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

[tinker&belle]

There are no firm dates yet, but I have seen these rough dates from a reliable insider:

Rethemed Barnstormer - Jan-Mar 2012
Dumbo - Apr-June 2012
Circus and Princess M&G - July-Sept 2012
Beauty and the Beast/Little Mermaid - Oct-Dec 2012
Mine Coaster - Jan-March 2014

Thanks for this. We could live without the mine coaster. We were hoping to go Oct 2012 so I will have to keep a close eye about the little mermaid. I wouldn't mind to push it back a few months if Little Mermaid is open. I was hoping for Free Dining though, so we will have to see.

 

[mom2rtk]

Fair enough! I was thinking along the lines of them redoing the Barn/platform to change it into more of a magic show versus out on the farm...

I know lots of folks had a long-term love of this ride and will miss it while it's down. We actually just rode it for the first time in December. Well, Katie did. I had done it before with the boys, but they had outgrown it so it had been a long time. And Katie was VERY anti-roller coaster until just recently. It was so fun to ride it with her. I knew how short it was, but she didn't. We both just laughed and laughed when it was over so fast.

 

[Berlioz70]

I would assume that since Barnstormer is just a retheme, they can get it up and running quicker than getting the dual-Dumbos all the way done.

The reason I thought it was strange is because all of the posters say 2012 for Storybook Circus; I was under the impression the new land would open at once.

 

[kwitcherkicken99]

The reason I thought it was strange is because all of the posters say 2012 for Storybook Circus; I was under the impression the new land would open at once.

That definitely makes sense... I guess it would be weird to do one before the other!

IDK they may be trying to start opening the Storybook circus stuff a little at a time though.... to start drumming up interest and possibly seeing how crowd control may come to be?

 

[AliceinMaryland]

And they may try and open it up through there so we can start using that train station.

 

[Berlioz70]

I didn't even think of that... does anyone know, is the train still stopping at the location formerly know as Toon Town for water?

 

[Thumper_ehhhhh]

I didn't even think of that... does anyone know, is the train still stopping at the location formerly know as Toon Town for water?

Thats all it stops there for now is water. Otherwise it just keeps on going by. There is a link somewhere on here to you tube footage.

 

[1tufgt]

Thats all it stops there for now is water. Otherwise it just keeps on going by. There is a link somewhere on here to you tube footage.

Yes it does. You get to stare at the green monster of a wall while waiting.

 

[DCTooTall]

Since there have been complaints about the lack of recent Pictures, Here are a few I took while visiting WDW last week.

First up.....Great wall "decorations"...

 

[DCTooTall]

Figured i'd split the pictures up into multiple posts to make it easier for those who may want to quote...

Next up... some nice close up shots I got of the artwork for the new fantasyland while stopped at the old toontown station.

 

[DCTooTall]

And last but not least.... Construction pics. now i didn't do Dumbo to get a look (lines were just too long)... but, thankfully I'm pretty tall, so I was able to get some NICE shots by just walking up to the wall, raising my hand, and taking a picture over the wall. The biggest problem was finding spots where I could stand next to the wall (stupid strollers), and point the camera without worrying about a tree blocking the view.

Oh... and as a bonus... some stuff I got on the toontown side of things.

(this next one is a view directly over the wall pictured above on the old path from the teacups)

And this was an attempted zoomed shot into Toontown from the WEDWay...

 

[disneybliss2]

Wow! Thanks for all the updated photos. You took some great shots!
Does anyone know what the projected date in 2012 they'll start revealing the new additions? Start of 2012? By summer 2012? I know there's no guarantee of a time, but I was curious if anyone has heard a tentative date in 2012.

 

[DMGeurts]

THanks for posting new photos!

D~

 

[WickedDreamer]

I have a feeling they may have the opening of the new fantasyland when they new Hotel opens in the summer of 2012? the one with the Lion king, Little mermaid and cars etc

 

[1tufgt]

I have a feeling they may have the opening of the new fantasyland when they new Hotel opens in the summer of 2012? the one with the Lion king, Little mermaid and cars etc

I think the "Art of Animation" resort is opening in phases with the 1st part to open up in the Fall of 12.

 

[princesscharming]

The pics are great! Thanks, DCTooTall.

 

[Nebula]

How terrible is it that the first thing I noticed was the glaring grammatical error?

In all seriousness, thanks so much for posting these!

 

[tpettie]

From the photos all I see is the 2012 date I'm hoping that they are right we have a Dec 2012 trip planned I would be ever so happy if it was complete for the then. Bonus if we get to stay at the Art of Animation too

 

[NJShoreDad]

Ditto!! Where is he??? We want pics!!!!

They are on his website: www.scottkeating.net:


Perhaps the other sites haven't worked out an arrangement to use his images. You can clearly see from the photos that the houses (both Mickey's and Minnie's) are gone and dirt is all that is left

EDIT: I originally added the image (as a link to the one on his site), but didn't want to run afoul of Copyright...

 

[Colleen27]

They are on his website: www.scottkeating.net:


Perhaps the other sites haven't worked out an arrangement to use his images. You can clearly see from the photos that the houses (both Mickey's and Minnie's) are gone and dirt is all that is left

EDIT: I originally added the image (as a link to the one on his site), but didn't want to run afoul of Copyright...

Wow, they're making progress! We were at the MK on 3/6 and Donald's Boat was still clearly visible over the fence from the train. In that aerial shot, it is completely gone just a week later.