Question about vintage Fantasyland Tents

[WDWdream97]

Today I was watching a video of the beloved Skyway, and I saw a set of tents near the Village Haus that I did not remember. Does anyone remember what they were for?

And I am sorry If this is in the wrong section.

 

[Master Yoda]

That originally started out as Mickey's Birthday Land. It would eventually become Mickey's ToonTown fair in 1996. I believe the frame work of the tents were reused in the Dumbo section of the Fantasyland expansion.

 

[WDWdream97]

The tents I am thinking of are the ones that used to be right in the middle of Pinocchio Village Haus, and what was 20K Under the Sea/Ariel's Grotto.

 

[Cmdr_Crimson]

The tents I am thinking of are the ones that used to be right in the middle of Pinocchio Village Haus, and what was 20K Under the Sea/Ariel's Grotto.

the center tent was Scuttle's Landing which was a Snack Stand...

 

[WDWdream97]

Thank you Cmdr_Crimson, I think I can actually picture it now.

 

[Tom]

I think one was the previous "Aerial's Grotto" meet-n-greet, wasn't it? The one closer to the lagoon?

 

[The Empress Lilly]

When is the video from? Before the Arielfication of the area - only in the 90s - the big tent was the Fantasy Fair. It housed live entertainment. The other tents were tournament tents, who sold f&b or tickets. This was back when Fantasyland had a cohesive theme, that of a fair and tournament in a Mediaeval village. It wasn't always Eisner's toontown.