdom" sign out front is the real sign. I know they're wanting this work to proceed and be done with as quickly as possible. The refurb is pretty extensive, and will be worth the wait. Here is a link to a picture of what the painted facade looks like <a href="http://ssdisney.home.att.net/steve/mktrainstationcover_x.htm" target="_blank">http://ssdisney.home.att.net/s teve/mktrainstationcover_x.htm</a>
Originally Posted By Blackie Pueblo Nice pics! That's pretty cool how they designed that tarp. movie news, release dates, and my short films at: <a href="http://www.newlineagefilms.com" target="_blank">http://www.newlineagefilms.com</a>
Originally Posted By irishfan Thats great, they did that in Paris a number of years ago when they were painting the castle. It's a vast improvement.
Originally Posted By RHODISNEY Thanks for the pics. The train station is always one of my favorite photo ops and I'm glad they are taking time to refurbish it. I'll enjoy seeing it next spring.
Originally Posted By Labuda Very nicely done! Thanks for sharing the pics, ssWED! That looks much nicer than it did when I was there last month!
Originally Posted By Chelledun I was there today and it doesn't look too bad, at first I couldn't figure out there was even a tarp up! It did seem that they scaled down the park opening somewhat to me because there were a lot fewer characters on the train than my last visit.
