Originally Posted By TDLFAN Hi everyone. Yours truly visited the MK this afternoon while a light shower came down, and met with one of LP's favorite gals: Ursula. We had a ball gossiping about this and that and everything in between. It WAS nice seeing you again Ursula dear!! Anyways...just before meeting with Ursula, I headed out to see if the infamous Pooh Playground was opened to the public. After all, with the steady rain shower coming down, it would have been the perfect time to check out this new Fantasyland A-Ticket. But lo and behold! IT was still closed to the public, but the wooded wall has now been replaced (temporarely) with movable planters. Then GASP! I didn't have my camera!!! OMG!! Fear not. Put out my cellphone and snapped these few shots for your enjoyment. They are not the best quality but I hope they give you an idea of what this new Playground is all about.. or not. Enjoy. <a href="http://albums.photo.epson.com/j/AlbumIndex?u=4079221&a=31881382" target="_blank">http://albums.photo.epson.com/ j/AlbumIndex?u=4079221&a=31881382</a>
Originally Posted By Labuda Thanks for the piccies, TDL! Looking forward to checking out the tree this weekend or whenever I make it to the MK.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip I'm not sure that the "sparseness" is a bad thing. The Honey I Shrunk the Kids playground is filled with stuff and it is also always incredibly, uncomfortably crowded. It doesn't take a whole lot to entertain the stroller set. Most of them go crazy over the squirty fountains on the walkways at Epcot and Downtown Disney. I'll let the kids be the judge on this one. If the place is full of happy squealing kids when I'm there next January, I will judge it a success.
Originally Posted By Crazy4WDW Thanks for the photos! 20 more days and I can check it out for myself! Yay!
Originally Posted By TDLFAN >>If the place is full of happy squealing kids when I'm there next January, I will judge it a success<< Hopefully it will be. Anything that keeps the little brats away from my space, is OK in my book.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA Looks very much like 'a bug's land' the area of California Adventure -- you know that playground section inspired by the Walt Disney Studios Presentation of a Pixar Animation Studios Film 'a bug's life.'
Originally Posted By jmuboy Hmmmm......just what I thought.....wasted space and a pile of dressed up junk. Welcome to Six Flags over Florida.
Originally Posted By Blackie Pueblo >Hmmmm......just what I thought.....wasted space and a pile of dressed up junk. Welcome to Six Flags over Florida.< Ouch! Blackie Pueblo
Originally Posted By aracuanbird All will be forgiven if they offer honey popcorn. And honey turkey legs (woozle legs?).
Originally Posted By dixielandings I guess its better than a closed attraction Its obviously no where near the size of 20K What’s going to happen with the rest of the unused land? any way thanks for the pix TDL
Originally Posted By vbdad55 <What’s going to happen with the rest of the unused land? < Most likely -- nothing that is the sad part
Originally Posted By Blackie Pueblo Hey, just curious... did the corporation ever think about using the big lake from 20,000 Leagues for a show? Maybe some kind of adventure show or something? Blackie Pueblo
Originally Posted By bloona that honey looks slippy to me!.....lol thanks for the photos, looking forward to seeing more from you once its opened, maybe you could test out the slippyness of that honey too for us! ( I want photographic evidence too please)
Originally Posted By LadyandtheTramp Walked through the new playground yesterday, and the thought was that it isn't even a very good playground. There is the omnipresent water-squirter/fountain where the tots can get wet, one sliding board, about three crawlthrough structures, and one walkthrough mini-house. Nothing else that could be seen, even walking all around it. Not even a climb-up structure, though when we were there a greater-than 5 year old was climbing up the land walls to get to the plateau that surrounds the area (at least until the CM asked her to get down). At least it had a number of benches for adults to sit on. But it sure doesn't appear to be something that a lot of tots will want to spend a lot of time in - unless it's to wash themselves off!
Originally Posted By MinnieSummer I was there last weekend and well it's more dissappointing than I thought possible. I was okay with the idea of a playground even though many of you thought it was an insult. I'm so sorry for all of you -- this is an insult to everyone. This isn't even as much fun as the playground in my neighbors back yard. Disney really missed the mark with this one.
Originally Posted By vbdad55 I would never be an I told you so on this -- as everyone here knows I hated the idea of a playground in Fantasyland ( put it in Toontown and who cares) -- but it is even more disappointing to read the comments here now that what they did isn't even first rate, as this is what we are going to have to live with for a good period of time. Just a poor use of that piece of land -- and with some CM's here already tellingus nothingnew for at least a few more years at WDW now....it is what it is.
Originally Posted By wahooskipper Well, I was an advocate of the playground and have not seen new pictures but if it is as disappointing as what is being reported then I will provide a mea culpa to vbdad and some others. Being in the parks business I know what the potential is for playgroungs in general and my expectations of a Disneyfied playground were high. If they don't exceed my expectations I, too, will be disappointed. See vbdad...I'm a reasonable person.
Originally Posted By vbdad55 <See vbdad...I'm a reasonable person. < absolutely -- and trust me -- although I vehemently objected to this thing going in - in the first place....I really didn;t want them to do it and them make it less than the best it could be on top of that -- but it just seemed to me it was flying so low under the radar ( no pomp and circumstance during an anniversary celebration) - that we were going to get far less than the best effort --
