Something is happening near the pool!!!

[DznyRulz]

Wow!!! It looks totally different. They did a fantastic job. I can't wait to try it out.

 

[JPG]

It's looking GREAT! We can't wait to try it out this summer.

As usual, great job TCD!!

 

[ChrisnVA]

Looks like I will get to try it out on April 19th!

 

[DaveInTN]

It's amazing what a difference landscaping makes. Great pics, and glad your DD got to dip her foot in!

 

[VACAMPER]

TCD Awesome that you guys got to be th first in the pool and hot tub. You crack me up.

 

[ynottony99]

Well TCD, you have out done yourself this time!! Great, great job!!! I am sure that all of your fellow Fort Fiends are proud to see you all be the first ones in.

Is there any indication as to why the roof above the arcade has been torn up?
I am wondering if this is directly related to the splash zone. Is the arcade coming out, and food service taking that space?

 

[bama_ed]

The setting:

It is early morning, still dark yet, and TCD has set off from his campsite at the Fort for the pool to take the latest set of spy photos to post to his hundreds of followers on the Dis who are dying to see what's up. He has dressed ninja-style in complete black head-to-toe, applied black grease paint to his face, and rubbed coffee grounds to his silver hair to dull the reflection of moon light off his head.

As he creeps near the fence around the pool remaining outside of it at all times () he brushes past what appears to be an in-ground speaker but it is really DaveInTN disguised as a speaker who has the same intent as TCD.

"Ouch, get off my foot!", DTN says. "Oh, TCD, is that you?"
"Dang it DTN", TCD replies, "Can't you hide any better than that?"

So the two hombres crouch down as the first rays of the sun cut through the dark Fort sky and crawl commando-style on their bellies near an open gate in the fence. Beside this fence is a dumpster. A seemingly innocent dumpster. TCD, the nosey one, peeks inside and sees a large, light blue paper large enough to be different, crumpled on the bottom of this nearly empty container.

"DTN", he says, "I see a clue. I'm going to climb up, get inside, and try to reach that clue while hanging upside down. You hold my ankles and pull me back up when I tell ya to".

DTN, grunting under the strain despite years of commando PT , manages to hold TCD, receives the signal, and zips TCD back onto the ground. TCD stuffs the paper inside his jumpsuit and the two of them infiltrate the perimeter, complete their mission, and make it back to safety.

The two men, now relieved to have made it through another dangerous mission, examine their clue and find it to be more valuable than imagined.

They agree to post a picture of it (see above) as proof of ownership and agree to sell it on eBay and divide the proceeds 50-50.

Next chapter: a buyer is found but the deal goes bad....

 

[auntie]

Photos are great ...and the landscape makes a HUGE difference. I also really like the color the concrete.

 

[Tri-circle-D]

Well TCD, you have out done yourself this time!! Great, great job!!! I am sure that all of your fellow Fort Fiends are proud to see you all be the first ones in.

Is there any indication as to why the roof above the arcade has been torn up?
I am wondering if this is directly related to the splash zone. Is the arcade coming out, and food service taking that space?

According to a cast member who seems to have known what he was talking about, the building modifications on the arcade building are for splash zone equipment. No new guest areas. By the way, this splash zone is supposed to include a small tower, as well as small slides. This should be really nice for smaller children. Much nicer than anything that I have seen at any of the other WDW resorts.

Here are a few more photos that I meant to post. Night views from the tower deck!:

TCD

 

[hopeisb4u]

what great pics!! I was so sorry that i couldn't find my camera to take any while i was there this past week. Especially a pic of the worker taking a nap by the bathrooms...that would have been a classic!!! TCD i think i came up on you asking questions to the workers that were laying sod. I saw a man on a bike, in a semi hawaiian floral shirt asking when the pool would be ready. I listeaned patiently! I heard him say...yeah i think they are pretty much sticking to schedule!! HELLO!!!! wasn't the schedule supposed to be march?! anyways! after hearing, possibly you, fish for answers, i thought to myself...hmmmm...i wonder if he is spying for the DIS boards!! hee hee ...could i be right? was it you!!!

i did try to find the guy with tooter shooters...but i didn't come across the first neon green signs! must've been due to the rain!

 

[Thumper_ehhhhh]

Great pictues. I am disapointed though. I was expecting pictures of the first person down the slide. Hmmmmm lol

 

[DaveInTN]

Wow Bama ed......you have quite an imagination! I don't have quite that many years as a commando... Oh, and I had nothing to do with the blueprint except working my way into the picture!

When TCD says the blueprint was blowing around on the ground, I think what he means is that it was sitting on the dashboard of a locked F-250. It's really the same thing.

 

[We4mickey]

Great pictures as usual TCD! You are our hero. So, glad to see you were the first to officially enter the pool and hot tub. With all your super sleuthing you deserved to be the first ones.

 

[BigDaddyRog]

When TCD says the blueprint was blowing around on the ground, I think what he means is that it was sitting on the dashboard of a locked F-250. It's really the same thing.

The man will stop at nothing to get his scoop!!! TCD....being owner of the first civilian toes in the pool and hot tub has to be worth something special.......If you cut your feet off and had them bronzed Id bet you could get a great price for them on ebay!!!! Of coarse....you'd have to supply a Certificate Of Authenticity.

 

[des1954]

TCD....you have been and will forever remain......

MY HERO!!!

Great job....and great idea soliciting DaveinTN to assist! I'm sure you made his vacation!

I guess we'll be taking our bikes to the Fort next weekend!

 

[beccaewert]

Ok...now that we have the pool pretty much finished up and ready for this week to open....Has anyone heard the timeline for the new splash zone, and when it might be completed?

I am planning 1st week of May, didn't know if there was a chance of it being completed or not?

TCD??? Any word?

 

[Mickey Mobile]

Although my commando skills are not as good as TCD. Here are some photos taken this trip on Saturday April 4.

 

[LuckyinGa]

TCD - Great pictures and thank you so much for all of your spy work.

I'm curious, is the pool heated? We are coming in December.

 

[clkelley]

We were at the Fort this morning and wandered around the pool this morning and got permission from a worker to enter the pool area and take some pictures. The slide painting is complete. The worker told me inspection is on Tuesday and he will then apply the pool chemicals after inspection and then it will be turned over to Disney recreation on Wednesday. I,m on the BlackBerry now so pictures in the morning. Also told about the Splash zone and that they had about a month on that.

 

[shoreline99]

That's Great! we leave on Friday, so MAYBE we can squeeze in a trip to the pool in the morning before we leave!!!