Originally Posted By plpeters70 <<A lot of folks here were very critical of the New Fantasyland, but everything I've seen so far looks top notch.>> Most of the critical comments were because of the focus on princess meet-and-greets in for everything in the original concept - and not so much about the lack of quality. This Belle "attraction" is basically a meet-and-greet, right? If so, I can't see why I'd ever actually go in there if I didn't have any little kids with me, so it's probably something I'll never experience.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt Yeah, it's a meet and greet, but quite a spectacular one. I'm looking forward to finding out what's beyond that amazing portal...
Originally Posted By plpeters70 I finally watched the video, and I have to say, that mirror/portal is really impressive. Cool tech. Might be worth checking out - even if I don't really care for meet-and-greets normally.
Originally Posted By Mickeymouseclub i just finished reading the fall 2012 Mickey Monitor and it does give some details and pics i have not seen or read about. Apparently the rock work appears to be 2miles up a cold mountain and is very sharp and angular. But as we move thru the space the cold hard finish softens with the woodwork and tapestry to add warmth representing a change in Beast's heart. We have all heard about the chandelier and the magic mirror. In the third dining room : Maurice has carved a wooden music box statue of Belle and the Beast dancing together; all the music has been recorded from the film on a music box player...a gift from Maurice to all of us. I expect this to be my favorite perhaps...Now I really want that dining reservation that eludes me! I have been trying to get a reservation for late November all week and have been told it is all booked for all of November and probably December by now.. p.s. Beast gave the magic mirror to Maurice as a gift and it is Maurice's most treasured possession...is another movie being created?
Originally Posted By Mickeymouseclub ...speaking of finding a "surprise" in that magic mirror <a href="http://www.grandinroad.com/magicmirror" target="_blank">http://www.grandinroad.com/magicmirror</a> (it becomes animated on the right side link on that page)
Originally Posted By FerretAfros >>In the third dining room : Maurice has carved a wooden music box statue of Belle and the Beast dancing together...<< I saw them painting the statue on the Studio Tram Tour in January. It looked pretty nice, though nothing we haven't seen before. (I also saw the ballroom window backdrop and various other props that appeared to be for the restaurant) I will be interested to see how this restaurant works out, since I'm sure most guests will request to be in the ballroom because of its iconic nature, regardless of what the other rooms look like
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt New concept art (presumably for the media) giving a different view of the New Fantasyland was posted on the Disney Parks Blog last week. It seems to have been overlooked by the LP community. <a href="http://parksandresorts.wdpromedia.com/media/disneyparks/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/nfp993999LARGE.jpg" target="_blank">http://parksandresorts.wdprome...ARGE.jpg</a>
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I saw that image a few days ago, but it looks shockingly similar to one of the first pieces of concept art that they released for the FL Expansion project, back in 2009. They've swapped out the princess meet & greets for the mine train coaster, and added some circus tents in the place of Pixie Hollow (how come nobody is complaining about losing that ride in the shuffle?), and adjusted the rendering properties so it looks more like CGI instead of an oil painting, but other than that, there's really nothing new.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt I agree that there's nothing new, however it does seem to give a better and more realistic perspective of the additions and their placement. It also has a lot more detail than the original drawing. "(how come nobody is complaining about losing that ride in the shuffle?)" I recall that the omission of Pixie Hollow did cause some early concern here. Other than a pixie themed version of Maters there wasn't much detail on what Pixie land was going to be, so I suppose there isn't much to complain about.
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance That concept art picture looks like a dream come true. At least my dream come true. Seriously, it looks nice.
