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

[Berlioz70]

The area near Pinocchio and Dumbo, with the scrim around it, is the new Castle Wall.

 

[shdwstrm]

Hey all!

I just got back from Disney World late on Wed night.

On my last day, my friend and I headed back to the Magic Kingdom and decided to have a birds eye view of the expansion so we hopped on Dumbo and went for a fly around.

Here's my video of it. Sorry for the extreme zoom at the beginning and the shakiness at the end
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eeA5CshQHQ

enjoy!

 

[Berlioz70]

New photos from theDisneyblog.com

 

[harleyquinn]

I'm sure this has been addressed here, but I just read the first post. When it's said that Country Bears is being "refurbished" into a new shop, does that mean that they are getting rid of the show completely? And if so, any idea when it will close?

Thanks so much!

 

[BebopBaloo]

I'm sure this has been addressed here, but I just read the first post. When it's said that Country Bears is being "refurbished" into a new shop, does that mean that they are getting rid of the show completely? And if so, any idea when it will close?

Thanks so much!

You scared me. What the first post says is being turned into a shop is something that was previously a shop - County Bounty - in Toon Town - which is now going to be Storybook Circus.

Were you trying to scare us?

 

[kadesha]

Hi! I've been out of the Disney loop for a while now since I haven't had a trip planned. I am looking for some kind of timeline for the new fantasyland opening. I've heard that half will open in 2012 and the rest in 2013. I am planning a May 2012 trip. Does anyone know where progress will be at that point?

 

[1tufgt]

Hi! I've been out of the Disney loop for a while now since I haven't had a trip planned. I am looking for some kind of timeline for the new fantasyland opening. I've heard that half will open in 2012 and the rest in 2013. I am planning a May 2012 trip. Does anyone know where progress will be at that point?

Already completed - The outside Hundred Acre Wood facade and interactive queue line for The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh

Early 2012 - Great Goofini roller coaster, Fantasyland Train Station, Casey Jr., and Half of the Storybook Circus along with the dualing Dumbo attraction

Late 2012 - Be Our Guest restaurant, Belle Meet-and-Greet, Beauty and the Beast Village, Under the Sea: Journey of the Little Mermaid, and the Cinderella Castle wall

Early 2013 - The second half of Storybook Circus and Pete's Silly Sideshow

Late 2013 - Seven Dwarfs Mine Train

 

[harleyquinn]

You scared me. What the first post says is being turned into a shop is something that was previously a shop - County Bounty - in Toon Town - which is now going to be Storybook Circus.

Were you trying to scare us?

lol!! No I just can't read!! I just totally thought it said Country Bears.

Thank you!!

(I kept wondering how the expansion made it all the way over to CB!)

 

[BebopBaloo]

lol!! No I just can't read!! I just totally thought it said Country Bears.

Thank you!!

(I kept wondering how the expansion made it all the way over to CB!)

haha No worries! It happens to everyone!

 

[Berlioz70]

I think it's more than safe to say that construction has begun on the seven dwarfs mine train!

NEW PHOTOS!

 

[1tufgt]

I think it's more than safe to say that construction has begun on the seven dwarfs mine train!

NEW PHOTOS!

Looks more like them working on the castle walls than the mine train.

 

[DCTooTall]

I think it's more than safe to say that construction has begun on the seven dwarfs mine train!

NEW PHOTOS!

Looks more like them working on the castle walls than the mine train.

Looking at those pics, it's really hard to say if the construction is for the mine train. There is the big ditch, but that looks more like it's either for a possible extention of the utilidors.... or more likely for the water feature/river in the plans for the expansion. The mine train would be to the right of that ditch, more in front of Little Mermaid.


The stuff to the left of the ditch, I have to agree are either work for the Castle Walls, or maybe more work for the water feature/bridges.

 

[1tufgt]

New video inside the little mermaid attraction.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjSbyAhsBmM&feature=player_embedded

 

[rlahansler]

Already completed - The outside Hundred Acre Wood facade and interactive queue line for The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh

Early 2012 - Great Goofini roller coaster, Fantasyland Train Station, Casey Jr., and Half of the Storybook Circus along with the dualing Dumbo attraction

Late 2012 - Be Our Guest restaurant, Belle Meet-and-Greet, Beauty and the Beast Village, Under the Sea: Journey of the Little Mermaid, and the Cinderella Castle wall

Early 2013 - The second half of Storybook Circus and Pete's Silly Sideshow

Late 2013 - Seven Dwarfs Mine Train

Good to know. Hoping to go back in 2013 and anxious to see how it all looks. Did not see much this past March, all behind a wall.

 

[Berlioz70]

Three pages of new pictures:

MouseSteps

 

[AshleeH]

This is what I love about Disney - I feel like a kid anticipating the new Fantasyland! I have such wonderful memories of the (new) princess movies as a child (Little Mermaid came out in theaters when I was 7 and it and Beauty and the Beast are two of my favorite childhood memories of watching them with my dad for the first time in the theater) and I can't wait to plan a trip when everything is open! Maybe when that trip comes along, I'll have a little DD to share it with - my DS's are amazing and they enjoy seeing the princesses but they just don't get it when mommy gets so excited to see Ariel and have my picture taken with her .

On another note - I knew they were building a Beauty and the Beast castle, but this is the first I've heard about Prince Eric's - does anyone know if these castles are going to have an attraction/shop inside of them (is the B&B castle the Be Our Guest Restaurant)? I tried doing a search for the answer, but so many links popped up that I thought it might be easier to ask .

 

[Berlioz70]

The Belle area will have the Bonjour! Village Gifts Merchandise shop (located near Gastons Tavern in the French village). The Little Mermaid will not have a merchandise shop (at least, not one that's been announced or shown).

 

[AshleeH]

Thanks for responding! I was actually wondering if the new castles are just there for decoration or if they have something inside them .

 

[Berlioz70]

Ohh oops, forgot to finish my answer.

The Beast's castle will have a new Table Service Restaurant.

Eric's castle is the facade to the new Little Mermaid Attraction.

Check out the first post for up to date information on the plans and construction progress.

 

[AshleeH]

Thank you!

Is it 2013 yet?