Disneyland Resort Update — May 2017

While the Star Wars expansion remains the single biggest project at the Disneyland Resort, there has been quite a bit of other activity in the last two months. We have already updated the reopening of Toy Story Midway Mania and the Matterhorn with FastPass. Other minor refurbishments have taken place as the resort moves toward the summer. The Summer of Heroes will kick off with the opening of Guardians of the Galaxy — Mission: Breakout in the remodeled Tower of Terror at Disney California Adventure while a Cars 3 preview has taken over the Bugs Life Theatre. Over at Disneyland the Rivers of America and the steam trains are nearing their reopening and lightsaber churros are the latest delicacy. Plus, a few changes are afoot at Downtown Disney. Here are the latest images from the Disneyland Resort:

Star Wars Construction

This is how the largest show building in Star Wars Land looked just a month ago

Rockwork facing the railroad right of way was still visible in early March

The view through from New Orleans Square has been reopened

Trees were delivered in mid-March

The trees would soon block the view from inside the park

Rivers of America

Once the new trees were in place, the view from inside New Orleans Square was opened up in mid-April

New rockwork and trees could be seen

Guests could watch the progress on painting the rockwork

Although the dam is still in place, the northwest section of the river has been refilled

The river should reopen during the summer season

The Collector’s Fortress (Mission: BREAKOUT!)

In mid-March the Collector’s Fortress was still under wraps

The (almost) full reveal

The final version of the exterior

A look at the exterior work in progress

The view from Bugs Land

Cars 3 Preview

Guests can now catch a sneak peek of "Cars 3" in A Bugs Land

Parks Refurbishments

Snow White’s Wishing Well got some TLC this winter

The Guided Tour Garden is behind walls

Guided Tours meet in the esplanade for now

This was formerly an information booth

Measurements were being taken to see if this could be converted into a Haagen-Dazs stand

New Treats

Lightsaber-themed churros are now available in Tomorrowland

They seem to be a hit with guests

AP popcorn buckets are back as well

Downtown Disney

The site for Downtown Disney’s bowling alley has been cleared

Nothing remains of the House of Blues

Footings are being installed for Splitsville

Anna and Elsa’s Boutique was given a minor makeover

First the walls went up on this side…

Eastern Gateway Project

The Eastern Gateway site is still being used to store soil for Star Wars Land

One day this will be a parking structure and security entrance

The view to the east

The view to the south

Merchandise

That’s all for now, but stay tuned for more from the Disneyland Resort.

Additional photographs by Patty Mannatt