Disney Cruise Line’s Disney Wonder has canceled an upcoming stop at Nouméa, New Caledonia due to civil unrest in the French territory.

Disney Wonder Updates Itinerary

The Wonder is departing Honolulu, Hawai’i on October 3 and heading towards Sydney, Australia for its second year of South Pacific sailings. The ship was scheduled to visit Nouméa on October 15 before eventually arriving in Sydney on October 19. The itinerary has been updated and October 15 is now listed as a day at sea. (via The Street)

Nouméa is the capital city of New Caledonia, which is currently experiencing heightened unrest surrounding the anniversary of France’s takeover. Riots began in May of this year in response to a controversial voting bill. (via The Guardian)

The U.S. Department of State labels New Caledonia with a Travel Advisory Level 3: Reconsider Travel.

The Disney Wonder will still stop at Samoa and Fiji during the October sailing.

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Just five days ago, we updated you on the progress the themed pavement was making in Adventureland, and already more has been added.

Previously in Adventureland

Here, you can see where our previous update ended. The last space that was completed was at the entrance of the Swiss Family Treehouse. There is even some scoring still in the grey concrete, which is where our update continues.

Adventureland Pavement Update

The newest space of pavement to have been completed in Adventureland is right next to our previous update, past the canons of the Swiss Family Treehouse and just before The Magic Carpets of Aladdin.

Here is the other angle of the newest themed pavement section. It features many of the same qualities as our previous updates. There is green moss closer to the side of the walkway, and you can see pebbles and tracks throughout the pavement.

It does appear that the concrete lightens as it dries and looks a bit more dusty than muddy. The distressed look matches some of the weathering already done on the Adventureland facades.

Here, you can really see those hidden details in the pavement. There are cart tracks, animal footprints, and more hidden in the intentionally “cracking” pavement.

While the refurbishment has caused a few bottleneck situations in the land since its start, crews appear to continue working on one side of the walkway at a time to minimize effects on guest flow.

Have you been keeping up with the Adventureland pavement refurbishment? What do you think of the new look? Let us know in the comments, and check out all of our past updates on this project.

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On our most recent visit to Test Track in EPCOT, we noticed a plastic tarp and structural support boards in the demolished concrete space at the front entrance of the attraction.

Previously at Test Track

The EPCOT attraction is closed for a major reimagining and the entrance area is being completely redone. The canopy was removed last month, making way for pavement work. In our previous update, we reported that the pathway directly in front of the entrance was demolished. After that update, we received a lot of rain in Orlando so not much progress had been made to the exterior.

In the picture above, you can see the mud hole that the entrance became after a rainy night in Orlando.

Test Track Update

This week, we noticed that the entrance of the Test Track attraction was dry. The once muddy hole now has some plywood and platforms inside it. It looks like the configurations are for structural support framing.

Here is a better view of the framing. There are even steal rods in the center of the wooden frames. We’re not sure if the plastic tarp is a leftover from the rain or in preparation for the impending Hurricane Helene. Either way, there is a tarp in place to better protect the newly installed structures.

Crew members were planning their next moves while sitting on a structure in the hole in front of the Test Track attraction.

This is possibly the structural support for the future entrance canopy, which is much smaller than the one we had before. Stay tuned to our website for more updates on the Test Track refurbishment and more in Walt Disney World.

Test Track is scheduled to reopen in 2025. This is the attraction’s second major update. The original version opened in 1998, replacing World of Motion. It was reimagined into Test Track 2.0 in 2012. 3.0 will draw inspiration from World of Motion and “celebrate today’s innovation while highlighting the past, present, and future.”

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