Originally Posted By AutoPost This topic is for Discussion of <a href="http://www.LaughingPlace.com/Lotion-View-1345.asp" target="_blank"><b>LP Lotion: Magic Kingdom New Fantasyland Update</b></a> Pictures taken August 1st of ongoing New Fantasyland construction and changes at the Magic Kingdom.
Originally Posted By Disneymom443 it is looking good. Thank you for giving us an update. I can't wait until I can see it first hand.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt It's looking great. Disney Parks Blog posted a couple of New Fantasyland updates this week. <a href="http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2012/08/a-new-fantasyland-milestone-gaston-arrives-in-belles-village-at-magic-kingdom/" target="_blank">http://disneyparks.disney.go.c...kingdom/</a> <a href="http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2012/07/all-in-the-details-creating-a-cozy-cottage-for-maurice-belle-in-new-fantasyland-at-magic-kingdom-park/" target="_blank">http://disneyparks.disney.go.c...om-park/</a>
Originally Posted By disney pete It's looking good just hope the vast amount of turrets doesnt take anything away from Cindy's Castle.
Originally Posted By barboy What happened to statue Gaston's rifle? Where did it go? I guess guns and Disney don't mix these days. But at least he still gets to carry barrels of ale.
Originally Posted By demderedoseguys When is the scheduled completion date? Already planning next year's June trip and would hate to miss the opening by a few weeks.
Originally Posted By leobloom Some (most?) of the land is scheduled to open end of this year. But the Snow White ride will not open before Fall of 2013, I believe. Which is ridiculous, given that the ride isn't a huge deal. Five years just to build it. Right...
Originally Posted By demderedoseguys ^ Thanks for the info- I guess I can proceed with next year's trip planning and whatever I miss will just be reason to come back in 2014!
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt "Five years just to build it." Didn't construction for the Snow White coaster begin late last year/early this year?
Originally Posted By sjhym333 The superstructure is just going up for the coaster, I was there yesterday. You can really see the expansion coming along from inside the park. The biggest surprise for me was the realization at how small the total area is. From the drawings it looks huge with a long walk from say Pooh to Mermaid but it is actually a lot closer that is looks in the drawings. The coaster presses very close to the construction wall directly across from Pooh. It should be interesting to see when all done. From everything I could see it looks very nice
Originally Posted By demderedoseguys ^ Funny, I was there last week and thought that the new area looked huge. Once those walls come down, I think it's going to be beautiful and the best thing that Disney has ever done.
Originally Posted By leobloom I guess, Hans. But it's five years from announcing the ride until it opens to the public. I find that ridiculous. This isn't an E-ticket. But I guess it allows WDW to stretch the opening of FLE into several years. (Although by the time it's all open, the focus will be on Universal, Transformers, Potter 2...etc)
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Also keep in mind that design for the mine coaster wasn't nearly as far along when they announced FLE. They announced the whole area earlier in the design phase than usual, so that they could make a flashy reveal at the D23 Expo. When the princess meet and greets were (literally) met with a collective groan, they had to scramble to come up with a replacement. The coaster was announced about 18 months after the rest of the area, and likely had to be designed from scratch (part of me thinks that they had done some concept work on it already, but they were clearly hoping the meet and greets would anchor the new space. Considering how long design and construction schedules take in the real world, I don't think there's anything surprising about Disney's schedule
Originally Posted By pugpower39 Just went to the Magic Kingdom today, and the "snow" on top of the Ariel rocks is no longer snow!! They were sticking little rods on top of them, and then putting green grass on top of them, i'm assuming it was fake, it looked decently plastic.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros That's good news! I was really confused when the rockwork appeared to be finished all those months ago, and included green-painted sections that were presumably supposed to represent grass. While I don't think it needs to have Splash Mountain-esque real grass, I'm glad that they are going for a more realistic look
