Originally Posted By MousDad Wake up, LP! The magic place and the chat box are going zany over leaked plans of the recently "confirmed" (by internet posters) Fantasyland expansion. Greenlights, leaked drawings, and sat photos, Oh My!!
Originally Posted By Disneyday I wanted to see these, but they took them down at WDW Magic. I guess they were afraid of Disney lawyers. I believe they still have the names of the attractions, shops, and restaurants there.
Originally Posted By WilliamK99 Yes, an expansion to Pooh Playground, it always gets so busy so a couple extra slides will do wonders for the kids enjoyment....
Originally Posted By jmuboy I have the plans in an email file and can forward them to anyone who wants them. My email is gregtalley76@yahoo.com
Originally Posted By MousDad I heard that the plans are easy to locate on the web now by searching. Last I heard they are still circulating over at MiceChat. They were taken down from wdwmagic this morning. In case you missed it, someone "leaked" plans of the new Fantasyland expansion at wdwmagic early this morning. They were taken down about an hour or so later, but by that time had made it over to micechat, and had been copies by dozens of savvy posters. Anyway, if you haven't seen them, they include an expansion of FL Northwest from PVH, Carousel, Pan and Pooh encompassing much of the old 20k plot and all of Toontown except Goofy's Barnstormer. Dumbo is moved to around where the Judge's tents are now, and has morphed into 2 Dumbo spinners separated by an enclosed, interactive queue. There's a Be Our Guest restaurant, Belle attraction, Cinderella attraction, Voyage of the Little Mermaid, Pixie Hollow and Aurora attraction, among other stuff. The plans are quite detailed, legit looking and fit perfectly over a sat photo. I'd post a link to the plans here, but I'm not sure if it would cause trouble or not.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Here's a link to the blue print map that seems to show everything: <a href="http://i31.tinypic.com/r2q9dt.jpg" target="_blank">http://i31.tinypic.com/r2q9dt.jpg</a> From what I can tell, I'm really questioning what a lot of these things will be. It looks like the Little Mermaid attraction (named The Voyage of The Little Mermaid, just like the show at the Studios) is based off the old attraction originally designed for DLP. In fact, it looks like a lot of these things are lifts from that concept. My first instinct was that it was indeed a map from there, but looking closer, it does appear to be WDW. What I really don't understand is how the space is divided up. There is a huge space devoted to not much at all (Castle Wall area, Dumbo's 2 areas), and then barely enough room for other things like the Mermaid attraction. The labels of the areas with princesses's names (Belle and Aurora) just don't seem to make any sense with how that sort of thing would usually be labeled. From what I can tell, there will be a sit-down theater in the round type attraction for Cinderella, similar to the Mission to Mars/Alien Encounter setup. The thing that confuses me a little is that the rooms appear to be smaller than the footprint of Dumbo, so I'm not sure what all they could put in there. Also, it's nowhere near the castle that bears her name (from the looks of it, it will be beyond the castle walls, so not even a part of the village), which just seems very strange to me. If you want to have a lot of Cinderella stuff, put it close together and make a mini-land out of it, instead of spreading it apart, but not really far enough away to make it a seperate experience. There is an area labeled "Belle Attraction" below the Be Our Guest restuarant, but based on the drawing, I have no idea what will be there. The Aurora area seems to have something more than just a meet & greet, but I can't figure out what it might be. A lot of the buildings look like other things that Disney has built in the past as well. The BATB restuarant entrance looks like the bridge leading up to the castle. A lot of the spaces in between look like they were copied from DLP's Fantasyland, and HKDL's Adventureland (which happens a lot with Disney, especially in Fantasyland). Also, the existing attractions have a ton of details (queue switchbacks and track layout), while the new ones only have rooms. There's definately something that doesn't seem quite right to me about it. Relative to the layout of the rest of the park, the layout of this area is just huge. And that's what really confuses me. The area would end up being roughly the same size as all of Tomorrowland (sans Speeway and Space Mountain), but there's hardly anything of any real substance going in. There are plenty of buildings that could in theory have something later installed, but they all seem quite small for that. The way the buildings are arranged leaves a ton of space between them, but not really enough in any one place to add another attraction later. There are just a few too many things that don't quite match up for me, so I'm thinking there's a good chance that the drawing could be bogus.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I have to say that I do kind of like the way that they seperated Fantasyland with the castle wall. It looks like much of the 'village' part will remain how it currently is, and then beyond the village will be the new stuff (and Pooh, since he lives in the forest). I guess that kind of makes room for more princesses and castles out there, but I still have a bit of a hard time with that. I do really like the distinct areas of it though, and I think that would be kind of neat to see them do.
Originally Posted By gurgitoy2 FerretAfros, I agree with a lot of what you said. Something seems odd about the plans. The names of attractions, big spaces devoted to nothing. Especially the second "Dumbo" area next to the new spinners...so much area for just Dumbo? The other attractions look odd as well. I'm wondering if this is a big hoax.
Originally Posted By iluvdisneyland I won't buy it till the bulldozers roll in and the press releases begin. It's not that difficult to find existing blue prints and use Auto CAD or VectorWorks to make it look real.
Originally Posted By ORD84 ^I second that, any two bit hack in his basement can dream up something like this...however if it does come to fruition it would be a pretty cool concept if they don't try to do it cheaply.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Hmmmm, the way the names are there, I am thinking these are purpose built meet and greet areas like in HKDL.
Originally Posted By leobloom I guess the Fanasyland will LOOK good. Unfortunately, I won't be spending too much extra time there since there's only one new attraction. Mostly new restaurants, shops, and meet and greets. That to me is disappointing---IF the drawing is true.
Originally Posted By hopemax > Hmmmm, the way the names are there, I am thinking these are purpose built meet and greet areas like in HKDL. < That's what I wondered. Or dedicated "Storytime" areas for each Princess. Or something like the Beast's Library. Smaller interactive type stuff and not a full blown attraction. If this is even real.
Originally Posted By Scottydem so, no Seven Dwarf's roller coaster? Why would the VotLM attraction be just like the one in Hollywood Studios. Seriously? No. I bet it's a copy of DCA's upcoming Little Mermaid ride. I'm very anxious to see if this is true because this would do wonders.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros It kind of looks like a similar layout (at least the main room) as the Little Mermaid show at Tokyo DisneySea. I don't know if they would clone the show, but it is supposed to be very good, with a lot of special effects, including performers "floating" through the air over the audience and a giant AA Ursula. Sadly, it was under refurb when I was at TDS, and I don't see myself making it over that far any time soon, even if the parks are the best in the world.
Originally Posted By Disneyday If this is real, I wonder what the area is to the left of the teacups. I don't know if it is an attraction or some kind of garden. I can't read the words on it. Does anyone else know or have a guess?
