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

[DisneyAngie45]

Not that excited for the Little Mermaid ride itself, but I think Prince Eric's castle is going to look amazing,
When I went this past August, for some reason I didn't even know the expansion was happening. All of a sudden I see the Beast's castle peaking out and I just started freaking out. Beauty and the Beast is my favourite movie! Can't wait for that to open!
How much do you think the Be Our Guest restaurant will be during the day?

 

[Berlioz70]

Btw- who else has ridden the Ariel ride at DL? I have to say, I just rode it in November while I was there for a short business trip and I was not all that impressed. It was just a dark ride with some fun animatronics, but nothing that blew me away. I didn't even care to ride it again (and there was no line). So I am not all that excited about that. But I am excited for the new Storybook Circus area and B&B area!

I was just there a couple weeks ago... I enjoyed the themeing, but agree, it's just like any other dark ride; the Ursula audio animatronic was great - too bad the scene is so short! We walked right on and there was never a line that we saw.

 

[kkproulx]

Need to read this thread....wanted to be able to find....cannot wait!!!

 

[Calle&Jakesmom]

Btw- who else has ridden the Ariel ride at DL? I have to say, I just rode it in November while I was there for a short business trip and I was not all that impressed. It was just a dark ride with some fun animatronics, but nothing that blew me away. I didn't even care to ride it again (and there was no line). So I am not all that excited about that. But I am excited for the new Storybook Circus area and B&B area!

I imagined that it would be a lot like the Nemo & friends ride at EPCOT. Was it?

 

[Calle&Jakesmom]

new aerial photos of the fantasyland expansion

http://disneybrit.com/2011/12/exclusive-wdw-fantasyland-construction-aerial-photos/

Great photos! Thanks. Looking forward to Dumbo in Feb 2012. Wish more would be done by then too, but at least we'll get a little taste of new Fantasyland.

 

[Turk February]

Only a humble guess, but I don't see why not. Are there any restaurants in the parks not on the dining plan? I guess the only question is whether it will be a 1TS or 2TS restaurant.

I would bet 2 credits for evening dining.

 

[1tufgt]

I imagined that it would be a lot like the Nemo & friends ride at EPCOT. Was it?

Yeah. You can find a ton a videos on YouTube of the ride through.

 

[miprender]

new aerial photos of the fantasyland expansion

http://disneybrit.com/2011/12/exclusive-wdw-fantasyland-construction-aerial-photos/

Great photos! But what is that big inground swimming pool hole? Is that were the Dwarves Mine Ride is going?

 

[1tufgt]

Great photos! But what is that big inground swimming pool hole? Is that were the Dwarves Mine Ride is going?

Correct

 

[Berlioz70]

I imagined that it would be a lot like the Nemo & friends ride at EPCOT. Was it?

There is a video linked in the first post.

 

[exwdwcm]

I imagined that it would be a lot like the Nemo & friends ride at EPCOT. Was it?

yeah, the ride videos everyone mentions are out there and pretty much is it. It is like Nemo, just more open. I don't know what I expected, but it did not blow me away at all. Still looking forward to all the new areas though- like everyone said, just love all the details even on the outside. We are booked for November 8-17th, so really hoping most of it is open by then!

 

[Berlioz70]

Only a humble guess, but I don't see why not. Are there any restaurants in the parks not on the dining plan? I guess the only question is whether it will be a 1TS or 2TS restaurant.

You are correct, every restaurant in the parks is on the DDP.

I was looking at some history on La Hacienda and Via Napoli, and it appears both opened with the DDP in tow. It sounds like La Hacienda was confirmed with DDP if you made your ADR over the phone, but said "no DDP" if you made the ADR on-line (creating a lot of confusion). However, once you showed up, DDP was honored for everyone, so it was chalked up to just poor on-line info.

 

[pilferk]

Only a humble guess, but I don't see why not. Are there any restaurants in the parks not on the dining plan? I guess the only question is whether it will be a 1TS or 2TS restaurant.

Probably 1 TS (but it will be the 2nd hardest get, for awhile, at WDW) for evening dining.

I'd be SHOCKED if they made it a Signature, considering CRT is about 50 yards away.

I think, like the Epcot Princess Breakfast, it'll be 1 TS..but you'll get pretty good value from that credit.

Lunch will probably be like the new Cantina in Mexico at Epcot.....1 CS credit, and you can use the area that is used at night for TS as a seating area.

 

[momto4princesses]

So considering ADR are made 180 days out, I wonder how much lead time they will give us on its opening. I would think they'd give some. Not that they'll have any problems filling all their dining spots, but more to give folks the option to cancel other ADR in order to eat there.

 

[Berlioz70]

Hacienda didn't take ADRs for the first couple of weeks, and then opened future ADRs right before it opened.

Examiner

A soft opening is currently scheduled for mid-September through October 15 for the brand new restaurant at the Mexico pavilion in EPCOT. For dates after October 15 though, reservations will be available for La Hacidena de San Angel.

 

[GenevieveRaqs]

Btw- who else has ridden the Ariel ride at DL? I have to say, I just rode it in November while I was there for a short business trip and I was not all that impressed. It was just a dark ride with some fun animatronics, but nothing that blew me away. I didn't even care to ride it again (and there was no line). So I am not all that excited about that. But I am excited for the new Storybook Circus area and B&B area!

Interesting! I haven't been to DL to ride their version of the ride, but I watched the ride-through video on YouTube...and I'm pretty excited about it! But then I really *like* the old-school Disney dark rides--Peter Pan, Small World (yes, I really do like it!), Snow White. To me there is a lot of magic in those, despite the fact that they are relatively low-tech and definitely not thrill rides. Plus I was amazed at how spot-on they got the Little Mermaid scenes for the ride!

It's nice that we all get excited about different things...keeps the lines more manageable!

 

[lionking13]

This makes me so excited to see them test the new dumbo out!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZkBQM6qM74&context=C35c28bdADOEgsToPDskLDKUaPboLs3OwniRgjerjP

 

[DisneyAngie45]

woohooo for progress!

 

[dmband]

Marking thread

 

[fflmaster]

Just looking at the recent pictures I think disney is behind schedule for the fantasyland expansion.

I can't see how they can get most of the buildings finished with the grounds and decorations as well by this summer at all.

I am thinking more likely most of fantasyland will not open until very late 2012 or most likely 2013 sometime.

Shame since I was exicted when the rumor started about beauty and the beast rest might open this summer.