What is the deal with the Dragons?

[Fable McCloud]

So out of nowhere, people are obsessing and chatting about the Dragon of Fantasyland. Am I missing something, or are we getting a dragon? It just seems really confusing to me, especially after seeing this guy's well done tumblr: http://disneydragons.tumblr.com/

Can someone give me a little background and perhaps enlighten me as to what all this about?

I just can't help but feel like I missed the memo...

 

[wm49rs]

There's some discussion about it here:

http://forums.wdwmagic.com/threads/disney-imagineering-testing-dragon.839634/