Question about Dumbo...

[DisneyparkFreak]

With the building now going vertical and the fact that 50%+ of TTF is going to just be repainted, is it possible for circusland to be open by October?

 

[Lee]

With the building now going vertical and the fact that 50%+ of TTF is going to just be repainted, is it possible for circusland to be open by October?

No. None at all. Sorry.
Dumbo and the Circus will open in phases beginning spring of 2012.

 

[DisneyparkFreak]

Thanks Lee... This thread can now officially be closed.

 

[David S.]

No. None at all. Sorry.
Dumbo and the Circus will open in phases beginning spring of 2012.

Thanks for the info. If the new Dumbo won't be open until at least Spring 2012, is it safe to say the current location of Dumbo will stay open up until that time? Or could it have to be retired before then to accomodate construction, possibly leaving a gap with neither Dumbo location open?

Also, is there even a vague approximate timeline yet for when Snow White will be closing? If my memory is correct, I believe you posted in the past that the new meet and greet in the current dark ride building would be opening in 2012, which could mean Snow White could be closing fairly soon (depending on how long it takes them to convert the space to a M&G - and it took about a year from when the "Milestones In Animation" exhibit on Main Street closed to when the new Mickey m&g opened).

 

[Neverland]

If the new Dumbo won't be open until at least Spring 2012, is it safe to say the current location of Dumbo will stay open up until that time?

Also, is there even a vague approximate timeline yet for when Snow White will be closing?

I remember hearing that old Dumbo will be running all the way up until new Dumbo opens, which makes sense capacity-wise and guest satisfaction-wise. When Small World closed for three months, Fantasyland lost a giant people-eater, and the people it wasn't eating were mad (especially when the teacups renovation overlapped it). I don't see any reason to close Dumbo while the new one is being built, because it's being built on the other side of Fantasyland.

As for Snow White, as far as I know, Snow will still be running for a while. To my knowledge, it's going to stay open at least until the end of the year. There's no word yet, but I'm sure the higher-ups know. I knew about Small World's queue, the teacups' roof, and Toontown's closure months and months in advance, but there's nothing about Snow yet. Don't take my word for it though; just because I haven't heard anything doesn't mean it's not happening.

I'm not sure about Princess Fairytale Hall, but isn't the Dwarves Mine not scheduled to open until 2014? If Snow closes early enough, there's gonna be quite a large gap of time between Snow and its replacement, the Mine.

 

[Lee]

Also, is there even a vague approximate timeline yet for when Snow White will be closing? If my memory is correct, I believe you posted in the past that the new meet and greet in the current dark ride building would be opening in 2012, which could mean Snow White could be closing fairly soon (depending on how long it takes them to convert the space to a M&G - and it took about a year from when the "Milestones In Animation" exhibit on Main Street closed to when the new Mickey m&g opened).

No idea when SW will close.
My info has the M&G opening 4th quarter of fiscal 2012 (July-Sept).