Originally Posted By AutoPost This topic is for Discussion of <a href="http://www.LaughingPlace.com/Lotion-View-1293.asp" target="_blank"><b>LP Lotion: Storybook Circus Soft Opens at the Magic Kingdom</b></a> Storybook Circus, part of the Magic Kingdom's New Fantasyland, began soft openings this morning. Here's an early look at the new Dumbo, Barnstormer and Train Station.
Originally Posted By magic0214 Once both Dumbo spinners are open, they will open the interactive queue...correct?
Originally Posted By Malin I keep seeing signs up for Pete's Silly Sideshow. What exactly it this attraction?
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt So far so good. I love the little details like the elephant footprints and the peanut shells embedded in the pavement.
Originally Posted By Kennesaw Tom Looks great. I am glad this is open. I'm a little confused about the extended queue on the pathway going over to Tomorrowland. Is the queue for Dumbo or another ride?
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORWEN: While it's pretty and all that, I'd still prefer to have Mickey and Minnie's Houses right back where they were--along with Donald's boat. One Dumbo ride was enough for me. I mean, the new circus tent is pretty and all that. But the idea of two little homeless mice running around out there somewhere just breaks my heart!!!
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORWEN: Not when they're in Florida. In Florida they have to be homeless. If I were the two of them, I'd just boycot the Florida Disney parks until their homes came back!
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Wow! I had no idea they were opening it this soon. I was never a huge fan of Toontown Fair, so this is a big improvement (even though I don't particularly care for the Dumbo ride itself). It's great to see the fancied-up Dumbo, including new paint jobs on the elephants themselves, with more detail and colors than before. I still don't understand why WDI is so obsessed with making a coaster themed to Goofy flying a plane (old Barnstormer, Goofy's Sky School, new Barnstormer, but at least it's prettier than what was there before; it still seems out of place with the overall circus theme though. The train station looks great! I got a peek of it on my trip in January, and it looks like they've continued to add details. The old train station was one of the weakest parts of the area, so this is a welcome sight. Hopefully they'll do something about the water tower equipment on the other side of the tracks, which still has the cheap Toontown Fair look.
Originally Posted By Doobie Seeing it in person was very exciting. The area really did look great overall and getting a different glimpse of all the stuff behind the walls was very exciting as well. Seeing this much made me feel very good about what remains to be revealed. Doobie.
Originally Posted By Dis-Philip Sorry, Witches of Morva, but your opinions are completely moot. Their homes are in California, with the Florida property just being their vacation homes. We don't have to see where they sleep to know that they're living there--we just know that they are there. Suggesting a boycott of the Florida parks is a very stupid idea as well! Also, FerretAfros, the coaster completely blends in with the circus theming.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA I worked at the Magic Kingdom from 1986-1988, and frankly, I can barely figure out where these pictures are. LOL!
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORWEN: Sorry, Dis-Phillip, but your opinions are completely insulting and more than moot. If you can't be more polite than you are you shouldn't be posting here at all.
Originally Posted By gurgitoy2 I like most of it. The only issue I have is the color scheme on Dumbo. I think there's too much gold and it looks a bit tacky. I prefer the Disneyland and Disneyland Paris versions of Dumbo, they look a bit more elegant. Still, they did a great job here at MK, and it will be kind of cool to see both spinners going at the same time. The train station and restrooms look great, and a HUGE improvement over that horrible "temporary" version that's been there since Mickey's Birthdayland. Also, even though Barnstormer got a light retheme, it still looks cute. So far so good, it's a positive sign for the expansion overall.
Originally Posted By gurgitoy2 Oh yeah, and I also am curious what "Pete's Silly Sideshow" is supposed to be. I hadn't heard of that at all in any of the plans, so...what is it?
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Are we sure that it's a real thing? Some times they have signs for things that don't really exist, to make it feel like the backstory is real. I can't think of anything else that has this many prominent signs, but they have that sort of vibe about them.
Originally Posted By tonyanton I thought it was just going to be a rethemed meet-and-greet? Perhaps with some nextgen elements to keep people occupied during their wait?
