1/16 – Let the Memories Begin! New Sign, Banners, More Magic Kingdom and Epcot
Hi everyone!
Disney has started promoting “Let the Memories Begin” in the parks now, with signs and banners. We have the Magic Kingdom front entrance (photos and video), during the day and at night. (We covered the Magic Kingdom for the Haunted Mansion queue and Fantasyland just a few days ago, you can find that here!
Mousesteps was invited to the “Let the Memories Begin” event on Tuesday, followed by a 2 night Disney Dream cruise! We will have full coverage of both.
We were at the Grand Floridian first, and walked past Narcoossee’s (we just dined there last week). The menu date was off, it shows Thursday as the 14th – but the 14th wasn’t until Friday.
Taking the boat to the Magic Kingdom, we had our first glimpse of the “Let the Memories Begin” sign.
The sign is flanked by photos representing guest’s memories of Walt Disney World. You’ll notice this sign is very popular, there was a line for the Photopass photographer shown in some of the photos. If you’d like to see video from day and night, you can find it here!
Walking under the train station, the new banner is displayed:
The Confectionary is now completely under scrim:
Exposition Hall:
Walking into the Confectionary:
We played a game where we had to guess a jelly bean flavor to have a sample of fudge. I guessed coffee for my jelly bean (it was capuccino, but I don’t like coffee and wouldn’t recognize capuccino from any other flavor). They still gave it to me. 🙂
Gingerbread men still being sold:
A couple of 40th anniversary items in a case:
Annette doll:
I love this Haunted Mansion Holiday piece:
Ariel:
Mickey:
New Dopey ears:
Bandleader Mickey:
Cinderella Castle:
Fantasyland expansion photo from the Barnstormer:
Work on the Tomorrowland Speedway as it get a shift to make room for the Fantasyland expansion:
The back of Cinderella Castle:
The Heritage House in Liberty Square is adding more Presidential merchandise back – it is still mixed with “The Nightmare Before Christmas”, and includes some Nightmare drumsticks:
Projectors for “Let the Memories Begin” castle show:
Carousel of Progress, set for 2011:
The back of Cinderella Castle:
I love these new Mickey ears for the 40th anniversary! They come in a very nice box, and the material for the ears is heavy:
Let the Memories Begin (the night version). The sign sparkles about every minute with lights that travel around the sign:
We went to Epcot the day prior, which should be getting ready soon for the Epcot Flower and Garden Festival!
The front entrance:
Heading towards World Showcase:
New Duffy “My First Visit to Walt Disney World” outfit:
40th Anniversary Mickey ears:
Disney now has angus burgers all over property, and often something added to them (which they are calling “designer burgers”):
There were still a couple of wreaths visible in World Showcase:
Mary Poppins:
Markers in the grass for the Epcot Flower and Garden Festival:
Jack Frost sign:
The Imagination Pavilion:
Duffy birthday bear:
Mouse Gear:
A new receipt for a new campaign:
We are heading to Disney’s Hollywood Studios to get photos and video of the new parade today – remember we’ll be covering both the new campaign AND the Disney Dream this week! (most of my photos will probably not be up for the Disney Dream until next weekend, since I will have so many to go through).