Originally Posted By brotherdave There's no question that any expansion to Fantasyland is an improvement. However, they have the room to do so much better, in my opinion. Yes, it may be beautiful when finished, but with the exception of Mermaid and BatB's restaurant, it's just a very pretty area to meet some princesses. It needs more for all members of the family, not just little girls. Give us a Fantasyland to be proud of. Add things like Casey Jr, Hook's ship, Alice in Wonderland area with dark ride. Make the Sleeping Beauty attraction more like Disneyland's walk thru. Why not have a dragon's lair like in Paris somewhere nearby? How about a Bambi themed boat ride? There's soooo much more that they could have done with the same money (or possibly just a little more0 that they're spending on some princess meet and greets. For the record, I'm fine with the Little Mermaid attraction, BatB restaurant, and even the new Dumbo area, but why can't there be a little more than meet & greets for the rest? This is Disney, for crying out loud. They're capabable of SOOOO much more than a glorified crayon encounter.
Originally Posted By WilliamK99 They are already putting over 200 million into this project and people are whining for more? If the economy was in better shape, I'd agree with the complainers, but we are lucky to get this during this really messed up economy, hell WDW is basically having to deeply discount rates just to get people there to begin with...
Originally Posted By Hista98 acutally the orginal DL's fantasyland looked very simaler to WDW's current one and back when WDW opened they looked very similar. DL's got redone i nthe 1980's and WDW's always seemed to miss the boat.
Originally Posted By leobloom ^^The company is spending $4 billion on Marvel. And I don't care if that money's coming from a different division. The company has the money to do better, especially for the most visited theme park in the world.
Originally Posted By brotherdave Truly, I'm happy that they're doing SOMETHING new to the Magic Kingdom. I'm really looking forward to Little Mermaid and the new restaurant. But, let's face it, the new princess areas will indeed be "pretty", but they just lack substance. Since California Adventures is getting a much BIGGER makeover with a much bigger budget during these hard times with two solid E-tickets and several nice C & D tickets experiences and rides, why can't the Magic Kingdom - the most visited theme park in the world, get a little more love too? If this was only "phase one" of a multi-year project of some other unknown major attraction to be added a few years later, then I think there would be less complaining. If Pixie Hollow is only a "temporary" addition until the next real E-ticket were unveiled, then I think many would be salivating on what would be next. Sadly, at the pace that they add major attractions to the Magic Kingdom (it will be 20 years since Splash Mountain opened when Mermaid opens), you can see why there are so many dissapointed fans out there. Myself included. Not TOTALLY disapointed, but disapointed none-the-less. Just ONE more "C"-ticket dark ride and/or one additional 'boy' or whole family friendly addtion, I'd be the first to praise Disney for their efforts. Sadly, I just see more "Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boutique" thinking about selling the princesses here, not overall family entertainment.
Originally Posted By HMButler1979 ""They are already putting over 200 million into this project and people are whining for more?"" And they spend a piddling 650 million for DCA and look what we got w/ THAT. Whah whah whah. And Paris Studios cost a WHOPPING...... 500 million.....Cry me more tears. Some of us remember Disney from 1982-2001.
Originally Posted By Disneymom443 No matter what Disney does or does not do not everyone will be pleased. I thinks it will be a nice addition. I'm looking forward to seeing it all finnished.
Originally Posted By Spyderman The same people defending this new fantasyland are the same people that voted for bush/mccain
Originally Posted By WilliamK99 The same people defending this new fantasyland are the same people that voted for bush/mccain << LMAO, so now we are bringing politics into WDW discussions? Are you that stupid?
Originally Posted By Disneymom443 Politics do not belong in the WDW discussions, you can go to W.E for that. Thank you....and no I don't vote for Bush/McCain
Originally Posted By Hista98 If the economy was in better shape, I'd agree with the complainers, but we are lucky to get this during this really messed up economy, hell WDW is basically having to deeply discount rates just to get people there to begin with... I don't get how the bad econy and lack of money is the reason for the low tech redo especially considering that disney just spent 4 billion dollers on marvel. How can you say they lack money when they can spend that much on an outside comapany rather then their own.
Originally Posted By oc_dean As you can see .... <a href="http://i31.tinypic.com/r2q9dt.jpg" target="_blank">http://i31.tinypic.com/r2q9dt.jpg</a> There is no outline of a ride building for Tinkerbell. The cut must have been made .. before this blueprint was drawn up.
Originally Posted By dshyates Here is a picture of the model. Notice the ride in Pixie Hollow, it is supposed to be utilizing the same ride system as Maters Junkyard Jamboree, but based on the boy fairies. <a href="http://www.stitchkingdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/fantasylandmodel.jpg" target="_blank">http://www.stitchkingdom.com/w...odel.jpg</a>
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Whoa! Where did that model come from? Did I just miss it somehow? That looks a lot more finished than any of the other plans I've seen for the area. It looks like the fairy attraction will be an amped up version of the Lady Bug Boogie technology, where the vehicles move between a whole circuit of turntables instead of just two. I'm not sure if it will be a fun ride or not, but I do wonder how they will work the loading/unloading out. It's kind of strange that they are building it outdoors, when it rains so much in Florida, especially when the vehicles are basicaly bowls that will collect water quite nicely. It also looks like there's just a lot of empty space in the back of the fairy area that could theoretically be used for meet and greets, but the layout of the walkways doesn't really look like that's in the plans. The thing that really strikes me about this model is how big it will be. Looking at the little people in the walkways, this is going to be huge! The main paths through the land seem like they're wider than the parade route at Disneyland, which is quite wide to begin with.
Originally Posted By leobloom >>but based on the boy fairies>> Boy, you set that one up beautifully for Spirit, didn't ya?
Originally Posted By mousermerf So everything else is done/painted except the fairy area - anyone else notice that?
Originally Posted By kennect I have two questions about all of this...My first I asked before and got no answer...What is the budget on this expansion? Secondly, shouldn't this whole area help reduce lines at other attractions????
