New Fantasyland Now Open, Largest Expansion Ever during Walt Disney World Magic Kingdom
1 views - published on March 17th, 2013 in Disney NewsLAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. – In pixie-dusted ceremonies filled with favorite Disney characters, daytime fireworks and undying melodies from classical Disney films, New Fantasyland grand non-stop Dec. 6, 2012 during Walt Disney World Resort.
“Walt Disney once promised that Disneyland, and by prolongation all of a parks, would never be finish as prolonged as there is imagination left in a world,” pronounced Walt Disney Parks and Resorts Chairman Tom Staggs. “New Fantasyland is a fantastic further to a Magic Kingdom that delivers on Walt’s promise. We’re anxious to take guest over a walls of Cinderella Castle to learn new worlds featuring iconic Disney characters and stories in ways that are some-more imaginative, some-more interactive and some-more immersive than ever before.”
The largest enlargement in a 41-year story of a Magic Kingdom, New Fantasyland facilities attractions, dining, shopping, impression interactions, distraction and some-more – laid out angel tale-style amid waterfalls, grottoes, arched bridges, forests and playground large tops. A multiyear enlargement plan that doubles a distance of a existent Fantasyland, a sprawling new area lies usually over a existent Fantasyland in a shadows of Cinderella Castle.
New Fantasyland consists of a Enchanted Forest and Storybook Circus areas. Walt Disney Imagineers brought to life dear Disney stories and enchanting places, putting guest in a core of Disney classics and new favorites – and creation memories to final a lifetime. Here’s usually a sampling of a new fascinated areas now open in New Fantasyland:
- Under a Sea ~ Journey of a Little Mermaid. Guests roving in clamshells transport with Ariel and her friends by their sparkling adventures above and next a waves – all opposite a low-pitched backdrop of dear songs from a film. Before a experience, a fun is dainty and interactive in a reserve area underneath Prince Eric’s Castle. After a captivate and next a strand cliffs, guest can accommodate a princess herself in Ariel’s Grotto.
- Enchanted Tales with Belle. In a faroff French village, an fascinated counterpart becomes a gateway to a new kind of storytelling experience. Through props, costumes and other interaction, guest step right into a story of “Beauty and a Beast” – assembly Belle, Madame Wardrobe and Lumiere, and pity in a sharp-witted re-telling of a “tale as aged as time.”
- Be Our Guest Restaurant features a intemperate dining knowledge in a superb ballroom, ethereal Rose Gallery and puzzling “West Wing” of a Beast’s Castle. The pretentious space offers “great food fast” lunch use by day and full-service list dining during night. Both practice — suitably for a story of Disney’s “Beauty and a Beast” — underline French-inspired cuisine.
- Gaston’s Tavern welcomes guest to a comfy French board finished in loyalty to — Gaston himself. The menu of this infrequent grill includes LeFou’s Brew, named for Gaston’s sidekick and a cooling mixture certain to prove any thirst.
- Dumbo, a Flying Elephant – a Fantasyland idol -has doubled in size. Two Dumbos – one going clockwise and other counterclockwise – take guest encircling above Storybook Circus in float vehicles they scheme themselves. The dual Dumbos are connected to an indoor “big top” permitting guest to suffer circus-themed activities while available their float time with a friendly pachyderm.
- Aboard The Barnstormer Featuring a Great Goofini,it’s family-style coaster fun as guest drop and soar daredevil-style above a playground grounds. Ride vehicles follow a twisting, branch coaster “flight” of stuntman Goofy.
- Beloved Disney characters as determined playground stars are on palm to accommodate their adoring fans in Pete’s Silly Sideshow. Minnie Mouse, Daisy Duck, Goofy and Donald Duck are embellished out in their large tip excellent to wait their large mangle – and poise for photos with Magic Kingdom guest in a process.
There’s even some-more in store as a enlargement of New Fantasyland continues:
- Princess Fairytale Hall (2013) will be a new home for Disney princesses to accommodate their constant subjects in a Magic Kingdom. To open in a Castle Courtyard in a core of Fantasyland, a royal space will yield a ideal environment for assembly Cinderella, Aurora, Tiana and a other Disney princesses.
- The Seven Dwarfs Mine Train (spring 2014) will take Magic Kingdom guest on a rollicking, low-pitched float into a cave “where a million diamonds shine.” The family-style coaster will underline a first-of-its-kind float complement with a sight of vehicles that pitch behind and forth.
In a week of other milestones, Test Track Presented by Chevrolet opened in a new re-imagined chronicle of a iconic Epcot attraction.
A new partnership between Chevrolet Design and a artistic group of Walt Disney Imagineering, Test Track Presented by Chevrolet puts guest in a designer’s chair for a multisensory knowledge as they emanate their possess practical judgment car before boarding a “SimCar” to competition by a stirring array of hills, hairpin turns and straightaways. The captivate zooms in on how prudent car pattern influences tip opening on a open highway and lets guest see how their practical cars would perform.
Splitsville Luxury Lanes
Guests who hurl over to Downtown Disney West Side starting this month can knowledge a hottest trend in boutique bowling during Splitsville Luxury Lanes. During a Splitsville media preview Friday, Dec 7, 2012, guest donned concierge-delivered bowling boots and noshed on sushi and filet mignon sliders as they honed their games with strikes and spares.
The hip, retro-style bowling venue is a largest in a bowling brand’s swift and a usually two-level location, with 30 lanes and some-more than 50,000 block feet of party space. The family-friendly Splitsville also facilities billiards, live entertainment, a patio bar with unconditional views and upscale dining that includes a children’s menu of treats. Splitsville opens Dec. 19 to guests.
Beyond New Fantasyland, Splitsville and Test Track Presented by Chevrolet, also in Disney’s spotlight was:
- “Celebrate a Magic” New Castle Projection Show during Magic Kingdom Park – Music, overwhelming imagery and special effects renovate Cinderella Castle and a surrounding heart during a gorgeous arrangement that pays reverence to Disney dexterity and storytelling. Tinker Bell soars and weaves among a palace turrets, Alice beckons guest down a rabbit hole and dear characters like Dumbo and Simba come to life during a show.
- Pirates of a Caribbean: The Legend of Captain Jack Sparrow during Disney’s Hollywood Studios – An scary grotto and puzzling bandit skull lead to an epic ship-to-ship conflict around state-of-the-art record during this new knowledge in Soundstage 4 nearby Pixar Place. Disney guest are enthralled in a high play and swashbuckling journey of a 4 “Pirates of a Caribbean” films.
- Senses – A Disney Spa during Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort – New-age pampering amid turn-of-the-century Victorian magnificence is in store for guest of Senses – A Disney sauna during Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort. Newly remodeled and now owned and operated by Disney, a sauna opens Dec. 17 and combines magnificence with complicated touches, and a lurch of Disney whimsy.
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