I don't know about the current crane state... but wanted to share that while I was disappointed it was there during our trip, I knew we could photoshop it out of the frame-able pics and move on.
My son, however, thought it was the COOLEST THING. He kept wanting to look at it, see it from all different points in the park, etc. Something I was worried about turned out to be an added bonus to the trip for him-- who knew!