Hi everyone,
I was on Fridays Magic Kingdom tour with Phil Holmes. The tour consisted of the usual praising of Walt Disney World and MK specifically. He said lots of BS, like they don't close rides unless they have something better. Towards the end of the tour we got to hop on the train and take part in the welcome show. Once we boarded the train I figured he wasn't going to take questions but to my surprise he did. Knowing it was my chance I asked him about the Hat at the studios. I told him that the Epcot wand and Toon Town, both "temporary", had come down yet the hat remained. I went on to tell him that the view of the chinese theatre needs to come back. He answered that many "temporary" things at the parts tend to last a while and pointed at Toon Town. He then went on to say that many people in the company feel the way that I do about the hat and that there are conversations taking place about it's removal. He gave no date but he told me it will come down eventually. After my question the characters arrived and I figured he would leave and we couldn't ask any further questions. To my surprise he boarded the train directly in front of me and the train moved at a snails pace. He started talking about the mine train so I took the opportunity to ask questions about it. My first question was about the indoors. Phil stated that the indoor sections will slow down considerably to switch to a dark ride. This we already knew so I asked him if the dwarves will be static figures or audio animatronic. He responded that they will be audio animatronic with "interesting faces". Im guessing they will be projections like in Carsland. I also asked about the log bridge that was in the concept art that is missing from the ride. He told me that if it is in the art then it's in the ride. It obviously isn't there so I think I stumped him on that one. As the train approached the station he took off his microphone. I noticed he had a jacket with an Epcot patch and I took the opportunity to ask yet another question. I complimented him on his patch and then asked him if anything is in the works for Wonders Of Life since I hate to see such a waste of space. He looked kind of irritated at the question but he did say that concepts are being thrown around for the pavilion by imagineering and that it won't stay that way. These were all the questions I asked I wish I could've asked more. Take his answers however you wish to take them but I atleast tried
