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

[linzbear]

I don't understand why they don't have all characters frequently. Everyone has different tastes...

Because they don't have the same pool of CMs to pull from. Most of the characters that are played in all of WDW are white or fully costumed. I imagine Silvermist is around all the time in Japan, though.

 

[MouseEarsForAll]

Because they don't have the same pool of CMs to pull from. Most of the characters that are played in all of WDW are white or fully costumed. I imagine Silvermist is around all the time in Japan, though.

Oh...I get it now. Thanks!

 

[miprender]

TWO THINGS OF NOTE:

DUMBO ride updates!!!

LITTLE MERMAID ride updates from WDI!!!

That is great news about Dumbo

 

[Berlioz70]

I agree! It's great to finally know the "Dumbo Plan!"

 

[heatherbynum]

Concept art revealed for Scuttles Scavenger Hunt.

 

[Berlioz70]

Fantastic! I added the image link to the first post!

 

[disneyphilip]

That was what everyone thought... but I can assure you that the tents are staying! Not sure what the final reason was... but yes, they were technically intended to be temporary.

In other news... fairy rumors are flying around... apparently there will only be two available and will be similar to Epcot with Vidia and Rosetta as the regulars.

Personally, I think that all 7 fairies will resume regular rotations and that there'll be 3 fairies available at a time, like it was in the Toontown Hall of Fame.

 

[lionking13]

http://www.youtube.com/user/JeffLangeDVD#p/u/2/t-VLaeVtcfc

This guy Jeff has great videos and this is one of the recent ones of the fantasyland expansion

 

[chicagoshannon]

Thanks for posting that. You know I really wish they'd finish up the roof on that little building with all the yellow. I've been waiting for them to finish the roof on that for months, lol.

 

[neatokimmo]

Thanks for posting that. You know I really wish they'd finish up the roof on that little building with all the yellow. I've been waiting for them to finish the roof on that for months, lol.

Georgia Pacific should really be giving Disney advertisement money. That concrete board has been up for months now with their logo on it lol

 

[Berlioz70]

Construction Update: New Fantasyland at Magic Kingdom shaping up

 

[chicagoshannon]

Georgia Pacific should really be giving Disney advertisement money. That concrete board has been up for months now with their logo on it lol

lol. Maybe that IS the reason they haven't finished that off. lol

 

[DCTooTall]

Hmmm.... I was just thinking....


Back when we were discussing the original expansion plans and Pixie Hallow in particular, I remember that a lot of us didn't really like the the placement in particular, with Tink being so far away from Peter Pan where it would've fit better in a "Neverland" sort of way.


Well.... Since they have demolished the old Skyway station (RIP), What do you guys think the chance of them squeezing a Fairy M&G location in now around the new construction? I know the plans I've heard include new restrooms and a new path to help reduce the bottleneck, But nothing says they couldn't include a M&G area someplace in the area since "traditional" M&G's don't require a whole lot of room....beyond queueing space.

 

[Berlioz70]

More construction photos - great detail of Prince Eric's castle!

 

[DisneyBabies]

Can I just say how much I am loving all the construction photos. I'm excited to see the progression from beginning to end. And I really can't wait to see how the artist renderings translate in to the real "world".

One quick question though: Has Disney given any indication of what kind of food will be served at Beast's Castle? I know lunch is QS and dinner is TS, but will it be french, american, a little of both?

 

[THE3jsmom]

I am wondering if Disney is going to have an offical opening when everything is completed or just staggered openings. I love Beauty and Beast just second to Mickey and would love to be there for the Grand Opening of Beast's castle.

 

[Invisable89]

Can I just say how much I am loving all the construction photos. I'm excited to see the progression from beginning to end. And I really can't wait to see how the artist renderings translate in to the real "world".

One quick question though: Has Disney given any indication of what kind of food will be served at Beast's Castle? I know lunch is QS and dinner is TS, but will it be french, american, a little of both?

Nope, absolutely nothing! I really want to know this too - we're just going to have to wait!

 

[PrincessKara22]

So this might be a stupid question but have they begun actually constructing the little mermaid ride itself- inside of the show building?

 

[eyeshadow]

I am so happy to hear about Dumbo! This is wonderful. I am so excited about this expansion. I am glad that the Barnstormer will be back as well. Now, I can't wait to hear more info on Snow White. I have heard that will be toward the final phase, but I am really excited about that too!

 

[DCTooTall]

So this might be a stupid question but have they begun actually constructing the little mermaid ride itself- inside of the show building?

It's been awhile, But I THINK I recall seeing/hearing something about some of the interior work starting after they had finished enclosing/weatherproofing the building.


Now, I don't think anybody here has any hard information on the extent of the interior work at this stage. (as in, is it just at the point of installing electrical/plumbing/HVAC? Installing the ride track? or have show elements...if even just static set pieces... started their installation).


Since the attraction itself however is pretty much a duplicate of the California attraction, We already know the show programming itself is completed and likely won't require any real "tweaking" once installed onsite. I'd also say it's a fairly good bet that the audioanimatronics were constructed at the same time as the DCA ones, and are currently sitting in storage somewhere waiting for the Florida show building to be ready for their installation. This would pretty much mean that the actual time between the show element installation itself beginning and the ride being ready for operation would be relatively short.

This doesn't mean however that the ride would actually be open, since there could be additional work required in the queue or outside areas needed before it would be ready for the massive guest traffic........The least of which might even be just ensuring that there is a smooth guest traffic flow between the attraction and the rest of the park due to work still needing to be done w/ Belle's area, the Castle Wall, or the Snow White Dwarf coaster. It would almost be counter-productive if they opened the attraction and only had a small bottleneck between the teacups/Storyland Circus area and the Little Mermaid area in which to funnel the crowds in/out of the attraction.