New Fantasyland Expansion photos 2-9-12

[Rob562]

If you follow the link to Scuttle's page there is a close up photo of the 2 tents with the mermaid building and it shows a new steel frame being erected on the back of the mermaid building behind the area you described above. It looks as though this may have something to do with hiding the building.

The framework you mention is an extension of the rockwork on the front of the building. It spans the backstage access road, and is meant to hide the back of the showbuilding from vantage points between the teacups and Dumbo (essentially when you'd be able to look straight down the alley).
This rockwork is just an archway, allowing vehicular traffic to drive under it, and the fact that it's not solid all the way to the ground will be hidden by the gate blocking off the roadway from the park.

This arch can be seen photos of the model, I don't think it's depicted in the concept art.

But this archway will do nothing to hide the back part of the Mermaid building from *inside* the Circus area, specifically the area of the Casey Jr water play area, train station and the plaza in front of the tents. I'm thinking that something else other than the rockwork archway will go in to hide the back of the building.

EDIT: I took one of Scuttle's photos and edited it to illustrate what I mean:

The blue lines show the general area where the archway over the access road will block the Mermaid building from being seen.
The red lines are the angle where the Mermaid building will still be visible between the tents. The archway will do nothing to hide this.
So I'm thinking either a) they'll extend the rockwork around, though that might look odd with the Circus themeing; b) they'll put up some other Circus-themed decoration; or c) they'll do nothing and leave it visible.


-Rob

 

[invader]

Holy foundation and holy jaws.

 

[danlb_2000]

Anyone else notice the center "spindle" has been put in place for the second (old) Dumbo? As many have speculated, the old one may make it back for the opening in March.

Are they still planning on putting in the third tent in Circusland? I imagine it will be put in last so that they will still have construction access, but the curbing doesn't look like it's shaped the way I'd expect if another building were going there.

The third tent is supposed to hold Pete's Silly Sideshow. The only date I have seen floating around for this is Early 2013.

 

[Captain Chaos]

Is it me or does there not appear any room for a third tent??? Unless it is going in the back by that long green building close to the smaller of the two remaining tents... And if so, it is going to be one small tent...

 

[PhilharMagician]

Thanks for all of the picks. Great to have pics from just about everywhere. Very awesome!

Looks like they are doing some expansion at the sewage plant out on Bear Island Rd.

Looks like no changes to the expansion plot behind Kali over at DAK. It has ben a while since I have seen any updated pics of that area.
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Oh, and Jaws is complertely history!. It is wierd seeing the boats on the tracks (one at the dock ready to load passengers) when just about the whole ride area has been excavated and is a giant dirt hole.

 

[pppapazo]

Is it me or does there not appear any room for a third tent??? Unless it is going in the back by that long green building close to the smaller of the two remaining tents... And if so, it is going to be one small tent...

If the latest models are to be believed, it will be a much smaller tent than the other two: http://lebeauleblog.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/model-circusland.jpg

But I thought Pete's Silly Sideshow was going to be a Meet and Greet in one of the larger tents. If that's not the case and it is going into the third, smallest tent, then what goes into the big tent that isn't the retail space?

 

[Mike730]

To add to what Rob 562 said, Yes thats for rock work and a gate. You can see it behind the dumbo tent in this picture of the model. You can also see that apparently (at least at that time) there was nothing planned besides trees to block the sightline between the tents.

edit: Also, thanks Scuttle for the photo's. They're awesome.

 

[jjharvpro]

Scuttle, thank you so much for the amazing pics!

The progress on FLE is truly incredible. Get all the more excited every time I see new pics.

I think the rock work archway will do a great job hiding the show building. From the earlier picture that shows the lines representing the spots from Storybook Circus where LM show building is visible, I don't think that will be a big problem. Most likely, they will just put trees in between the two tents to hide LM building.

Now what I'm still kinda worried about is the Dumbo tent show building. They're gonna have to put a lot of trees in to hide that from the Speedway..

 

[bdearl41]

Nice

These are great pictures!!! Does anyone know what is going to be housed by the two giant tents????

Looks to me that they should be finishing up construction sooner than end of 2013!!!!

 

[danlb_2000]

These are great pictures!!! Does anyone know what is going to be housed by the two giant tents????

Looks to me that they should be finishing up construction sooner than end of 2013!!!!

One will be a shop, the other a meet and greet. With the exception of the mine ride pretty much everything else should be done by the end of this year. Mine ride won't be done until later in 2013, and maybe even into 2014.

 

[NADisney]

I would also think that the big tent would also have games to play simular to the ones located at DCA's Paradise Pier - Toy Story Mania. www.laughingplace.com/Lotion-View-876-2.asp has some pics of the games of the boardwalk. I can see some of these , or something like this to give you more of a circus feel to the sideshow.

 

[dreamscometrue]

Great pics! Thanks, Scuttle.

P.S.-I want a plane. Everyone else seems to have a plane to take photos.

 

[RSoxNo1]

Great pics! Thanks, Scuttle.

P.S.-I want a plane. Everyone else seems to have a plane to take photos.

If you save all of your allowance and pick up some extra chores around the house maybe you can buy a plane.

 

[Ignohippo]

The third tent is supposed to hold Pete's Silly Sideshow. The only date I have seen floating around for this is Early 2013.

Maybe I'm assuming things, but I always thought Pete's was going into one of the two larger tents. I always kinda imagined the third smaller tent would be quick service food of some type or games.

 

[danlb_2000]

Maybe I'm assuming things, but I always thought Pete's was going into one of the two larger tents. I always kinda imagined the third smaller tent would be quick service food of some type or games.

You may be right, this has always been an area I have been unclear on. Maybe Lee can provide some clarification?

Dan

 

[MeandMickey]

Thanks for the pics. Looks great. Has anyone noticed the hidden Mickey on or near the LM show building or queue structure? It appears to be some rock work or maybe small pools to hold water. Can't quite tell from the perspective, but it is definitely a Mickey shaped formation. I think that it is nearest the tavern, but not sure what the next building actually is or will be. Picture #4 of 9 in this thread shows it the best. Look in the bottom left corner for Mickey. What do you think?

 

[Scuttle]

Thanks for the pics. Looks great. Has anyone noticed the hidden Mickey on or near the LM show building or queue structure? It appears to be some rock work or maybe small pools to hold water. Can't quite tell from the perspective, but it is definitely a Mickey shaped formation. I think that it is nearest the tavern, but not sure what the next building actually is or will be. Picture #4 of 9 in this thread shows it the best. Look in the bottom left corner for Mickey. What do you think?

Close, but I don't know if you can call that a hidden mickey. I'd like to see a direct birds eye shot of it and see how much space is between the ears and head.

 

[Hoop Raeb]

So are they testing different paints on one of the tent "legs" for Dumbo? I see green, white and blue. Or is that a tree step painting process that they're halfway thru? Interesting.

 

[wdwmagic]

So are they testing different paints on one of the tent "legs" for Dumbo? I see green, white and blue. Or is that a tree step painting process that they're halfway thru? Interesting.

It's a work in progress still

 

[Mike730]

So are they testing different paints on one of the tent "legs" for Dumbo? I see green, white and blue. Or is that a tree step painting process that they're halfway thru? Interesting.

It's completely blue now.