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

[chartle]

The queue is adorable! I do agree w/ other posters that have thought it might be hard to get kids to stop playing on the playground when it's time to board the ride. I love that it's indoors and I think the right intention was in place....guess we'll see how it all plays out.

Just posted on Inside the Magic:

http://www.**************.net/2012/...ces-long-lines-with-pagers-interactive-games/

I loved the video.

I think there is going to be a lot of "But mommy I want to stay here and play" or "Sweety, let Mommy just sit here a little longer in the AC and then we can ride Dumbo"

It may go both ways.

 

[mkleinbe]

So I'm a total skeptic. The queue looks sooo cool, but I need to see it in "action" with real families before I get too excited. I see it being packed and that it will be very difficult to find your children when it's time to ride. I also wonder if it will get packed with people just wanting to get out of the heat and get off their feet and give their kids some time to run around. Hmmmm...

 

[SRUAlmn]

Just as I feared....a giant, noisy, playground. Nothing against anyone's children, as it looks like great fun, but our family is all adults and almost all of us are teachers, so when on vacation we try to avoid the noisy, kids running around areas Too much like real life for us Looks like we'll be waiting outside in the heat

 

[SRUAlmn]

So I'm a total skeptic. The queue looks sooo cool, but I need to see it in "action" with real families before I get too excited. I see it being packed and that it will be very difficult to find your children when it's time to ride. I also wonder if it will get packed with people just wanting to get out of the heat and get off their feet and give their kids some time to run around. Hmmmm...

VERY good points! I wonder if the entrance will be situated so that you can only enter if you have a Dumbo pager?

 

[MommyBell08]

Just posted on Inside the Magic:

http://www.**************.net/2012/...ces-long-lines-with-pagers-interactive-games/

I loved the video.

Awesome! Great Job Disney!

 

[osugal]

Is the new Little Mermaid ride supposed to be just like the one currently at Disneyland?

Thanks

 

[CentralFloridian99]

Is the new Little Mermaid ride supposed to be just like the one currently at Disneyland?

Thanks

The ride itself? Yes. However, the facade and queue is entirely different.

 

[katiebear]

Just as I feared....a giant, noisy, playground. Nothing against anyone's children, as it looks like great fun, but our family is all adults and almost all of us are teachers, so when on vacation we try to avoid the noisy, kids running around areas Too much like real life for us Looks like we'll be waiting outside in the heat

I'm not quite sure what you'd expect from a queue for a ride that is geared towards young children. If you are trying to avoid kids while on vacation perhaps Disney World is not the ideal place for you. My children are well behaved in school, church, restaurants, etc., but while on vacation we try to avoid adults who will give us dirty looks and roll their eyes at them for playing, being excited, and being children.

 

[stephen9871]

Found this:

http://thedisneydrivenlife.com/2012...-expansion-model-pictures/digital-camera-822/

This has to be the best layout i've seen so far. Even shows the queue layout for the Mine coaster.

 

[SRUAlmn]

I'm not quite sure what you'd expect from a queue for a ride that is geared towards young children. If you are trying to avoid kids while on vacation perhaps Disney World is not the ideal place for you. My children are well behaved in school, church, restaurants, etc., but while on vacation we try to avoid adults who will give us dirty looks and roll their eyes at them for playing, being excited, and being children.

I'm not sure how to respond.....typical DIS. You can't express a lighthearted opinion without someone getting defensive. I'll just leave it at that since I don't feel the need to defend things you stated that had nothing to do with what I said.

 

[Berlioz70]

Found this:

http://thedisneydrivenlife.com/2012...-expansion-model-pictures/digital-camera-822/

This has to be the best layout i've seen so far. Even shows the queue layout for the Mine coaster.

Great find, I cropped it down and put it in the first post!!

 

[mouselovenfamily]

Found this:

http://thedisneydrivenlife.com/2012...-expansion-model-pictures/digital-camera-822/

This has to be the best layout i've seen so far. Even shows the queue layout for the Mine coaster.

When all the construction news started I thought I had read that the new area would have a Meet and Greet with the Princesses, each having their own castle area, but I didn't see it on the map. Am I dreaming I had read that or am I missing it??

 

[mkleinbe]

When all the construction news started I thought I had read that the new area would have a Meet and Greet with the Princesses, each having their own castle area, but I didn't see it on the map. Am I dreaming I had read that or am I missing it??

Aren't the princesses slated to move in to the are where Snow White's Scary Adventures was/were. I thought they were re-doing that area.

 

[chartle]

When all the construction news started I thought I had read that the new area would have a Meet and Greet with the Princesses, each having their own castle area, but I didn't see it on the map. Am I dreaming I had read that or am I missing it??

After the announcement there was a redesign.

It got moved to the space where Snow Whites Scary adventures, that just closed, is now. It got bumped for the Mine Train Coaster.

Updated Pixie Hollow also got axed and is in the old Adventure land Veranda space.

 

[Berlioz70]

When all the construction news started I thought I had read that the new area would have a Meet and Greet with the Princesses, each having their own castle area, but I didn't see it on the map. Am I dreaming I had read that or am I missing it??

When FLE was originally announced, Aurora and Cindy both had private Play and Greets (like Belle). However, in Jan. 2011, the plans were changed and those P&Gs were replaced by the Mine Train.

SWSA closed last week to make way for the newest Princess M&G, Fairytale Hall, which is slated to open late 2013.

 

[Berlioz70]

New photos:

Magic Kingdom “New Fantasyland” Construction Update – 6/6/12, June 6, 2012

 

[osugal]

What's the splash n soak station?

 

[JavArmy]

New photos:

Magic Kingdom “New Fantasyland” Construction Update – 6/6/12, June 6, 2012

Thanks for posting the new photos! Here's hoping the 2nd dumbo will be running when I go in 9 days!

 

[robinbutterfly]

Why is there a tarp up on its a small world??
They aren't doing anything to that, are they??

 

[JavArmy]

Why is there a tarp up on its a small world??
They aren't doing anything to that, are they??

I thought I had heard that they were just doing maintenance to the outside.