Lee
Adventurer
I am very pleased.
A family coaster is light years better than two overblown meet-and-greets.
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Major Changes to Phase 2 of Fantasyland Project?
- Thread starter DisneyJunkie
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I am very pleased.
A family coaster is light years better than two overblown meet-and-greets.
headhoncho34
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BigThunderMatt
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What kind of scale are you referring to? E-Ticket? High thrills? We're talking Fantasyland here. You're not going to a find a ride of that caliber in a land designed with the Magic Kingdom's youngest guests in mind.
BriEcho3194
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1 and 2 are definitely correct.
3 is iffy, kinda I guessFrom what I understand, it's going to be a mine train on a coaster track - ala BTMR. It will travel peacefully through indoor and outdoor scenes that will likely be a notch or two better than the current dark ride scenery.
I would love to see if have some aesthetics to it, with woods and waterfalls.
I can just imagine how beautiful it will be!!! I am so excited! This is going to the best! But Little Mermaid will be better
But Snow White does need more appreciation she is the FIRST PRINCESS!
jt04
Well-Known Member
1 and 2 are definitely correct.
3 is iffy, kinda I guess
I would love to see if have some aesthetics to it, with woods and waterfalls.
Agreed. The aesthetics and backstory are crucial. And different nooks and crannies built into the woods with suprises and heavily themed miniatures/character facades would be perfect. Something like the Emporium windows but on a big scale (and no windows :lol
. Water features, shops, snack stands etc would complete the picture. Something like the specialty foods kiosks being built at Cars Land would be nice. I have high expectations for this add. It should be so much more than BTMRR in miniature IMO.
Tom
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Agree 100%. It's just a shame they can't put a new dark ride in the current SWSA building AND build the mine ride. Meet-n-Greets can literally go anywhere, and they're going to eat up a perfectly good show building with them.
Right. I wouldn't expect a PG-13 coaster in Fantasyland. While the entire park is for the "entire family", Fantasyland is definitely, and obviously, the home of rides and attractions that can literally accommodate everyone.
Just the fact that it will be a coaster-style ride vehicle will make it a step up from a "concrete floor with a steel rail" dark ride.
Tom
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Agreed. The aesthetics and backstory are crucial. And different nooks and crannies built into the woods with suprises and heavily themed miniatures/character facades would be perfect. Something like the Emporium windows but on a big scale (and no windows :lol
Precisely. There is so much potential for a completely immersive ride - to the point where you should be so engrossed in the ride and show scenes that you forget there aren't any hills or drops.
sponono88
Well-Known Member
I think the exception to that would be the Matterhorn bobsleds at DL's Fantasyland. I'm not sure I would rank it as a PG-13 coaster, but it is quite thrilling compared to the other rides in Fantasyland.
Tom
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Indeed - but I just meant WDW's Fantasyland
I'm guessing the Matterhorn has a height restriction, so you're right that it would be an exception, out there.
TP2000
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Matterhorn Bobsled's height restriction is very low at 36 inches. That's pretty much a healthy toddler at that height. And it offers surprising thrills and chills with that very low height restriction.
I would imagine the Seven Dwarves mine coaster would have a similar height requirement, maybe 36, but certainly nothing above 40 inches.
cbconglom
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pics and video over the wall
http://www.mousesteps.com/index.php...sk=view&id=472&Itemid=65&limit=1&limitstart=1
http://www.mousesteps.com/index.php...sk=view&id=472&Itemid=65&limit=1&limitstart=1
MAF
Well-Known Member
Frankly I think Disney could have come up with something a little better than yet another mine train coaster since there's already one in the land next door. Plus I'm still not keen on the idea of closing SWSA. On the plus side, no meet and greets where you make birthday cards.
ToTBellHop
Well-Known Member
in the same way that Casey Jr at Disneyland is mostly outdoors, mostly slow, but ascends a slight hill and gains slight speed?1 and 2 are definitely correct.
3 is iffy, kinda I guess
I would love to see if have some aesthetics to it, with woods and waterfalls.
Tom
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Besides coming up with my summaries based solely on the input from key members of this site (and not at all based on my own knowledge or sources), I have also never experienced Casey Jr. So, I can't say whether it will really have that feel or not.
Based on what we've been hearing, this does sound logical.
_Scar
Active Member
But DLP's new Casey JR is much more faster and smooth (or so it looks like in the video and is described to be by many).
Lee
Adventurer
Still a possiblilty.
From the beginning I have heard that the SWSA building would be a temporary home for the Princesses. Temporary to the point that the bus bar ride system would remain intact inside the building.
Where they would go after that....not sure.
Not really. It's going to be less train, more coasterish....I think.
ttalovebug
Active Member
I'm liking the sound of this. Heck, I enjoy SW in the crappy state it's in now, so I'll probably really enjoy the mine ride. As for SWSA leaving Fantasyland, it does make me a little sad, but knowing the original is in DL makes it seem okay to me.
Tom
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That's reassuring. Sounds like the princesses would be restricted to just the queue area then.
Again, just a shame to close SWSA so early (assuming those rumors are true about Feb) when they could set up shop just about anywhere. Heck, they can build MnG spots in about a month these days. Throw up some shade-n-shelter for the girls somewhere (perhaps in front of Skyway) and keep SW open until the new one is done.