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

[mom2rtk]

Princesses (Cindy, Belle, and Aurora) are also meeting at Town Square Theatre, temporarily, until the expansion areas open.

So I wonder what the current princess M&G area in TST will be used for when they move to their permanent home in Fairytale hall??????

 

[emmababy]

It said 70 minutes for the princesses! Yikes, will be skipping that. Does anyone know if they will be in place right when the parks open? Trying to figure out if we will do it and if it's best to do it on our way in or out of the park.. What does everyone plan to do?

Also- I loved Toontown because we could knock out fantasyland and then be there at 10 for opening. Not sure if I want to use precious opening time for characters....

I was hoping Mickey's costume would be different......

 

[kwitcherkicken99]

So I wonder what the current princess M&G area in TST will be used for when they move to their permanent home in Fairytale hall??????

Fairies??? They are coming back to MK eventually...

I could see them remaining on the Adventureland Veranda (or refurbing that old space next to it that they use for MNSSHP and most likely MVMCP) to make it more "fairy-like"...

Who knows? My head is spinning because of all of the changes... so much said, too much to process the week before spring break! It's called a break for a reason!

Heck, maybe they'll expand that area for the Fab 5/6 and have them all inside versus slapping one or two in the middle of Town Square anyway??

 

[mom2rtk]

Fairies??? They are coming back to MK eventually...

I could see them remaining on the Adventureland Veranda (or refurbing that old space next to it that they use for MNSSHP and most likely MVMCP) to make it more "fairy-like"...

Who knows? My head is spinning because of all of the changes... so much said, too much to process the week before spring break! It's called a break for a reason!

Heck, maybe they'll expand that area for the Fab 5/6 and have them all inside versus slapping one or two in the middle of Town Square anyway??

I wondered about the fairies too. They did say they are coming to the Adventureland verandah when flower & garden is over at Epcot, but I can't imagine how they can accommodate that line in that space. But I've wondered too what they will do for MNSSHP. They already lost Toontown for one of their character treat trails. If that spot is made into Pixie Hollow, they might lose that trail spot too.

It will definitely be interesting to see what they do with it all!

 

[mcphotography]

Subscribing to the thread, want to keep up on whats going on during construction in FL at MK

 

[Berlioz70]

New construction photos were posted!

 

[Berlioz70]

Tons of info out there about the new Mickey M&G - here is an article from the Disney Parks Blog!

Town Square Theater Debuts

High level overview-

FP are linked into attractions - but the wait time following a Character M&G does not appear to be as long of a wait as the typical 90-120 minute wait from attractions.

Additionally, FP may be accepted late, but it depends on the current wait of the line. Just like attractions, they always have the right to refuse late arrival, but likely will still let you in.

 

[sandym718]

Got back on Saturday. I took a few photos of the construction from Dumbo last Wed., I'll try to post them later today.

The new Mickey and Princess meet-and-greets opened on Friday, our last day. We had already seen them all, so we did not do them. Saw Mickey and Minnie in Tomorrowland last Sunday (3/27) and the Princesses in Adventureland on Thursday (3/31) night, with just a 15 minute wait (it had been raining all day). Our Epcot days were both rain days, and the Fairies were inside, just one at a time. We saw Tinkerbell and DD decided not to see Terrence. Honestly, if they're just going to have one fairy out at a time - it should NOT be Terrence. That's not who most little girls want to see!!

 

[Berlioz70]

Our Epcot days were both rain days, and the Fairies were inside, just one at a time. We saw Tinkerbell and DD decided not to see Terrence. Honestly, if they're just going to have one fairy out at a time - it should NOT be Terrence. That's not who most little girls want to see!!

Do remember what time you say them? Early afternoon (fairy lunch time), Terrence and Tink meets solo for one set each, but they are together the rest of the day.

 

[squirrel]

New construction photos were posted!

Wow it sure is coming along. Can't wait til we are back in October to see how much has been done in one year.

 

[emmababy]

Got back on Saturday. I took a few photos of the construction from Dumbo last Wed., I'll try to post them later today.

The new Mickey and Princess meet-and-greets opened on Friday, our last day. We had already seen them all, so we did not do them. Saw Mickey and Minnie in Tomorrowland last Sunday (3/27) and the Princesses in Adventureland on Thursday (3/31) night, with just a 15 minute wait (it had been raining all day). Our Epcot days were both rain days, and the Fairies were inside, just one at a time. We saw Tinkerbell and DD decided not to see Terrence. Honestly, if they're just going to have one fairy out at a time - it should NOT be Terrence. That's not who most little girls want to see!!

Can you tell me where in EPCOT to find Tink?

 

[sandym718]

Do remember what time you say them? Early afternoon (fairy lunch time), Terrence and Tink meets solo for one set each, but they are together the rest of the day.

Yes, it was early afternoon. We saw Tink at 2. I think Terrence's time was 1:20, and Vidia was coming up at 2:40. It looked like for the rest of the day, it was just one of them for each time slot, but I could be wrong.

Can you tell me where in EPCOT to find Tink?

Well, normally they're in the Pixie Hollow Fairy Garden which is just beyond Mouse Gear. However, with the rain, they were in a hallway in the Character Spot building. It would be the far right side of that building. If you enter on the left (main) side of the building where the regular Character location is, you walk all the way around and they were on the other side.

 

[hookedonears]

New construction photos were posted!

I think it's time to consider starting a 3rd Fantacyland update post. This one seems to be slowing down.

 

[Berlioz70]

Yes, it was early afternoon. We saw Tink at 2. I think Terrence's time was 1:20, and Vidia was coming up at 2:40. It looked like for the rest of the day, it was just one of them for each time slot, but I could be wrong.

That sounds about right for the solo fairies. See this post for the fairy set times.

Perhaps there was no Rosetta available on that day which is why Vidia was alone? Definitely not the norm!

 

[Berlioz70]

Great look at Ariel at DCA's new The Little Mermaid attraction. Scheduled to open in early June, of this year.

A replica will be opening in WDW in late 2012.

 

[cuchu2005]

Great look at Ariel at DCA's new The Little Mermaid attraction. Scheduled to open in early June, of this year.

A replica will be opening in WDW in late 2012.

Wow, thanks for sharing!

I love the testing stage of the projects.

It has to be thrilling to be working with that!

Mx

 

[joelkfla]

The turret is up on top of Beast's castle. It looks real tiny, even for forced perspective.

I'm wondering if somehow the castle is supposed to be off in the distance. It looks like they're screening at least part of the building with faux rock work.

 

[Berlioz70]

I know it's supposed to be much smaller than Cindy's to avoid comparison... but not sure how everything else around it will be designed.

Here are photo's of the Beast's Castle!

 

[BebopBaloo]

Exciting to see something besides the steel! Very cool. Thanks for sharing the pics

 

[Lillian Gracey]

I know it's supposed to be much smaller than Cindy's to avoid comparison... but not sure how everything else around it will be designed.

Here are photo's of the Beast's Castle!

Wow! They already have most of the castle done!? Then again, it is really small.