Welcome everyone! VirusElite524 here and we have numerous announcements and updates coming with the map update. We’ve been very busy with finishing Animal Kingdom and we’re approximately 90% complete with just having a few shows currently in progress. Now with this being the last theme park in the Walt Disney World Resort, we’ve already started working with other projects outside of Animal Kingdom such as a refurbishment of The Grand Floridian and others that will be noted below. We will have an announcement later on regarding future projects.
Now listed below is what has been updated onto the Main Server:
Magic Kingdom:
- Space Mountain – Now features two versions of the ride. Once you enter the attraction, there will be a junction that you can choose which one side is riding it normally with no effects so you can partially see the tracks and the layout throughout the ride and the other with the active effect to have the real experience feeling.
- Monster’s Inc. Laugh Floor – Will soon be back in operation as our Cast Member atfish has been setting up and preparing for their re-opening and first show on March 8th at 7 P.M. Est.
- Buzz Lightyear Space Ranger Spin- Will unfortunately stay closed as we’re still fixing issues caused by the scoreboard.
- Peter Pan’s Flight – Due to a technical issue, it will be closed until further notice.
- Mad Hatter’s Tea Cups – Updated to prevent any further stalling of the carts during the ride.
- Coffeebreak – Updated for the last time and will be removed in the next update.
- Winnie the Pooh – Added missing transitioning scene.
- Bippity Boppity Boutique – Added a new feature where you can purchase Princess’s Heads.
- Wishes – Most to all of the fireworks should be showing do to technical errors in the previous showings.
Epcot:
- Soarin – Due to a technical issue, it will be closed until further notice.
One of our managers, EndoftheEarth is currently surveying the park, planning on one of our next project which is refurbishing parts of the parks. This project will consist on updating majority of the current buildings to new colors due to the fact it was originally built in the late 2012’s where stained-clay were available. Including with this project will also involve updating and/or redoing attractions with improved redstone and accurate ride layouts.
Hollywood Studios:
- Tower of Terror – Re-opened with a new layout and system. This version now consist a working pre-show which you may actually hear the audio if you have the audio pack which is mentioned at the bottom.
- Jedi Training – Updated.
- Fantasmic! – We’re currently running rehearsals which we’re aiming to have our first show by March 22.
Regarding to the entire Hollywood Studios park, there will be a major overhaul of the park in the upcoming months lead by myself (VirusElite524). As a Cast Member who works here in real life, there are plenty of errors due to the rush building the park. More news to be announced.
Animal Kingdom:
- Kilimanjaro Safaris – After almost two months building this large attraction, which is actually bigger than Magic Kingdom, we have finally completed it. This massive project lead by BrohanTaylor with assistance by WildPoppys, Dem190, mixmasterjacob, GrailMore, legobuilder0813, JoshtheLego, darthcorey, Skipper165, Peanuts363, Apollo1421, darthjahona, _Lionheart_, DisneyCEO1209, disneyluvr2146, GamingDude88, StitchPenguin, Megmouse, MindtheGap1, ActualFacts, kaderaid, owils, ZACx209, Swine_Monster, and Kooldude70.
Ticketing and Transportation Center:
This area has been updated and expanded and is still being worked on being expanded. Also the Monorails have been refurbished and is now back open.
The Grand Floridian Resort and Spa:
Thanks to one of our managers, GrailMore, who has been in charge refurbishing the entire resort with assistance by JoshtheLego, DisneyCEO1209, and mixmasterjacob. The main building has been amazingly redone and work is still continuing on the buildings and rooms within the resort. To compare it, we have this album that shows a before and after with the Grand Floridian: http://imgur.com/a/UOg6D
All Star Sports Resort:
Thanks to two Imagineers, the Miller brothers, more work can be seen at /warp allstarsports.
Imaginears Club Audio Pack:
As mentioned before, we have released an audio pack where you can download and add it among with the resource pack for the full experience. For example if you are in the pre-show for the Tower of Terror, once you activate the show the audio from the actual pre-show in real life will play. There will be more attractions that will feature more sounds and music if you can find places where it can activate it. The link to download the audio pack will be shown in the Resource Pack page when it becomes available which can be found here: http://imaginears.club/servers/resource-packs/
Characters Accounts:
Ever since we started the Character system three months ago, the community has gathered over 130 characters which totaled to about $4,200 spent on these accounts. Just wow. The Character thread to claim a character has been pushed back to open to next Sunday March 9. We now have a character class that you must attend prior retrieving your character tag if you do get a character. Please consult to BroghanTaylor, argobargo14 or WildPoppys.
Updated March 12: Due to personal conflicts, I’m pushing back the date to open up the characters until further notice.
Walt Disney World Resort
This new section that I want to cover is general news from the Walt Disney World Resort itself since I get these news daily. I will cover anything that is happening and refurbishments that is happening in the parks. I’ll be expanding this more later on.
Magic Kingdom:
NEW Festival of Fantasy Parade: Premiering March 9.
Refurbishments:
Splash-Mountain: Closed until March 21. Re-opening March 22.
The Plaza Restaurant: Closed until March 15. Re-opening March 16.
Pinocchio’s Village Haus: Closed until March 30. Re-opening March 31.
Epcot:
Events: Epcot’s 21st Annual International Flower and Garden Festival.
Hollywood Studios:
Refurbishment:
Studios Backlot Tour: Closed until March 1. Re-opening March 2.
Animal Kingdom:
Refurbishment:
Festival of the Lion King: Closed until this summer.
That will be all and this may update throughout the month. Thanks for reading and enjoy your stay here in Imaginears Club!
-VirusElite524, Manager
