Fantasyland expansion rumors are true!

[mla1977]

Following it all on Twitter right now!

[Renysmom]

Just came here to say that those blue prints leaked a few months ago are real.. Double Dumbo, new rides and more per twitters and FB posts coming in from D23

[NWOhioAngela]

Tweets from Disney about the new stuff linked to these pages

http://wdwpress.com/twitter/dumbo_3130.html
http://wdwpress.com/twitter/ariels_adventure_7477.html
http://wdwpress.com/twitter/fantasyland_9938.html

[mla1977]

I put as much information as I could gather into my newest blogpost:

http://megansdisney.blogspot.com

[mla1977]

Fantasyland will be targeting whole family, including boys

[Annette_VA]

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/travel/attractions/orl-bk-new-fantasyland-disney-world-magic-kingdom,0,7274675.story

Great news all around!!

[disneyholic family]

DS just called me about an hour ago all excited, asking if i'd seen all the announcements coming out of D23....
i hadn't, so he filled me in...

sounds great!!

[Castaway Dave]

I put as much information as I could gather into my newest blogpost:

http://megansdisney.blogspot.com

Great blog. Very informative. Thanks.:thumbsup2

[tkitty]

This link also shows the accual plans...
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/travel/orl-disney-world-new-fantasyland-plans-page,0,2321880.htmlpage

[lugnut33]

Looking at the plans this gets my 100% approval. Totally awesome!! My youngest daughter is totally stoked over the Pixie Hollow area and my oldest loves everything about it.

Five hundred thumbs up.

[black562]

Adventureland will be next...they must have pirates to go with their princesses.

[Tink rules]

Silly question...

Where does the train go through?

[howlongtillsummer?]

Good question!!!

[black562]

Train would be unchanged and the toontown station would essentually be the Fantasyland station. According to the blueprints, Dumbo would be in the vicinity of the train station (shows it where the circus tent is now), which makes sense...if you remember, Dumbo had a train in it.

[mikelan6]

Thus is awesome news. Now Tomorrowland will look like garbage next to this gorgeous Fantasyland!

[tinkbutt]

Has there been any speculation on when this will start???:confused3

[WaltD4Me]

Has there been any speculation on when this will start???:confused3

They say a whole new Fantasyland in 2012.

Orlando Attractions magazine has some great videos up on You Tube. One of them is Jay Rasulo making the Fantasyland announcement. Another one is Johnny Depp showing up as Jack Sparrow! The crowd went wild!!!!!! (naturally)

I have to say the Expo really looks amazing, there are some great pics on Deb Wills site. I'm sooooooooooooooooooooooooo jealous right now of everyone that is there. I'm thinking I'm going to have plan to go next year. Appears like Disney pulled out all the stops.

[bellaDisneydncr]

I am SOOOOOOOOOOOO excited for this expansion. Watching the video of what they're going to do- it just looks so amazing. It's going to be much more interactive and I LOVE that.

[LilGMom]

I'll admit that when I watched the video of the announcement I wasn't that excited but after seeing the site plan I think it'll be a great addition to MK! Do wish that they were adding more for the boys though. Am also excited to hear about the new changes to Space Tours. :):darth:

[WebmasterLeah]

http://www.wdwinfo.com/news/General_Disney_News/Major_Theme_Park_Updates_Announced.htm

[fnkyyellow]

I am SO excited! I hope my daughter won't be out of the princess stage by then.

[Mickey's Best Girl]

I think this is going to be FANTASTIC! :cool1:

Kathy better get that camera of hers warmed up! I sense A LOT of photo opportunities for our favourite Disney blogger coming up!

[steve76]

One thing that puzzles me when I look at the concept art for Duelling Dumbos is that the left-hand spinner seems to have fewer Dumbos than the right-hand Dumbos, by quite a large margin. That looks a little strange to me. Does this support the rumour that one of them will be the Flying Carpets from Adventureland, re-themed? Or do both the Flying Carpets and Dumbos have the same number of vehicles?

All in all, I think this looks fantastic. Fantasyland is probably the flagship land in the flagship park of WDW, and yet is one of the most lightly themed. It deserves some attention. Especially with Harry Potter coming to IOA - their Potterland looks more beautiful and immersive than Disney's fantasyland.

As an aside, if you go on Google Earth to Disneyland Paris, they have StreetView there now so you can literally walk through their Fantasyland, which is beautiful.

[nenner1]

One thing that puzzles me when I look at the concept art for Duelling Dumbos is that the left-hand spinner seems to have fewer Dumbos than the right-hand Dumbos, by quite a large margin. That looks a little strange to me. Does this support the rumour that one of them will be the Flying Carpets from Adventureland, re-themed? Or do both the Flying Carpets and Dumbos have the same number of vehicles?


I don't know...there is a lot of speculation about that.

My guess personally is that I think they may construct Dumbo #1 in the new area (the one with higher capacity) all the while keeping the old Dumbo open in its' original area and then when the new Dumbo spinner is ready to open, they will open it and then relocate the older lower capacity spinner to its' location on the left pad. My guess only but whether is be the original Dumbo spinner or the re-themed carpets spinner it will occur in this fashion since WDI has stated they do not intend to have any closures of FL attractions during construction. That's the only way they could swing that without a closure!

OH MY GOSH I am sooooo excited about this!!!! :banana: I have felt for years-as many do- that MK in WDW has been neglected. We haven't gotten an E-ticket in our MK since 1992 or any *real* drastic retheming in 15 years (new Tomorrowland in 1994). While I am quite a traditionalist and will miss the nostalgia of the way things were I admit this announcement excites me immensely!

WOO HOO! :yay:

[gabbymh]

Great news.

[BellaSoleil]

I'm so pumped! It looks amazing.