Originally Posted By Darkbeer I am referring to this... <a href="http://www.miceage.com/allutz/al080106a.htm" target="_blank">http://www.miceage.com/allutz/ al080106a.htm</a> >>Perhaps the biggest physical change coming to Disneyland to support the Year of a Million Dreams campaign is the repurposing of the existing Fantasyland Theater into something called the Disney Princess Fantasy Faire. When the Snow White show closes on Labor Day, the theater facility will undergo a frantic remodeling into a massive new meet 'n' greet concept with all of the existing bleachers and quite a bit of the permanent seating removed. The idea is that parents will wait in line to enter a "Princess Walk" set up near the current directors booth in the theater, where there will always be three different princesses waiting to sign autographs and take pictures with the kids. Once you've run the autograph book gauntlet and had your picture taken with three princesses, you can stroll over to the old Fantasyland Theater snack bar which will now be selling cookie decorating kits to be taken to the dozen tables set up nearby. After you've decorated your official Disney Princess cookie or colored a picture or two, it's on to the "Bibbidy Bobbidy Boutique" on the opposite side of the theater. And here's where the serious cash gets doled out by parents. Modeled after the successful Club Libby Lu concept over in Downtown Disney, official Disney makeover artists will charge all the Mommies and Daddies a fee to have their little girls be made up like their favorite Disney Princess, with clothing and accessories all for sale in addition to the charge for the makeover itself. The merchandise department will be running the Bibbidy Bobbidy Boutique, and they're already salivating at the thought of the huge profits to be mined here. Once your little darling is all dolled up like a Disney Princess, then it's on to the Disney Princess Academy, located on the floor of the theater itself. Etiquette coaches will teach the little girls how to act and behave in a royal manner, and perhaps even offer tips on how to remove those juice box stains from the $50 gown Daddy just bought them. And then every hour on the hour the big event occurs, the official "Disney Princess Coronation Moment." During this perfectly Disney-orchestrated emotional highpoint to the day, the little girls will all be lined up on stage, a real prince and princess will come out to greet their miniature versions fresh from the Bibbidy Bobbidy Boutique, the Disneyland Band will play a royal tune, and moms and dads will elbow each other to get the perfect shot of it all from the few rows of theater seating left in place. (Goodness I wonder how many shows Dr. Phil will get out of this a few years from now?) Oddly, the opposite side of the facility will have a similar setup for little boys, where they will be offered the chance to be made into Knights. Somehow though, there probably aren't going to be a lot of little boys willing to put up with all of that nonsense unless they're allowed to actually use a jousting stick to whack their little sister standing on the other side of the stage.<<
Originally Posted By ssturgeo Thank you so much Darkbeer for the dress-up info. And, as always, for the great photos of the park. Dr. Phil...funny...but I like this option better than the Libby Lu makeovers!!
Originally Posted By oc_dean In response to Ferret in post #13 ... I've been wondering about the same thing (which I asked in another thread which got no response, bye the way :] ...) ......... that it appears that directly under the Monorail beam the roof will be just level enough to have a pond of water that will extend from the older pond - Seen here to the far right <a href="http://www.biologydaily.com/biology/upload/thumb/4/40/300px-MonorailOverLagoon_wb.jpg" target="_blank">http://www.biologydaily.com/bi ology/upload/thumb/4/40/300px-MonorailOverLagoon_wb.jpg</a> I haven't seen any photos .. but in a trip to DL last Saturday ... the pond above the dual water falls has been ripped out. Probably after 45+ years it was routing and needs to be rebuilt. And I think the entry water fall above the "Mr. Ray" showbuilding will be a natural looking 'extension' from where the older pond began. And the way the rock work is being done .. it appears there'll be cracks or channels going down the side where water will be draining it's way down. My question though is ... where are the pipes going in to pump enough water to have cascading down the south side of this new rock work .. and enough water for a complete sheet of water going over the sub's entrance to Mr. Ray?
Originally Posted By oc_dean Even with the scatty artwork they have in the exit of Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln/50th Exhibit .... none of it reflects the "Mr. Ray" showbuilding. Wierd.
Originally Posted By mickeymeg Thanks for the pictures ! That cow has the funniest tongue I have ever seen =)
Originally Posted By gurgitoy2 I like the new paint job on the subs! It's different than what I was expecting, and gives them a fresh, more current look.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Maybe they took out the original pond to beef up the pumps, so there will be enough water to cover both entrances to the caves and the trickles along the side. I wouldn't think it would take that much more water, and I'm sure more efficient pumps have been designed over the last 45 years, so they may just be replacing them with more modern ones.
