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

[Calle&Jakesmom]

So everyone is saying that Snow White's Scary Adventure is closing Feb. 2012.... any idea exactly what that means (beginning, middle, or end of Feb.)? We'll be there the last week of February and my kids love the ride. It would be great to have the chance to do it one last time before it closes for good.

 

[Berlioz70]

Based on the trend... I'm inclined to say Feb. 12th. It may just be coinscidence... but anytime something closes for the expansion, it's happened on the 12th. LOL

Mickey's Toontown Fair closed February 12, 2011

Storytime with Belle closed on September 12, 2010

Ariel's Grotto and Pooh's Playground closed on April 12, 2010

I'll update the first post with these fantastic new images!

 

[DisneysPrincess25]

wow beasts castle is so tiny

 

[JoshuaShaw]

wow beasts castle is so tiny

He comes from a fairly minor line of royalty. Belle's village didn't even know they were living under a monarchy.

 

[Albytaps]

Tag. thanks for the info and updates

 

[Berlioz70]

PHOTOS - High resolution close-up pictures of the newly installed Dumbo in Storybook Circus

 

[BebopBaloo]

Wow, seeing the pictures of the newly installed Dumbo really gives a feel for part of the view that one will have from the new location. Barnstormer/Great Goofini is quite close. I guess it's one of those things that I knew, but didn't really register in my mind until seeing it in the photos just now.

 

[jkpmac]

Just Because I am too lazy to surf the web and find the answer, in the artwork, what will the small blue tent and the small yellow tent hold? I am assuming one of the existing big tents will be Pete's Silly Sideshow.

 

[Berlioz70]

From the first post:

County Bounty is being refurbished into a new merchandise shop (Big Top Souvenirs featuring The Flying Piggolinis) and Pete's Silly SideShow will be a meet and greet (replacing the Princess and Fairy locations); "...featuring characters from 'all over the world' - all familiar faces with circus-themed appearances. As an example, Mallwitz offers The Great Donaldo, a new role for Donald Duck to play as a 'very famous snake charmer from the Far East'.” (Inside the Magic)

 

[Berlioz70]

The First Tree is Planted in New Fantasyland at Magic Kingdom Park

 

[jkpmac]

Thanks Berloiz70. I guess I was wondering about what looks like another type of carrousel and a small yellow rectangular tent behind it, in the art work

 

[nklooz]

Subscribing to the thread.

 

[Berlioz70]

Thanks Berloiz70. I guess I was wondering about what looks like another type of carrousel and a small yellow rectangular tent behind it, in the art work

I'm not positive which section you're looking at...

The yellow and red on the right is Dumbo.

The yellow and red on the left is the Merch shop.

The yellow and blue in the back is Pete's Silly Sideshow.

I'm not sure what that back rectangular tent is... perhaps the queue for the Silly Sideshow?

 

[jkpmac]

Here is the picture I was looking at. It was the two small structures on the top right corner I was wondering about.

 

[DanBoris]

Here is the picture I was looking at. It was the two small structures on the top right corner I was wondering about.

My understanding is that the red and blue tents would be merch and meet and greet, and the new yellow tent next to the red one would be Pete's Silly Sideshow.

Dan

 

[Berlioz70]

New Photos from WDWNewsToday

 

[Colleen27]

Has Dumbo's reopening date really changed? I saw on another thread that it is now listed as closed until Feb 1 rather than Feb 18, and was hoping someone on this one might know if that's an actual change or just Disney website error.

 

[Berlioz70]

I saw that listed on another thread as well. But according to Disney, the reopening date is Feb. 18th so I'm assuming that is the most accurate source.

Disneyparks.com:

Operational Updates

*Big Thunder Mountain Railroad
Closed For Refurbishment [Monday, January 09 - Monday, April 30]

*Dumbo the Flying Elephant
Closed For Refurbishment [Monday, January 09 - Friday, February 17]

*Liberty Square Riverboat
Closed For Refurbishment [Wednesday, November 09 - Friday, February 03]

*Swiss Family Treehouse
Closed For Refurbishment [Tuesday, November 01 - Saturday, November 19]

 

[Colleen27]

So I guess we chalk it up to Disney's typical consistency when it comes to their site? Or could it be that they're ahead of schedule/actually trying for the initial goal of no Dumbo downtime? Because this is what's on the MK calendar now:

Operational Updates

Big Thunder Mountain Railroad
Closed For Refurbishment [Monday, January 09 - Sunday, April 29]

Dumbo the Flying Elephant
Closed For Refurbishment [Monday, January 09 - Tuesday, January 31]

Liberty Square Riverboat
Closed For Refurbishment [Wednesday, November 09 - Tuesday, January 31]

Swiss Family Treehouse
Closed For Refurbishment [Tuesday, November 01 - Saturday, November 19]

 

[Berlioz70]

Haha - that's hilarious. I just copied it when I made the post and also pulled it from the calendar.

I tried to pick a couple random dates through February and always get the same dates. I wonder if it's related to our browsers? I use Firefox.

It looks like Swiss Family is the only one we know for sure!