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

[Reddog1134]

Just to clarify, when they say previews start Nov. 19th, does that mean for the general public or only passholders? I am just curious because I will be in MK on Dec. 5th and the grand opening is on the 6th and my DD really wants to do the new Little mermaid ride.

AP preview dates haven't been set yet. November 19th is for the general public.

 

[Twincess]

I emailed DVC and asked if there would be any special previews for DVC owners, here's the response also making it sound like it will be open to anyone as of 11/19!



Previews for select Guest audiences including Annual Passholders and
Disney Vacation Club members will take place well before the grand
opening, with general Guest previews starting November 19, 2012.
Although exact dates have not yet been announced, we invite you to visit
DVCMember.com or DISNEYWORLD.com for future updates.

Oh interesting. So I wonder how much sooner it will be a limited opening! Not that I'm a passholder or DVC member but hopefully if they schedz something earlier for a limited audience, those walls will atleast be down.

 

[nessz79]

New FLE video - this is the video that was posted internally for Cast Members. It has some great shots of lumiere, the magic mirror, and inside Beast's castle:

Preview of New Fantasyland at the Magic Kingdom - Behind the Walls and Inside!

Wow- it looks great!!

 

[CentralFloridian99]

I could not stop watching the video! Hurry up November!

 

[BuzzandWoodyMom]

We almost moved our trip to December 13, but now I'm glad we did not and kept our arrival date of November 24. The crowds will be INSANE at Magic Kingdom and I just can't do crowds. I hope we are able to hit some soft opening previews during our last few days without all of the crowds and the media circus that will be there mid-December, but I'm not counting on it. When the opened CarsLand this summer at Disneyland there weren't really any previews for day guests. They even closed the entire park the day before the huge media grand opening.

 

[tofubeast]

I just found this little gem on You Tube, a special that Disney did back in 1983 on TV for the New Fantasyland at Disneyland. Think they will do one again? hehehe.

I remember seeing DL NFL for the first time back in '83. Looking forward to seeing FLE at MK this December!

 

[Berlioz70]

Oh my - the 7 year old wandering the park alone... HYSTERICAL!!

 

[disneyphilip]

New FLE video - this is the video that was posted internally for Cast Members. It has some great shots of lumiere, the magic mirror, and inside Beast's castle:

Preview of New Fantasyland at the Magic Kingdom - Behind the Walls and Inside!

Cool video. I love the animatronic figure of the Wardrobe in Enchanted Tales with Belle--I was totally not expecting that. This all adds even more awesomeness to such an awesome, much-needed expansion for MK.

 

[Dan Murphy]

New FLE video - this is the video that was posted internally for Cast Members. It has some great shots of lumiere, the magic mirror, and inside Beast's castle:

Preview of New Fantasyland at the Magic Kingdom - Behind the Walls and Inside!

Great video, Brenna, thanks for sharing.

 

[acamusic]

Don't be surprised if soft openings happen a lot sooner than Nov. 19th (my b'day, BTW). I think they will begin moving the walls back one attraction at a time from Enchanted Tales to Little Mermaid. Enchanted Tales may soft open as early as October. Pathways and landscaping are ready. Just have to train cast members.

The DL Cars Land opening seemed like a mess because of crowds and attractions going down. RSR was down a good portion of the day in each of the first couple days it was "officially" open. I can't imagine that Disney would use that as an opening template unless they had no other choice. By the looks of things, they do.

Soft opening one attraction at a time, unannounced would give time for word to spread and crowds to build slowly and steadily. There's no way that Disney is going to bank on opening on a specific date without plenty of testing. Imagine if there were undiscovered safety issues on Little Mermaid that forced them to adjust some ride specs. Those changes could force them to miss the "official" opening date and then people would complain and Disney would have a lot of explaining to do.

When Dumbo, Barnstormer and Casey Jr. soft opened people showed up one day and the walls were gone--no announcement and well in advance of their official opening.

I'll be surprised if we don't see some of these areas soft open in October. That's still 2 1/2 months away. We'll see.

 

[mom2rtk]

I can't imagine that Disney would use that as an opening template unless they had no other choice. By the looks of things, they do.

But then if Disney wanted to avoid overloading systems, they probably would just quietly add BOG to the dining system on an unannounced date. Yet it appears they are setting a date and time and hoping the systems can handle it. I hope they're right!

 

[jdcthree]

When Dumbo, Barnstormer and Casey Jr. soft opened people showed up one day and the walls were gone--no announcement and well in advance of their official opening.

Do you know what day the soft open started?

 

[kennythepirate]

I would expect sporadic test openings mid to late october and previews should begin by early november.

 

[Queen2PrincessG]

So with it being called a "Tavern" will magic kingdom now be serving beer in that location?

 

[chartle]

So with it being called a "Tavern" will magic kingdom now be serving beer in that location?

No just like LTT

 

[mesaboy2]

So with it being called a "Tavern" will magic kingdom now be serving beer in that location?

No. It already has Tortuga Tavern and Liberty Tree Tavern.

 

[crazycatlady]

Don't be surprised if soft openings happen a lot sooner than Nov. 19th (my b'day, BTW). I think they will begin moving the walls back one attraction at a time from Enchanted Tales to Little Mermaid. Enchanted Tales may soft open as early as October. Pathways and landscaping are ready. Just have to train cast members.

The DL Cars Land opening seemed like a mess because of crowds and attractions going down. RSR was down a good portion of the day in each of the first couple days it was "officially" open. I can't imagine that Disney would use that as an opening template unless they had no other choice. By the looks of things, they do.

Soft opening one attraction at a time, unannounced would give time for word to spread and crowds to build slowly and steadily. There's no way that Disney is going to bank on opening on a specific date without plenty of testing. Imagine if there were undiscovered safety issues on Little Mermaid that forced them to adjust some ride specs. Those changes could force them to miss the "official" opening date and then people would complain and Disney would have a lot of explaining to do.

When Dumbo, Barnstormer and Casey Jr. soft opened people showed up one day and the walls were gone--no announcement and well in advance of their official opening.

I'll be surprised if we don't see some of these areas soft open in October. That's still 2 1/2 months away. We'll see.

I SOOOOOO hope that you and kennythepirate (I don't know how to double quote ) are right!!! DH works in retail so can't take vacation from November to mid January. I pushed our trip back (from Oct. 23rd to Nov. 3rd) as far as I could HOPING that we would get to see some of the FLE.

 

[miprender]

Oh my - the 7 year old wandering the park alone... HYSTERICAL!!

We were all thinking the same thing. And my daughter is upset that she sat in the front seat too.

 

[francis6306]

Reading all of this makes me feel SOOO much better! We arrive the 18th!! Although, now, it does make me want to change my dates around, considering the 19th was my MK day…… If they are letting the general public for "previews" that day, then things may get awfully crowded that day.

 

[Queen2PrincessG]

I'm now wondering if Princess Fairytale Hall will look similar to the one being built in California.