Future Plans For WDW's Fantasyland

[Super Aurora]

Tokyo's Mystery Tour has been gone for years now.

I only thought it was put on hiatus, like Disneyland California's Sleeping Beauty walk through, because of terrorist thing. I didn't realize it was gone for good.

[Margos]

The two things are almost so different you can't compare, though.

Couldn't agree with you more. They're so different that I ususally don't even think of it in terms of liking one more than the other. I enjoy them both for different reasons, and I like different aspects of them differently. But then, let's stop comparing them. They're seperate, and intended to be so. It's not like "Peter Pan III: Tinker Bell's Story." No, it's something totally different. Think of them as two totally individual entities.

[blackcauldron85]

The WDW Resort is looking for a few dozen new Disney Princesses
http://jimhillmedia.com/blogs/jim_hill/ ... esses.aspx

Female Character Look-alikes between 4'10" and 5'8" tall.

Really? Or are they saying that for Tink you can be on the shorter side, but for Aurora you need to be tall? Because even as I was reading the earlier parts of the article, I was thinking, I'd be too short even if I wanted to be a princess...Wouldn't each Belle, for example, always be about the same height?

[SillySymphony]

I know they want Alice cast members to be under or very close to 5 ft tall. Also for female face characters generally the shorter you are the younger you look. Example: Cinderella is usually taller than Wendy.

[myr_heille]

I think under 5 feet you're going to be Mickey or Minnie, actually. Most princesses are supposed to be 5'5" to 5'7", though I think Jasmine and the fairies are shorter.

[blackcauldron85]

Fantasyland Expansion Begins with Groundbreaking at Magic Kingdom Park
http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2 ... gdom-park/
(via disneyreport.com)

[blackcauldron85]

Scroll down a bit to get to this section:

THE FANTASYLAND ‘FANTASY FOREST’ EXPANSION
http://www.stitchkingdom.com/disney-new ... ombshells/
(via laughingplace.com)

[Disney Duster]

So Mickey and Minnie's homes may stay! Good, because if anything this project is all about the character's real homes, so it wouldn't make sense to get rid of those characters' homes for ones for new characters, they are the most important characters of the company!

Did Donald and Daisy or Goofy have any homes?

[blackcauldron85]

No, but Donald has a boat, and Pete has a garage...and Pluto has a doghouse at Minnie's house...

[WDWLocal]

So Mickey and Minnie's homes may stay! Good, because if anything this project is all about the character's real homes, so it wouldn't make sense to get rid of those characters' homes for ones for new characters, they are the most important characters of the company!

Correction: Mickey and Minnie's are STILL leaving the Magic Kingdom. They may be moved elsewhere, but they're not staying.

Mickey & Minnie will always have a place to greet guests at that park, no matter what.

And, once again, their "real" permanent homes are in Disneyland's Toontown in California, while their Florida domiciles were just their "vacation" homes.

[Disney Duster]

When I said stay, I meant stay existing within the parks somewhere. But thanks for all that information! You too Amy!

Oh, they were really just the vacation homes? I guss that makes it a little bit better...Disneyland would be the best place for them to call home.

I think Magic Kingdom fits these characters best, but I hope they pick a good place to put their homes. I also hope that Donald's, Pete's, and Pluto's homes also find a place.

[David S.]

Great article, Amy. Thanks for the link!

I particularly enjoyed the story about the squirrel who scampered up the custodians leg, stole some snacks, but gestured "Thank you!" before scampering off, making him a polite "Disney squirrel". That is too cute!

And of course, the info about the new Fantasyland was very interesting.

With regards to Mickey and Minnie's homes, count me in with the group that wants them to stay. While my first choice would be to keep them exactly where they are as part of an intact Toontown, keeping the houses accessible to guests somewhere else in one of the parks is better than losing them completely. The little details that these houses are full of are IMO very charming, cute, and extremely well done.

[Big Disney Fan]

And, once again, their "real" permanent homes are in Disneyland's Toontown in California, while their Florida domiciles were just their "vacation" homes.

But they don't have a "vacation" home anymore. Of course, this cynic inside my head keeps arguing that, technically, the WHOLE RESORT is their "vacation" home.

[blackcauldron85]

Disney to start construction of princess sets in Fantasyland expansion
http://thedailydisney.com/blog/2010/03/ ... expansion/
(via laughingplace.com)

[Margos]

Squee! I just read the twenty-three article about the expansion. I am just so excited, although I guess the princess experiences are probably for children, and an adult woman would look pretty awkward trying to participate (since I will be one by the time I get to WDW again). Still, I'm really looking forward to experience the Fantasyland Forest, it seems like a dream come true!

[blackcauldron85]

although I guess the princess experiences are probably for children, and an adult woman would look pretty awkward trying to participate (since I will be one by the time I get to WDW again)

Well, I like meeting the characters, and I don't feel ashamed; it's WDW- everyone should feel like a kid!

[WDWLocal]

Well, I like meeting the characters, and I don't feel ashamed; it's WDW- everyone should feel like a kid!

Same here.

You get no argument from me on that one.

[Big Disney Fan]

Well, I like meeting the characters, and I don't feel ashamed; it's WDW- everyone should feel like a kid!

Same here.

You get no argument from me on that one.

Except if everyone should feel like a kid, why the heck is there so much stuff associated with teens and whatnot (HSM, Hannah Montana, JoBros, etc.)?

[Margos]

although I guess the princess experiences are probably for children, and an adult woman would look pretty awkward trying to participate (since I will be one by the time I get to WDW again)

Well, I like meeting the characters, and I don't feel ashamed; it's WDW- everyone should feel like a kid!

I guess you're right! I suppose I shall have to participate, then!

[WDWLocal]

Well, I like meeting the characters, and I don't feel ashamed; it's WDW- everyone should feel like a kid!

I guess you're right! I suppose I shall have to participate, then!

I suppose so.