The Blue Sky Cellar site incorporates heavy use of Flash (Disney loves Flash animation) to provide an intuitive user experience. Laid out much like what you might see if you visit the physical location (although condensed),  users can click on specific elements which then lead them to information, pictures, concept art, video and so much more.

While there are many “click-able” elements on the site’s user interface that will take you directly to the items they represent, this is a breakdown of  is a what you will find.

Journal

This section is displayed in journal-style of format and provides written and pictoral information on all the transformations that are taking place in California Adventure including the additions of new attractions such as The World of Color and Cars Land as well as some of the theming modifications that have taken place on existing attractions.

Pictures & Videos

This section contains a combination of concept art and drawings along with video shorts explaining some of the attractions to come. In fact, a few of the video shorts contain Pixar’s John Lasseter talking about some of the new attractions that will coming with the expansion. Especially of interest are the video shorts related to the new Little Mermaid attraction and World of Color show.

If you are like me and wish to follow the progress of the California Adventure expansion, you’ll want to bookmark the Blue Sky Cellar site and revisit frequently. We here at Disney-O-Rama will do our best to keep tabs on any changes that take place as Disney Imangineers update the site.

Blue Sky Cellar will allow guests to preview for the first time works in progress at Disneyland Resort by immersing themselves in a facsimile of an Imagineering workspace. Based on the belief that idea gathering is best when “the sky’s the limit,” the Blue Sky Cellar is designed to resemble an Imagineering “charette,” an extended creative idea development meeting. Guests receive an inside-look at how Imagineers take “blue sky” ideas and refine them into the classic storytelling that characterizes Disney Theme Park attractions and adventures.

Guests will view several new attraction models, including the newly envisioned Paradise Pier area with its turn-of-the-20th-Century look, ride vehicle maquettes from Toy Story Mania!; and the new character overlays to the Games of the Boardwalk. Special features include updates and character additions to attractions such as Mickey’s Fun Wheel (an enhancement of the current Sun Wheel) and Silly Symphony Swings (a refreshed and rethemed Orange Stinger).

Additionally guests will see sketches and artwork line the walls including images of the new entrance area, soon to be known as Buena Vista Street, which will bring to life a nostalgic look at Los Angeles from the 1920s and 30s when Walt Disney first arrived in California; a Red Car trolley, reminiscent of the Pacific Electric Railway; and a new central plaza area including a replica of the Carthay Circle Theatre, where Walt premiered Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.

The “coming soon” area features images of Disney’s World of Color and The Little Mermaid attraction, and looks even further ahead to Cars Land, a 12-acre expansion of the Park which will bring to life the town of Radiator Springs from the Disney?Pixar animated film Cars, complete with three new attractions for the whole family. Guests in Blue Sky Cellar will have fun testing their knowledge of Disney trivia at one of the interactive workstations.

If that was not enough, there’s more. A screening room will feature Imagineers describing the approach and vision of the Disney California Adventure expansion. Guests will see footage of model-making, sculpting, blue sky meetings and all the aspects of bringing a Disney concept to life.

To get just a small glimpse of what you might expect, check out the three videos below.

Imangineer’s Presentation

Video in Screening Room

Paradise Pier Model

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