Seven Dwarfs Mine Train

[mom2rtk]

We come in on Memorial Day so I'm hoping too! Although I'd rather they ensure its safe rather than to rush to appease us for a quick opening. My money is on a soft opening the end of April.

I think they are well past being accused of "rushing".

 

[jcemom]

I think they are well past being accused of "rushing".

 

[JanaDee]

It's been ridiculous for a while. Borderline was passed 8 months ago.

I was going to say 18 months ago.

 

[Thenwood]

To put this into a more positive perspective.......didn't they just open an entire Fantasyland expansion less than a year ago and announce that by the end of this month implement the entire FP+ throughout all of Disneyworld too?

 

[yce22princess]

I was on the phone with a CM over the weekend about something else and she offered up
that hopefully it will be open for our mid-July trip. She said they initially said spring, but now they're saying summer.

 

[Missyrose]

I was on the phone with a CM over the weekend about something else and she offered up
that hopefully it will be open for our mid-July trip. She said they initially said spring, but now they're saying summer.

I wouldn't put too much stock in what a phone CM tells you. They go to the same well as the bus drivers.

 

[yce22princess]

Haha! True..... Just passing along what was said......and hoping it's up and running before we go!

 

[rdsx28]

Personally I wasn't too impressed with the Fantasyland expansion. The Little Mermaid Ride was quick and cute but other than that all we noticed was a restaurant and another gift shop that's about it.

 

[bwang123]

Hope not for Disney's sake. Harry Potter vs. themed kiddie coaster equals a big win for Universal.

You are describing two different target markets. Disney is not catering to teenage Potter fans or thrill ride junkies. They mostly build rides and attractions aimed at small children and fill their parks doing so. Adults are not going to take their small children to Potter World when they can't even ride most of the rides at Universal. Disney loses none of those customers and it shows in attendance records. If anything, attracting more people who normally would not have gone to Universal if Potter did not exist is attracting casual people who are already in the area to Disney. Disney wins both ways and spends less.

 

[rteetz]

To put this into a more positive perspective.......didn't they just open an entire Fantasyland expansion less than a year ago and announce that by the end of this month implement the entire FP+ throughout all of Disneyworld too?

Yes but there were setbacks and Disney wanted to fix them to make sure it was right before it was implemented to everyone. Spending so much money on this made Disney take a cautious approach to MM+. Disney is doing a very good job with it and fixing its issues. As for the coaster Disney opened the fantasyland expansion in phases. With dumbo area, belle and Ariel, and now the mine coaster. The coaster is in much higher detail than anything else in new fantasy land so it's going to take longer. Also because of the phases everything else was finished first while now because everything else is done they can work entirely on the ride. If it were just the ride itself and not an expansion it would not have taken as long.

 

[Masonmj84]

I wouldn't put too much stock in what a phone CM tells you. They go to the same well as the bus drivers.

I wouldn't put much stock in that source either but, over the past week or so, I have been hearing some things that make me think this won't be open until summer:

1. Disney is now saying the ride will be open in "2014" instead of "Spring 2014" (this difference was noted by the Orlando Sentinel)

2. On another thread, someone said they went on a VIP tour with the VP of the Magic Kingdom (Phil Holmes) and he apparently said "early summer 2014"

3. The web page that shows a recently produced video of the ride is saying "summer 2014" (have no idea of their source)

Believe me, if true that it's being pushed back to summer, I'm as bummed as anyone as we have a late April/early May trip planned and Disney has been saying "spring 2014" for a long time (and I interpeted "spring 2014" to be by Easter at the very latest).

 

[siskaren]

Personally I wasn't too impressed with the Fantasyland expansion. The Little Mermaid Ride was quick and cute but other than that all we noticed was a restaurant and another gift shop that's about it.

Check out the list of new things in this post from easyWDW (about halfway down the page):

http://www.easywdw.com/uncategorized/new-magic-kingdom-bus-loop-mine-train-construction-pecos-steak-and-chicken-platter-review-crowds-12313/

 

[Coach81]

Crossing fingers for May

 

[ajwolfe]

I will be upset to if it is not running by Memorial day. That is when we are going and I have been excited to ride it but now I find out it isnt finshed yet

Us too!! When we were there last February we were so sure it would be done by our late May trip this year....The kids will be so bummed if it's a whole year or two more before they get to experience it!

 

[jcemom]

Check out the list of new things in this post from easyWDW (about halfway down the page):

http://www.easywdw.com/uncategorized/new-magic-kingdom-bus-loop-mine-train-construction-pecos-steak-and-chicken-platter-review-crowds-12313/

But most of the things on that list are either inconsequential (bathrooms, picnic area, shops) or re-dos of attractions that already existed (Dumbo, circus tent meet and greet, Ariel meet, a rethemed splash area, a slightly rethemed Barnstormer -- we liked it better before, a cute rethemed train station).

They took away Mickey's and Minnie's houses, and the Snow White dark ride.

What is really a NEW attraction? ETWB -- a technologically updated version of Belle's Storytime -- pretty cool but still a meet and greet that we wouldn't do every trip. Under the Sea -- a good dark ride with an amazingly long queue. My DD didn't want to ride it a second time even though it had no wait because the walk was a mile long lol. A nicely themed princess meet and greet. Two nicely themed restaurants with mediocre food, at best, and those don't qualify as attractions IMO.

The expansion NEEDS the mine train, IMO.

Right now it' s very attractive to look at, but mostly fluff.

 

[jcemom]

Personally I wasn't too impressed with the Fantasyland expansion. The Little Mermaid Ride was quick and cute but other than that all we noticed was a restaurant and another gift shop that's about it.

I know plenty of people who weren't impressed. Personally, I enjoyed walking around the area. It's quite appealing visually. I especially liked the new castle walls and the circus theme. I like the Rapunzel stuff too but wish it was more than bathrooms. But then I am turning into an old fart who is happy to sightsee lol. My DD 10 was considerably less impressed than I was lol.

 

[Maggie'sMom]

Add me to the list of people who will be really bummed if the ride isn't open for our trip in May. It's been at the top of my list of what I want to do in the MK. Oh well.... I guess I'll just have to plan another trip after it opens.

 

[Mad Hattered]

But most of the things on that list are either inconsequential (bathrooms, picnic area, shops) or re-dos of attractions that already existed (Dumbo, circus tent meet and greet, Ariel meet, a rethemed splash area, a slightly rethemed Barnstormer -- we liked it better before, a cute rethemed train station).

They took away Mickey's and Minnie's houses, and the Snow White dark ride.

What is really a NEW attraction? ETWB -- a technologically updated version of Belle's Storytime -- pretty cool but still a meet and greet that we wouldn't do every trip. Under the Sea -- a good dark ride with an amazingly long queue. My DD didn't want to ride it a second time even though it had no wait because the walk was a mile long lol. A nicely themed princess meet and greet. Two nicely themed restaurants with mediocre food, at best, and those don't qualify as attractions IMO.

The expansion NEEDS the mine train, IMO.

Right now it' s very attractive to look at, but mostly fluff.

That pretty much sums up our opinion of it perfectly.

 

[rotlex]

I know plenty of people who weren't impressed. Personally, I enjoyed walking around the area. It's quite appealing visually. I especially liked the new castle walls and the circus theme. I like the Rapunzel stuff too but wish it was more than bathrooms. But then I am turning into an old fart who is happy to sightsee lol. My DD 10 was considerably less impressed than I was lol.

LOL, I thought we were the only ones to think this way. Saw the new fantasy land for the first time this past August during a two week trip. It's gorgeous, yes, and a photo nuts, me, dream to just walk through. The problem is\was, there really isn't anything new and exciting there. The Belle thing is cute, but hardly ground breaking, Gaston's tavern too small, and the Little Mermaid Ride? Eh, cute, but more like Nemo 2013. Even the kids, 11 and 5 at the time, could have taken or left it.

Now, as you said in your other post, the area NEEDS the mine train. Let's just hope it lives up to what everyone is expecting of it.

 

[CinderellaDreamer]

I watched a test today of the mine train on the track. You could clearly see it from dumbo area. It looked fast and fun!