It definitely looks more orderly and I believe it is an improvement on the old landing page.

Like:

1. The more orderly layout.
2. The buttons to pause the revolving banners. Though the fact that it doesn't remember the setting when I revisit makes them a little redundant.
3. The featured gallery section with pics
4. The removal of the advertisement in the header

Dislike:

1. Long load time.
2. The supersized top banner that fills half my screen.
3. The 11 advertisements. Though credit to you that they are all internal.
4. The box transition on the top banner, please a subtle fade in out would be so much better.

All things considered it is step in the right direction. Nice work guys!