Magic Kingdom Area Around Partners Statue Blocked Off for Filming
Its a beautiful morning at Magic Kingdom as MickeyBlog drops by to celebrate the weekend!
As we were walking past the HUB this morning we noticed a big change.
There is a large black stage covering the plaza area immediately surrounding the Partners Statue.
There are shrubbery barricades surrounding the area restricting access for guests.
Cast members in red vests are working hard this morning to make sure visitors don’t walk through the roped off area surround the stage.
The PhotoPass photographers have been removed from the area.
When they’re not too busy we noticed these awesome cast members filling in for the missing photographers.
So what is the reason for the stage?
We spoke to some cast members on the scene.
They told us that Disney is currently filming a 50th Anniversary production.
According to the cast members, filming is taking place after hours.
That means the only impact to guests will be that areas in front of the Partners Statue will be inaccessible.
The cast members said that filming on this 50th Anniversary project is expected to wrap up next week.
According to Disney it could be finished as early as Wednesday/Thursday at which point the stage will be cleared.
No specifics were given about the production itself.
However, this is something that we will continue to follow closely and we promise to keep you updated as soon as we’ve heard more!
We suspect scenes like this will become all too familiar in the lead-in to Walt Disney World’s 50th Anniversary Celebration.
The festivities will officially kick off resort wide on October 1, 2021.
For those with MemoryMaker packages, there are other vantage points to get those perfect castle shots. The PhotoPass signage has been temporary removed from the Partners Statue Area.
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