Originally Posted By Disneymom443 With the date opening on May 28th, will there be some soft openings. I've never been to the park where an attraction has not officially been open yet. I would love to be able to ride it but my last day at MK will be the 22nd.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt Apparently there was a dedication ceremony this morning: <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2014/05/seven-dwarfs-mine-train-opens-may-28-at-walt-disney-world-resort/">http://disneyparks.disney.go.c...-resort/</a>
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance I can't believe there is still four more weeks before it's open! I bet there are plenty of soft openings before this for APs and regular guests. Also Tom Staggs is growing on me.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Is Staggs growing on you like how Iger has grown on you? Or are you talking about his business and leadership skills? : )
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance LOL! No not in the same way Iger has grown on me. Is it getting hot in here?
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt Wasn't it Staggs who spearheaded this project? Remember the area where the mine train is was originally going to be a princess meet and greet.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Yes, supposedly he was the one who made the call to put the Mine Train in rather than the princess meet & greets, since he didn't think his sons would have any interest in meeting all the princesses In that light, it's kind of ironic that the Anna & Elsa lines in Fantasyland have been ~4 hours ever since they moved there from Epcot
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance I saw something on Facebook that Tom Staggs said they are looking at bringing a Frozen attraction to the parks, specifically at WDW, and hope to have an announcement soon. Anyone hear about this?
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt "In that light, it's kind of ironic that the Anna & Elsa lines in Fantasyland have been ~4 hours ever since they moved there from Epcot" The fact that he didn't remove the meet & greet from the plans altogether proves that he knows exactly what he's doing. Adding a meet & greet AND keeping SWA would have been enough Fantasyland sweetness to give any sane person cavities.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt A Frozen attraction at WDW? I assume it would go in Fantasyland. If so then something will have to be removed, right? What could they take out?
Originally Posted By Yookeroo "A Frozen attraction at WDW? I assume it would go in Fantasyland. If so then something will have to be removed, right? What could they take out?" Small World would be my pick.
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance "541 pm: Tom Staggs says that they are “noodling” bringing Frozen to the parks, and Walt Disney World specifically. He says that they hope to have something to announce soon." that is the quote from the Disney press event.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros >>If so then something will have to be removed, right? What could they take out?<< I know it's still new, but a lot of the Storybook Circus area is a waste of space. If they could find a way to keep Dumbo, but put a Frozen attraction where the meet & greet tents and water play area are, it would be a much wiser use of space. Though I'm not sure how it would work thematically to plop Frozen down between Eric's seaside castle and a country circus If they want something quick and easy, I would think an update to PhilharMagic would be an obvious choice. It would feature the music, and could be inserted into the existing film. It's one of the highest capacity attractions in the park, so it could help keep wait times reasonable. The main drawbacks are that it's a very popular show (even though I think it's "just okay") and already runs pretty close to capacity, so it wouldn't add much to the park's overall capacity like an entirely new attraction could, but it would be a quick and cheap addition
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt Maybe Fairytale Hall could be relocated. Cinderella Castle would be the obvious place for a Princess meet & greet and given its popularity an expanded space carved out inside WDW's signature structure could be pretty cool.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros This is a complete blue sky spitball idea, but it would be fun if they could somehow have you enter through the ground-floor shops of the castle and then be taken down a level into what's currently the backstage area and utilidoor. If they themed it to a castle, it could work, and provide enough space for everything. I'm not sure what all is down there, but essentially all of 'old' Fantasyland is above a structure, so there's lots of room to play with; whether you'd want to rearrange everything to create guest space is another question entirely
Originally Posted By Yookeroo "^^^ Go sit in the corner!" I wouldn't suggest it for any of the other parks, but the WDW version sucks.
