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

[chartle]

The bathrooms are open! That makes it official!

Wouldn't you love to be able to use one of those beautiful, pristine bathrooms? I'm impressed with the other stuff, but a new, fresh bathroom really gets me excited!!

So how does this work?? They open things sporadically from now until opening date?? If they open the bathrooms then it should all just stay open

You mean they soft opened the bathrooms and didn't announce anything. Typical Disney.

 

[mickey1968]

So exciting! I wish I was there, but I have to wait two more weeks! I was selfishly hoping the VLM wouldn't soft-open until I am there the week of Halloween.

Another site, WDW Magic has tons of pics and a complete ride through of Little Mermaid. Beware if you don't want to see until you are there!

http://www.wdwmagic.com/

 

[Dan Murphy]

JUST GOT HOME - HAD A GREAT SHORT VISIT!!!

Posting photos now - I'll have the links to FB once their up.

PS - I was the VERY FIRST person to meet Gaston *swoon*

That is the way it should be, Brenna, with all your help, insider knowledge and input over the many months.

ARIEL'S GROTTO

FRENCH VILLAGE

The pictures are stunning. Really nice. Thanks as always. When will we see the one with both of you showing off your muscles?

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?...46654319.85603.131271993577004&type=1&theater

from this angle the castle does look amazing and like it's very far away and that's why it's so tiny. How does it look in person?

The forced perspective in this new area is amazing. Seeing that castle from high up you would never think it would look correct from the ground.

I'm not sure why but i'm not seeing any of the pics on the last couple of pages. anyone else not seeing them?

I am not seeing either (access denied). Only can see Brenna's.

 

[PhoenixStrength]

ARIEL'S GROTTO

FRENCH VILLAGE

Yay for you! And thank you so much for getting the pictures right up on FB, I love seeing a post from you there I cannot wait to be there in 7 weeks!!

 

[mesaboy2]

I just made out the text on the plaque:

Tribute to Gaston

An extravagantly generous gift to the humble people of my village.

From me, Gaston.

That's fabulous!

 

[TJDisneymama]

the most surprising thing about all this new information to me is that Berlioz is a 'she'. Why did I always think you were a guy?

 

[DanBoris]

the most surprising thing about all this new information to me is that Berlioz is a 'she'. Why did I always think you were a guy?

I am so glad I am not the only one who was surprised by that! I always thought she was a he also! Just goes to show you how much message board can anonymize people.

 

[PhoenixStrength]

the most surprising thing about all this new information to me is that Berlioz is a 'she'. Why did I always think you were a guy?

I am so glad I am not the only one who was surprised by that! I always thought she was a he also! Just goes to show you how much message board can anonymize people.

I did too, until I started following her on FB and saw her in all of the pictures. I think it is the screenname and picture, since Berlioz is a boy kitty in the movie. Then again, I had a litter of kittens I was fostering in July that I was told were all males, so I named them O'Malley, Berlioz and Toulouse, only to find out they were all female. I kept their names though

I just made out the text on the plaque:



That's fabulous!

I love that! Perfect little touch that WDW is known for!

 

[bjakmom]

The real answer to how the soft openings will work is, we don't know.

I was in HS while there were soft openings for Star Tours. It would be open for a while and then closed. You never knew what to expect. You could be in line and told the ride was closed and that you needed to leave. I would think rides could work like this.

Saying that, I would not think they would close off the entire area once they have it opened, but the rides may open or closed at any time.

We will be there the week between AP Preview weekends (which we can't do because I am the only AP holder) and the day after DVC Previews (rats!)
So here's my theory (wish/prayer/hope) about soft opening.
Hopefully once they open for the previews they have hired and employed a full-time staff that they will just need to keep working during the days in between the preview days (the days I will be there!). Does it make any sense that they will not keep everyone working once they are all up and running? I'm hoping not!!

And Thanks Berlioz et al for all the pics and updates - keep them coming everyone!!! We are soooo excited!!

And fingers, toes and eyes all crossed that the new area will be open for MVMCP!!

 

[wendypooh]

AWESOME, love all the pics!!! Can hardly wait for Feb. to get my turn to see it all!!! Enjoy and keep posting pics please!!!

 

[safetymom]

Photos of the new Little Mermaid ride at MK

http://photopost.wdwinfo.com/g1480-journey-of-the-little-mermaid.html

 

[Urugami]

ARIEL'S GROTTO

FRENCH VILLAGE

So.... Gaston is actually a Mountie?

 

[jcemom]

JUST GOT HOME - HAD A GREAT SHORT VISIT!!!

Posting photos now - I'll have the links to FB once their up.

PS - I was the VERY FIRST person to meet Gaston *swoon*

Thanks for the photos! They're awesome!

I'm glad to hear you got to be the very first person to meet Gaston! You deserve it for being so helpful to everyone here...and you are adorable!

 

[mjallemand]

Gonna need a few confirmations on this one before I believe it.

 

[LUVMICKEY]

I can't believe that we missed all this by less than a week, wow.

 

[czmom]

I am so excited this is open now. Maybe the official Grand Opening weekend won't be so bad. Fingers crossed anyway, since we arrive on the 8th.

 

[PlutosRHM55]

Found this video of the new JotLM and queue!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjqpMOZ3b-M&feature=plcp

 

[PlutosRHM55]

There are a lot of videos up already from ************** for those of you who are curious:

http://www.youtube.com/user/**************

 

[d1gitman]

So.... Gaston is actually a Mountie?

no, i think he's Jack Lalanne

 

[A MK Family]

We are there 10/28-11/4. Is there somewhere that list all the previews (DVC, AP, D23, CM etc)? We don't qualify for any of those and my DDs 7&4 really want to see Belles village! I was thinking if I knew when it would be closed for private viewings, I could plan around them & hope for some pixie dust!