Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.wdwmagic.com/attractions/fantasyland/gallery/22oct2013-aerial-view-of-the-seven-dwarfs-mine-train-coaster-construction.htm">http://www.wdwmagic.com/attrac...tion.htm</a> You're welcome.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Looks good. I still have no idea when it will eventually open, but I think the image does a pretty good job of showing that it's a fairly complicated project (not just a pre-fab box building) in a very constrained site, which is a big reason behind construction taking a long time On a semi-related note, I recently discovered that when you zoom in close to the parks in Google Maps, so that it switches to oblique/birds eye view, the photos were taken during the WDW Marathon. Since the Christmas trees are still up in the parks, I believe it was the 2012 race (which was earlier than usual due to January having 5 weekends). Since it's a composite of many pictures, the marathon runners appear and disappear, but can be found roughly from DAK along Osceola Pkwy, up World Dr, through the Studios, around Crescent Lake, and in Epcot. Keep an eye out for the tell-tale yellow traffic cones that delineate the course: https://maps.google.com/?ll=28.372329,-81.549038&spn=0.001962,0.002368&t=h&z=19
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Here's another attempt at that link: <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://tinyurl.com/kt5knfk">http://tinyurl.com/kt5knfk</a>
Originally Posted By TP2000 It's a big area, but this coaster will be a noticeable step down in scale from Big Thunder Mountain, and a noticeable step up from Goofy's Barnstormer (AKA Gadget's Go Coaster at Disneyland). I see an indoor load/unload area, followed by a short indoor show scene. Then the track heads outdoors and goes up the first lift hill, followed by a brief figure 8 section of outdoor track. Then it's up the second indoor lift hill and past the second indoor show scene, as hinted at by WDI artwork at D23. And then your out of the mountain down a drop and into another figure 8 outdoor track section. And you end by sliding into a brake zone before heading back inside to the load/unload area. It's not on the epic scale of Big Thunder, and it will not be a long ride. But it will be longer than Goofy's Barnstormer, and the two brief indoor show scenes will hopefully be nicely done. An E Ticket, this is not.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros >>Holy moly, that whole section is going to be the Mine Train?<< Well those little buildings along the top edge with the terra cotta roofs are a fruit stand. But everything else will be related to the coaster Doing some quick Google Earth measurements, it's roughly 250'x350'. TO translate that into a DL-sized environment, it's about the same size as all of Toontown to the left of the entrance path (Goofy's house, Donald's boat, Go-Coaster, Mickey's house, Minnie's house, gas station, food stands and seating), or 50' larger in both directions than the space between Splash Mountain and the French Market building, between the railroad and the river. In terms of WDW's locations, it's roughly the same size as the central corridor of Main Street (not Town Square or Hub) including the buildings on both sides, Chester & Hester's Dinorama (not all of Dinoland), the Echo Lake area, or slightly smaller than an average World Showcase pavilion. It's a big chunk of land, with a lot of intricate work going on, but because of WDW's large scale (and tendency to have less intricate designs) it seems like a lot of fuss over nothing Looking at the photo, I'm a little confused how the station fits in the structure. I see where the track enters/exits the building for a total of 4 times (2 in, 2 out), but given the location of the lift hills (one indoor, one outdoor), I just can't figure out much of anything about the ride's interior layout
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORDDU: The Dwarf Coaster should be open by May or June of 2014 according to our sources--barring any complications, of course.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt "Doing some quick Google Earth measurements, it's roughly 250'x350'. TO translate that into a DL-sized environment, it's about the same size as all of Toontown to the left of the entrance path (Goofy's house, Donald's boat, Go-Coaster, Mickey's house, Minnie's house, gas station, food stands and seating), or 50' larger in both directions than the space between Splash Mountain and the French Market building, between the railroad and the river" Which basically means it'll never be built at DL.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt It's interesting to see that the new coaster occupies the exact same spot as 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://disney.rocket9.net/images/MK-Aerial.1280.jpg">http://disney.rocket9.net/imag...1280.jpg</a>
Originally Posted By tonyanton The queue and the lagoon. The show building for 20,000 Leagues is just about the same spot (and walls in some spots) as the Little Mermaid attraction.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros >>How much bigger is the MK compared to DL? Is it twice as big?<< According to some online sources, DL is 85 acres and MK is 107 acres. I'm not sure I believe those numbers (MK seems like it should be 1.5-2 times the size of DL to me), so take it for what you will. It's especially interesting to consider the size difference when you think about how many more attractions DL has that aren't in MK
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt "According to some online sources, DL is 85 acres and MK is 107 acres." The MK always felt much bigger to me than 107 acres. Maybe because traffic flow at DL is so awful compared to WDW when the place is crowded. The Central Plaza at the MK is HUGE compared to DL's... look how long the walkway is from the Hub to the Tomorrowland entrance in the aerial photo.
Originally Posted By dagobert >>>According to some online sources, DL is 85 acres and MK is 107 acres. I'm not sure I believe those numbers (MK seems like it should be 1.5-2 times the size of DL to me), so take it for what you will. It's especially interesting to consider the size difference when you think about how many more attractions DL has that aren't in MK<<< If I'm not mistaken, DLP is the biggest MK style park. Is HKDL smaller than DL Anaheim?
Originally Posted By FerretAfros When DL opened in 1955 and HKDL opened in 2005, they were about the same size, but both parks have grown since they opened. HKDL is smaller than DL today, but haphazard way it's growing means that it will probably catch up pretty soon; I think they've added about 20 acres to the park (~30% of its original size) in the last 8 years
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance The aerial pic makes MK look huge. The walkways to everywhere look extremely long!
Originally Posted By TP2000 Here's an older overview of the Mine Train track, including the two indoor show scenes. This track layout has been shortened a bit since then however. http://www.mouseplanet.info/gallery/d/140879-1/Map.jpg This will not be a long ride. And the indoor show scenes will be modest, but terribly cute. I would not plan a vacation around this little coaster.
