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Disney to Expand Fantasyland At Walt Disney World, Star Tours overhaul also planned
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NYT article:
TANAHEIM, California (Reuters) - Mickey Mouse's house and his Toon Town world will make way next year for a vastly larger Fantasyland, in the biggest-ever expansion of the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World in Florida, Walt Disney Co said on Saturday. The Fantasyland expansion, whose price tag was not disclosed, will open in two stages in 2012 and 2013 and builds on the popularity of the Disney Princess and Fairies franchises, which have topped $4 billion in global retail sales. Disney theme parks Chairman Jay Rasulo said the Fantasyland project, which breaks ground next year, will be paid for from funds designated for the theme park division's annual capital expenditures.
Plans call for four Disney Princess characters -- Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Belle from "Beauty and the Beast" and Ariel from "The Little Mermaid" -- to be featured in "fantasy lands" where park visitors engage in dancing, storytelling or a birthday party with costumed characters from the films.
The expansion includes two new dining spots -- Gascon's Tavern and the 552-seat Beast's Castle. A new underwater ride based on "The Little Mermaid, will be built both in the Florida Fantasyland and at the ongoing expansion of California Adventure in Disneyland.
The second phase of the Fantasyland expansion will be an oversized world based on the fairy world of Pixie Hollow from "Peter Pan," but no other details were available because the attraction was still in early development stages, Rasulo said. As part of the Fantasyland expansion, Disney plans to double the size of the popular Dumbo ride to add a covered "three-ring circus" waiting area with interactive games and a play area. Disney Imagineers, who design rides and attractions, said the Toon Town attraction would be dismantled and its popular Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse houses relocated to another section of Walt Disney World.
Rasulo also announced an upgrade to the Star Tours rides at Disneyland in Anaheim and Disney's Hollywood Studio in Florida to open in 2011. Star Tours simulates a ride through space aboard spacecraft like those in the original "Star Wars" film. The updated version features new digital 3D effects and projectors that let ride operators vary "destinations," as well as upgrades to the Star Speeder cabins, Rasulo said.
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Jesus, that's cold. Space Mountain is like one of the best things there. Did Mickey punch you in the kidney and steal your shoes too?
Oh man. My aunt took me on Space Mountain when I was a tiny tot. She told me to hang on or I would fly out of the ride.
I was scared to fucking death the entire time. I was uncontrollably shaking and crying whilst cowering in a quivering mess while my aunt laughed and laughed.
She's actually a cool lady, and I love roller coasters now, but man that was an asshole move on her part.
Anaheim Space Mountain is like the least reliable ride ever. That thing goes down more than your mom at a biker convention.
What I was told by a manager there is that apparently the mechanical bits of the ride are totally reliable, but they have this sophisticated computerized tracking system that gives them the exact location of each car on the rails, in case they need to perform an emergency rescue in darkness. It's this tracking system that glitches up so much, and their safety protocols say that they can't run the ride without it.
Again, that's just what I was told.
ORLY?
Darn, that sounds pretty cool.
CA doesn't have the same charm.
The Toy Story 3D shooter ride at CA is pretty cool, but the lines for it are longer than the gangbang line for your mom at the biker convention.
Besides, one of my bestest friends has fibromyalgia. So when she goes to Disneyland, she can show them her disabled persons placard and a note from her doctor and get a wheelchair and jump all the lines. And I get to jump all the lines with her! Whoo-hoo!
...except in CA. Booooo.
It's cool that they've officially announced the Star Tours upgrade. When I went to Anaheim in May, all of the [strike]employees[/strike] cast members were talking about it.
the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
Thats because Disneyland was more or less the beta. The story of Disney World is fucking fascinating.
Yeah, and speaking as a kid who went to both, Disneyland seemed like a fair or amusement park. That's fine and all, I like amusement parks, but Disneyworld is a magical land of enchantment.
Disneyland is not worth a trip to California, I agree.
If you're ever going to be in California for other reasons though it's totally worth a two-day trip.
And keep in mind that I never went as a child. My first time to Disneyland was last memorial day. So I have no nostalgia to taint my judgment - it's simply just a very well put-together park.
the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
Been to DisneyWorld 3 times since 2003. It really is a whole different experience. Part of it has to do with who my wife and I go there with though- we have a big group of friends that we've always been there with. Last time, we rented a villa for the week and partied pretty well.
My wife and I did part of our honeymoon in 2006 at Disneyland Paris. Their Magic Kingdom is mindblowingly awesome, but the Studios park left a LOT to be desired. Half-day at most.
We've tried unsuccessfully to get a group trip to Tokyo going- but no dice so far. Maybe after we get our house...
the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
Tokyo Disneyland is pretty similar to Anaheim Disneyland.
Tokyo DisneySea is inarguably awesome, especially Mysterious Island aka Jules Verne-land.
My favorite "newer" ride is the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror. I still don't know how they got Rod Serling in there like they did. I don't want to know. It's magic.
I'm not a big fan of drop rides like that, especially when you wait 45 minutes for a 5m ride. But I love the decor at the intro to the ride. It's like a more sophisticated haunted house.
the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
What I'm saying is that I love everything about that ride except the ride.
the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
WDW has pretty much everything over the DCA version.
The walk-up: due to the low water table, the tower is up on a bit of a hill, giving the queue a bit space for gloomy walks and vegetation. At DCA, there's no extended walk up, most of the queue is right outside the doors to the hotel.
The atmosphere: a draw here, although with the outside included- WDW wins.
The ride itself: differences in the experiences do set each apart, however WDW has the extra dialog, the random drop sequence, and most of all, the 5th Dimension room- where your elevator leaves one shaft, and travels through to another. DCA's has the "disappearing mirror" scene. That's really it.
I went in february and they had drained the water in CA (I assume to build this little mermaid ride), the empty concrete pit made the place look so bad.
You shut your damn mouth
"Meesa wanna welcome ya to da Stars Tour! Be sure to fassin' dem seatbelts!"
Jake Lloyd as the co-pilot, yelling "Yippee!" every time you dodge an asteroid.
Well that and buying up Marvel (I wonder how much longer the Marvel part of Universal Studios will be around?).
We clearly missed our calling as Imagineers...
Why would that inspire them to do some overhauling of disneyworld? It doesn't sound like they are planning to add in marvel based themes into the park.
I really, really, really, really hope this isn't real.
For fucks sake don't be real.
edit-I just don't want any goddamn podracing. If there is podracing, I guaran-fucking-tee you there will be the whole going underwater though the core of Naboo deal.
Something something stabby stabby
E: Actually a Pod Race ride would still be fucking awesome. I'm a sucker for moving-movie-seat rides, or however you want to label them.
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pretty much like that at every amusement park. the computers have so many redundant safety systems that the slightest thing causes them to freak out and shut the ride down. good in the long run with preventing accidents, but annoying as hell to park guests. new rides especially have this problem since its new,and they're still getting the little kinks out, and the people running it are still learning the ins and outs. From my time working at a park I liked the old rides a lot more than the newer rides. Don't have to deal with a computer and much more hands on and fun. New rides you hit 1 button and the computer runs the rest where as old rides you're pressing all kind of buttons and levers and stuff.
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When I asked, they said it was closed down because they were planning on refurbishing it for Halloween, but whatever.
Epcot just seems like it sucks on the surface, but it has a lot going for it.
Epcot sucks for rides, but for a variety of food choices (epsically counter service) and non-disney related shopping it's the best.
The tour of the garden in Land, Soaring, the 3 Caballero's ride in Mexico, Ellen + Bill Nye = awesome, Spaceship Earth, and the cool halls, international soda fountain, and dancing fountains?
Awesome.
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^ Those are definitely four of my favorite rides in the entire Walt Disney World Resorts.
Also, that one Epcot pavilion with the Sea (I think it's called the Great Sea, or something?) is amazing. The one attraction where you get to listen to Crush make jokes and such is fantastic. I was super amazed by it when I first went there.