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

[Reddog1134]

I've always assumed "Holiday Season" to mean from Thanksgiving to New Years.

I'm hoping they mean "by early December".

 

[lisadisney2003]

Darn, I was really hoping for LM by the time of our Sept. visit.

 

[CentralFloridian99]

The holiday season begins with Thanksgiving/Black Friday, so I'm going for a early November official opening and a late October soft opening.

 

[KathleensKid]

I'm glad they said "holiday 2012" rather than nothing. It gives me more info than I had before (won't be open for my trip this year but will for my trip in early 2013).
Looking forward to reviews of it whenever "Holiday 2012" occurs.

 

[Bo Duke]

I don't even want to imagine the crowds if they open for the "holiday season" of Thanksgiving to New years. I wouldn't even think about going the week between Christmas and New Years. They would probably hit capacity by 10 am if not sooner. Yuk

 

[Berlioz70]

First post updated with:

timeline
2 construction videos
link to latest DPB entry

 

[BAMLuvMickey]

First post updated with:

timeline
2 construction videos
link to latest DPB entry

Thanks for the updates!!!

 

[Royal Consort]

Chalk me up for being slightly irked too. Forgive me if I'm wrong but "Opening Dates for Beast's Castle..." generally implies that the article contains an, you know, opening date. Not a vague "some time at the end of the year" which we knew anyway. pfft.

I think it's just Disney wanting to create the hype and excitement (I AM hyped and excited!) without really any new information. Since I'm there late November to early December, I am expecting Little Mermaid and BATB areas to be completed and open.

 

[JaxJags08]

I'm a little irked too by "the holiday season" opening date, but they have to cover their butts, so to speak. This is a huge construction project and I imagine it would be hard to pinpoint a specific date. If they said by November 1st, but had to push back the date to November 20th, think of how angry people would be that booked their trip anticipating FLE to be open. I imagine that they'll have a more concrete date a few months prior to opening, but not sooner.

I'm hoping that this doesn't have too much of an impact on crowds between Thanksgiving and Christmas, as that's when I plan on going I don't think Disney will heavily advertise any concrete opening date for the reason I listed above. I expect the big onslaught of advertising to begin a couple of weeks before opening and when the Christmas parade airs.

 

[Royal Consort]

I'm a little irked too by "the holiday season" opening date, but they have to cover their butts, so to speak. This is a huge construction project and I imagine it would be hard to pinpoint a specific date. If they said by November 1st, but had to push back the date to November 20th, think of how angry people would be that booked their trip anticipating FLE to be open. I imagine that they'll have a more concrete date a few months prior to opening, but not sooner.

I am not bothered about having a definitive date yet. If they aren't able to know for sure then that's perfectly reasonable. What I was annoyed at was the title of the article. I got excited when I opened it up only to get a bit annoyed that it was a completely misleading title. If there's no date for the Beast's castle, they shouldn't say there is.

 

[JaxJags08]

I am not bothered about having a definitive date yet. If they aren't able to know for sure then that's perfectly reasonable. What I was annoyed at was the title of the article. I got excited when I opened it up only to get a bit annoyed that it was a completely misleading title. If there's no date for the Beast's castle, they shouldn't say there is.

I agree with you there. All they did was rephrase what we already knew.

 

[miprender]

We will be there at the beginning of July... so hopefully the other Dumbo will be finished by then

 

[DanBoris]

Here is the latest version of my calender based on what was announced yesterday. The only thing that is still pretty up in the air is the opening of Princess Fairytale Hall. I don't believe any information was given yesterday on when it will open.

 

[cindyfan]

We will be there at the beginning of July... so hopefully the other Dumbo will be finished by then

US TOO!!
We arrive June 29th for 9 days..... let's hope "july opening" means the first week!!.......
need pixie dust for this one! my grandsons can't wait!!!

 

[Berlioz70]

Great DIS video!

Fantasyland Expansion at Disney World with Imagineer Chris Beatty

 

[CentralFloridian99]

Here is the latest version of my calender based on what was announced yesterday. The only thing that is still pretty up in the air is the opening of Princess Fairytale Hall. I don't believe any information was given yesterday on when it will open.

Great chart as usual. One question though; why is the rest of the circus a light grey for August? It was confirmed for July.

 

[DisneyBabies]

DanBoris is keeping August grey because confirmed dates can change.

Yes, Disney is saying July, but if weather doesn't cooperate or there is an issue with manpower or any number of other things going on, it could be delayed.

Dan's chart gives us a better idea while leaving room for unexpected delays.

For example, it seems to me that the mine train should be finished in late 2013 considering how far along they have gotten as quickly as they have, but dan's chart gives early 2014 in case of delays.

 

[DanBoris]

DanBoris is keeping August grey because confirmed dates can change.

Yes, Disney is saying July, but if weather doesn't cooperate or there is an issue with manpower or any number of other things going on, it could be delayed.

Dan's chart gives us a better idea while leaving room for unexpected delays.

For example, it seems to me that the mine train should be finished in late 2013 considering how far along they have gotten as quickly as they have, but dan's chart gives early 2014 in case of delays.

Yep, exactly this. For example the new Dumbo was on the official parks calendar with an opening date, but still got pushed back.

 

[skepace]

I am trying to find Be Our Guest in the chart but can't. Any idea?

Thanks!

 

[Honeystar120608]

I am just toying with the idea of another DW trip. Was hoping for October (If free dining is offered) but it looks like we'd miss a section of the expansion. If we waited until first week of December than maybe? Not knowing is so hard! I want it to be a cheap trip as we have done DW 4 times in 4 years and it's pricy coming from east coast Canada. We aren't supposed to be going this year, but it's so hard NOT to!