Does anyone know the Fantasyland completion date?

[miltimo5]

I have heard 2015, but a friend just asked me if i wanted to go for her 60th birthday. like i need to be asked twice?
i was hoping to go July 2014 for my birthday again...love that....but i know fantasyland wont be completed by then.....I had heard 2015 but now specific dates....mainly cant wait for the Dwarfs runaway mine train... was there last july 2012 and nothing much was open just Dumbo ...mainly....

so has anyone heard a completion date??

 

[WDWDad13]

Dwarf train open q1 2014

 

[JimboJones123]

It might be safe to assume 2nd qtr.

 

[lebeau]

I sort of figured the Fantasyland Expansion was like Iraq. No exit strategy.

 

[WDWDad13]

I sort of figured the Fantasyland Expansion was like Iraq. No exit strategy.

lol

 

[Weather_Lady]

Everything is there now except the 7 Dwarves Mine Train. No one has any idea what the target completion date is (and since the vehicle system is new, opening could be delayed by testing, etc.).

If you go to New Fantasyland now, you'd be able to see the train station, Pete's Silly Sideshow character meet & greets, Barnstormer, Dumbo, Be Our Guest Restaurant, Gaston's Tavern snack place, Bonjour gifts, Enchanted Tales With Belle, Voyage of the Little Mermaid, Eric's snack stand or whatever it's called, and Ariel's Grotto.

Edit: and Princess Fairytale Hall (touted as part of "New Fantasyland" but physically located in Fantasyland where Snow White's Scary Adventures used to be) opens September 18th according to Disney.

 

[wdwmagic]

Everything will be completed early 2014.

 

[miltimo5]

thanks guys....i cant wait..... i was there in july last year and i think be our guest opened in sept/oct.....i was disappointed oh well, just another reason to go back

 

[dadddio]

I sort of figured the Fantasyland Expansion was like Iraq. No exit strategy.

Funny, in a 2007 kind of way.

 

[lebeau]

Funny, in a 2007 kind of way.

Yeah. I debated whether or not the joke was too dated. But it made me laugh. Maybe I'm suffering from Fantasyland fatigue.

 

[RunnerEd]

I sort of figured the Fantasyland Expansion was like Iraq. No exit strategy.

From a military perspective, every exit strategy reads, "When the mission(s) is/are accomplished, we leave."

 

[MOXOMUMD]

Isn't 'The Neverending Story' based on FLE?

 

[tare]

The rumor is spring 2014.

 

[rangerbob]

2027 the rate that they are going

 

[darthspielberg]

I had heard they were thinking they'd be testing by December/January and have it open possibly Febuary or March. Probably an overly optimistic estimate though.

 

[afar28]

Is it really supposed to soft opem around January? I was in WDW a week ago and it looked nowhere near done. Unless they begin putting heavy work in I think January soft opening is very optimistic

 

[Clamman73]

Dwarf train open q1 2014

I believe Q1 '14 for Disney is fall '13???

 

[danlb_2000]

Disney has been saying "Spring 2014" recently as the opening date for the ride. This coincides with the Q2 (fiscal) 2014 date that has been the target from the beginning.

 

[estam]

Let them first close that mountain, if they can do that within the next 2 months then where talking.
I'm hopefull because I have seen them do things in a very short time frame before.
Seeing the builders back during the day time is a sign that where getting some progress again.
1st quarter 2014 is very safe target.

 

[wdwmomof3]

I was really hoping for a soft opening for Thanksgiving but sadly I'm beginning to let go of that idea.