What's going inside those big tents in Storybook Circus?

[mharrington]

Having seen the confirmation for the remainder of the approximate timetable for the New Fantasyland, I can't help but wonder: what's going on with those big tents in Storybook Circus? Here's what the confirmation note said in regards of that:

The next phase of Storybook Circus, including the second Dumbo, the indoor queue area, and the Casey Jr Splash 'n' Soak Station will open in July 2012.

When I think of "remainder", I think of all that remains. In the case of Storybook Circus, they don't mention anything about the tents, only the rest of Dumbo and the Casey Jr. thing. So I need to ask: what's going on with those tents? Are they not going to be included in the final timetable? Or are they just trying to keep us in the dark until July?

 

[wm49rs]

One tent will be a store, the other a meet-and-greet.....

 

[mharrington]

But the lack of an inclusion in the timetable leads me to believe that the tent contents will not open with the rest of Storybook Circus in July. Then again, the timetable also fails to mention the princess meet-n-greet going where the Snow White ride had once been, but still...

 

[wm49rs]

But the lack of an inclusion in the timetable leads me to believe that the tent contents will not open with the rest of Storybook Circus in July. Then again, the timetable also fails to mention the princess meet-n-greet going where the Snow White ride had once been, but still...

Maybe they will, maybe they won't I'm sure they're working to the utmost to have them open with the rest of Storybook Circus. But since we already know what's going in there.....

 

[sshindel]

But the lack of an inclusion in the timetable leads me to believe that the tent contents will not open with the rest of Storybook Circus in July. Then again, the timetable also fails to mention the princess meet-n-greet going where the Snow White ride had once been, but still...

Down in the comments section, the post-writer from Disney say they THINK that the tents are included :

Patrick on April 27th, 2012 at 10:07 am
Does the Storybook Circus phase two include the two big circus tents? And what will they be home to?

Jennifer Fickley-Baker on April 27th, 2012 at 10:30 am
I’m pretty sure that area is counted in the July opening of Storybook Circus. Let me see if I can find out more on this.​

 

[Brian_WDW74]

WDI filed two Notices of Commencement yesterday that give a clue as to when the tents will be opening. Notice that they're both listed as "Phase III":
Phase III - MEET & GREET TENT
Phase III - MERCHANDISE TENT

By contrast, WDI also filed a Notice of Commencement yesterday for the Dumbo area, which lists it as "Phase II":
MK - FANTASYLAND PHASE II SITE DEVELOPMENT - DUMBO AREA

 

[BigThunderMatt]

The green building behind the tents has been gutted and looks to be on the way out unless they're planning on re-purposing it for something else. Could this, perhaps, become the location of a third tent?