Princess Fairytale Hall - when is it supposed to open?

[JenniferS]

I like the blue canopy, but what are all those tall poles in the air???

Poles for banners, perhaps?

 

[Animaniac93-98]

Poles for banners, perhaps?

Correct, it was what SWSA used them for.

 

[JLipnick]

Well, now we know why it is taking so long. That is very ornate work... NOT!

 

[tare]

Another meet n greet disturbs me.

 

[djkidkaz]

Taken yesterday:

 

[Animaniac93-98]

@djkidkaz did you take any pictures of the mine train too?

 

[JenniferS]

Taken yesterday:
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Thank you.
I had to do a Google image search as I couldn't remember what SWSA looked like. This appears to be a definite improvement.

 

[djkidkaz]

@djkidkaz did you take any pictures of the mine train too?

No by the time we came back to it it was dark.

 

[wdwmagic]

PHOTO - Entrance marquee now in place at the Princess Fairytale Hall meet and greet

 

[Animaniac93-98]

Here's a quote from the DPB post with that picture:

"The hall, which is set to open this fall, will welcome princess fans into a positively regal character greeting area. According to Imagineering, the attraction’s entrance features stone walls and stained glass windows. Once inside, guests will enter a huge gallery with a vaulted ceiling and portraits of Disney princesses. From here, guests will be able to meet either Cinderella or Rapunzel, each of whom will be joined by a fellow Disney princess."

It sounds like there will be a lobby like the original concept art showed, along with seperate, smaller rooms as more recently depicted. It also appears there will be two seperate lines for the Princesses with Cinderella and Rapunzel as the always present characters.

 

[Castle Cake Apologist]

Well, now we know why it is taking so long. That is very ornate work... NOT!

Yes, because the top half of the outside of the building is all that they've done this entire time. Very valid point you've made.

 

[ToTBellHop]

Yes, because the top half of the outside of the building is all that they've done this entire time. Very valid point you've made.

Indeed. Nothing has changed on the inside. Rapunzel will be near the gator heads and Cinderella will greet guests behind the Evil Queen's boulder.

 

[matt9112]

Taken yesterday:
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i dont mean to not know any better but whats the building to the left of the hall?

 

[Castle Cake Apologist]

Indeed. Nothing has changed on the inside. Rapunzel will be near the gator heads and Cinderella will greet guests behind the Evil Queen's boulder.

That would actually substantially increase my interest in this project. Just saying.

Can we meet Jasmine near the anthropomorphic water pump in the kitchen of the dwarfs? A boy can dream...

 

[Animaniac93-98]

i dont mean to not know any better but whats the building to the left of the hall?

Seven Dwarfs Mine shop, which will probably get a new name soon if it hasn't already.

 

[ToTBellHop]

That would actually substantially increase my interest in this project. Just saying.

Can we meet Jasmine near the anthropomorphic water pump in the kitchen of the dwarfs? A boy can dream...

I would have thought meeting somewhat scantily clad girls in the castle that their enormous wealth paid for would provide more than enough for a boy to dream about.

Why must men be made to feel like creeps meeting the princesses? The line to meet Gaston is 90% soccer mom (and 10% confused non-English speaking tourist in line for Be Our Guest).

 

[Castle Cake Apologist]

I would have thought meeting somewhat scantily clad girls in the castle that their enormous wealth paid for would provide more than enough for a boy to dream about.

Why must men be made to feel like creeps meeting the princesses? The line to meet Gaston is 90% soccer mom (and 10% confused non-English speaking tourist in line for Be Our Guest).

Can't say princesses really do it for me. Scantily clad women as a whole are pretty wasted on me.

Now Tarzan, on the other hand...

 

[raymusiccity]

Yes, because the top half of the outside of the building is all that they've done this entire time. Very valid point you've made.

I agree. It must have been quite a challenge transforming a classic dark ride into a meet and greet! Just a few more months and they should be done. Maybe the flying dragon can be dusted off for an encore.....

 

[ToTBellHop]

Can't say princesses really do it for me. Scantily clad women as a whole are pretty wasted on me.

Now Tarzan, on the other hand...

There's always Gaston a few hundred yards away.

 

[doctornick]

Here's a quote from the DPB post with that picture:

"The hall, which is set to open this fall, will welcome princess fans into a positively regal character greeting area. According to Imagineering, the attraction’s entrance features stone walls and stained glass windows. Once inside, guests will enter a huge gallery with a vaulted ceiling and portraits of Disney princesses. From here, guests will be able to meet either Cinderella or Rapunzel, each of whom will be joined by a fellow Disney princess."

It sounds like there will be a lobby like the original concept art showed, along with seperate, smaller rooms as more recently depicted. It also appears there will be two seperate lines for the Princesses with Cinderella and Rapunzel as the always present characters.

Aurora really gets the shaft in WDW, doesn't she?

Previously, the talk was that the interior of Fairytale Hall was going to be themed to Cinderella specifically. I wonder if there will be an area themed specifically to Rapunzel if she has a permanent presence there.