This morning Walt Disney World opened the first phase of the New Fantasyland expansion in a soft opening of part of Storybook Circus at the Magic Kingdom park. The attractions that opened this morning for the first time include Barnstormer featuring The Great Goofini, one spinner of the dueling Dumbos and the Fantasyland Train Station.
Join hosts Heather Leonardi and A. Ali Flores for this week’s Orlando-area theme park and attraction news. On this week’s Show:
The Disney Parks Blog has released a new video offering a first inside the Beauty and the Beast restaurant that’s currently under construction in the New Fantasyland at the Magic Kingdom. The Be Our Guest restaurant will feature multiple dining rooms and will transform from counter service during the day to table service at night.
We took to the skies today to bring you some theme park construction updates. In this update we’re taking a look at the Fantasyland expansion at the Magic Kingdom. The photo above gives you an overview of the huge area under construction. Scroll down for more photos and video.
There are a lot of details showing up all over the new Fantasyland expansion at Magic Kingdom as the Storybook Circus’ late March opening nears.
By Kevin Yee This week we look at minor changes in Fantasyland (new costumes for outdoor vendors, new stroller parking patterns) and see the alternate distribution center for Sorcerers of the Magic Kingdom in Liberty Square. In Disney’s Hollywood Studios, Echo Lake is being refilled after a quick draining for infrastructure work. Fantasmic has recently…
By Kevin Yee Vertical construction continues at New Fantasyland, where Dumbo’s structures are now painted, and the queue building circus tent is fully in place.
Many rooftop details have been added, as well as new paint and a few trees in the area that can be seen by the public in the Fantasyland expansion at the Magic Kingdom in Walt Disney World. Above is the view of the new Dumbo attraction that can be seen while walking near the teacup…
By Kevin Yee This week we bring you some photos of the ground clearing happening near the Grand Floridian for a new Disney Vacation Club (DVC) resort; work is progressing on both sides of the monorail beams. We’ve also got some shots of the extensive scaffolding at Big Thunder Mountain, and some new decorations popping…
By Kevin Yee The new offering at Epcot’s Innoventions is Habit Heroes, a physical interactive exhibit with three main games: dashing about, shooting a cannon, and aerobics. We also catch a few quick photo glances at Fantasyland, the new castle projections in honor of Valentine’s Day and catch up on the mini golf course under…
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