Contributing photographer Jason of disneygeek.com sends us these photos from his trip to the parks on Friday, December 19, 2014. This posting will focus on the Frozen additions to the parks. Frozen Fun officially starts January 7, but a preview of the offerings was scheduled to start on December 20. As of Friday only one piece was ready to go and that was the Arendelle addition to Storybook Land. The rest of the offerings were still being worked on at the time of Jason’s trip.
Hollywood Land at Disney California Adventure will be the epicenter for Frozen Fun. The archways leading to the Backlot area have been repainted blue.
Some blue around the stage, but not many other visible changes. The House of Cards signage is still up though.
The lights have been swapped out and are all blue and white now.
The Drink Me bar has a new color scheme. No new name visible yet.
The Muppets signage has been removed and the sing along sign installed.
The other archway has been painted the same and crews are working on the entrance walkway.
A sign on Stage 17 for Olaf’s Snow Fest!
The Character Close-Up signage has snow flakes now in preparation for the Frozen sisters to move in.
(This area opened up on Saturday morning).
The Grotto area is closed off. Wonder if Frozen is taking over there too?
Olaf has been added to the Animation Academy sign.
Back outside you can see the Prop shop is being converted into the Trading Post.
A check of the Muppets queue. Still some Muppet props and signage out.
Further down the queue the props have been removed.
Now a quick look from the Monorail.
The kingdom of Arendelle from Frozen has replaced the Old Mill scene in Storybook Land. Here are some pictures from Casey Jr.
Off to the right is the Wandering Oaken’s Trading Post
A closer look (better pictures from the boat in a few pages)
Now for a water level view from the Storybook Land Canal Boats.
Approaching Arendelle from Frozen
Wandering Oaken’s Trading Post
Work continues on the Frozen Fun area after dark.
In Off the Page one wall is now all Frozen.
Hope you enjoyed this highlight tour looking at the Frozen additions to the Disneyland Resort. We’ll have more in the coming weeks.
For additional photos and details from this trip you can check out the full Disneyland Update I posted on my site, http://disneygeek.com Also be sure to follow me on twitter @disneygeekcom for pictures from the parks.
They got rid of Muppets???
******* Jason Reply *********
Currently the Frozen sing along is in the Muppet theater and the sign and props are gone. It was announced as a limited time event.
The little Arendale Village looks cute, but I think it’s sad that they turfed out Kermit and his friends. The thought of the Muppets homeless and living on steam vents for warmth is just too sad to bear.
I frowned at that “Do you want to draw a snowman” sign and said aloud “At this point I want to set a snowman on fire”. lol
I do hope that Muppetvision shows back up. It’s a nice way to cool down and yet another Frozen thing is just going to be a nightmare of a line.
Having just completed a trip to Disney World, I have to say I am thoroughly over all the Frozen mania. It’s really become like some sort of rash that just keeps growing. Whole shops have been taken over with just Frozen merchandise and pretty much every shop has a large area dedicated to the same 20 or 30 items. As an adult it really sucks some of the joy out of being there to see so much of the parks being taken over by just one movie.
There’s a crane being used to do some work on Cinderella’s Castle. The cynical part of me fears the next time I’m there it will be Elsa’s Ice Palace instead and they’ll have renamed the park to the “Magic Kingdom of Arendale.”
Maybe I’ll just hold off on a return trip until Avatar Land is complete in Animal Kingdom. At least then I’ll know there will be some refuge from Frozen.