Official Fantasyland Expansion Q & A (Mickey gets evicted) PART II

[bjakmom]

Great new ariel video!

WOW!! Thanks for posting that aerial video - gives us a great perspective of the layout. I can't believe how quickly it's changing!! I have been going to WDW since the year it opened and I am really excited about all the additions - some 'new' fun attractions to raise my 'new'est granddaughter on.

 

[lionking13]

My family was looking to take a trip to disney world in late-summer of 2013. I know most of the fantasyland expansion will be completed by then but i heard rumors that the Seven Dwarf Mine Train will not be completed by then. I was wondering if someone could tell me if the fantasyland expansion is ahead of schedule and will be completed by the time my family go in mid August of 2013, or if we would have to wait a year to see the completed fantasyland? It would be greatly appreciated if someone could answer my question

 

[stitch1094]

Great new ariel video!

Cool video but I'm more surprised that you can fly an airplane over MK. I had assumed that the airspace would be restricted somehow due to safety/terrorism concerns.

 

[DanBoris]

My family was looking to take a trip to disney world in late-summer of 2013. I know most of the fantasyland expansion will be completed by then but i heard rumors that the Seven Dwarf Mine Train will not be completed by then. I was wondering if someone could tell me if the fantasyland expansion is ahead of schedule and will be completed by the time my family go in mid August of 2013, or if we would have to wait a year to see the completed fantasyland? It would be greatly appreciated if someone could answer my question

There are not official dates at this point except for the vague 2012, but I think it's a pretty safe bet that everything will be complete before August 2013, except the Mine Train ride. The Mine Train was a last minute addition so it's progress is currently way behind the rest of the area and construction on it has not even started yet.

Dan

 

[lionking13]

There are not official dates at this point except for the vague 2012, but I think it's a pretty safe bet that everything will be complete before August 2013, except the Mine Train ride. The Mine Train was a last minute addition so it's progress is currently way behind the rest of the area and construction on it has not even started yet.

Dan

Thanks Dan. We just hope the Seven Dwarf Mine Train will catch up with the rest of the fantasyland expansion and open ahead of schedule. This ride seems like it will be the best to open , in our opinion.

 

[elphie101]

A few photos from this morning at MK! Taken from the front of Winnie the Pooh (except the first one which was snapped in the queue line for the ride)

Rock facade of Eric's castle

Great Beast detail!

Belle's cottage

Castle closeup

Eric's castle.......great to see it starting to take shape!

I'd like to throw out there that the human eye can see a LOT more over the wall, including the top of Gaston's Tavern,

Another piece of news I thought I'd share: a couple of managers saw my friend and I taking photos and came over to chat with us. One of them told us that the Storybook Circus area would be opening summer 2012, and that Beast's Castle/Eric's Castle would not be opening up until 2013. He also mentioned that we were standing directly in front of where the mine train would be located (again, we were at the entrance to Winnie the Pooh) and they wouldn't be starting on that till much later, once the castles are nearly completed. Now, whether or not this is true in that they are a bit more behind than initially projected, or they are saying this only to cover their bases and to give them a chance to be "done early", who knows. Either way, as much as there is a LOT of visible progress, it looks like we still have a long ways to go.

I'll be posting more as they come!

 

[Invisable89]

Castle closeup


I'd like to throw out there that the human eye can see a LOT more over the wall, including the top of Gaston's Tavern,

Another piece of news I thought I'd share: a couple of managers saw my friend and I taking photos and came over to chat with us. One of them told us that the Storybook Circus area would be opening summer 2012, and that Beast's Castle/Eric's Castle would not be opening up until 2013. He also mentioned that we were standing directly in front of where the mine train would be located (again, we were at the entrance to Winnie the Pooh) and they wouldn't be starting on that till much later, once the castles are nearly completed. Now, whether or not this is true in that they are a bit more behind than initially projected, or they are saying this only to cover their bases and to give them a chance to be "done early", who knows. Either way, as much as there is a LOT of visible progress, it looks like we still have a long ways to go.

I'll be posting more as they come!

I cannot believe how BIG Beast's Castle looks! It's tiny in reality.

& 2013 for both Castles? What the frick?! It's meant to be Oct 2012.

 

[BebopBaloo]

I'm having a hard time imagining how they would even fit the 7Dwarfs Mine Train in-between Winnie the Pooh and the Little Mermaid themed area...

 

[PrincessKara22]

I'm having a hard time imagining how they would even fit the 7Dwarfs Mine Train in-between Winnie the Pooh and the Little Mermaid themed area...

Especially with the castle wall that they're building...I'm very confused about the location! Oh well, I guess they have it figured out.

 

[danceintherain]

That's interesting about the opening dates. I guess we will be buying those APs in 2013! If only DH knew....

 

[Florida Dreamin']

I have a feeling the mine train will be a disappointment..

 

[girls]

Great pics! Thanks for sharing. We're going later this summer, and I was just filling my husband in on all the construction. Can't wait to see the progress!

 

[elphie101]

Especially with the castle wall that they're building...I'm very confused about the location! Oh well, I guess they have it figured out.

Looking back at the concept art looks like the coaster is smack dab in front of the Little Mermaid attraction, in fact the whole Snow White "section" looks pretty spread out all down to the teacups and Storybook Circus area........my guess is there's a lot more room behind those walls then we realize, especially once Dumbo is relocated.

 

[Berlioz70]

The construction wall grows!

 

[DanBoris]

The construction wall grows!

I have been studying that picture and the aerial picture here:

http://attractionsmagazine.com/blog/2011/06/29/fantasyland-aerial-update-for-summer-2011-fly-with-us-above-the-magic-kingdom/

and it appears that this is not a increase in the height of the construction wall, but a fabric wall build behind the existing construction wall. The only reason I can think to build something like that is if it's a mock-up of the new castle wall so they can check sight lines. You can see this new wall in this close up of one of the Attractions Magazine pictures:

The only problem with this theory is that it only part of the new wall follows the path of where the castle wall is going to be.

 

[DanBoris]

Looking back at the concept art looks like the coaster is smack dab in front of the Little Mermaid attraction, in fact the whole Snow White "section" looks pretty spread out all down to the teacups and Storybook Circus area........my guess is there's a lot more room behind those walls then we realize, especially once Dumbo is relocated.

If you look at the aerial views you can see that there is a good bit of space in there. You could easily fit Barnstormer in that space and you could almost fit Big Thunder Mountain Railroad in there, so there should be plenty of space for the mine ride.

Dan

 

[MouseEarsForAll]

A few photos from this morning at MK! Taken from the front of Winnie the Pooh (except the first one which was snapped in the queue line for the ride)

Rock facade of Eric's castle

Great Beast detail!

Belle's cottage

Castle closeup

Eric's castle.......great to see it starting to take shape!

I'd like to throw out there that the human eye can see a LOT more over the wall, including the top of Gaston's Tavern,

Another piece of news I thought I'd share: a couple of managers saw my friend and I taking photos and came over to chat with us. One of them told us that the Storybook Circus area would be opening summer 2012, and that Beast's Castle/Eric's Castle would not be opening up until 2013. He also mentioned that we were standing directly in front of where the mine train would be located (again, we were at the entrance to Winnie the Pooh) and they wouldn't be starting on that till much later, once the castles are nearly completed. Now, whether or not this is true in that they are a bit more behind than initially projected, or they are saying this only to cover their bases and to give them a chance to be "done early", who knows. Either way, as much as there is a LOT of visible progress, it looks like we still have a long ways to go.

I'll be posting more as they come!

Thanks for the pics!

 

[Berlioz70]

A new construction video - with the new cloth wall.

 

[think-like-tink]

^I love all the videos you post

 

[Berlioz70]

Glad to help out!

I just search "fantasyland expansion" in google every couple of days and skim through the most recent postings. I'm not sure who Jeff Lange is, but he certainly seems to spend a lot of time at the parks; which is perfect for the rest of us!!