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Latest updates to The Florida Project!

Friday, November 25, 2011:

• I hope everybody out there had a safe and enjoyable Thanksgiving holiday.  Mine was filled with turkey, plenty of football, and spending time with my family and girlfriend.

• FIVE! new WDW guidemaps are now available.  My parents went on a quick trip to WDW right before Thanksgiving (heavy crowds!), and they were kind enough to grab some fresh material for this website.  Only two of the guidemaps are from November, but the other three are still updated compared to the current guidemaps that are available.  Here you go:  Magic Kingdom (November of 2011), Epcot (September of 2011), Disney's Hollywood Studios (November of 2011), Disney's Animal Kingdom (September of 2011), and Downtown Disney (October of 2011).  Both the Magic Kingdom and Disney Studios guidemaps are the 2011 Christmas editions.
  

• Ah, the new Downtown Disney map.  As you'll see, the map itself has been changed and the West Side, Pleasure Island, and the Marketplace are basically lumped into one giant listing and then split into sections such as attractions, quick service, table service, and shopping.  While the individual items are listed in alphabetical order, looking at the map and trying to find out what a number represents is a bit of a pain in the ass.  It took me almost three times longer than normal to do the comparison between that map and the Downtown Disney map from June of 2011 as MANY changes took place between the two dates, and the current format can be difficult when you're hunting for numbers and not names.  At least this new map format isn't anywhere near as bad as those horrible park guidemaps from 1995 and 1996.
  

Friday, November 18, 2011:

• Busy times, my friends.  Busy times.  All I'll say is that despite the extra hours working on future updates here for Florida-Project.com, other challenges have been popping up elsewhere.  Things will hopefully get better soon, but until then the stress levels are rising and my attention is diverted elsewhere.
  

• Getting back on topic, the winter of 2011 edition of the Mickey Monitor annual passholder newsletter is now available.  It covers all of the upcoming holiday action throughout the Walt Disney World theme parks.  In addition, it also features a sneak peak of the new circus-themed section of Fantasyland scheduled to start opening towards the spring of 2012.

• For all of you fans of the vintage stuff, a Walt Disney World Times & Up-To-The-Minute Disney Data guide from the summer of 1991 is also available.  Check it out as the then brand-new "Muppet*Vision 3D" is featured throughout the guide.

• And on a side note, the photo-sorting-project-to-end-all-sorting-projects is nearing its conclusion.  Well, at least this major phase of it will be finished.  Once that ends there will be minor sorting here and there, but more importantly, the next version of the photo updates will be shortly after that.
  

Tuesday, October 11, 2011:

• I know it's been a while since the last update.  Believe me, a LOT of photo work is taking place in the background.  Let's just say that photo updates will be returning with a vengeance in the near future.  Hang in there, folks.  Lots of updates will take place once things are finally organized and edited.

• Because I love you all so much, here's the Magic Kingdom 40th Anniversary special edition of the guidemap from October 1, 2011.  Included in the guidemap is the original park guidemap from October 1, 1971.  I was not able to attend the event in Florida a week ago, but my dad was there.  And it was busy.  Very busy.

• In addition to the ultimate of Magic Kingdom guidemaps, the 2011 edition of "Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party" guidemap is also available.  Enjoy.
  

 Digital Picture Count and Website Photo Directory

Current number of high quality digital pictures (not counting the various sizes) as of August 11, 2010

"Widescreen Wallpaper": 1,593 pictures*

"Photo Safari": 781 pictures*

"Photo Safari v2.0": 1,984 pictures

* - As of April 1, 2009, all of the new digital pictures added to this website will be available in both regular (4:3) and widescreen (16:10) formats (except for the vertical pictures and some trip report pictures) in a new Photo Safari v2.0 section (still in development).  The older Widescreen Wallpaper and Photo Safari picture sections will be gradually merged together into Photo Safari v2.0.  See the new "The Seas with Nemo & Friends" and "Toon Lagoon" pictures for examples of how the new section will look.

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