New Eastern Gateway Coming to Disneyland; Princess Elena of Avalor's Royal Welcome

New Eastern Gateway Coming to Disneyland:

During last night's excitement of the Main Street Electrical Parade ending its run at the Magic Kingdom and moving to Disneyland, Disneyland broke news itself. A new Eastern Gateway will be built by late 2018. It will provide a new arrival point for guests with more choices of access and parking. Being built on the East side of the park it will include a new parking structure with 6,800 spaces, a new transportation facility, and an elevated pedestrian bridge. Here is more from today's release on the Disney Parks Blog:

The largest infrastructure project in the Anaheim Resort Area in the last 20 years, the Eastern Gateway will make it even easier to get to the Happiest Place on Earth by providing an east-side entry point to the Anaheim Resort Area. The new transportation facility will be the arrival point for buses, taxis, bicycles and various shuttles that currently use the existing transportation facility located on the west side of Harbor Boulevard. The new pedestrian pathway and elevated bridge over Harbor Blvd. will directly link guests arriving at the parking structure and eastern transportation facility with the main entrance plaza.

With exciting projects happening on both coasts, stay tuned as you never know what will happen next in the world of Disney.

Princess Elena of Avalor's Royal Welcome:

Today, guests at the Magic Kingdom as well as fans watching live on the Disney Parks Blog enjoyed the Royal Welcome of Princess Elena of Avalor. During the ceremony Princess Elena was welcomed by Cinderella and Prince Charming in a show that will run daily now at the Magic Kingdom. 

The daily show will bring Disney's first princess inspired by Latin cultures on the Castle Forecourt Stage. For those of you that missed the live stream, the Disney Parks Blog posted the live stream replay on YouTube. You can check it out below:

That's not all for Disney Channel's new Princess as Princess Elena of Avalor has already been renewed for a second season. Princess Elena of Avalor can be seen Friday's on Disney Channel at 7 p.m. ET and 11 a.m. on weekend on Disney Junior.