Tagged with " Fantasyland Expansion"

Disney released a video to cast members showing the current state of New Fantasyland at the Magic Kingdom. You must watch this… The video gives a first-time inside look at Enchanted Tales with Belle, Gaston’s Tavern, the Be Our Guest Restaurant, and Under the Sea – Journey of the Little Mermaid. There’ even a look at some castle wall and Seven Dwarfs’ Mine Train construction. Let’s closely examine some screenshots: The Lumiere animatronic looks pretty fantastic The enchanted portal that will take guests into the library Animatronic of the wardrobe Entrance to the Be Our Guest Restaurant Lobby One of the dining rooms The ballroom Another dining area with the statue we showed you a few months back Inside Gaston’s [...]

Walt Disney World announced via the Disney Parks Blog the details of what exactly will be inside Pete’s Silly Sideshow in Storybook Circus, part of New Fantasyland at the Magic Kingdom. Back at the D23 Expo, Imagineers told us at the very least it would be a meet and greet for Goofy, but it has now been confirmed that Minnie, Daisy, and Donald will be joining him under the big top at the circus. Instead of just appearing in their normal apparel, the rest of the Fab 5 will get into the spirit of the Storybook Circus dressed as sideshow acts: The Great Goofini, The Astounding Donaldo (snake charmer), Minnie Magnifique (animal trainer), and Madame Daisy Fortuna (fortuneteller). Exterior concept [...]

I don’t often get to contribute with a photo report, but I took a short two day trip to Walt Disney World stopping at Epcot and the Magic Kingdom so I took some photos. Let’s take a look at a rare Tom Corless photo report: Work continues on the separate entrance to Turtle Talk One of the exhibits in the Turtle Talk pre-show is being fixed up Some work happening between the Refreshment Port and the Canada pavilion in World Showcase On to the Magic Kingdom, work continues on the former Skyway site, expected to soon be home to restrooms, a new pathway, and the Tangled meet and greet The castle walls are coming along nicely This section looks nearly [...]

Scott Keating was once again nice enough to provide some aerial shots of the current New Fantasyland construction site after a few month absence, so let’s see all that has changed: As you can see, everything but the Mine Train is nearing completion If there was any doubts that the Skyway Station was going to become a Tangled meet-and-greet, the appearance of a tower frame has just about confirmed it… The framework for Mine Train looks to be just about complete The castle walls are taking shape Just the three tent-like structures left to go in Storybook Circus, we expect these to open in the Fall/Winter A look at Mine Train As you can see, the beauty and the Beast [...]

WDWNT Reporter Adam Roth visited the Magic Kingdom on Saturday and he has a ton of newsworthy photos to share with us. Dueling Dumbos are flying, Casey Jr. is splashing and soaking, and whole lot is going on at the park, so let’s take a look: Let’s get right to Fantasyland Seven Dwarfs’ Mine Train More steel rises Under the Sea: Journey of the Little Mermaid looms in the distance The new Winnie the Pooh meet and greet is open, replacing Tigger’s Bouncy Place Dumbo FASTPASS is running and at Philharmagic’s old machines Another look at Mine Train Mermaid rockwork extending down towards Storybook Circus Big Top Souvenirs We finally have dueling Dumbos! Timothy now spins and moves on the [...]