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Opening Day 2007 April 2nd |
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| The morning started off very foggy | The elephant at the Exploration Station | ||
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| A few shots of the animals who were all very active ion the cool weather of the morning | |||
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| The new signs reminding everyone of the 5 rules of the Safari | |||
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| The new Exploration Station buildings, actually refurbished Safari Hospitality buildings | |||
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| Another view of the elephant | Inside Doc's Discoveries are animals and displays | ||
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| The elephant (relocated from Great Escape) looks really good | One of the birds on display | More of the displays | Pony rides |
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| Lots of animal bones on display | Some new play figures | ||
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| Cute ponies | The theater | Gift shop | The new shuttle services |
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| It was REALLY foggy! | |||
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| New signage | The new entrance to the Safari shares the Hurricane Harbor entrance road | New options for paying for parking | There was a bit of confusion despite all the new signage |
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| The Skyway sign has been re-hung | Wok-N-Roll is becoming Panda Express | There is new, improved signage for the smoking areas | The sign stand has turned into a hat stand |
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| The old Fastlane building is now "Hot Tropics" | There are big new signs throughout the park | The new living statue show is neat | Musik Express wasn't quite ready for opening day |
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| Ben & Jerry's has taken over several locations | More shots of the living statue show | The canvas cover waiting to be placed | |
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| It's a new look without Freefall | Chiller's new profile | Batman's track still has not been placed | |
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| More views of the new "hump" element which replaced the rolls. The Robin side was testing | |||
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| Freefall's old queue is now a patio | Some of the "new" fence looks like it was relocated | Freefall is gone but the Fastlane boxes are still in place | |
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| The new landscaping along the wall | The Batmobile | Entry to the new Wiggle's World section | |
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| Some views of the colorful new Wiggle's World area | |||
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| The new theatre | New planes | ||
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| Some of the new characters | Yummy Yummy Cafe | The ship play structure | |
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| The theatre | Gift Shop | ||
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| Johnny Rockets didn't quite make opening | |||
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| Sponsor banner were everywhere | The old path is now a smoking area | The new entry to Looney Tunes Seaport | |
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| Some of the new landscaping where Riptide used to be | The patio around Papa Johns has now been isolated with benches | The new Flash Pass building and The Flash | |
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| Timeshare sellers on the main path | Coldstone wasn't ready to open yet | New sign on the snack stand | The water rides were all closed, but had good signage this time |
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| New signs throughout the park advertising some of the new sponsors | The Super Teepee entrances are blocked | The Teepee has been cleared out completely | |
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| Another great new sign | More of the new signs around the park | Another Ben & Jerry's | |
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| The tent buildings all got a fresh coat of paint and look really good | |||
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| The Old Time Photos are gone again | |||
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| The Wii Experience is in the Dream Street Arcade | More of the new signs | ||
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| The new banners are bright and colorful | More new signs | As you leave, all those signs don't look quite as good from behind | The new park Code of Conduct signs |
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| The ride closures list is now on the large boards | The new Bugs Bunny planting | The Preferred Parking area has received new barricades | |
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