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We are going to WDW in May 2011 and I my DD(2) would love fantasyland & toontown. I know last year they started a huge remodel and I heard toontown was closing Can anyone give me an update,will it be there for my DD to experience?
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Toon Town will close at the end of December. I am anxious for this project to be done with as Fantasyland is not the same because of all the walls. The only good thing is that the Pooh ride will have the walls removed soon and IASW will soon be done so that ugliness will be lifted!
I too did not like all the construction walls. Tea cups walled off. IASM walled off. Walls around Pooh's ride. Walls along the entire section leading to Toon Town. Hopefully when we go back in 3 or 4 years, we'll have an entirely new Fantasyland to enjoy.
We were just there and what I heard a few times is that Toontown will close in December. There were a lot of construction walls -- around the teacups, in front of Pooh, the whole length of the back area across from pooh all the way over to Pinocchio's I think, IASW. It really does not look good in that area right now.
Sad as it is to look at those walls, we can't have progress without them! I don't particularly like them but I like what they represent...change and something new to enjoy in the future!
My DD will be VERY happy to get one last chance to see Minnie and Mickey's houses!
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Sad as it is to look at those walls, we can't have progress without them! I don't particularly like them but I like what they represent...change and something new to enjoy in the future!
My DD will be VERY happy to get one last chance to see Minnie and Mickey's houses!
That is soooo true, we will be there the first week in December and would like to see the houses one more time. We were there in April so I took a ton of pictures but we want to see it again. We will be back in 2012 definitely, cause my daughter wants a Disney break and to go to the beach in 2011 so I doubt we can swing two vacations next year since we are doing Disney twice this year. Does anyone know if they do anything different to the houses for Christmas time.
YES! They decorate the houses inside! I have a picture of us with Mickey in front of his Christmas tree. He is inside the house dressed in holiday gear during MVMCP.
We were just there and what I heard a few times is that Toontown will close in December. There were a lot of construction walls -- around the teacups, in front of Pooh, the whole length of the back area across from pooh all the way over to Pinocchio's I think, IASW. It really does not look good in that area right now.
I am not complaining, but we'll be there again in November and I think we've already said "goodbye" to Toontown twice now. First time was last November, when people were saying it was going to be gone by Spring of2010. Then we said "goodbye" again, with many pictures and more tears this past August, as I had been told October was the date it was leaving for good. I am happy we'll get to see it "one more time" if we choose, but I actually wonder if December is the actual date or if we'll have yet another extension since it seems like they keep pushing it back! I do love Toontown so I'm happy so many people are getting a chance to see it again before it closes, though!
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Fantasyland adn Tomorrowland were always my favorite part of MK, and Fantasyland does feel like a minor little section right now. Without IaSW and the TeaCups (and the future stuff they are adding) it's also pretty congested right now.
I didn't mind the walls, per se. They ahve nice murals and Walt quotes on them, but it isn't as magical as the rest of the immaculate buildings in Fantasyland. I cant' wait to go bakc in 2012 when it re-opens!
I am not complaining, but we'll be there again in November and I think we've already said "goodbye" to Toontown twice now. First time was last November, when people were saying it was going to be gone by Spring of2010. Then we said "goodbye" again, with many pictures and more tears this past August, as I had been told October was the date it was leaving for good. I am happy we'll get to see it "one more time" if we choose, but I actually wonder if December is the actual date or if we'll have yet another extension since it seems like they keep pushing it back! I do love Toontown so I'm happy so many people are getting a chance to see it again before it closes, though!
If Christmas is the busiest week of the year, I would think they would wait until January. I think I read the 1st full week of January after New Years is the slowest. That would sound like a good time to me.
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