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[duff527]

I have said this before

lose the tents, keep the houses, the boat and don't retheme the Barnstomer

put a silly symphonies dark ride where the tents are. Use the area between the houses as an entrance.

move the Dumbos where PH was supposed to be (the circus comes to toon town)

what ever space is left make a better toon town

if there is any space left after that make a PH like DL.

that was easy.

The circus is coming to toontown, so take down the circus tents?

 

[lebeau]

I have said this before

lose the tents, keep the houses, the boat and don't retheme the Barnstomer

put a silly symphonies dark ride where the tents are. Use the area between the houses as an entrance.

move the Dumbos where PH was supposed to be (the circus comes to toon town)

what ever space is left make a better toon town

if there is any space left after that make a PH like DL.

that was easy.

One reason I see Toon Town sticking around is that apparently the County Bounty is one of the most successful merch locations in MK. Staggs was reportedly very concerned about not having a replacement. One thing I'm reasonably sure of is that whatever goes in the east end of the expansion will have to include a store similar in size and merch to County Bounty.

 

[ryanduggers]

The circus is coming to toontown, so take down the circus tents?

those tents look like heck and the space coud be used for something else

 

[ryanduggers]

put the merchadise where the dumbos were supposed to go (next to barnstormer)

 

[DisneyNut2007]

put the merchadise where the dumbos were supposed to go (next to barnstormer)

The Dumbo's are still going to be built next to the Barnstormer.

 

[DisneyParksFan1]

I think they should retheme Toontown to Steamboat Willie or something along those lines. The tents can be removed and turned into some dark ride in which you can board the steamboat. The entire land could be painted black and white by day and can turn to color by night using fiber optics. The Barnstormer can stay as is just a change of color scheme to fit the black and white theme. The houses can be kept as well.

 

[wm49rs]

One reason I see Toon Town sticking around is that apparently the County Bounty is one of the most successful merch locations in MK. Staggs was reportedly very concerned about not having a replacement. One thing I'm reasonably sure of is that whatever goes in the east end of the expansion will have to include a store similar in size and merch to County Bounty.

I've wondered about TT actually departing MK from the onset of the FLE.....

 

[DisneyParksFan1]

What's so great about this County Bounty anyway? I've been hearing a lot from it.

 

[IlikeDW]

What's so great about this County Bounty anyway? I've been hearing a lot from it.

Umm... princesses and fairies, but wait nobody wants those and disney should dump any plans involving them

 

[Next Big Thing]

What's so great about this County Bounty anyway? I've been hearing a lot from it.

It's the 2nd most profitable shop in all of the MK, behind the Emporium.

 

[lebeau]

What's so great about this County Bounty anyway? I've been hearing a lot from it.

Nothing, really. It's just a big merch store in the middle of TT. All the M&Gs are under the same roof. I guess that must drive sales. There's also a candy store in there.

I really dunno. I was shocked to hear it was one of the top stores. But the more I thought about it, I realized we almost always wind up buying something there. (More specifically, my wife and oldest daughter always buy several things there.)

 

[_Scar]

I've been in that County Bounty store- and it really is awesome. It had EVERYTHING. Plush of all kinds, frames, pins, meet and greet nearby, and even- yes- a Mr. Potato-Head design station. It also had a lot of Micky knick knacks (not that most/every merch location doesn't, but this store just seemed like it had a ton to choose from).

And yes- I think my famiy bought quite a bit there (and we usually ignore the merch!)

 

[DisneyParksFan1]

I think they should just relocate the darn thing then... :shrug: I mean easy as that.

 

[RSoxNo1]

The first page has been updated significantly.

 

[MT Disney Fan]

Below is a collection of all the current news/rumors.
Please also see the News section of this site.

The Color Code
Confirmed/Under Construction/Greenlit Projects in Green
Legitimate Rumor, but no timetable in Red
Far fetched/Blue Sky Rumor in Blue

Magic Kingdom
Rapunzel and Flynn Ryder to Replace Storytime with Belle in the Fairytale Garden on October 15th (Final Storytime with Belle is September 12th)
Fantasy Forest = Fantasyland Makeover/Expansion for 2012
Under the Sea: Journey of the Little Mermaid - D/E-Ticket omnimover that will take guests through all of the music from the Little Mermaid. The exterior will be a rock work Grotto behind a fully rendered version of Prince Eric's Castle
Beauty and the Beast Area: Enchanted Tales with Belle - Interactive Story Time, Be Our Guest Restaurant - counter service restaurant by day, table service restaurant by night (to feature living characters of Lumiere and Cogsworth), Gaston's Tavern - counter service restaurant
Dumbo's Circus - A relocation of Dumbo the Flying Elephant to the old footprint of Mickey's Toontown Fair will see an additional Dumbo Spinner, effectively cutting guest wait time in half. The interactive queue will be underneath "the big top" where guests will see sideshow acts and play midway games while they wait.
Re-theming of Goofy's Barnstormer (Possibly to Clown Alley)
Re-theming of Toontown Fair Railroad Station to Dumbo/Circus theme
Casey Jr. Food/Merchandise location to be added near Dumbo
Mickey and Minnie meet and Greets to be moved (Possibly to Town Square Exposition Hall on Main Street)
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh facade to be re-themed to a forest setting.
"it's a small world" refurbishment August 1st-October 22nd (To include facade work and queue work with reversal of exit and entrance for attraction)

Snow White's Scary Adventures to close
Princess and Fairies Meet and Greets to be moved to former Skyway and Snow White's Scary Adventures
Seven Dwarves Mine Car Coaster to replace spot originally planned for Cinderella and Aurora Chateaus
New parade and New Castle Show as part of 40th Anniversary celebration
Offboard audio to be added to Space Mountain
Mickey's Toontown to close in January 2011 at the earliest
Living character (voice, moving mouth and facial feature) versions of Mickey, Minnie, Donald, Goofy, Pooh and Tigger coming to the resort - Possibly exclusive to character dining locations
Lap Bars added to Splash Mountain

Ride enhancements for The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh to come in a refurbishment later this year
RFID tag changes to be incorporated into Peter Pan's Flight, The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, Monster's Inc Laugh Floor, Snow White's Scary Adventures, Space Mountain, and Haunted Mansion as part of $1.5 billion "Next Gen Experience"
Walk Around the World tiles to be removed
Hatbox Ghost in Haunted Mansion
Jungle Cruise refurbishment (Possibly by 2012)
Big Thunder Mountain Railroad refurbishment
Frontierland Expansion

Epcot
American Heritage Gallery at The American Adventure is closed for refurbishment. Modifications currently unknown
Cantina in Mexico demolition/rebuilding, estimated opening date September 24th

Completion of Spaceship Earth Descent
Journey Into Imagination with Figment Refurbishment
New Soarin' Video (Soarin' Over the World)
RFID tag changes to be incorporated into Spaceship Earth as part of $1.5 billion "Next Gen Experience"
Disney Nature to take over Circle of Life Video in The Land
New World Showcase Pavilion/E-Ticket

Disney's Hollywood Studios
Star Tours 2.0 (To close September 8, 2010, and re-open May 16, 2011)
High School Musical 3 Show to be replaced by new Disney Channel movie music show starting October 22nd
Muppet What Not Work Shop

Muppet Mobile Lab and Electric Mayhem Band Living Character Initiative appearances
New Pre-Show for Muppetvision 3D(Announced at D23 Expo, but not included in April/May refurbishment)
Relocation/Removal of Sorcerer's Hat
One Man's Dream refurbishment August 16, 2010-November 2, 2010 (Possibly including new/upcoming projects)

Possible re-configuration of Rock 'n' Roller Coaster Queue - Re-introduction of queueless waiting system
Marvel Attraction
Halloween Party to cover two weekends, and include characters from Tron, Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland, and Nightmare Before Christmas
Monster's Inc Coaster
Backlot Tour Removal
Great Movie Ride Refurbishment
Sounds Dangerous replacement (Phineas and Ferb 3D show?)
Carsland Expansion in the Backlot Tour Tram Area

Disney's Animal Kingdom
Walking Tour of Kilimanjaro Safaris (More Information Here)

Expedition Everest Yeti Refurbishment/Replacement

Mysterious Island/Journey to the Center of the Earth/20K Leagues Under the Sea
Australia

General Walt Disney World
Four Seasons
Golden Oak Residential area near Four Seasons with 50-60 $1 million+ homes (More Info Here)
Pleasure Island Area to be re-done by 2012
Monorail Maroon to be built off of more heavily damaged parts of monorails Pink and Purple
Animation Suites being built adjacent to Pop Century

Haunted Mansion, Pirates of the Caribbean, and Disney's Royal themed rooms at moderate resorts
Typhoon Lagoon Expansion - West of Crush 'n' Gusher
Re-Purposing of Mannequins and 8 Trax at Pleasure Island, possible Aquarium Restaurant (Owned by Landry's)
Doors coming to Parking Lot Trams

Recently Completed/Opened
Tomorrowland Transit Authority renamed to Tomorrowland Transit Authority PeopleMover
Via Napoli: New Counter Service Pizzeria coming to Italy

The Color Code
Confirmed/Under Construction/Greenlit Projects in Green
Legitimate Rumor, but no timetable in Red
Far fetched/Blue Sky Rumor in Blue

Awesome!

 

[Disneyfanatic!!]

Living character (voice, moving mouth and facial feature) versions of Mickey, Minnie, Donald, Goofy, Pooh and Tigger coming to the resort - Possibly exclusive to character dining locations

Woah, woah, woah! Where did this come from?! :sohappy:

 

[JafarMaleficent]

Snow White's Scary Adventures to close
Princess and Fairies Meet and Greets to be moved to former Skyway and Snow White's Scary Adventures
Seven Dwarves Mine Car Coaster to replace spot originally planned for Cinderella and Aurora Chateaus

Whoa I follow this site a lot and I didn't know about this. I don't like this. We don't need another coaster in MK IMHO

 

[aladdin2007]

Snow White may not be closing afterall, read Lee's new thread towards the last few pages, this info is changing and may again.

 

[RSoxNo1]

Woah, woah, woah! Where did this come from?! :sohappy:

They were testing the living character initiative Mickey out in Disneyland. I believe Jim Hill said a while ago on his show that these would like come to the character meals first, and then out to the rest of the park.

Whoa I follow this site a lot and I didn't know about this. I don't like this. We don't need another coaster in MK IMHO

There's a bunch of talk on this in the Fantasyland forum

Snow White may not be closing afterall, read Lee's new thread towards the last few pages, this info is changing and may again.

Some people are saying Snow White's Scary Adventures is leaving, and I think that's what's leading people to guess that Project X is the Mine Train Coaster. The pieces fit together so conclusions are being drawn. I wouldn't be shocked if Snow White's Scary Adventures stays, Skyway gets repurposed for Fairies and Princesses and "Project X" is something different than the Mine Train ride as well, but I think these decisions have been made they just haven't been publicized yet.

 

[RSoxNo1]

I'm in the process of a major upgrade to the first page of this thread. Did I miss an announcement about the new parade for the 40th, or has that announcement not been made yet?